Sunny skies, medium E wind, steady BP = very few migrating raptors.
Several of us put in 3 hours this AM. There were only 4 raptors and very few
non-raptors.
On the wetland's water--2 female Bufflehead, N.Pintail
----SEE TABLE BELOW for the raptors.
Cranberry Marsh, sw Whitby, ON--south roadside parking area on Hall's Rd.
FRIDAY, Nov.13/09
Observation time--0900-1200
Official counter- Doug Lockrey
Observers- Karl Jennewein, Jim Skene, Ron Stephenson, Charlie Adey,Anne
Brokelman
From the 401 eastbound, exit at Salem Rd. in Ajax, south to Bayly, then east
through LakeRidge Rd. to the first street beyond---Hall's Rd.--south
toward the lake to the second roadside parking area.
Raptor species----------------Day Total-----Month Total------Season Total
---------------------------------Nov13
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Black Vulture--------------------0---------------0----------------------0
Turkey Vulture------------------0----------------21------------------3964
Osprey--------------------------0---------------1-------------------- 137
Bald Eagle-----------------------0---------------3-------------------- 55
Northern Harrier---------------0-----------------11------------------ 104
Sharp-shinned Hawk----------0----------------50-------------------1484
Cooper's Hawk--------------- 0----------------19 -------------------111
Northern Goshawk------------ 0---------------8---------------------- 22
Red-shouldered Hawk---------0 --------------- 6 ---------------------45
Broad-winged Hawk---------- 0 ---------------0 --------------------416
Red-tailed Hawk---------------3--------------314-------------------1281
Rough-legged Hawk------------0 ---------------13--------------------18
Golden Eagle------------------ 0 ---------------- 2 ---------------------3
American Kestrel------------- 1 -----------------5 ------------------ 482
Merlin------------------------- 0 --------------0 ---------------------34
Peregrine Falcon--------------0 ---------------- 6--------------------- 47
Unidentified Accipiter---------0 ---------------- 1 ---------------------12
Undentified Buteo------------0 -----------------5-----------------------30
Unidentified Falcon----------- 0 ----------------- 1 ----------------------3
Unidentified Eagle-------------0------------------ 0--------------------- 1
Unidentified Raptor -----------0----------------3----------------- -----37
TOTALS--------------------4---------------469--------------------8286
HOURS----------------------3---------------50.5----------------357
Doug Lockrey-- coordinator CMRW, Whitby, ON
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