Cranberry Marsh
sw Whitby, Ontario, Canada--south roadside parking area on Hall's Rd.
Saturday, Aug.23/08
Observation time: 0800-1200 EDT
Official Counter: Doug Lockrey
Observers: Jim Munroe, Jim Skene, Greg Stuart, Rayfield Pye and 8 others,
along with many weekend visitors
Weather; sunny; light S wind, Bar.pr.102.5 rising, then steady, TUV=0; temp.
rose to 27C by 9am EDT
Migrating Raptor Observations:
2 ospreys migrating; 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk, 1 American Kestrel
Non-raptor Observations: blue-gray gnatcatcher, great crested flycatcher,
marsh wren, yellow warbler, eastern kingbird, belted kingfishers,
rose-breasted grosbeak, hummingbirds(1 male), warbling vireo, red-eyed vireo, 4
CHIMNEY SWIFTS, catbird, CASPIAN TERN, Great Black-backed Gull
A GIANT SWALLOWTAIL butterfly flew across the wetland in front of us on the
platform.
Conditions were not condusive to hawks migrating--we await northwest winds,
rising BP and a TUV of 2 or more.
>From the 401 eastbound, exit at Salem Rd. in Ajax, south to Bayly, the east
>through Lakeridge Rd. to the first street beyond-Hall's Rd.--south toward the
>lake to the second roadside parking area.
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture(BV) 0 0
0
Turkey Vulture(TV) 0 0
0
Osprey(OS) 2 19
19
Bald Eagle(BE) 0 0
0
Northern Harrier (NH) 0 2
2
Sharp-shinned Hawk (SS) 3 6 6
Cooper's Hawk (CH) 0 4
4
Northern Goshawk (NG) 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk(RS) 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk(BW) 0 1 1
Red-tailed Hawk(RT) 0 0
0
Rough-legged Hawk (RL) 0 0 0
Golden Eagle(GE) 0 0
0
American Kestrel (AK) 1 1
1
Merlin(ML) 0 0
0
Peregrine Falcon (PG) 0 1
1
Unknown Accipiter (UA) 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo (UB) 0 0
0
Unknown Falcon(UF) 0 0
0
Unknown Eagle (UE) 0 0
0
Unknown Raptor(UR) 0 0
0
Total: 6 34
34
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Doug Lockrey, coordinator CMRW, Whitby, ON
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