This is an official posting from the High Park Hawk Watch.
Counters: Naish McHugh, Howard Shapiro , Don Barnett
Observers: David Beadle , Anne Bell, Jerry DeMarco, Herb Elliott, Bob Falconer,
Andrew Keaveney, Tom Lane, Ian Mahione, Tim McCarthy, Hugh McNeil, Baxter
Naday, Marcia Steep, Andrew Tanas, Joe Venturi.
Only the two days, September 16 and September 22 , provided weather which
brought hawk migration to High Park this week. Turkey Vultures are begining to
migrate with small kettles. American Kestrels, after a steady decline in
previous years, are approaching numbers not seen since 2003. Broad-winged Hawk
numbers are only marginally higher than the low numbers of 2012.
Our totals for Sept. 22, the week ending this Sunday and the year to date are
below.
Species Sept 22 Sept 16 to 22 Year to Date
Turkey
Vulture.......................159.................224..................332
Osprey.........................................2.....................5....................30
Bald
Eagle..................................2...................11....................40
Northern
Harrier........................4.....................4....................17
Sharp-Shinned Hawk..........200.................295...............1073
Cooper's
Hawk..........................2...................11....................36
Northern
Goshawk....................-......................-........................-
Red-shouldered Hawk............1......................1......................1
Broad-winged Hawk............163.................577..............1692
Swainson's
Hawk......................-......................-........................-
Red-tailed Hawk.....................15...................18...................76
Rough-legged
Hawk................-.......................-......................-
Golden
Eagle............................-.......................-.......................-
American Kestrel...................67....................86.................224
Merlin.........................................1......................2....................16
Peregrine
Falcon.....................1......................5....................10
Unidentified..............................6......................6.....................53
Total......................................623...............1245................3600
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
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