Thursday's NW winds and cloud-cover spelled 519 migrating raptors over
8 hours. Many of the birds flew in low. Then Friday--the N wind was
great, but the clear blue sky made it difficult to spot the very
high-flying hawks-- we had to concentrate to identify, managing to ID
191 over the first 4 hours.
.Below are the totals for Sep.9, Sep.10 and overall since Aug.23:
turkey vulture 6 , 3 , 16
osprey 25 , 3 , 87
bald eagle 9 , 7 , 28
n.harrier 2 , 1 , 17
sharp-shinned 318 , 105 , 510
Cooper's 4 , 8 , 23
broad-winged 13 , 28 , 78
red-tailed 3 , 3 , 8
Am. kestrel 125 , 16 , 179
merlin 4 , 2 , 13
peregrine 6 , 0 , 11
unidentified 3 , 13 , 25
total 519 , 189 , 964
Very many Monarchs were noted, along with 2 or 3 dragonfly spp.
From the west along Victoria St, in sw Whitby, 1 block east of
Lakeridge Rd. to Hall's Rd.--south toward the lakefront, parking in
the second roadside parking area.
Doug Lockrey, coordinator CMRW
Thursday's NW winds and cloud-cover spelled 519 migrating raptors over
8 hours. Many of the birds flew in low. Then Friday--the N wind was
great, but the clear blue sky made it difficult to spot the very
high-flying hawks-- we had to concentrate to identify, managing to ID
191 over the first 4 hours.
.Below are the totals for Sep.9, Sep.10 and overall since Aug.23:
turkey vulture 6 , 3 , 16
osprey 25 , 3 , 87
bald eagle 9 , 7 , 28
n.harrier 2 , 1 , 17
sharp-shinned 318 , 105 , 510
Cooper's 4 , 8 , 23
broad-winged 13 , 28 , 78
red-tailed 3 , 3 , 8
Am. kestrel 125 , 16 , 179
merlin 4 , 2 , 13
peregrine 6 , 0 , 11
unidentified 3 , 13 , 25
total 519 , 189 , 964
Very many Monarchs were noted, along with 2 or 3 dragonfly spp.
>From the west along Victoria St, in sw Whitby, 1 block east of
Lakeridge Rd. to Hall's Rd.--south toward the lakefront, parking in
the second roadside parking area.
Doug Lockrey, coordinator CMRW
