This is an official posting from the High Park Hawk Watch. Station: High Park, Toronto, Ontario View Period: September 12, 2007 Station coordinator: Don Barnett Counters: N. McHugh Today was the first day of hawk movement for the year since we began observations at High Park this year - especially for Broad-winged Hawks and Sharp-shinned Hawks. Up until today we had counted only 127 total raptors since September 1. The following are our totals for September 12th: Species Turkey Vulture...................10 Osprey............................9 Bald Eagle........................3 Northern Harrier..................8 Sharp-Shinned Hawk..............332 Cooper's Hawk....................11 Northern Goshawk..................- Red-shouldered Hawk...............- Broad-winged Hawk..............2277 Red-tailed Hawk..................45 Rough-legged Hawk.................- Golden Eagle......................- American Kestrel.................27 Merlin............................- Peregrine Falcon..................1 Other(Swainson's Hawk.............- Unidentified......................3 Total..........................2726 *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. Howard Shapiro _______________________________________________ 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
