Cranberry Marsh--south from Victoria St., down Hall's Rd.(1 block east of Lakeridge Rd.) Whitby, Ontario, Canada Raptor Count: Sep 09, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation time: from 8am to 10am EST and from 12noon to 3pm
Official Counters: Doug Lockrey, Rayfield Pye Observers: Dan Kaczynski, Karl Jennewein, Jim Skene, and special welcomes to Mark Brubacher from Toronto and Don Barnett & Naish McHugh from the High Park RW. Visitors: a few photographers and young families Weather: early AM rain followed by damp day with medium NE winds, temp. rising from 14C to 20C; TUV=1; afternoon rise in temp. to 20C, and light E wind. Raptor Observations: We had to be alert because many of the 33 hawks were flying through quickly. Our highlight was a Peregrine Falcon. See table below Non-raptor Observations: There was little activity in the trees around the platform. There were 5 Great Egrets and a low flypast of 2 Trumpeter Swans, one having a wing tag. Raptors Sep.9's Count Month Season ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 11 13 Osprey 4 64 99 Bald Eagle 0 10 12 Northern Harrier 1 15 21 Sharp-shinned Hawk 17 355 373 Cooper's Hawk 1 4 6 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 11 25 Red-tailed Hawk 0 7 15 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 6 128 163 Merlin 0 10 12 Peregrine Falcon 1 2 2 Unknown 3 10 16 Total: 33 627 757 Doug Lockrey, Whitby, ON ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdshow.htm ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm
