The platform for the Cranberry Marsh Raptor Watch this Friday, Sep.2, morning was a wonderful place for birder camaraderie, along with a few migrant raptors (2 Osprey, 3 Turkey Vulture, 1 Merlin). However songbird highlights were-- Blackpoll, Wilson's W., Nashville W., Magnolia W., N.Waterthrush, Blue-grey Gnatcatcher, Philadelphia Vireo, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, AND hundreds of R-t Hummingbirds and Dragonflies.
Exit 404 from the 401 going east--down Salem to Bayly, east through Lakeridge to the first street (Hall's Rd.), south to the second roadside parking area. Exit 410 form the 401 going west--down Brock St. to Victoria, west over to Hall's Rd. Doug Lockrey, Whitby www.pickeringnaturalists.org
