This is an official posting from the High Park Hawk Watch. Station: High Park, Toronto, Ontario View Period: October 18 - 24, 2010 Station coordinator: Don Barnett Counters: D. Barnett,H. Elliot C. Harte, M. Kelch, A.M. Leger, N. McHugh, N. Murr, D. Peuramaki, H. Shapiro, GTRW Webmasters: D. Woods
A fairly unremarkable week with 403 total raptors. The best day was Friday, Oct. 22 with 186 raptors observed. We did observe our first Rough-legged Hawk of the season this past week. Our totals for October 22, the past week and year to date are: Species Oct 22 Oct18 to 24 Year to Date Turkey Vulture.................86.................191................2622 Osprey..............................-.....................-....................43 Bald Eagle.........................-.....................-....................37 Northern Harrier.................2....................4....................54 Sharp-Shinned Hawk........18..................53.................1840 Cooper's Hawk..................3....................9.....................56 Northern Goshawk..............-....................1......................4 Red-shouldered Hawk.........-....................9.....................21 Broad-winged Hawk............-.....................-.................1157 Swainson's Hawk...............-.....................-......................1 Red-tailed Hawk..............71.................124...................438 Rough-legged Hawk...........1....................1.......................1 Golden Eagle....................2....................4.......................5 American Kestrel...............-....................2....................238 Merlin...............................-.....................-......................18 Peregrine Falcon...............2....................3......................22 Unidentified.......................1....................2......................69 Total.............................186.................403..................6626 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: hprw2006-ha...@yahoo.ca _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
