Mild south winds, not condusive to raptors migrating along the lakefront, brought few people to the Cranberry station on Thursday, Sep.22. Along the pathway I had great views of an Ovenbird and a Mourning Warbler. Along Hall's Rd. I stopped to watch a male R-n Pheasant slowly walk alongside my car.
Among the 34 hawks counted over a period of 3 hours--11 Turkey Vultures, 4 Ospreys--2 carrying fish, 14 Sharp-shinned, 1 Red-tailed, 3 Kestrel and the site's first PEREGRINE of the autumn count. Our satellite station, 10 km. north, Iroquois Shoreline RW, has attracted some great counts-- many Broad-wingeds and several Red-shouldereds included. IT IS GREAT TO HAVE SOME WEEKDAY COUNTERS THERE. Cranberry Marsh is in southwest Whitby, at the bottom end of Hall's Rd. Doug Lockrey, coordinator CMRW www.pickeringnaturalists.org
