Today was sunny with light southerly winds and a falling barometer - about as bad as it gets for hawk watching - unless you're a hawk that just has to migrate!
Hawks & Vultures: 7 Turkey Vultures, 1 Sharp-shinned, 1 Red-shouldered, 14 Red-tailed, 3 Rough-legged (2 light and one dark morph) and 1 Merlin. Amongst the 51 species seen today were: 1 White-winged Crossbill, 1 Pine Siskin, many Snow Buntings and several Lapland Longspurs, 1 Northern Shrike, 3 Fox Sparrows, 1 Wood Duck, 2 coots and one pipit. Not bad for a "hawkless" day! Directions: exit 401 at Salem Rd in Ajax and go south to Bayly then east to Hall's Rd then south to south platform. Geoff Carpentier www.avocetnatureservices.com _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
