Apologies if this came through twice--'tain't my fault. Doug Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 4:46 PM Subject: purple finches, fox sparrow in addition to 200 migrant raptors at Cranberry-Oct.17
> The medium NW winds and rising BP suggested a good flight of migrating > raptors at Cranberry Marsh RW on Monday, Oct.17-- indeed, Ian Cannell and > company put in 6 hours of excellent identifying of hawks which came in along > several flightpaths. The station's first autumn FOX SPARROW was spotted > early in the morn, and 2 male & 1 female PURPLE FINCH spent some time with > us at the feeder platform. > Raptors counted, with autumn total in brackets (after 56 days): > > turkey vulture- 122 (2737) > osprey - 1 (121) > bald eagle - 1 (36) > northern harrier - 2 (74) > sharp-shinned - 34 (1080) > Cooper's - 7 (118) > northern goshawk - 1 (3) > red-shouldered --0 9210 > broad-winged - --- (220) > red-tailed - 19 (444) > rough-legged - 3 (8) > golden eagle ---- (1) > Am.kestrel - 1 (484) > merlin -3 (24) > peregine - 2 (14) > unidentified -4 (100) > total--200 (5471) > > Doug Lockrey--south end of Hall's Rd. in southwest Whitby > >
