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: howard.shapiro@utoronto.ca