Apologies--the table below should show 19 TVs, not 191.
Doug L.
Cranberry Marsh
sw Whitby, Ontario, Canada--south roadside parking area on Hall's Rd.
Thursday, Sep.24/09
Observation time: 0800-1200EDT
Official Counter: Doug Lockrey
Observers: Dan Kaczynski, Jim Skene, Alan Woods, Paul McGee, Jerry Ball,
Joyce Collier-Brown,
Alex Dobson, John Stirrat and several visitors.
Weather: light NW wind; cloud-sun, humid; barometric pr. 101, rising; 22C
Migrating Raptor Observations: SEE TABLE BELOW
19 turkey vultures, 1 adult BALD EAGLE (at 1040EDT), 2 N.Harriers, 7
Sharp-shinned, 1 Cooper's,
41 Red-tailed, 1 Broad-winged, 8 Am.Kestrel, 1 Unidentified.
Non-raptor Observations: YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, 1 hummingbird,
rose-breasted grosbeak, 2 GREAT EGRETS, swamp sparrow, marsh wren,
yellow-bellied sapsucker, white-throated sparrow, among others
Monarch Butterflies--17+; Mourning Cloak-3
From the 401 eastbound, exit at Salem Rd. in Ajax, south to Bayly, then
east through LakeRidge Rd. to the first street beyond--Hall's Rd.--south
toward the lake to the second roadside parking area.
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Raptor Species Sep.24 Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 19 248 262
Osprey 0 64 128
Bald Eagle 1 11 22
Northern Harrier 2 28 41
Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 435 462
Cooper's Hawk 1 15 24
Northern Goshawk 0 2 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 1 399 412
Red-tailed Hawk 4 65 81
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 8 275 287
Merlin 0 18 21
Peregrine Falcon 0 13 13
Unknown Accipiter 0 8 8
Unknown Buteo 0 19 23
Unknown Falcon 0 1 1
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 1 16 17
Total: 44 1601 1788
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Doug Lockrey, coordinator CMRW, Whitby, ON
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