Hi; I hope all read the reports from Cranberry & Iroquois for Oct. 11,2004 . Iroquois site is only covered on the weekend,but as you can see it can be a very productive site if the winds are conducive for a inland flight !
Light winds from the North,N.E,S,&S.E. are very good inland days . When these conditions arise it would be most helpful if some obsevers would take advantage of this site ! There are count sheets mounted in a box on the under side of the platform . It would be great if we could get a more accurate count & hours at this site . My gut feeling is we miss atleast 1,000 to 2,000 migrating Raptors due to lack of coveridge ! If winds are strong from the above mentioned directions you will look at empty skies as the birds will be migrating south at Cranberry . Jean Iron, Ron Pittaway etc. where there & can verify what a differance of 10 Km can make ! My hope is that some fellow Hawk Watchers will give our site a try, you may be justly rewarded !! Directions to Site ; Take Hwy 401 East or West to Brock St.(Hwy 12) Whitby, North. Proceed North through town untill you reach Taunton Rd.,Continue North 2.5 Km. Turn left at Spencers Rd. Turn left at stop sign and park by the gate . Follow the path to the left . Once you pass through the Cedar trees take the the path to the right uo to the platform, you will have a 360 degree view !!! Regards; Mike Williamson From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Oct 12 19:11:54 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp-out1.hurontel.on.ca (smtp-out1.hurontel.on.ca [216.46.129.246]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50DDC498D1 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 19:11:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) by smtp-out1.hurontel.on.ca (8.12.9/8.12.6) id i9CNJA3c010069 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 19:19:10 -0400 Received: from l1v3s5 (ipgateway.quadro.net [216.46.130.231]) i9CNI8Ep009826 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 19:18:19 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "The John Family" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 19:18:51 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Lapland longspurs X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 23:11:55 -0000 Yesterday (Oct 11), while walking my crop fields, I came across the first two Lapland longspurs of the fall. Also overhad was an immature Peregrine, moving South. Our farm is located near Stratford, in the bustling hamlet of Sebringville! cheers, Antony John From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Oct 12 19:44:19 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from taiga.com (mugwump.taiga.com [68.165.54.133]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F82148CD5 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 19:44:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 22027 invoked by uid 525); 12 Oct 2004 23:42:39 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 12 Oct 2004 07:10:39 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark (12 Oct 2004) 3265 Raptors X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 23:44:19 -0000 SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 12, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 2849 34074 38404 Osprey 2 14 231 Bald Eagle 0 34 177 Northern Harrier 1 31 314 Sharp-shinned Hawk 78 1462 5821 Cooper's Hawk 30 216 429 Northern Goshawk 2 4 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 44 138 185 Broad-winged Hawk 0 7 185382 Red-tailed Hawk 254 1631 2446 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 5 6 American Kestrel 5 106 985 Merlin 0 4 45 Peregrine Falcon 0 13 32 Unknown 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 3265 37740 234464 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: John Elliot, Paul Cypher Weather: Todays conditions were partly sunny with variable amounts of cloud. Winds were generally light and highly variable for much of the day becoming moderate southeast in the late afternoon. Observations: The flight was similar to yesterdays but with smaller numbers and less diversity overall. Much of the movement was directly overhead in mixed kettles giving plenty of excellent views to appreciative hawk watchers. Predictably the later passage was pushed to the north with the switch in winds to the south. Highlighting the day were two Northern Goshawks, a juvenile and a sub adult individual. Predictions: Rain is predicted to come into the area tomorrow afternoon and linger into the latter portions of the week. This will likely backup a large number of birds on the north shore of Lake Erie and produce some large flights perhaps on the weekend but certainly early next week. =======================================================================Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
