My apologies for the earlier e-mail. The Subject line had the wrongs dates (but hopefully everything else correct).
This is an official posting from the High Park Hawk Watch. Station: High Park, Toronto, Ontario View Period: November 1-7, 2010 Station coordinator: Don Barnett Counters: D. Barnett,H. Elliott, C. Harte, M. Kelch, A.M. Leger, N. McHugh, N. Murr, D. Peuramaki, H. Shapiro, GTRW Webmasters: D. Woods A fairly quiet week with 646 total raptors. The best day was Monday, Nov. 1 with 441 raptors observed. The majority of hawks we expect to see for the balance of November will be Red-tailed Hawks with smaller numbers of Rough-legged and Red-shouldered Hawks. Our totals for November 1, the past week and year to date are: Species Nov 1 Nov 1 to 7 Year to Date Turkey Vulture................81..................106...............2752 Osprey.............................-.....................-....................45 Bald Eagle........................-.....................-....................38 Northern Harrier.................-.....................-....................63 Sharp-Shinned Hawk.........9..................18.................1928 Cooper's Hawk..................1....................4....................64 Northern Goshawk.............-....................2.....................12 Red-shouldered Hawk........4..................14.....................48 Broad-winged Hawk............-....................-..................1157 Swainson's Hawk...............-....................-.......................1 Red-tailed Hawk.............338................482.................1668 Rough-legged Hawk...........2....................9.....................16 Golden Eagle....................2....................6.....................12 American Kestrel...............-.....................-....................239 Merlin...............................-.....................-......................19 Peregrine Falcon................-....................1......................23 Unidentified.......................4....................4......................85 Total.............................441.................646..................8170 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/
