With rain threatening, yet with medium NW winds, I hoped I would have help at
the platform. Indeed, it arrived, as did a number of raptors before a brief
rain shower at noonhour. I thank Paul McGee for staying on with Graham Leonard
for 32 more hours--35 TVs came through after noonhour.
The trees along the pathway were literally laden with songbirds all morning,
starting at 0830EST
CRANBERRY MARSH RAPTOR WATCH, sw Whitby, ON
Wed. Oct.1/08
Observation time: 0800-1500EST
Coordinator: Doug Lockrey
Official Counters/Observers: Ron Stephenson, Jim Munroe, Tyler Hoar, Paul McGee
Observers: Jerry Ball, Karl Jennewein, Jim Fairchild, John Stirrat, Doug
Lockrey .
The weather---medium/strong N/NW winds, steady BP; 17C. The Thermal Updraft
Velocity was given as 0, but many of the raptors were certainly riding on
thermals.
SEE THE TABLE BELOW RE. THE RAPTORS-- between 1300 and 1500EST 35 Turkey
Vultures drifted through.
Non-raptors- hundreds of MIGRATING BLUE JAYS;
along the path--yellow-bellied sapsucker, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, WHITE-CROWNED
SPARROW, rose-breasted grosbeak, eastern phoebe, golden-crowned kinglet,
ruby-crowned kinglet, catbird, AND 9 WARBLER SPP.--n.parula, chestnut-sided,
yellow-rumped, c.yellowthroat, black-throated green, black-throated blue, palm,
Nashville, Am.redstart
in the wetland--swamp sparrow, marsh wren,
on the lake--143 common loons (various ages), 3 HORNED GREBE
>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 Oct.1Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ -------------- ------------- -------------
Black Vulture(BV) 0 0
0
Turkey Vulture(TV) 48 48
313
Osprey(OS) 1 1
147
Bald Eagle(BE) 0 0
43
Northern Harrier (NH) 2 2
50
Sharp-shinned Hawk (SS) 35 35 1044
Cooper's Hawk (CH) 4 4
61
Northern Goshawk (NG) 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk(RS) 0 0 2
Broad-winged Hawk(BW) 0 0 2042
Red-tailed Hawk(RT) 3 3
44
Rough-legged Hawk (RL) 0 0 0
Golden Eagle(GE) 0 0
0
American Kestrel (AK) 23 23 511
Merlin(ML) 0 0
19
Peregrine Falcon (PG) 0 0
10
Unknown Accipiter (UA) 0 0 3
Unknown Buteo (UB) 0 0
2
Unknown Falcon(UF) 1 1
3
Unknown Eagle (UE) 0 0
0
Unknown Raptor(UR) 1 1 29
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TOTAL 118 118
4323
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Doug Lockrey, Whitby, ON
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