Sep 28th - A 500+ Raptor Day! (more photos added!)

What a fabulous Fall day at the Watch, lots of great birds and lots of wonderful people...

Rosetta McClain Gardens Raptor Watch, Toronto
28 September 2017
8:00am - 5:30pm

Today:
Turkey Vulture - 229
Osprey - 3
Bald Eagle - 13
Northern Harrier - 11
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 92
Cooper's Hawk - 3
Broad-winged Hawk - 26
Red-tailed Hawk - 9
American Kestrel - 119
Merlin - 6
Peregrine Falcon  5
Total - 516

Eagle Time (DST):
10:15am - BE
12:50pm - BE
01:34pm - BE
02:34pm - BE x3
02:36pm - BE
02:50pm - BE
02:53pm - BE
03:09pm - BE
03:48pm - BE
03:51pm - BE
05:26pm - BE

To Date:
Turkey Vulture - 275
Osprey - 32
Bald Eagle - 43
Northern Harrier - 35
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 274
Cooper's Hawk - 22
Broad-winged Hawk - 40
Red-tailed Hawk - 35
American Kestrel - 172
Merlin - 19
Peregrine Falcon - 10
Total - 957

These photos are courtesy of Ann...

Bald Eagle

Broad-winged Hawk

Broad-winged Hawk

American Kestrel

Turkey Vultures

Merlin

Red-tailed Hawk

 Sharp-shinned Hawk

These photos are courtesy of Joe...

Merlin

Red-tailed Hawk

 Broad-winged Hawk

Sharp-shinned Hawk

American Kestrel

Red-tailed Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Other Birds:

Lots of songbirds throughout the park today and hundreds of Blue Jays flying overhead.
Loon sp. - 20
Swan sp. - 3

American Goldfinch

American Redstart

Insects:
Monarch butterflies and various species of Dragonflies filled the sky once again.

Mammals:
An American Mink was seen early morning in the grass along the top edge of the bluffs.

Hawkwatchers:
Walter, Noam, Manny, Ron, Bruce, Betty, Allison, Sheldon, Kris, Jean, Norm, Frieda, Ann, Berle, Terry, Pat & Nancy, John & Zeny, Justin, Joe, Naish, Blane, Joyce, Gillian, Arvo, Ed, Vicki, Diana, and many, many others!!!  Thankyou so much everyone for such a great day of hawkwatching!

Weather Prediction:
Rain, rain, and more rain!!!

See you again at the fence,
Walter