Today was gorgeous at Cranberry Marsh! Lots of great company at the hawk watch. Doug Lockrey even came by for a visit thx to Alan Woods and the miracle of Doug's wheel chair - what a great treat for all of us! A few late straggling hawks came through to brighten the day as well.
Totals for the day: Turkey Vulture - 1 (quite late - latest ever for the watch?) Sharp-shinned Hawk - 4 Cooper's Hawk - 1 Red-tailed Hawk - 17 Rough-legged Hawk - 1 dark morph Golden Eagle - 1 (unknown age by Charlie Adey and Jim Skene just after I left for my nap! hmpff!) Among the 40 species observed today were a Horned Grebe, a Purple Finch, one Northern Shrike and a lone female Ring-necked Duck. Secret message to CM - "guess you don't owe me any money after all!" Hurry only 6 more hawk days left this year - go visit your local hawk watch NOW! Cranberry Marsh can be reached by exiting 401 at Salem and then south to Bayly then east to Hall's Road then south to south platform. Geoff Carpentier www.avocetnatureservices.com _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
