Cranberry Marsh Hawk Watch
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Whitby, Ontario
A total of 49 species were seen or heard from the hawkwatch platform.
Migrating hawks:
Turkey Vulture- 635
Osprey- 2
Bald Eagle- 8
Northern Harrier- 16
Sharp-shinned Hawk- 186
Coopers Hawk- 11
Northern Goshawk- 2
Red-shouldered Hawk- 7
Broad-winged Hawk- 1
Red-tailed Hawk- 21
American Kestrel- 261
Merlin- 3
unidentified- 5
Total- 1158
Other birds: Rusty Blackbird- 32, Common Loon- 17, Eastern Towhee- 1,
Hudsonian Godwit- 1 (flew past going east along the lakeshore)
Monarch Butterflies- 12
Official counter- Rayfield Pye
Observers- J Ball, D Kaczynski, E Cole, C Adey, K Jennewien, and J Skene
Visitors- 10
Weather- strong winds from the north.
A guide to the basics of fall hawkwatching with a migration chart is on
the OFO website. Print a copy.
http://www.ofo.ca/reportsandarticles/hawkwatching.php
Directions: Exit from the 401 at Brock St. in Whitby, go south on Brock
St. to Victoria St. Go west on Victoria St. to Halls Road. Go south on
Halls Road to the second walkway going east to Cranberry Marsh.
For more information see the Greater Toronto Raptor Watch website.
http://www.greatertorontohawkwatch.com
Rayfield Pye
Oshawa
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