Cranberry Marsh Hawk Watch Whitby, Ontario
Wednesday 14 October 2015 Total Species: 8 Turkey Vulture 851 Northern Harrier 4 Sharp-shinned Hawk 115 Cooper's Hawk 4 Red-tailed Hawk 15 American Kestrel 16 Merlin 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Unidentified 1 Total Individuals: 1008 Observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Jean Iron and Jerry Ball. Many thanks to the observers - a great team. Observers: Charmaine Anderson, Joyce Collier-Brown, Charlie Adey, Charles Liddle, Ross Lamb, Rick LaForest, Betsy Smith, Karl Jennewein, Lynn Pady, Murray Shields, Ron Pittaway, Margaret Liubavicius, Tim Logan, Jennifer Dempsey and many more visitors. Weather: Wind moderate out of Northwest Other birds: 55 species including: 16 species of ducks, geese and swans; 8 Great Egrets; 2 Pied-billed Grebes; 2 Hudsonian Godwits, 2 Black-bellied Plovers; 5 Dunlin, 4 Greater Yellowlegs, 3 Lesser Yellowlegs; 3 Wilson's Snipes, 2 Common Ravens; 7 Wild Turkeys; 6 Bonaparte's Gulls, 6 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 41 American Pipits, 1 Eastern Meadowlark, 25 Rusty Blackbirds, 29 White-throated Sparrows and 3 White-crowned Sparrows. Hundreds of blackbirds were migrating west all day. OFO Fall Hawkwatching Guide http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/articles.hawkwatching Directions: Exit from the 401 at Brock St. in Whitby. Go south on Brock St. to Victoria St. Go west on Victoria to Halls Road. Go south on Halls Rd to the second walkway to Cranberry Marsh. Data will be submitted to HMANA and eBird. Jean Iron Toronto _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
