A walk this morning on Centre Island (Toronto) from Hanlan's Point
resulted in large numbers of migrants. Most numerous were Swainson's
Thrushes, Magnolia and Yellow-rumped warblers, Brown Creepers,
Flickers, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, White-throated Sparrows, Eastern Wood
Pewees, and over 2000 Blue Jays. Also seen were Gray-cheeked Thrush,
Black-billed Cuckoo and an immature Coopers Hawk attempting to capture
a Black Squirrel on the ground for 10 minutes. It finally gave up.
This afternoon in Bolton at the south end of Pillsworth (off #50
off Simona just n. of Mayfield Road) were 82 Killdeer, 2
Black-bellied Plovers, 24 Pipits, 47 Canada Geese, a Great Blue Heron,
Horned Lark and a Savannah Sparrow.
On Nixon Rd. in Bolton at an industrial site with a large pond
were 4 Golden and 14 Black-bellied plovers, 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, 50+
Killdeer.
At my home at 232 Belair Drive (Bolton) at the pond were 7
Swainson's Thrushes last night. This evening were a Cape May,
Yellow-rumped & Magnolia warblers, 2 Scarlet tanagers, an immature
Sapsucker, 2 White-throated sparrows, 2 Swainson's Thrushes, a
Red-eyed Vireo, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Junco,RC Kinglet, Ruby-throated
Hummingbird, etc.
Directions: For Centre Island, take ferry from Queen's Quay, off
Bay Street south of the Gardiner Expressway in downtown Toronto.
Dave Milsom
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SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 18, 2005
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 22 188 188
Osprey 14 150 150
Bald Eagle 3 43 43
Northern Harrier 18 220 220
Sharp-shinned Hawk 488 2902 2902
Cooper's Hawk 8 60 60
Northern Goshawk 0 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1
Broad-winged Hawk 15689 47174 47174
Red-tailed Hawk 3 149 149
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 112 753 753
Merlin 5 37 37
Peregrine Falcon 3 11 11
Unknown 0 0 0
Total: 16365 51689 51689
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Observation start time: 07:15:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 9.25 hours
Official Counter: Jeff Schultz
Observers: Calvin Brennan, Chuck Owens, Darrin O'Brien, Tim Smart
Weather:
Early morning fog delayed the beginning of the count today, burning off by
mid morning. Sunny skies prevailed after the fog lifted with a gradual
buildup of cumulus clouds that became quite useful as a background. Winds
were light out of the west during the morning becoming moderate southeast
by midday.
Raptor Observations:
Some large but distance Broad-wing kettles formed by late morning but with
the shift in the wind direction, these groups became impossible to detect
leaving us to wonder just how many were going by to the north.
Non-raptor Observations:
Again the real excitement came in the form of yet another presumably
hurricane blown bird and another first state record, the third in the
space of a week! The bird this time around was a male Anhinga spotted
during mid morning by one our perennial visitors to the hawk watch Gerry
Stanley. It was in view for perhaps a half hour circling high on thermals
before gliding off to the south.
Predictions:
Rain is forecast for tomorrow with Tuesday looking promising for the next
major movement.
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Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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