This is an official posting from the High Park Hawk Watch.


Station: High Park, Toronto, Ontario
View Period: November 22 - 28, 2010
Station coordinator: Don Barnett
Counters: D. Barnett, H. Elliott, C. Harte, M. Kelch, A.M. Leger, I. Maione, N. 
NcHugh, N. Murr, D. Peuramaki, H. Shapiro,
GTRW Webmasters: D. Woods

There were only fifty eight hawks observed in migration at High Park during the 
week. This is likely the last week of observations for the year. Thanks to all 
who came out to help us observe hawks.

Our totals for the past week and year to date are:


Species                      Nov 22-28        Year to Date
Turkey Vulture.......................-................2753
Osprey...............................-..................45
Bald Eagle...........................-..................38
Northern Harrier.....................-..................63
Sharp-Shinned Hawk...................2................1937
Cooper's Hawk........................6..................76
Northern Goshawk.....................2..................16
Red-shouldered Hawk..................2..................52
Broad-winged Hawk....................-................1157
Swainson's Hawk......................-...................1
Red-tailed Hawk.....................38................1764
Rough-legged Hawk....................3..................24
Golden Eagle.........................3..................24
American Kestrel.....................-.................242
Merlin...............................-..................19
Peregrine Falcon.....................-..................23
Unidentified.........................1..................87

Total...............................58................8321


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/


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Howard Shapiro
email: hprw2006-ha...@yahoo.ca
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