This is an official posting from the High Park Raptor Watch. Station : High Park, Toronto, Ontario. View Period, Oct. 24 and Oct 25, 2006. Station Co-ordinator - Don Barnett. Counters: D. Barnett, B. Carswell, C. Harte, M. Kelch, N. McHugh, N. Murr, H. Shapiro.
The following are our individual totals for both the 24th and 25th October. Species Oct. 24th Oct. 25th Turkey Vulture 64 121 Osprey 0 0 Bald Eagle 0 3 Northern Harrier 5 7 Sharp-shinned Hawk 135 156 Cooper's Hawk 9 8 Northern Goshawk 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 8 47 Red-tailed Hawk 270 640 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 7 American Kestrel 4 1 Merlin 1 2 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 Gyrfalcon 0 0 Other (Swainson's Hawk) 0 1 Unidentified 4 16 Totals 500 1,009 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/ . Thanks to the small group of dedicated observers who worked hard these last two days. A special thanks to Don Peuramaki for identifying the Swainson's Hawk. Naish McHugh. Recorder. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Oct 25 21:11:18 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from fep3.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F8E763ACF for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:11:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from marilyn (d57-56-204.home.cgocable.net [24.57.56.204]) by fep3.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id B79C51A340 for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:11:13 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Marilyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontario birds" <ontbirds@hwcn.org> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:12:24 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Turkey Vultures and Sharp shined Hawks X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 01:11:18 -0000 Since Monday we have counted just over 900 Turkey Vultures streaming south west over Leamington area. Today, 25th, there were over 400 in one kettle with some sharp shined hawks amongst them. The Kettling lasted for over 45 mintues and rose above the cliffs on Lake Erie slowly drifiting westward between Leamington Dock and Kenyon Point Road west of Leamington. Got a couple of photos of the kettle which was probably 1,000 metres high with a continuous stream off the top. Juncos are back--today, the first day, in this area along Lake Erie--can winter be far behind? Marilyn Brown-John From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Oct 25 22:02:43 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from web88213.mail.re2.yahoo.com (web88213.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.39.224]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 308F563AEA for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:02:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 41940 invoked by uid 60001); 26 Oct 2006 02:02:44 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=VyxaMCSsRLcl3O2Cxwi3mW0DXtzNiyFOPYKDWJoiHCr811PfoKIQIg69ydVEJRmJdrY50eC6jhcVvxBsALb8ARcHWJLnPWLz2j517lgI4iCG/xhcuqOCLsX4XHimK+cQWHUBpnudXI+ygtBpc11F0ybRYmXzV37kok7JXUJmDyo ; Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from [74.115.74.85] by web88213.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:02:43 EDT Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:02:43 -0400 (EDT) From: GARTH BAKER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ontbirds <ontbirds@hwcn.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Snow Buntings,and more- Innisfil X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 02:02:43 -0000 Today a Flock of 30+ Snow Buntings were observed by myself and Nigel Shaw along the 2nd Line of Innisfil,East of the 20 Sideroad. Over Cooks Bay,at the Bottom of the 2nd Lineof Innisfil a Huge Skien of Ducks (Species Unknown)of approx 2000 Indviduals was observed flying over Cooks Bay at a Great Height in a Northerly Direction. A Rough-legged Hawk was also observed along the 2nd Line of Innisfil,near the 20th Sideroad. Hwy 11 or 400 to Hwy 89. East on Hwy 89 to first stop sign ,North to first Intersection and East along 2nd Line. Cheer's Garth From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Oct 25 23:17:55 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from mx3-6.spamtrap.magma.ca (mx3-6.spamtrap.magma.ca [209.217.78.173]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BCD3639FC for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:17:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail3.magma.ca (mail3.internal.magma.ca [10.0.10.13]) k9Q3HnAI027551 for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:17:49 -0400 Received: from [206.191.1.41] (ottawa-dial-206-191-1-41.d-ip.magma.ca [206.191.1.41]) by mail3.magma.ca (Magma's Mail Server) with ESMTP id k9Q3Hlq2023222 for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:17:48 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed To: Ontbirds <ontbirds@hwcn.org> From: Eve Ticknor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:11:16 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) X-magma-MailScanner-Information: Magma Mailscanner Service X-magma-MailScanner: Clean X-Spam-Status: Subject: [Ontbirds]re Barred Owl in Ottawa X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:17:55 -0000 Further to Bob's recent email, I received a phone call from a friend who works nearby to tell me there was a large owl in a tree by the bus stop on Albert St, north side, between Kent and Lyon Sts. I called Bob who has a camera and works also nearby. After I finished work, I drove over and saw the owl for myself. Yes, it was a Barred. It was quietly roosting in a locust tree about 9 feet off the ground, occasionally opening its eyes and looking at whomever was below. When I left an hour later, it was still there. Very few passersby saw it, just those curious as to why a few of us were staring into a tree! Cheers, Eve Eve Ticknor OFNC Falcon Watch Coordinator 38-9 Gillespie Cres. Ottawa, Ontario K1V 9T5 Canada 859-9545 (c) 737-7551 (h) "Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift."
