The Cranberry Marsh Raptor Watch in southwest Whitby, ON, has been in operation since 1990. This year we started up on Aug.21; we try to cover the platform every day through to Nov.30, particularly in the AM hours. We had 3 great days this week--Wed., Thurs. & Fri. brought 10 Bald Eagles, 11 N.Goshawks,397 TVs, 598 Red-taileds, 13 Rough-leggeds and 2 Golden Eagles among others. The table below indicates the number of migrating raptors recorded for the period of OCT.20 to OCT.26, and in BRACKETS is the TOTAL SINCE AUG.21. > > TURKEY VULTURE 397 (2301) > OSPREY 1 (122) > BALD EAGLE 10 (41) > NORTHERN HARRIER 25 (240) > SHARP-SHINNED HAWK 85 (1887) > COOPER'S HAWK 6 (75) > NORTHERN GOSHAWK 11 (17) > BROAD-WINGED HAWK -- (276) > RED-SHOULDERED HAWK 35 (169) > RED-TAILED HAWK 598 (1111) > ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK 13 (23) > GOLDEN EAGLE 2 (3) > AMERICAN KESTREL 5 (583) > MERLIN 1 (48) > PEREGRINE FALCON 1 (30) > UNIDENTIFIED RAPTORS 48 (270) > TOTAL 1238 (7196) > > Directions: From Toronto--east on the 401 into Ajax, exiting south on > Harwood, down to Bayly, left (east) along Bayly a few km., through Lakeridge > Rd., whereupon Bayly becomes Victoria St. in Whitby--- 1 block east of > Lakeridge turn south down Hall's Rd.; park in the second roadside parking > area, just north of the lakefront; walk east down the path to the platform. > > Doug Lockrey, coordinator CMRW "Doug Lockrey" <lockrey33@rogers.com> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.