Linda Woods reports: While watching the CNE airshow from the roof top patio of my residence, an adult was heading north along University Ave, it circled once around Toronto General Hospital and then set down on the south-west corner of 777 Bay St at College St. ( MacLean-Hunter building) The adult retrieved prey that had been stashed on the roof and began preparing it when the juvenile made a very vocal appearance off the construction cranes at the Toronto General. I am very surprised that the juvenile still does a lot of in flight flapping. As the juvenile attempted to land beside the adult, it missed the landing and tried again a little further east along the south side of the MacLean-Hunter building. As the adult continued prepping the meal the juvenile continued to be very vocal and even with the big jets passing nearby, one could still hear the "feed me, feed me, feed me now" Not waiting another minute the juvenile approached the adult and after a few minutes of submissive posturing, the adult released the meal and the juvenile took off and over to the east side of Mt.Sinai Hospital. The adult followed close by and set down few ledges north of the juvenile. What is very curious again is the juvenile is a male, the adult being larger is female of course, but from what I could see, it appeared to have a distinct malar stripe ( not Wind, but possibly Mandy?) I am also curious that the adult is still providing food for this juvenile. The juvenile's behavior is as if he has only fledged a few weeks ago. I have not seen any other juveniles down in this area in weeks. I'm assuming that they are very close, if not independent of the adults for food. I will try and keep a closer eye on this pair to identify them.
Monday August 30, 2004
Jan Chudy reports:
Between 12:35 and 1:30 an adult was on the edge of the nest ledge.
I could clearly see the malar stripe - I therefore think it was Windwhistler.
From 3:55 until 5:50, Wind was on the standpipe. Monday August 9, 2004 Tuesday July 27, 2004 Monday July 26, 2004 Sunday July 25, 2004 Tuesday July 20, 2004
Around 8 I found a chick on the northwest corner of the KEH, screeching again.
It flew over to the CHFI building but no other peregrines appeared. Thursday July 15, 2004 Tuesday July 13, 2004
It's pretty apparent now that only two of the four chicks have survived,
and judging from their sizes, it would seem they are a male and a female.
However, the only thing we can say for sure is that one is a female, and she is a
BIG girl. She flies pretty well, but at times she seems to be working pretty hard to get
aloft, and some of her landings are pretty clumsy. The chicks spend a lot of time on the
King Edward and are often seen chasing the adults around, screeching loudly. That
seems to confirm that they still aren't hunting for themselves, since the parents
are still delivering food and no one has seen them chasing prey. Tuesday July 13, 2004 Sunday July 11, 2004 Tuesday July 6, 2004 Saturday July 3, 2004
Harry Crawford reports:
At 10:20am, Windwhistler-Spike and Mandy were on the nest ledge of
18 King East. There was no sign of any youngsters in the area.
Jeff Metropole reports:
Both juvenile(s) and adult(s) are now putting in daily appearances on the
roof of the King Eddy: early morning, evening and sometimes during the
middle of the day, e.g. juvenile on north-east corner of roof around midday,
9 August. I have not seen the two juveniles together for a good while and
I cannot remember that last time I saw the adults together. So, I don't know
if I'm seeing the same juvenile and the same adult or different ones (I cannot tell
the juveniles apart and I cannot tell the adults apart). The rusty 'roof-let' that acts
as a canopy over the 'vent window' has become popular with the adult(s).
I haven't seen an adult yet today but there's half a pigeon on the roof-let
that wasn't there last night.
Harry Crawford reports:
From Court and Toronto, Neil and I watched two juveniles on the nest
ledge at 1:10pm. The female chick was already there and then a few
minutes later, the male chick flew in from the area of the King
Edward. When I left the area at 1:30pm, I spotted Mandy on the roof
of CHFI.
Zoe Berger reports:
Today at lunch Neil and I watched the male juvenile sitting in the nest ledge -
quite still - for almost 50 minutes. I thought I saw an adult fly over/behind the
King Eddy which got the kid screaming - which apparently woke up his sister -
FINALLY after about a week we've seen the two kids together - in the same
box at the nest site. We didn't see where the adult flew but shortly after
Neil spotted an adult on Scotia - two steps down from the top. We left
and the two in the nest site remained there.
Linda Woods reports:
Around noon hour today one juvenile was seen on the north ledges of # 18 King St.
About an hour later as I was walking through the walkway between the Dominion Store
and the Hot Pot Restaurant, a juvenile was vocalizing. It was close and because the
buildings directly in that area not very tall, I assumed the juvenile was low. The call
was that of a stationary bird and not one in flight. I checked the south side of St. James
Church and then moved on to all the adjacent condo buildings but was unable to locate
the bird. Heading back to Leader Lane, an adult was on the east side of #18 King St.
No other birds were in view.
Jan Chudy reports:
A I ran by this morning at 7:35 I spotted Mandy on the NE corner of the King Eddie,
exactly where I had seen her eating yesterday morning. As I watched, she took off
flying towards the nest ledge with much strong screeching. As I ran towards Victoria
Street I could hear her calling still very loudly. I could not see her or anyone else as
I ran past. Looking back from King and Yonge I still could not see anything but she
was clearly ticked off about something.
Linda Woods reports:
3:00p.m. - Both Juveniles seen on the nest ledge. Judging by the size both
appear to be the females. Windwhistler-Spike and Mandy are not in view at this time.
Paul Marshman reports:
Around 1:30, Neil, Zoe and I watched the two juveniles put on a real air show.
They chased each other around the sky, mostly east of the nest site, soaring,
swooping each other, flipping over in the air and going into tight little stoops.
It was a windy day, which gave them a lot of air movement to play with. When they got
tired, they landed on the steeple of St. James' Cathedral for a rest, sitting on the knobs
and on the round ledges that divide it into segments. At one point the female landed on
top of the weather vane and managed to sit there for a couple of minutes before it
got too uncomfortable.
Paul Marshman reports:
CANADA DAY AND THE PEREGRINE AIR SHOW HAS BEGUN!
I did get back that roll of film from when Nina was on the Black building.
Here's a couple of photos that came out well.
Linda Woods reports:
1:15p.m. -
Mandy is seen at the nest ledge area of # 18 King St. Two juveniles are on
the ledge under the Crystal Ball Room windows on the north east corner of
the King Edward Hotel. Windwhistler-Spike is not in view.
Linda Woods reports:
09:30 approx. - Two juveniles chasing each other over the Leader Lane area. As I was leaving
the area they both came to rest on the north side of the King Edward Hotel.
Adults not seen at this time.
Linda Woods reports:
As I left St. James cathedral at 2:10 on Saturday afternoon I heard a
screeching above me. An adult and two juveniles were playing tag over
Church Street. As they approached King, one bird broke off flying back west
and the other two carried on.
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