Posting for Jerry Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--0-85067173-1067720804=:91351 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Many birders gathered at Cranberry Marsh today under cloudy skies, temperatures in the low teens, and northwesterly breezes. We enjoyed a variety of great birds including a COMMON RAVEN, spotted first by Ron Pittaway, which travelled north west over the marsh. Other interesting birds today included 3 GOLDEN EAGLES, 12 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 3 BALD EAGLES, a late OSPREY, a NORTHERN SHRIKE along Halls Road, 6 white and one blue SNOW GEESE, 3 FOX SPARROWS amongst the 6 sparrow species present, and 178 migrant RED-TAILED HAWKS. Our official raptor total was 229 birds. Our 'local' BALD EAGLE moved west today but the male tundra PEREGRINE continued in the area and harassed everything from Canada Geese to Red-tailed Hawks. cheers Jerry Walsh Cranberry Marsh Raptor Watch is located at the foot of Halls Road in south Whitby. Access is south from Victoria Street, east of Harwell and west of Hwy 12. We have counters on site every day during the autumn hwak migration, weather permitting. Visitors are always welcome. --- Mark Cranford ONTBIRDS Coordinator Mississauga, Ontario [EMAIL PROTECTED] 905 279 9576 Mark Cranford <[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.
