IROQUOIS SHORELINE RAPTOR WATCH
WHITBY ONT., CANADA.
Below I have recored the monthly totals , migrating Raptors & hours at site .
Sept.2004 Oct.2004 Nov.2004 Season Total
2004
Turkey Vulture = 250 =1,046 = 1
=1,297
Osprey = 3 = 3 = 0
= 6
Bald Eagle = 8 = 0 = 0
= 8
N/Harrier = 8 = 5 = 1
= 14
Sharp Shinned=64 = 140 = 9 =
213
Coopers Hawk=9 = 18 = 6
= 33
N/Goshawk =0 = 2 = 1
= 3
Red Shoulder =8 = 44 = 2
= 54
Broad Wing =457 = 0 = 0
= 457
Red Tail =37 = 318 = 38
= 393
Roughlegged =0 = 6 = 7
= 13
Golden Eagle =0 = 23 = 2
= 25
A/Kestrill =12 = 3 = 0
= 15
Merlin =3 = 6 = 2
= 11
Peragrine =2 = 0 = 0
= 2
Total Raptors=864 =1,608 = 69
=2,541
Total Hours =25.5 = 37 = 15
= 80.5
Avg per hr =33.8 = 43.5 = 4.6
= 31.5
This year was disappointing , the weather did not co-operate as our site is
manned only on the weekend & thats when the rain seemed to fall ! The 3 R`s Red
Tail, Red Shoulder & Rough Legged were well below our normal count . I don`t
know what kind of magnet Doug Lockery used but his crew had a record year for
Rouhlegged`s well over 300 !!
Our best day of the year wasOctober 13th when we recorded a record for our site
13 Golden Eagles !
Well once again it has been thrill to participate in "THE GREAT ESCAPE" !!
Report submitted by; Mike Williamson
Info on Iroquios can be found at Torontobirding.ca Click on Greater Toronto
Raptor Watch .
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Detroit Audubon had a field trip to Niagara on December 3-5, lead by
Alan Wormington. We cherry picked a number of Ontario birds that had
previously been seen plus finding a few of our own. Here are some of the
highlights at least as to birds not previously mentioned in postings
during this most recent weekend:
Red-throated Loon: Alan Wormington counted 62 fly-bys at
Niagara-on-the-lake on the morning of December
4th.
Eurasian Wigeon: Alan pointed out a male of this species, which
he had previously located, out of a large
flock of
American Wigeon at Eireau in the Rondeau
area,
Kent County, on December 3rd.
King Eider On December 5th myself and Alan Wormington saw
an adult male of this species flying in
a line of a
dozen White-winged Scoters off of
Niagara-on-the-lake with the birds flying east and
disappearing into
New York air space.
On December 5th Alan Wormington located
for the
rest of the group a female King Eider in
with
scoters and goldeneyes in Lake Ontario
off of
Fruitland Road in Stoney Creek.
Harlequin Duck On December 5th Jim Lesser pointed out a
female/yg male of this species very close
to shore
at the end of Fruitland road in Stoney
Creek at
mid-morning.
Purple Sandpiper Our group and others saw one of this species on
December 4th on a large rock with a bush
on it in the
Niagara River above the falls above barge.
Black-necked Stilt We saw this long running vagrant at the
Ridgetown sewage lagoons in Kent County
on December
3rd in the afternoon.
Little Gull Alan Wormington and myself saw an adult
at
the Whirlpool at Niagara on the
afternoon of
December 4th.
Snowy Owl We saw one on December 5th at Hamilton Harbor
atop a
large mound of dirt. When one of us
attempted
to photograph the bird, a harbor official
stopped by
to say that photography was not permitted
there,
presumably absent prior approval.
Bohemian Waxwing Jim Lesser and Robert Epstein saw one at Point
Pelee north of the White Pines Picnic area on
December 3rd at mid-day. We dipped on the
Varied
Thrush that had been seen there recently.
Cheers,
Karl Overman
Farmington Hills, Mi.
