Light E winds, steady BP, overcast sky, slight thermals brought only 1
raptor--
a very light Red-tailed Hawk over a group of 9 observers this Nov.22 AM.
At 11:15 we saw 12 SNOW GEESE, incl. 1 BLUE SNOW, coming from the north
to land in the Lynde wetlands. Shortly thereafter we drove over to see them.
Exit Victoria St. onto Seaboard gate, 1 block south to Whitby Shores
Greenway,
travelling south toward the lake to a roadside observation area, overlooking
the Lynde
marsh.
----SEE TABLE BELOW for the migrating raptors to date. We shall close down
the
formal aspects of CMRW on Mon., Nov.30.
Cranberry Marsh, sw Whitby, ON--south roadside parking area on Hall's Rd.
MONDAY, Nov.22/09
Observation time--0900-1200
Official counter- Doug Lockrey
Observers- Ron Stephenson, Dan Kaczynski, Jim McKnight, Karl Jennewein,
Jim Skene, Charlie Adey, Alan Woods, John Stirrat
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
---------------------------------Nov22
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Black Vulture--------------------0---------------0----------------------0
Turkey Vulture------------------0----------------21------------------3964
Osprey--------------------------0---------------1-------------------- 137
Bald Eagle-----------------------0---------------3-------------------- 55
Northern Harrier---------------0-----------------14------------------ 107
Sharp-shinned Hawk----------0----------------57-------------------1491
Cooper's Hawk--------------- 0----------------25 -------------------117
Northern Goshawk------------ 0---------------9---------------------- 23
Red-shouldered Hawk---------0 --------------- 6 ---------------------45
Broad-winged Hawk---------- 0 ---------------0 --------------------416
Red-tailed Hawk---------------1--------------343-------------------1310
Rough-legged Hawk------------0 ---------------13--------------------18
Golden Eagle------------------ 0 ---------------- 2 ---------------------3
American Kestrel------------- 0 -----------------6 ------------------ 483
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------------------------1---------------516------------------8333
HOURS----------------------3---------------79.5----------------386
Doug Lockrey-- coordinator CMRW, Whitby, ON
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