With medium NW winds, rising BP and light thermals as many as 12 observers
thoroughly
enjoyed spotting raptors coming in high and low on several flyways over a
period of 5 hours,
interrupted by a brief shower.
During the first hour we had great views of a very dark morph adult
Red-tailed Hawk.
Then, at 10:40 a bird we all wait for arrived with all of its splendour--a
1st yr. GOLDEN
EAGLE took 10 minutes to glide over our heads.
The 161 migrating raptors-- 10 Turkey Vultures, 4 male N.Harriers, 21
Sharp-shinneds,
5 Cooper's, 2 N.GOSHAWKS, 2 RED-SHOULDEREDS, 110 RED-TAILEDS,
3 ROUGH-LEGGEDS, 1 GOLDEN EAGLE, 1 Am.Kestrel, 2 Peregrines.
----SEE TABLE BELOW.
We did not spend much time looking at non-raptors. They included female
PURPLE
FINCH, 2 FOX SPARROWS.
Cranberry Marsh, sw Whitby, ON--south roadside parking area on Hall's Rd.
TUESDAY, Nov.3/09
Observation time--0900-1400
Official counters- Doug Lockrey, Charlie Adey
Observers- Dan Kaczynski, Karl Jennewein, Jim Skene, Charlie Adey, John
Stirrat,
Ron Stephenson, Bruce Parker, Joyce Collier-Brown, Jerry Ball, Alan Woods,
Stu Williams, John Floegl
Weather: medium NW wind; BP=101.7 rising; TUV=1.5; 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
---------------------------------Nov.3
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Black Vulture--------------------0---------------0----------------------0
Turkey Vulture------------------10----------------11------------------3954
Osprey--------------------------0----------------0------------------- 136
Bald Eagle-----------------------0---------------0-------------------- 52
Northern Harrier---------------4-----------------4------------------ 97
Sharp-shinned Hawk----------21----------------30-------------------1464
Cooper's Hawk--------------- 5---------------- 10 ------------------980
Northern Goshawk------------ 2----------------6------------------ 102
Red-shouldered Hawk---------2 --------------- 3 -------------------42
Broad-winged Hawk---------- 0 ----------------0 ------------------416
Red-tailed Hawk----------------110-----------139-----------------1106
Rough-legged Hawk------------3 ---------------5--------------------10
Golden Eagle------------------ 1 ---------------- 1 --------------------2
American Kestrel------------- 1 ----------------- 3------------------ 480
Merlin------------------------- 0 --------------0 -------------------34
Peregrine Falcon--------------2 ---------------- 5------------------ 46
Unidentified Accipiter--------- 0 ---------------- 0 ------------------11
Undentified Buteo------------ 0 ----------------- 4------------------ 29
Unidentified Falcon----------- 0 ----------------- 0 -------------------2
Unidentified Eagle-------------0------------------ 0------------------ 1
Unidentified Raptor ----------- 0----------------1----------------- 35
TOTALS--------------------161---------------222-------------8039
HOURS----------------------5----------------14--------------320.5
Doug Lockrey-- coordinator CMRW, Whitby, ON
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