The Cranberry Marsh Raptor Watch in southwest Whitby, ON, has been in operation since 1990. This year we started up on Aug.21; we try to cover the platform every day through to Nov.30, particularly in the AM hours. THE BROAD-WINGED count along the waterfront this year has been next to nil!!
The table below indicates the number of migrating raptors recorded for each of SEP.28/Sunday, then the period of SEP.15 to SEP.28, and in BRACKETS is the TOTAL SINCE AUG.21. > TURKEY VULTURE 9 63 (109) OSPREY 0 32 (99) BALD EAGLE 0 1 (6) NORTHERN HARRIER 3 27 (38) SHARP-SHINNED HAWK 54 242 (588) COOPER'S HAWK 1 12 (22) NORTHERN GOSHAWK 0 1 (2) BROAD-WINGED HAWK 0 58 (79) RED-SHOULDERED HAWK 0 0 (0) RED-TAILED HAWK 3 34 (60) ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK 0 0 (0) GOLDEN EAGLE 0 0 (0) AMERICAN KESTREL 26 100 (238) MERLIN 3 8 (23) PEREGRINE FALCON 1 8 (14) UNIDENTIFIED RAPTORS 2 10 (33) > TOTAL 102 596 (1311) > > Directions: From Toronto--east on the 401 into Ajax, exiting south on > Harwood, down to Bayly, left (east) along Bayly a few km., through Lakeridge > Rd., whereupon Bayly becomes Victoria St. in Whitby--- 1 block east of > Lakeridge turn south down Hall's Rd.; park in the second roadside parking > area, just north of the lakefront; walk east down the path to the platform. > > Doug Lockrey, coordinator CMRW > "Doug Lockrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
