Any day like today, dominated by east winds (generally) makes for a poor
Hawk flight over High Park.
I decided to try the Churchill Reservoir Park at Spadina and St Clair and
see if the east winds brought
Raptors overhead.
I observed between 3pm and 4pm:
1 American Kestral
5 Red Tailed Hawks
DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2009
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Black Vulture
Hello Ontbirds,
There were no fewer than 30 CHIMNEY SWIFTS over Holiday Beach
Conservation Area in Amherstburg this afternoon. A single pan across the sky
to the east yielded 30 swifts, and that's not to mention possible singles
here and there to the north and west of the Hawk Tower. This see
As of 4:45pm, the 6 avocets continue to be in the first cell at West Perth. See
previous post for directions...
Rick Thornton
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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 rap
This morning there were 6 American Avocet in the first cell at West Perth
Wetlands. Other shorebirds included both yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper, Dunlin,
dowitcher, and Killdeer.
Steve Thorpe
Stratford
West Perth Wetlands are in Mitchell. From Ontario Street (Hwy 8) travel south
on Wel
Late Sunday morning, October 25th there were 71 Sandhill Cranes in a field
on the West side of Trim Road, towards Perrault Road.
Later in the day, October 25th, around 3:00 pm we observed approximately
2000 Snow Geese on County Road 9 South of St. Isadore. They were on the west
side of the roa
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