For about 1.5 hours the hawk watch got reasonably good today, but outside that the rain, and unfavorable winds didn't produce much of a flight
Turkey Vulture - 56 Northern Harrier - 5 (+ 2 locals) Sharp-shinned Hawk - 6 Cooper's Hawk - 1 Red-tailed Hawk - 6 Merlin - 1 Peregrine Falcon - 1 Other birds: 25+ pipits 15 Pine Siskins 14 Great Egrets (no wingtags) 1 American Bittern 2 Blue-winged Teal 1 Nashville Warbler 75+ Rusty Blackbirds Directions: From Victoria St. in Whitby go south on Hall's Rd to the second short walkway going east to the Cranberry Marsh Lookout. OFO Hawkwatching Guide (ID tips, migration times, hawk basics) http://www.ofo.ca/webapp/site/page/view/articles.hawkwatching Geoff Carpentier www.avocetnatureservices.com _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
