Tuesday, Sep.16/08
Observation time: 0800-1200 EST
Official Counter: Doug Lockrey
Observers: Jim Munroe, Marty Allinson, Jim Skene, Rosemary Harris, Carol
Horner, John Nishikawa, Donna Foster, Joyce-Collier-Brown, Ross Lamb, Paul
McGee, Charles Adey and many more.
A big thank you to everyone, particularly after I experienced a tumble onto my
head!! -it was that exciting!!
The weather---TUV=2, 15C, medium NW winds changing to SW, rising bp
Non-raptor Observations: many r-t Hummingbirds, red-eyed vireo, Wilson's
warbler, black-throated Green warbler, magnolia warbler, c.yellowthroat, palm
warbler, Am. redstart, yellow-rumped w., BROWN THRASDHER, white-breasted
nuthatch, red-breasted nuthatch.
A BLUE-MORPH SNOW GOOSE flew notherly over the wetland with 6 Canadas.
To some extent we had a continuation of yesterday for 2-3 hours, what with many
distant Broad-winged Hawks--a total of 421 migrating hawks came through.
THOUSANDS OF Monarchs AND Dragonflies migrating.
>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. From the 401 westbound--exit at
>Brock St. in Whitby, south to Victoria St., west right through to Hall's Rd.
Species Sep.16 Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture(BV) 0 0
0
Turkey Vulture(TV) 10 66
71
Osprey(OS) 6 51
107
Bald Eagle(BE) 1 16
16
Northern Harrier (NH) 3 16
21
Sharp-shinned Hawk (SS) 87 441 484
Cooper's Hawk (CH) 3 13
18
Northern Goshawk (NG) 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk(RS) 1 2 2
Broad-winged Hawk(BW) 294 1655 1658
Red-tailed Hawk(RT) 1 6
13
Rough-legged Hawk (RL) 0 0 0
Golden Eagle(GE) 0 0
0
American Kestrel (AK) 13 159
171
Merlin(ML) 0 11
12
Peregrine Falcon (PG) 0 2
3
Unknown Accipiter (UA) 0 0 3
Unknown Buteo (UB) 1 1
2
Unknown Falcon(UF) 0 0
1
Unknown Eagle (UE) 0 0
0
Unknown Raptor(UR) 2 12
14
Total: 421 2452
2596
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Doug Lockrey, coordinator CMRW, Whitby, ON
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