Today my Daughter and I enjoyed being entertained by nice raptor flight
passing over our home. Most of the total below was from casual watching
until my daughter took her nap and allowed Daddy to watch for an hour.
At least 9 Golden Eagles passed by consisting of 5 adults and 4 immatures.
Birds passed over between 200 and 1000 feet overhead at the following times
11:11am 12:46PM, 1:20, 2:31, 2:37, 2:40,2:58,3:47, and 3:54pm
Other raptors observed:
Turkey Vulture 25
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 15
Cooper's Hawk 1
Northern Goshawk 1 last bird of the day at 4:45pm
Red-shouldered Hawk 23
Red-tailed Hawk 209
Rough-legged Hawk 3 1 dark morph, 2 light morph
Buteo sp. 6 too far and back lit to ID to species
American Kestrel 3
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Other Species observed include
Sandhill Crane 1 flyover
Pine Siskin 40 one flock flyover
American Pipit 2 flyover
Direction
The flight line passes over the intersection of Simcoe St and Rossland in
Oshawa, then over my house, Oshawa Airport, and the intersection of
Thickson/ Taunton road in Northeast Whitby. And then probably onwards
towards the Iroquois hawk watch area in north Whitby.
Exit 401 at Stevenson road in Oshawa and drive north to where it ends just
north of rossland road at the south field of Oshawa Airport.
Tyler Hoar
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