Bessborough Park/Oshawa Airport hawkwatch (7km north of Lake Ontario)
Sept 15 2012
10am to 3:30pm
3584 Broad-winged Hawks
42 Sharp-shinned Hawks
3 Cooper's Hawks
2 Northern Harriers
5 Turkey Vultures
4 Osprey
4 Bald Eagles
3 Red-tailed Hawks
3 American Kestrels
5 Merlins
1 Peregrine Falcon
Non raptor highlights
several hundred migrant Canada Geese high southbound
12 Common Loons
8 Sandhill Cranes
1 Red-headed Woodpecker
7 Red Crossbills
lots of migrant Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, Blue Jays, American Robins, and
American Goldfinches
1 resident Carolina Wren
The flight line these raptors follow through Oshawa runs from
Adelaide/Townline in east Oshawa, passes over Simcoe/Rossland in North
Oshawa, Oshawa Airport and onwards to the general vicinity of lake Iroquois
shoreline hawkwatch. The parking lots in the southend of Oshawa Airport can
provide great views of this flightline. To access this area, take the
Stevenson road exit off the 401 and following it north to where it ends at
the airport just north of Rossland Road..
Tyler Hoar
Oshawa
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