This is an official posting from the High Park Raptor Watch.
Station : High Park, Toronto, Ontario.
View Period, Nov. 20 - 30, 2006
Station Co-ordinator - Don Barnett.
Counters: D. Barnett, B. Carswell, C. Harte, M. Kelch, N. McHugh, N. Murr, D.
Peuramaki, H. Shapiro.
The following are our totals for the period 20th - 30th Nov. and the Final Year
to Date.
Species 20 - 30 Nov Final Year to
Date.
Turkey Vulture 8 1673
Osprey 0
36
Bald Eagle 0
30
Northern Harrier 0 110
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 1662
Cooper's Hawk 1 119
Northern Goshawk 0 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 131
Broad-winged Hawk 0 2536
Red-tailed Hawk 27 2229
Rough-legged Hawk 0 7
Golden Eagle 0
28
American Kestrel 0 238
Merlin 0
18
*Peregrine Falcon 0
30
Gyrfalcon 0
0
Unidentified 0
119
Other (Swainson's Hawk) 0 1
Totals 39
8970
*Totals for Peregrine Falcon may be high due to local birds which are
unintentionally counted as migrating individuals.
Thanks to everyone who came to Hawk Hill and participated in our best Raptor
count in a number of years. We completed the Fall High Park Raptor Watch on
November 30th. Complete details and analysis for the three Greater Toronto
Raptor Watch locations are available on the Toronto Ornithological Club Website
(www.torontobirding.ca) . This includes the High Park, Cranberry Marsh and
Iroquois Shoreline 2006 results. While the Iroquois Shoreline has had a very
successful year, there is not enough data available to set up the graphs for
that location.
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 hill at 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.
Naish McHugh, Observer.
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Hi Birders,
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Razorbill at Niagara on the Lake
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Kingston area birds to Dec 1, 2006
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With all the mild weather this week waterfowl continue to be abundant. There
are many N. Shoveler, Am. Wigeon, and Ruddy Ducks in the Cataraqui River;
several Tundra Swans and a large flock of scaup and other divers in Elevator
Bay; and both Mute and Tundra Swans on Amherst Island. A large concentration
of C. Mergansers (1000+) was seen at Brewer's Mills. A word of caution; an
albino Canada Goose is amongst the hundreds of Canadas on the penitentiary
property.
Along with the usual Red-tails and N. Harriers there were 3 Rough-legged
Hawks and 2 Am. Kestrels reported on Amherst on Tuesday. A Snowy Owl seems
to have taken up residence on Amherst as it was seen on the 25th and the
28th. The Owl Woods still has many Long-eared Owls, although they are very
skittish, and a single Saw-whet was seen on the 25th. Another Saw-whet was
reported from Elginburg on that same day and a Great Horned was at the
Cataraqui Golf Club on the 26th. The Short-eared Owls on Amherst seem to be
staying as two were seen on Tuesday.
A late Black-bellied Plover was near Millhaven on the 23rd and a Dunlin and
Kingston's 2nd Purple Sandpiper of the season were on the gravel bar on
Amherst last Saturday. Also on Amherst last Tuesday was a Wilson's Snipe.
A few blackbirds were reported this week; 4 Cowbirds at Millhaven on the
23rd, and 30 Redwings and 2 Grackles, both near Elginburg on the 30th.
Miscellaneous sightings include 7 Brown Creeper at Millhaven on the 23rd, 2
male Pheasant on the 25th, and a N. Flicker the 28th, both on Amherst, 4 E.
Bluebirds near Camden East on the 27th, and a Purple Finch near Elgin on the
28th.
Cheers,
Peter Good
Kingston Field Naturalists
613 378-6605
