A very mild southerly wind did not promote a lakefront hawk migration at the Cranberry Marsh Raptor Watch over a 3-hr. period on Oct.3. --2 Turkey Vultures, 3 Sharp-shinneds, 1 Kestrel and a 12:45 pm EST fly-past of a Peregrine Falcon on a hazy day. A SORA called out out from the southeast of our platform. Songbirds were at a premium for the first time this fall--marsh wren, swamp, white-crowned, white-throated and song sparrows, ruby-crowned kinglets and an E.Phoebe. A Wilson's Snipe, Great Egret and several C.Loons were seen overhead.
Cranberry is in southwest Whitby, accessed from Victoria St. at the south end of Hall's Rd. Doug Lockrey, coordinator CMRW www.pickeringnaturalists.org
