Harry Crawford reports: A peregrine was circling Bay and Bloor at 7:25am, moved over to Yonge and Bloor and then moved south towards the roof area of 44 Charles West. It was either a large adult male or small female. A few minutes later, at 7:34am, she was on the north west corner of the CIBC building. At 8:04am, she flew east past my window carrying prey and disappeared south towards the UofT residences at Yonge and Charles West. At 8:40am a peregrine flew from the north side of the CIBC building south, to the roof area of 44 Charles West.
Sunday September 5, 2004
Harry Crawford reports:
At 9am, an immature peregrine was on the north west corner of the
CIBC building. After a great stretch at 10:20am, it flew south
towards the 44 Charles West roof. During this time, at 9:04am, an
immature male was circling above 55 Bloor West, quickly disappearing
to the north. There was considerable kestrel activity in the area
at the same time but no interaction was seen. Yesterday, a
red-tailed hawk ruled the territory.
Friday September 3, 2004
Harry Crawford reports:
An adult female was on the top of the west CIBC logo from 5:18pm
until around 6pm.
Tuesday August 31, 2004
Harry Crawford reports:
At 7:27am, what appeared to be an immature peregrine was on the
north west corner of the CIBC building. Unfortunately I couldn`t
determine the sex. It was last seen in that location at 8:05am.
Monday August 30, 2004
Harry Crawford reports:
What appeared to be an adult female was on the north west corner of
the CIBC building at 6:48am. This was a brief sighting. At 6:52am
a peregrine was on the Bloor and Belair condo mast. A few minutes
later another bird flew in from the south and they both continued
north, out of view. One was back on the mast, or whatever it`s
called, from 6:55am until 7:12am. At 8:06am, one flew from the east
over Bay and Bloor and landed on the mast. It left there shortly
after 8:30am.
Saturday August 28, 2004
Harry Crawford reports:
A large peregrine, likely female, was on the north west corner of
the CIBC building from 6:44am until 7:08am when she relocated to the
roof corner above her. She was gone from view at 7:18am.
Friday August 27, 2004
Linda Woods reports:
2:00p.m. Peregrine on the City Hall antenna and then over to the "H"
on the north side of the Hilton Hotel.
6:30p.m. After reading Harry's observations I thought I would go up to
the roof of my building and take a peek. As I arrived on the roof area,
an young peregrine was flying directly over my head. It was close enough
to see that it was a juvenile. I tracked it as it flew on the west side of University
Ave. above Mt. Sinai Hospital, Ontario Power Generation and eventually
drifted north above College St. into Queens Park and north to Bloor St.
Finally I was able to see two peregrines in the Bloor and Bay St. area
flying between CIBC building and The Bay building. at 7:00p.m. one set
down on the north-west corner of the CIBC building.
Thursday August 26, 2004
Harry Crawford reports:
At 6:42pm a peregrine was seen chasing a gull away from the CIBC
building. Having removed the gull, it then circled the building a
few times and disappeared to somewhere on the north side. By
7:02pm, one peregrine was on the top of the east CIBC antenna,
likely a female, and another was on the south west roof corner.
They both disappeared around to the north side at 7:49pm. With the
haze, it was impossible to tell the ages of these birds. At 7:56pm,
what looked like an immature male, was circling the same building.
It was a very dark bird.
Friday August 20, 2004
Harry Crawford reports:
An adult female was on the spire of the condo at Bloor and Belair
starting at 6:30am and was still there when I left for work at
8:30am. She spent the whole time facing south towards Queen`s Park.
Thursday August 19, 2004
Harry Crawford reports:
The sky above Davenport between Avenue Road and Yonge was occupied
by three playful peregrines for about 20 minutes beginning at
6:08pm. They were chasing each other, circling, diving and at least
twice, touching talons. They were too far away to identify sex and
age and they were moving far too fast. Later, at 8:20pm, a
peregrine was on the south east corner of 77 Bloor West for a brief
time.
Tuesday August 10, 2004
Harry Crawford reports:
An adult female was on the spire of the condo at Bloor and Belair
from 7:19 until 7:30am. An adult female, likely the same one as in
the morning, was on the south west corner of 77 Bloor West from 7:45
until 8:10pm.
Monday August 9, 2004
Harry Crawford reports:
At 6:37am, a large female juvenile flew from Yonge and Bloor over to
the south east corner of 77 Bloor West. After a few minutes, she
flew back from where she came from. This was a magnificent, very
large bird! Finally, she headed south, toward the roof area of 44
Charles West. At 7:20am, a peregrine was on the south west roof
corner of the CIBC building. It remained there until 8am. It may
have been the same bird as earlier but looked a bit smaller.
An immature female was seen midway up the east CIBC antenna at 3:48pm. She flew south, to the roof area of 44 Charles West a few minutes later. An adult female was on the south east corner of 77 Bloor West at 4:08pm. She spent a lot of time vocalising. A juvenile male joined her at 4:57pm. Shortly after, both put on an incredible display of precision flying. They even touched talons a few times. Around 5:30pm, they returned to 77 Bloor West with mother on the north east corner and son on the south east corner. They disappeared from time to time, likely taking over the roof area of the building. By 6:45pm, both were gone from view.
Sunday August 8, 2004
Linda Woods reports:
11:15 a.m. -
Adult female and juvenile female are seeing in the area of University Ave.
and Gerrard St. While the adult is landing on various buildings in this
area i.e.: east side of Mt. Sinai (nest tray ledge), Toronto General, National
Life (on the rails beside the north facing logo). I can only assume
that this is Wind and the Tornado from the Sheraton site. It is curious to
note that these are the same "resting spots" that Mandy and Windwhistler
used in the spring time three years ago.
Friday August 6, 2004
Harry Crawford reports:
At 7:55am, a peregrine was seen hunting above Yonge and Bloor. It
eventually disappeared to the west, above Bloor.
Thursday July 22, 2004
Harry Crawford reports:
A female peregrine was seen on the top of the east CIBC antenna at
6:34am. She spent a fair amount of time stretching her wings and
then took off towards the roof of 44 Charles West.
Wednesday July 21, 2004
Harry Crawford reports:
At 2:35pm an adult female was circling just north of 44 Charles
West. It made a few landings on the roof area of 55 Bloor West but
didn`t stay there. She resumed her previous activity and on her
last circuit, was joined by two juveniles, male and female. All
three disappeared to the south shortly after. Unfortunately, I
couldn`t see if they were banded.
Tuesday July 20, 2004
Harry Crawford reports:
A juvenile was seen briefly on the south roof ledge of the CIBC
building this morning at 7:03. At 6:23pm, an adult female was on
the very top of the east CIBC antenna.
Monday July 19, 2004
Harry Crawford reports:
At 5:03pm, I noticed two peregrines on the CIBC building roof edges.
One was an adult female and the other, a juvenile male. A few
minutes later, the juvenile flew off and was joined by a second
juvenile, this time a female. They chased each other around and
circled the building below roof level, several times. By 5:45pm,
both were settled down on the CIBC roof area with their mother after
making landings on both the Bay and Marriott. Then the juvenile
female tried to displace her mother and all three were then off
giving a spectacular aerial show of precision flying. By 5:52pm,
they were gone from view.
Friday July 16, 2004
Harry Crawford reports:
A pair of adult peregrines were slowly circling just above the CIBC
building at 5:13pm. This is the first peregrine sighting in the
area in nearly a month. They didn`t land but continued slowly to
the north. Earlier, a red-tailed hawk lounged on the west side of
the building.
