This is an official posting from the High Park Hawk Watch. Station: High Park, Toronto, Ontario View Period: Sept. 10 - Sept. 16 Station coordinator: Don Barnett Participants: D. Barnett, A. Bell, D. Burton, B. Cummming, H. Currie, J. DeMarco, C.Harte, L. Kinrys, N. McHugh, I. Mahione, T. McCarthy, H. Shapiro, B. Tannanhill, J. Venturi and B. Yukich The peak of Broad-winged Hawk migration has come and gone this year for the High Park Hawk Watch with relatively low numbers. This seems to indicate that these birds are migrating north of our site, continuing a pattern of the last few years. We did have one day of fairly high numbers, September 10th when 922 Broad-winged Hawks were counted. Our totals for this week, Sept. 10 and the year so far are: Species Week Sept. 10 -16 Best day Sept. 10 Year to Date TV 12 3 16 Osprey 9 1 19 Bald Eagle 4 2 15 Norther harrier 12 4 16 Sharp-shinned 251 123 342 Cooper's Hawk 13 6 23 Broad-winged Hawk 1023 922 1046 Red-tailed-Hawk 18 7 23 American Kestrel 49 12 63 Peregrine Falson 5 2 8 Unidentified 7 2 8 Totals 1398 1084 1580 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: hprw2006-hawks@yahoo.ca