The Cranberry Marsh Raptor Watch in southwest Whitby, ON, has been in operation since 1990. This year we started up on Aug.14; we try to cover the platform every day through to Nov.30, particularly in the AM hours. > > Sep. 18 was our first "really big day", given perfect winds and rising BP. Unfortunately the viewers were hampered by the completely sunny skies, but I say many thanks to everyone for their magnanimous help over 7 hours.
The table below indicates the number of migrating raptors recorded for SEP.18 , then in the first brackets--Sep.13-18, and in the second bracket the overall total since Aug.14 TURKEY VULTURE 138 (144) (159) OSPREY 5 (19) (95) BALD EAGLE 3 (6) (19) NORTHERN HARRIER 12 (20) (42) SHARP-SHINNED HAWK 156 (257) (376) COOPER'S HAWK 12 (16) (46) NORTHERN GOSHAWK -- (--) (--) BROAD-WINGED HAWK 572 (602) (717) RED-SHOULDERED HAWK -- (--) (---) RED-TAILED HAWK 56 (66) (107) ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK -- (--) (--) GOLDEN EAGLE -- (--) (--) AMERICAN KESTREL 52 (155) (234) MERLIN 3 (9) (24) PEREGRINE FALCON 0 (2) (5) UNIDENTIFIED RAPTORS 15 (18) (41) TOTAL 1024 (1314) (1855) > > Directions: From Toronto--east on the 401 into Ajax, exiting south on Salem, 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
