This is an official posting from the High Park Hawk Watch. Station: High Park, Toronto, Ontario View Period: Sept 3-4, 2005 Station co-ordinator: Don Barnett Counters: D. Barnett, B. Carswell, M. Kelch, N. McHugh, & H. Shapiro
The High Park Hawk Watch started its 2005 season this past week. While the first official day of observation was September 1 migrants where not seen until September 3 and 4. Our count for September 3 and 4 and the year so far are: Turkey Vulture.................6 Osprey.........................9 Bald Eagle.....................1 Northern Harrier...............2 Sharp-Shinned Hawk............19 Cooper's Hawk..................5 Northern Goshawk...............- Red-shouldered Hawk............- Broad-winged Hawk..............4 Red-tailed Hawk................9 Rough-legged Hawk..............- Golden Eagle...................- American Kestrel...............5 Merlin.........................- Peregrine Falcon...............2 Other(Swainson's Hawk).........- Unidentified...................3 Total.........................65 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]
