Cranberry Marsh Raptor Watch
Whitby, Ontario
Monday, September 10
Species
Turkey Vulture- 168
Osprey- 3
Bald Eagle- 5
Northern Harrier- 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk- 83
Cooper's Hawk-11
Broad-winged Hawk- 390
Red-tailed Hawk- 9
American Kestrel- 24
Merlin- 7
Peregrine Falcon- 2
unidentified- 4
Total- 709
Total observation time- 6 hrs
Official Counters: Les Sayer and Jim McKnight
Observers: J Ball, J Stirrat, JC Brown, J Skene,
J Nishikawa, and C Adey
Weather: Light north winds all day,
(birds were flying very high)
Other birds: Great Egret- few, (no wing tags),
Pectoral Sandpiper- 8, Ruby-throated Hummingbird- 5,
Common Loon- 4 and both Nuthatches
Monarch migration- : small numbers
(large flight of dragonflies)
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 to Cranberry Marsh.
Rayfield Pye
Oshawa
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ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial
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