This is an official posting from the High Park Raptor Watch.
Station: High Park, Toronto, Ontario
View Period: September , 2006
Station coordinator: Don Barnett
Counters: D. Barnett, B. Carswell, C. Harte, M. Kelch, N. McHugh & H.
Shapiro
The following are our totals for the past week and year to date:
Species Sept 21 Year to Date
Turkey Vulture...............3.................26........
Osprey......................... 6................ 25........
Bald Eagle.................... 0.................17........
Northern Harrier............. 4................ 49.....
Sharp-Shinned Hawk......100............. 656.......
Cooper's Hawk...............13................58.....
Northern Goshawk...........0................ 0...-.....
Red-shouldered Hawk.......0................ 0...-.....
Broad-winged Hawk.........90............. 2249.......
Red-tailed Hawk............. 15................109....
Rough-legged Hawk..........0..................0.....
Golden Eagle....................0..................0.....
American Kestrel............. 23................162.....
Merlin........................ ...0..................8..
Peregrine Falcon............. ..0................ 8*....
Other(Swainson's Hawk)...-...................-.....
Gyrfalcon..........................0.................0.....
Unidentified................. . 17 ...............39......
Total........................ 271 .............3406.....
*Totals for Peregrine Falcon may be high due to local birds which are
unintentionally counted as migrating individuals.
High Park Site Description
High Park is a 400 acre wooded park dominated by a Black Oak Savannah
located just west of Downtown Toronto near Keele and Bloor. The park is
operated by the City of Toronto Parks Department.
The Count site (Hawk Hill) is located on a small hillat the north end of the
Grenadier Restaurant parking lot. It is located about 1.5km (1 mile) north
of Lake Ontario, at an elevation of 110 metres above sea level and 38 metres
above Lake Ontario. The site location is N 43 degrees 37 minutes 03.8
seconds, W 79 degrees 28 minutes 56.5 seconds. This station is at the
highest point and near the centre of the park; a steep slope that descends
to a large pond is immediately west of the station. Full time counts have
been recorded here since 1993.
The following are partners in our raptor migration monitoring in the Greater
Toronto Region: City of Toronto Parks and Culture Department, Toronto
Ornithological Club, and Local Naturalist's Clubs.
More information including a summary of our past observations is available
at:
http://www.torontobirding.ca/~gtrw/
Observations for this season are not yet available.
Your Marc Lichtenberg
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
