Sunny skies and very light NE wind = very few migrating raptors. Indeed many
of the few that we did see were trying to ride the thermals.
Weather--light NE wind, rising BP, light thermals, 10C.
Among non-raptors were at least 8000 Canada Geese flying en masse from the
north down to either the lakefront or Lynde Marsh. Among them was 1 SNOW
GOOSE and 13 CACKLING GEESE.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 34 NON-RAPTORS WERE--- Northern Shoveler,
Wilson's Snipe, VIRGINIA RAIL, NORTHERN SHRIKE.
----SEE TABLE BELOW for the few raptors.
Cranberry Marsh, sw Whitby, ON--south roadside parking area on Hall's Rd.
WEDNESDAY, Nov.11/09
Observation time--0800-1300 (WITH A PAUSE AT 1100), 1430-1530
Official counters- Ron Stephenson, Doug Lockrey
Observers- Karl Jennewein, Jim Skene, Jerry Ball, Ron Stephenson, Paul
McGee,
Ron Pittaway.
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
---------------------------------Nov11
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Black Vulture--------------------0---------------0----------------------0
Turkey Vulture------------------2----------------21------------------3964
Osprey--------------------------0---------------1-------------------- 137
Bald Eagle-----------------------0---------------3-------------------- 55
Northern Harrier---------------1-----------------11------------------ 104
Sharp-shinned Hawk----------8----------------49-------------------1483
Cooper's Hawk--------------- 0----------------19 -------------------111
Northern Goshawk------------ 0---------------8---------------------- 22
Red-shouldered Hawk---------0 --------------- 6 ---------------------45
Broad-winged Hawk---------- 0 ---------------0 --------------------416
Red-tailed Hawk---------------10--------------308-------------------1275
Rough-legged Hawk------------0 ---------------13--------------------18
Golden Eagle------------------ 0 ---------------- 2 --------------------3
American Kestrel------------- 0 -----------------4 ----------------- 481
Merlin------------------------- 0 --------------0 -------------------34
Peregrine Falcon--------------0 ---------------- 6------------------ 47
Unidentified Accipiter---------0 ---------------- 1 ------------------12
Undentified Buteo------------0 -----------------5-------------------30
Unidentified Falcon----------- 0 ----------------- 1 -------------------3
Unidentified Eagle-------------0------------------ 0------------------ 1
Unidentified Raptor -----------1----------------3----------------- 39
TOTALS--------------------22---------------461---------------8278
HOURS----------------------6---------------45.5----------------352
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/
