With thanks to Tim Foran I have added the following to today's numbers: 16 TVs, 6 RTs and 1 PG, seen by him in the late afternoon of yesterday.
A brisk East wind, Good thermals and a rising BP were accompanied by a brisk East wind today (Oct.26), not conducive to a hawk migration. Migrating raptors--25 Turkey Vultures, 1 Cooper's, 11 Red-taileds, 2 Am.Kestrel, and 1 Peregrine falcon. SEE TABLE BELOW
Non-raptors: 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, both Yellowlegs, AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, PIED-BILLED GREBE, PINTAIL, SHOVELER, ETC.
Cranberry Marsh, sw Whitby, ON--south roadside parking area on Hall's Rd. MONDAY, Oct.26/09 Observation time--0800-1300EDT
Official counter- Doug Lockrey Observers- Dan Kaczynski, Jim Skene, Karl Jennewein, Charlie Adey, JimMcKnight, Dan Russell (welcome back from England).
Weather: medium E wind; BP=102.6 rising; TUV=2; 10C
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.
Raptor species----------------Day Total-----Month Total------Season Total
---------------------------Oct.26 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Black Vulture--------------------0---------------0----------------------0 Turkey Vulture------------------25-------------2867---------------- 3928 Osprey--------------------------0---------------5------------------- 136 Bald Eagle-----------------------0-------------23-------------------- 53 Northern Harrier---------------0-----------------45------------------ 90 Sharp-shinned Hawk----------2----------------674----------------1428 Cooper's Hawk--------------- 1---------------- 49 ------------------88 Northern Goshawk------------ 0----------------13------------------ 15 Red-shouldered Hawk---------0 --------------- 36 -------------------38 Broad-winged Hawk---------- 0 ---------------0 ------------------416 Red-tailed Hawk-------------11----------------826------------------974 Rough-legged Hawk---------- 0 ----------------3--------------------3 Golden Eagle------------------ 0 -------------- 1 --------------------1 American Kestrel------------- 2 ------------ 140------------------ 477 Merlin------------------------- 0 ------------10 -------------------32 Peregrine Falcon--------------1 -------------- 19------------------ 42 Unidentified Accipiter--------- 0 -------------- 2 ------------------10 Unidentified Buteo------------ 0 --------------- 3------------------ 26 Unidentified Falcon----------- 0 --------------- 1 -------------------2 Unidentified Eagle-------------0-------------- 1--------------------- 1 Unidentified Raptor ----------- 0---------------16----------------- 34 TOTAL----------------------40-------------4734-------------- 7769 HOURS----------------------5----------------107.5---------------292 Doug Lockrey-- coordinator CMRW, Whitby, ON _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
