An Avocet (I believe it to be a female) is readily seen from the pedestrian
bridge crossing Duffin's Creek, at the lakefront. Drive south down Westney Rd.,
through Bayly, then 1km.further to Lakeview Drive, west along a curving road
'til you get to ROTARY PARK on your right--drive in, park your car, then walk
down to the lakefront, turning west to the long pedestrian bridge--the bird has
been south of the west end of the bridge.
A rising BP and a medium NW wind, along with good thermals, suggested a
reasonable raptor flight at Cranberry along the lakefront; this held trtue for
1 hour only--then the wind died down, as did the hawk flight. A great crew of
observers noted 18 between 10 and 11am--SEE TABLE BELOW.
Highlight non-raptors--35 white-winged crossbills at the roadside; 2 tagghed
trumpeter swans.
CRANBERRY MARSH RAPTOR WATCH, sw Whitby, ON
Mon.Nov.17/108
Observation time: 0900-1200
Coordinator: Doug Lockrey
Official Counter:Observers: Jim McKnight, Dan Kaczynski, Jim Fairchild, Ron
Stephenson, Ron Pittaway, Jim Munroe, Joyce Collier-Brown, Karl Jennewein,
>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 Nov.17 Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ -------------- -------------
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Black Vulture(BV) 0 0
0
Turkey Vulture(TV) 0 1
3205
Osprey(OS) 0 0
149
Bald Eagle(BE) 0 0
67
Northern Harrier (NH) 1 5
99
Sharp-shinned Hawk (SS) 2 31 14902
Cooper's Hawk (CH) 0 9
116
Northern Goshawk (NG) 0 2
7
Red-shouldered Hawk(RS) 0 14 24
Broad-winged Hawk(BW) 0 0 2042
Red-tailed Hawk(RT) 12 261
1134
Rough-legged Hawk (RL) 3 17
43
Golden Eagle(GE) 0 1
9
American Kestrel (AK) 0 1
700
Merlin(ML) 0 2
29
Peregrine Falcon (PG) 0 1
19
Unknown Accipiter (UA) 0 1
19
Unknown Buteo (UB) 0 13 20
Unknown Falcon(UF) 0 0
3
Unknown Eagle (UE) 0 0
0
Unknown Raptor(UR) 0 3
43
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TOTAL 18 362
9219
Doug Lockrey, Whitby, ON
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