Friday, Sep.19/08
Observation time: 0800-1200 EST
Official Counter: Doug Lockrey
Observers: Rayfield Pye, Jim Munroe, Jim Skene, Donna Foster, John Stirrat,
Jim Fairchild, Dave Worthington, Charlie Adey and others
Welcome back to Rayfield.
The weather---TUV=2, 16C, light-medium SEwinds, falling bp, TUV=2, sunny
Non-raptor Observations: r-t Hummingbirds, Philadelphia vireo, Nashville
warbler, brown thrasher, n.flicker, white-breasted nuthatch, red-breasted
nuthatch, lesser yellowlegs, ruby-crowned kinglet.
An uneventful morning, except for several of us straining to locate 2 distant
BALD EAGLES(1 adult) that drifted slowly to the north around 10:15EST.
>From the 401 eastbound, exit at Salem Rd. in Ajax, south to Bayly, the east
>through Lakeridge Rd. to the first street beyond-Hall's Rd.--south toward the
>lake to the second roadside parking area. From the 401 westbound--exit at
>Brock St. in Whitby, south to Victoria St., west right through to Hall's Rd.
Species Sep.18 Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture(BV) 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture(TV) 0 131 136
Osprey(OS) 1 64
120
Bald Eagle(BE) 2 26
26
Northern Harrier (NH) 1 24 29
Sharp-shinned Hawk (SS) 17 413 552
Cooper's Hawk (CH) 1 17
22
Northern Goshawk (NG) 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk(RS) 0 2 2
Broad-winged Hawk(BW) 0 2005 2008
Red-tailed Hawk(RT) 0 17 24
Rough-legged Hawk (RL) 0 0 0
Golden Eagle(GE) 0 0
0
American Kestrel (AK) 4 198 209
Merlin(ML) 0 14
15
Peregrine Falcon (PG) 0 2
3
Unknown Accipiter (UA) 0 0 3
Unknown Buteo (UB) 0 1
2
Unknown Falcon(UF) 0 1
2
Unknown Eagle (UE) 0 0
0
Unknown Raptor(UR) 1 21
23
TOTAL 194 2508
3174
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Doug Lockrey, coordinator CMRW, Whitby, ON
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