This is an official posting from the High Park Hawk Watch.
Station: High Park, Toronto, Ontario
View Period: September 21 -27, 2009
Station coordinator: Don Barnett
Counters: D. Barnett, R. Carswell, C.Harte, M. Kelch, A.M. Leger, N. McHugh, N.
Murr, D. Peuramaki, H. Shapiro, D. Woods
GTRW Webmasters: A. Hampton & D. Woods
A continuing slow rate of migration at High Park, with the only highlight being
at total of 10 Bald Eagles on Sept 24. It will interesting to see the Corpus
Christi Broad-wing numbers since they will give the sum of the numbers of
Broad-wings migrating through eastern North America.
Our totals for Sept. 24th, the past week and the year so far are:
Species
Sep 24 Sep 21-27 Year to Date
Turkey Vulture...........19............20..............114
Osprey.......................4..............4................26
Bald Eagle................10............12................39
Northern Harrier...........1..............2................16
Sharp-Shinned Hawk..19............24..............471
Cooper's Hawk.............-...............-................25
Northern Goshawk........-...............-..................-
Red-shouldered Hawk...-...............-..................-
Broad-winged Hawk......3..............3............1905
Red-tailed Hawk...........6............10................86
Rough-legged Hawk......-...............-..................-
Golden Eagle...............-...............-..................-
American Kestrel........15............17..............152
Merlin..........................2.............3................15
Peregrine Falcon..........3.............4................19
Unidentified..................6.............7................31
Total..........................88..........106............2895
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: [email protected]
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