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- In these Southern Ontario hotspots, located along Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, the fall migration begins to kick into gear around mid-August with the height of activity occurring in September and October for most species. The migration will carry on all the way into December, ending gradually about midway through the month.
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Sep 27, 2021 · On The Wild Side: Ospreys among migrating raptors to be seen along Lake Ontario shore this fall – Beach Metro Community News. September 27, 2021. Photo above, an adult and juvenile osprey. The adult osprey has yellow eyes. Inset photo, an osprey soars over the Rosetta McClain Gardens on the shores of Lake Ontario and the Scarborough Bluffs.
Going around The Great Lakes in the spring, there are a couple of really good hawk migration spots to watch. Hawkwatches along the Lake Ontario to the north of us, because the hawks come up and they hit Lake Ontario, and they’ll fly over it, so they go around, and around the corner of those things, the hawks concentrate into large numbers.
- Jeff Szuc
Apr 22, 2021 · Braddock Bay, located on the grounds of Braddock Bay Park, is one of New York State’s two, main spring “hawk watching” areas on the Lake Ontario shore for observing migrating...
Figure 2: Raptor migration along the southeastern corner of Lake Ontario on May 1, 2006, 12:55 – 1:24 PM EDT. Figure 2 shows a line of raptors moving along the lake shore, flying over land until they get to Nine Mile Point (the ‘hump’ east of Oswego), where they ‘jump off’ and fly a little distance over the lake, just north of Derby Hill.
In November, many of the northern raptors that winter in the eastern Lake Ontario and western St. Lawrence region are settling in. Mouse raptors, including Rough-legged Hawk, Northern Harrier, and Short-eared Owl, will be passing through.
Oct 12, 2022 · The latest scientific analysis by the internationally award-winning Raptor Population Index Project (RPI) uses decades’ worth of count data from across North America to show long-term and short-term trends in migratory raptors. Raptor trends are presented in a contemporary, easy-to-navigate, and graphically vibrant new website at rpi-project.org.
Mar 29, 2021 · These impressive hunters and powerful apex predators make birdwatching exciting and can attract newcomers to the field. Standardized observations of migrating raptors also allow researchers to monitor their status and make positive contributions to raptor conservation in North America.
