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Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: Anonymous on October 30, 2008, 07:27:39 AM

Title: Hawk Hill yesterday Wednesday - Eagles, etc.
Post by: Anonymous on October 30, 2008, 07:27:39 AM

Good morning

 Yesterdays line up of Raptors was about the same including 5 more Golden Eagles with one fantastic adult almost close enough overhead to grab one of us  :lol:

 The other birds seen were Common Redpolls, 65 White-winged Crossbills, Pine Siskins, Horned Larks, Cedar Waxwings, Tree Sparrows, 42 Eastern Bluebirds with 11 of these beautiful little birds spending over an hour in The Hill with us.

 A Red Fox was reported to us walking behind The Hill with a Squirrel in it's jaws.

 Though it is a mite cool on The Hill now everone is welcome to come and join the counters / watchers. Best times are when the wind is from the NW or N. Passerine migration is best between 8am and 11am and Raptors best between 10am and 4pm.

 Don't worry if you have problems identifying the birds there is always friendly and helpfull birders there.

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Post by: Anonymous on October 30, 2008, 10:27:13 PM

I can speak from personal experience that Norm and the gang there are great folk who always share their knowledge with anyone who comes along who has trouble differentiating a soaring gull from a raptor.  :D

Keep up the great work Norm, and all the rest of our hawk watch participants!

Title: Hawk Hill
Post by: Anonymous on October 31, 2008, 06:22:38 AM

Thank you Attila

Much appreciated.

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Post by: Vizjerei on November 01, 2008, 06:17:30 PM

Hello, I am very new at this, just wondering where is the Hawk Hill? :oops:

Btw this is my first post, My name is Victor, lived in Markham area :)

Title: Hawk Hill Location plus more Golden Eagles
Post by: Anonymous on November 01, 2008, 06:56:06 PM

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 winds and if a cold front comes along with those winds after a rainy day then you should see lots of Raptors (No Guarantees).

Note - Next weeks forecast does not look good for Raptor migration

 Today we again saw 5 Golden Eagles plus 1 Bald Eagle, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Purple Finches as well as almost 200 Raptors other than the Eagles.

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Post by: Vizjerei on November 01, 2008, 11:01:41 PM

Thanks Norm Murr :)