I arrived home shortly after 3:30pm and noticed a movement of raptors overhead. So myself, my father-in-law and my hawkeye daughter, who can apparently consistently pick out broadwing kettles at several thousand feet with her toy binocs watched till 5:30. The themals apparently ended around 5:20 and dozens of Broadwings have decended on my neighbourhood for the evening. Most appeared to drop in the adjacent Oshawa Creek valley. Highlights 3:45 to 5:30pm 792 Broad-winged Hawks most appeared to be between 2-5000+ feet up. Largest kettle was 162 birds 1 Osprey 4 Bald Eagle(1 adult, 3 immatures) 17 Sharp-shinned Hawks 4 Red-tailed Hawks 1 American Kestrel 1 Double-crested Cormorant (rare in North Oshawa) 1 Carolina Wren currently scolding a Broadwing which is perched in a butternut tree above my feeders. The flight line these raptors follow through Oshawa runs from Adelaide/Townline in east Oshawa, passes over Simcoe/Rossland in North Oshawa, Oshawa Airport and onwards to the general vicinity of lake Iroquois shoreline hawkwatch. The parking lots in the southend of Oshawa Airport can provide great views of this flightline. To access this area, take the Stevenson road exit off the 401 and following it north to where it ends at the airport just north of Rossland Road.. Tyler Hoar Oshawa _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
