On this Tuesday morn of Aug.31 a good number of observers arrived at the Cranberry Marsh Raptor Watch platform with hopes that the predicted northwesterly winds would bring migrants. In fact the wind was light out of the north for 2 hours, before swinging around to the south. BUT, the rising BP and a reasonably high Thermal Updraft Velocity may have contributed to high-soaring, some even kettling, Broad-wingeds. CMRW is well underway-- 137 counted raptors since Aug.14. Today we had 7 Broad-wingeds, 7 Sharp-shinneds, 4 Red-taileds, 3 Am.Kestrels and 3 Ospreys (Osprey total to date=30).
The Great Egret shows itself every day. Warblers are starting to arrive. Many Hummingbirds are noted every day.. CMRW -- exit the 401 from the west at Salem--south to Bayly, east through LakeRidge, turning south at the first block (Hall's Rd.) down to the second parking lot , just north of the lakefront. Doug Lockrey, Whitby, coordinator CMRW
