Alas, CMRW's first Northern Goshawk flew in from the east along Hall's Rd. for a brief tree respite at 0755 this Sunday morning--after 2 minutes he contined on westward.
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. > > Except for Monday and Tuesday the niumbers of migrating raptors was "not great". The table below indicates the number of migrating raptors recorded for the period of OCT.11 to OCT.17, and in BRACKETS is the TOTAL SINCE AUG.14. > > TURKEY VULTURE 58 (897) OSPREY 3 (115) BALD EAGLE 0 (36) NORTHERN HARRIER 8 (94) SHARP-SHINNED HAWK 35(851) COOPER'S HAWK 3 (74) NORTHERN GOSHAWK 1 (1) RED-SHOULDERED HAWK 2 (11) BROAD-WINGED HAWK 1 (995) RED-TAILED HAWK 30 (342) ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK 0 (2) GOLDEN EAGLE 0 (0) AMERICAN KESTREL 6 (441) MERLIN 3 (39) PEREGRINE FALCON 1 (22) UNIDENTIFIED RAPTORS 4 (86) TOTAL 154 (3906) > > 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
