Birders,
Yesterday afternoon, my brothers and I observed a YELLOW BILLED CUCKOO in
the woods behind our house.
Other species of note(today and yesterday) were: Northern Parula, Swainson's
thrush, Hermit thrush, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, White-,& Red-breasted nuthatch,
Dark-eyed juncos, Chipping Sparrow, Red-eye Vireo, Blue headed Verio,White
throated Sparrow, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker,Hairy woodpecker.
The woods are at the north-west corner of Beatrice & Wilson road in
Oshawa.
Good Birding!!
Paul Burgess,
Oshawa
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Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark (06 Oct 2006) 9121 Raptors
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SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 06, 2006
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 8796 22225 24116
Osprey 1 13 201
Bald Eagle 2 13 128
Northern Harrier 33 104 609
Sharp-shinned Hawk 104 681 4954
Cooper's Hawk 25 101 247
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 7 10 14
Broad-winged Hawk 4 2493 67945
Red-tailed Hawk 145 252 453
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 2
American Kestrel 4 149 1784
Merlin 0 8 35
Peregrine Falcon 0 4 33
Unknown
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 4
Total: 9121 26055 100525
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Observation start time: 07:30:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 9.5 hours
Official Counter: Calvin Brennan
Observers: Charlene Borchers, Fred Kirn, John Elliot
Visitors:
Richard Naber
Anne Hanft
Saul Hanft
Allen Chartier
Weather:
Today was a clear blue day with little or no cloud cover at any time. Winds
were fairly strong from the northeast.
Raptor Observations:
The flight today was very much similar to yesterday but with a bit of an
increase in the larger Buteos. The Turkey Vulture movement was much as it
was the day previous, starting early and ending late with similar numbers
recorded for each day. With the cloudless skies, detecting birds in
general was difficult, especially the smaller species, accounting somewhat
for the small Sharpie and Kestrel totals Im sure.
Non-raptor Observations:
A single Snow Goose was seen with two high-flying Canadas. A single late
Chimney Swift was also noted.
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submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at:
http://www.smrr.net/
