This is an official posting from the High Park Hawk Watch. Station: High Park, Toronto, Ontario View Period: September 15-28, 2008 Station coordinator: Don Barnett Counters: D. Barnett, R. Carswell, C. Harte, M. Kelch, N. McHugh, N. Murr, D. Peuramaki, H. Shapiro, D. Woods GTRW Webmasters: A. Hampton & D. Woods This week saw a large migration of Broad-winged Hawks on Monday, September 15th with 2445 seen and 2700 total raptors. Today slightly over 300 migrating raptors were observed including 8 Bald Eagles and 160 Sharp-shinned Hawks. Our totals for Sept. 15th, the past week and the year so far are: Species Sep 15 Sep 15-21 Year to Date Turkey Vulture...........12............77...............90 Osprey...................12............23...............38 Bald Eagle................6............19...............23 Northern Harrier..........2............12...............13 Sharp-Shinned Hawk......172...........452..............606 Cooper's Hawk............13............22...............32 Northern Goshawk..........-.............-................- Red-shouldered Hawk.......-.............-................- Broad-winged Hawk......2445..........2610.............2642 Red-tailed Hawk..........15............37...............37 Rough-legged Hawk.........-.............-................- Golden Eagle..............-.............-................- American Kestrel.........18...........103..............130 Merlin....................1.............6................8 Peregrine Falcon..........-.............6................6 Unidentified..............4............24...............25 Total..................2700..........3391.............3650 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.torontobirding.ca/gtrw/ 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 instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
