The past week has been slow, what with hazy drizzly days being the norm along the Whitby, ON lakefront 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. My team of earnest raptorites have been at least treated to some good views of close-up perched hawks, along with wonderful looks at the 6 sparrow species (1 Fox Sp. remains), juncos, both nuthatches, occasional redpolls along our pathe near the platform.
The table below indicates the numbers of migrating hawks from NOV.10 to NOV.16., and in BRACKETS is the TOTAL SINCE AUG.21. > > TURKEY VULTURE - - (2352) > OSPREY - - (123) > BALD EAGLE - - (47) > NORTHERN HARRIER 1 (258) > SHARP-SHINNED HAWK 11 (1961) > COOPER'S HAWK 2 (83) > NORTHERN GOSHAWK 6 (24) > RED-SHOULDERED HAWK 0 (182) BROAD-WINGED HAWK - - (276) > RED-TAILED HAWK 24 (1887) > ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK 5 (63) > GOLDEN EAGLE 0 (11) > AMERICAN KESTREL 6 (592) > MERLIN 1 (50) > PEREGRINE FALCON 1 (32) > UNIDENTIFIED RAPTORS -- (295) > TOTAL 46 (8216) > > 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.
