This is an official posting from the High Park Hawk Watch. Station: High Park, Toronto, Ontario View Period: September 13-15, 2010 Station coordinator: Don Barnett Counters: D. Barnett,H. Elliot C. Harte, M. Kelch, A.M. Leger, N. McHugh, N. Murr, D.
Peuramaki, H. Shapiro, GTRW Webmasters: D. Woods Most of our birds this week were seen on Friday, October 1 when we counted 1275 total raptors of which 881 were Turkey Vultures. This week also brought our first Red-shoulder Hawks of the year. Our totals for October 1, the past week and year to date are: Species Oct 1 Sep27-Oct1 Year to Date Turkey Vulture...............881................899................1170 Osprey.............................-....................1....................40 Bald Eagle........................1...................4....................33 Northern Harrier.................1...................5....................43 Sharp-Shinned Hawk......300................328................1579 Cooper's Hawk................10.................13.....................43 Northern Goshawk.............1...................1......................2 Red-shouldered Hawk........6...................6......................6 Broad-winged Hawk...........4...................5.................1156 Swainson's Hawk..............-....................-.......................1 Red-tailed Hawk..............40..................62..................142 Rough-legged Hawk...........-....................-.......................- Golden Eagle....................-....................-.......................- American Kestrel............28..................29...................210 Merlin...............................-...................2.......................9 Peregrine Falcon..............2...................3......................17 Unidentified......................2.................13......................54 Total..........................1276..............1371..................4546 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. More information including a summary of our past observations is available at: http://www.greatertorontohawkwatch.com/ Observations for this season are not yet available. -- Howard Shapiro email: [email protected] _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
