Cranberry Marsh, southwest Whitby, Ontario (south down Hall's Rd. from Victoria St.) Daily Raptor Count: Sep 26, 2007 Observation time: 8am to 3pm EST Official Counter: Geoff Carpentier Observers: Charlie Adey, Doug Lockrey, Jim Skene, Jane Kroes, 8 visitors Weather: morning rains replaced by overcast skies with intermittent sunshine; BP falling; 21C; TUV=1 Raptor Observations: It took 2 hours for migrants to come through in numbers; meanwhile we were ensconsed with a resident juvenile MERLIN which came right through us on the platform, landing to perch in a nearby tree for photographing!!! This was a big N.Harrier day (see table) An adult Bald Eagle slowly flew through at 1115EST Non-raptor Observations: Between 8am and 10amEST many warblers came in to literally jump around in a nearby alder --N.PARULA, WILSON'S, YELLOW-RUMPED, AM.REDSTART, CHESTNUT-SIDED, PALM; 70+ Am.pipits; 1 Chimney Swift; Wilson's Snipe. Greater Yellowlegs; 20+ migrating C.Loons. The "wetlands" are becoming mudflats-- 4 Great Egrets and many Great Blue Herons fly about, but few land. Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 7 123 125 Osprey 3 107 142 Bald Eagle 1 23 25 Northern Harrier 23 108 114 Sharp-shinned Hawk 20 1391 1409 Cooper's Hawk 2 24 26 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 3157 3171 Red-tailed Hawk 3 70 78 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 7 448 483 Merlin 0 19 21 Peregrine Falcon 0 11 11 Unknown 2 39 45 Total: 68 5520 5650 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Doug Lockrey, coordinator CMRW