This is an official posting from the High Park Hawk Watch.
Station: High Park, Toronto, Ontario
View Period: September 20 to September 26
& September 27 to October 3, 2004
Station co-ordinator: Don Barnett
Counters: D. Barnett, B. Carswell, H Currie, N. McHugh, D. Milsom & H.
Shapiro
This report will contain results for the High Park Hawkwatch for the
last
two weeks. Results are disappointingly the same for each - pleasant
weather
resulting in few hawks migrating past our watch. We did observe first of
the year for Golden Eagle, Red-shouldered Hawk and Rough-legged Hawk.
Our totals for the past two weeks and the year so far are:
Species Sept20-26 Sept27-Oct3 Year to Date
Turkey Vulture...........37...........180..............416
Osprey....................-.............2...............16
Bald Eagle................2.............5...............18
Northern Harrier..........1.............1...............14
Sharp-Shinned Hawk.......65...........108..............619
Cooper's Hawk.............4.............8...............47
Northern Goshawk..........-.............-................-
Red-shouldered Hawk.......-.............2................2
Broad-winged Hawk........13.............1.............1360
Red-tailed Hawk..........24............60..............202
Rough-legged Hawk.........-.............1................1
Golden Eagle..............1.............-................1
American Kestrel.........10............38..............113
Merlin....................1.............-................7
Peregrine Falcon..........3.............6...............23
Other(Swainson's Hawk)....-.............-................-
Unidentified..............-............11...............38
Total...................161...........423.............2877
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]
