Today was excellent at the hawk - 63 species including a low flying Black
Vulture which was photographed at about 2 p.m.
Other hawks included:
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 372
Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) 46
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) 15
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 1
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 1 1st fall
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) 5
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 90
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) 2
Merlin (Falco columbarius) 1
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) 1
Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) 2 light morph
18 spp of waterfowl including:
Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) 8
Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) 5
Other stuff:
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) 4
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 2 - no wing tags
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) 1
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 275 migrating
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) (Junco hyemalis [oreganus]) 1 adult -
photographed
Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) 26 seen in two flocks
Monarchs - 4 and Red Admiral - 1
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 Rd
to the 2nd walkway to Cranberry Marsh.
The data will be submitted to HMANA and eBird.
OFO Fall Hawkwatching Guide
http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/articles.hawkwatching
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20316407
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
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