Good day all Besides the 10 Raptor species including N. Goshawks, Red-shouldered and Rough-legged Hawks, Peregrine Falcon and 10 Golden Eagles we had overhead including one adult Golden Eagle so low we thought we were in danger :>)) we also had the following birds as well as more common ones.
These following birds were heading west 12,000 Common Grackles, and 3,000 Red-winged Blackbirds Wed morning, 350 A. Robins, 66 E. Bluebirds both days with 11 of these beautiful birds spending over an hour beside The Hill some with in 10 feet of us, 65 White-winged Crossbills, 25 Common Redpolls, 25+ Pine Siskins, American Pipits,100+ Cedar Waxwings, 60+ House Finches, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Common Loons, A. Tree Sparrows, and Horned Larks. WE also had Purple Fiches in the trees beside The Hill. Directions:- HAWK HILL IN HIGH PARK High Park is located in the west end of Toronto and is bounded on the south by The Queensway, the north by Bloor Street and on the east by Parkside Drive. To reach High Park you can take the TTC Subway to the High Park Station or the Queen Street Streetcar #501 to either the Parkside Drive or the Colborne Lodge Drive streetcar stops or you may drive in from High Park Avenue at the north end of the park. Hawk Hill is east of or right beside the Grenedier Restaurant (about halfway into the park) which is south of the soccer field. Norm Murr Richmond Hill, ON "Sils mordent, mords les" _______________________________________________ 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/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
