This is an official posting from the High Park Hawk Watch. Station: High Park, Toronto, Ontario View Period: September 20 -26, 2010 Station coordinator: Don Barnett Counters: D. Barnett,H. Elliot C. Harte, M. Kelch, A.M. Leger, N. McHugh, D. Peuramaki, H. Shapiro GTRW Webmasters: D. Woods This past week was quite slow. Today, Sunday, September 26 was our best day of the week with 128 total raptors including 9 Osprey. Our totals for the past week and the year so far are: Species Sept20 - 26 Year to Date Turkey Vulture...................106...............................264 Osprey...............................11.................................39 Bald Eagle...........................2.................................29 Northern Harrier..................11.................................38 Sharp-Shinned Hawk...........56.............................1245 Cooper's Hawk.....................3.................................29 Northern Goshawk................-...................................1 Red-shouldered Hawk...........2...................................- Broad-winged Hawk.............16.............................1150 Swainson's Hawk..................-...................................1 Red-tailed Hawk...................9................................102 Rough-legged Hawk..............-....................................- Golden Eagle.......................-....................................- American Kestrel................18...............................189 Merlin..................................-...................................9 Peregrine Falcon..................2.................................15 Unidentified........................11.................................42 Total................................248.............................3155 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