With winds changing from one minute to the next, from NNE to NNW to SW to NW to---, hawks were showing up along several flight lines at the Cranberry Marsh RW over a period of 6 hours on Oct.20. I thank the 10 people with great eyes for their sightings. We closed down at 2pm est, with 167 migrants listed--these included 41 Turkey Vulture, 54 Sharp-shinned, 8 Cooper's, 1 RED-SHOULDERED, 43 Red-tailed, 1 Rough-legged, 1 Merlin, 1 Kestrel AND 1 adult GOLDEN EAGLE at 1135 est, and 1 2nd yr. BALD EAGLE at 1220 est.
This was the first day in which we noted many small streams of Canada Geese coming in from the north to sit on the lake. With one group was a SNOW GOOSE. Songbirds feeding along the path--song, white-crowned, white-throated and swamp sparrows, w-b nuthatch, juncos,---- At least 2 Monarchs were detected. >From the west--exit 404 on the 401, south to Bayly, east through Lakeridge to Hall's Rd.--south; from the east-exit 410, south to Victoria, west over to Hall's Rd. Doug Lockrey, Whitby www.pickeringnaturalists.org
