This is an official posting from the High Park Raptor Watch. Station : High Park, Toronto, Ontario. View Period, Nov. 13 - 19, 2006 Station Co-ordinator - Don Barnett. Counters: D. Barnett, B. Carswell, C. Harte, M. Kelch, N. McHugh, N. Murr, D. Peuramaki, H. Shapiro.
The following are our totals for the period 13th - 19th Nov. and the Year to Date. Species 13 - 19 Nov Year to Date. Turkey Vulture 2 1665 Osprey 0 36 Bald Eagle 0 30 Northern Harrier 1 110 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 1659 Cooper's Hawk 2 118 Northern Goshawk 0 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 131 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2536 Red-tailed Hawk 88 2202 Rough-legged Hawk 1 7 Golden Eagle 0 28 American Kestrel 0 238 Merlin 0 18 *Peregrine Falcon 0 30 Gyrfalcon 0 0 Unidentified 1 119 Other (Swainson's Hawk) 0 1 Totals 98 8931 *Totals for Peregrine Falcon may be high due to local birds which are unintentionally counted as migrating individuals. Thanks to the few hardy observers who hung in this week, depite the cold, cloudy days and the dwindling Raptor numbers. 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/ Naish McHugh, Observer. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdshow.htm ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdshow.htm ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Nov 19 17:29:00 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from mail-out.ody.ca (mail-out.ody.ca [216.240.0.7]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B57163D76 for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Sun, 19 Nov 2006 17:28:53 -0500 (EST) Received: from gail65bpx8zdnx (dslf205.ody.ca [216.240.15.205]) by mail-out.ody.ca (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id kAJMSkj4016316 for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Sun, 19 Nov 2006 17:28:49 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Gail C. McNeil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontbirds" <ontbirds@hwcn.org> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 17:28:58 -0500 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]Long-tailed Duck at Strathroy Sewage Lagoons X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:29:00 -0000 Directions to Strathroy Sewage Lagoons (Sorry, I forgot.) >From Hwy 402 north of Strathroy, take exit 65 and go south on Caradoc St. (Cty >Rd 81). Turn right (west) at the first intersection onto Mullifarry Dr. >Cuddy Ponds are on the right soon after the turn. Turn left at the next >intersection onto Pike Rd., go south across Albert St. and the railway to the >ponds on the left. Ed & Gail McNeil, London, Ontario From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Nov 19 17:31:18 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from bay0-omc3-s19.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc3-s19.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.219]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF16763920 for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Sun, 19 Nov 2006 17:31:15 -0500 (EST) Received: from hotmail.com ([64.4.51.18]) by bay0-omc3-s19.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:31:12 -0800 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:31:12 -0800 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from 64.4.51.220 by by107fd.bay107.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:31:08 GMT X-Originating-IP: [70.49.185.12] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Andrew Keaveney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 17:31:08 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Nov 2006 22:31:12.0529 (UTC) FILETIME=[6AEAF010:01C70C2A] Subject: [Ontbirds]NO RAZORBILL X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:31:18 -0000 I left the site at a little past 4pm and there was still no news from ANYONE (30+ observers) that the bird had been refound since Ron Tozers update to Jean Iron's final posting. - Andy Directions: Niagara-On-The-Lake can be reached via the QEW and Highway 55. _________________________________________________________________ Buy, Load, Play. 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