Outdoor Ontario
Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: Anonymous on September 15, 2008, 07:09:08 PM
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Good evening all.
Today I went to the Hawk Watch in High Park and we had a pretty good day with 2698 Raptors seen. It started off slowly but as the rain clouds cleared out we started to see what we came for and below are the Unofficial raptor totals.
Turkey Vulture - 12
Osprey - 12
Northern Harrier - 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 174
Cooper's Hawk - 13
Broad-winged Hawk - 2445
Bald Eagle - 6 - some very good looks at 3 of them and a fantastic view of 1 adult right overhead
Red-tailed Hawk - 15
American Kestrel - 18
Merlin - 1
Overhead we also saw
250 Chimney Swifts
357 Canada Geese
5 R-T Hummingbirds
1 Caspian Tern
1 E. Pewee along with B-H Cowbirds, N. Flickers, C. Waxwings, 37 A. Goldfinch, N. Flickers and sundry other usual birds.
A beautiful day to be on the hill with the usual good company. There is never a dull moment up there.
Directions:-
HAWK HILL IN HIGH PARK
High Park is located in the west end of Toronto and is bounded on the south by The Queensway, the north by Bloor Street and on the east by Parkside Drive.
To reach High Park you can take the TTC Subway to the High Park Station or the Queen Street Streetcar #501 to either the Parkside Drive or the Colborne Lodge Drive streetcar stops or you may drive in from High Park Avenue at the north end of the park.
Hawk Hill is east of or right beside the Grenedier Restaurant (about halfway into the park) which is south of the soccer field. If you can not find the hill for the trees then you can enquire at the restaurant as to the location as almost everyone is aware of the goings on up there now.
There is always someone on the hill from Sep. 1st to around Nov. 30th.
Best days are days with a good NW or N wind and if a cold front comes along with those winds after a rainy day then you should see lots of Raptors (No Guarantees).