from: Tim Mccarthy via Ontbirds
Hawk Hill shifted from slow waltz to tango today (full rock and roll is coming
up)
Winds NNE around 11-13km changing to SSE and finally South
Temp from 12 to 14 degr. Cels.
Cloudcover from 100 down to 75
Pressure going up then down
Humidity from 63 in the morning to 50 in aft.
What this tells us could we read it all in advance is that today was going to
be a good but not outstanding day for Raptor migration. And so it was.
Action indicated? Go back to work and say that Grandma didn't pass away after
all , but she's not doing all that good. Prognosis? She's going to go next
Tuesday. (NW winds - I'll see you on the Hill )
Totals for Sept 12 from Hawk Hill were not bad today:
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 7
Northern Harrier 1
Sharpshin 58
Coopers 3
Broadwings 24
Red tails 22
Am Kestrel 8
Merlin 2
Peregrine falc 1
Unid 2
Old Human Watchers 4
New Human Watchers 2
Ther are a couple of numbers from the list above that please me. Of course its
wonderful to see the broadwings get started. Note that conditions are slightly
less than ideal, everybody (I mean the birds) was really high. I think my head
is going to fall off from looking for them. Bald Eagles seem to be on the
increase over the past few years and what we see so far supports that. Not so
often anymore that you get to see good news from Ma Nature. And finally its the
people. Do we ever need more interested people. Hopefully stuff like this will
help to do the trick and the new folks who came today said they had heard about
the Watch and were very curious. They stayed and learned and had a terrific
time. And most importantly they will be back again. There's still lots of room
on Hawk Hill. If the weather report for Tuesday stays the same as it is now we
are going to be in for a super day.
Hawk Hill is right next to the Grenadier Restaurant (to the North) in Toronto's
High Park. Drive and park right next to the hill after taking a slight but well
marked detour or take the subway, get off at the High Park station, cross Bloor
St. and walk South until you find the Grenadier Restaurant.
Good Birding
Tim Mccarthy
on behalf of theToronto Ornithological Club
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