This is an official posting from the High Park Hawk Watch.
Station: High Park, Toronto, Ontario View Period: October 18 to October 24, 2004 Station co-ordinator: Don Barnett Counters: D. Barnett, B. Carswell, H Currie, N. McHugh, D. Milsom & H. Shapiro Because of the cloudy wet weather and unfavorable winds, there were only two days when we had over 100 birds; Monday - 168 and Saturday - 103. Saturday was remarkable, as the wind was constant about 20-30ks from the East or South-east throughout the observing period, yet we had 95 Red-tailed Hawks and one each of Bald Eagle and Golden Eagle. Our totals for the past week and the year so far are: Species Oct.18 - 24 Year to Date Turkey Vulture................51................1254..... Osprey.........................-..................17..... Bald Eagle.....................1..................26..... Northern Harrier...............3..................20..... Sharp-Shinned Hawk............22................1009..... Cooper's Hawk..................9..................77..... Northern Goshawk...............-...................1..... Red-shouldered Hawk............4..................22..... Broad-winged Hawk..............-................1360..... Red-tailed Hawk..............205.................634..... Rough-legged Hawk..............-...................1..... Golden Eagle...................1...................6..... American Kestrel...............2.................138..... Merlin.........................-..................11..... Peregrine Falcon...............1..................28..... Other(Swainson's Hawk).........-...................-..... Unidentified...................2..................56..... Total........................301................4660..... 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/ -- Howard Shapiro email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
