This is an official posting from the HighnPark Raptor Watch. Station : High Park, Toronto, Ontario. View Period, Oct.16 - 22, 2006. Station Co-ordinator - Don Barnett. Counters: D. Barnett, B. Carswell, C. Harte, M. Kelch, N. McHugh, H. Shapiro.
The following are our totals for the period Oct. 16 - 22 and the year to date. Species Oct. 16 - 22 Year to Date Turkey Vulture 3 1235 Osprey 0 36 Bald Eagle 0 24 Norther Harrier 6 86 Sharp-shinned Hawk 91 1295 Cooper's Hawk 3 84 Northern Goshawk 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 5 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2536 Red-tailed Hawk 10 267 Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 Golden Eagle 2 8 American Kestrel 2 229 Merlin 0 14 Peregrine Falcon 0 26 Gyrfalcon 0 0 Other (Swainson's Hawk) 0 0 Unidentified 2 60 Totals 119 5909 *Totals for Peregrine Falcon may be high due to local birds which are unintentionally counted as migrating individuals. Thanks to all the observers who participated this week. 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/ . Naish McHugh. Observer. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdshow.htm ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Oct 23 10:59:31 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from main2.mycybernet.net (main2.mycybernet.net [209.222.63.140]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 141DB63B0F for <[email protected]>; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 10:59:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 195-50-222-209.mycybernet.net ([209.222.50.195] helo=hamradio) by main2.mycybernet.net with smtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) id 1Gc1bI-0008Or-Uj for [email protected]; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:20:29 -0400 From: "Connie or Jack Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Birds (E-mail)" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 10:59:30 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Subject: [Ontbirds]Mockingbird X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 14:59:31 -0000 At 10:45 this morning a Mockingbird was feeding on the Rowanberries at the northern limit of Sandale Rd in Stouffville. Last year they passed through on Aug 16. Directions: From Hwy 48 & Stouffville Rd, east about 1 Km to first traffic lights, then North on Sandale Rd about .4 Km to the dead end. Jack
