March 12, 2024 - Toronto - Don Mills and Eglinton - Amexon
Cathy Kerr Reports:
On Tuesday Sally and I also went up to the roof at Amexon to check for eggs… None but a good nest bowl was seen so hopefully soon.
A few pics from Sally and I.
Thanks for conquering your fear of heights and coming up with me Sally!
Posted on March 15, 2024 9:15 pm
March 12, 2024 - Toronto - Don Mills
Cathy Kerr Reports:
Sally and I went by Tues (Mar 12) evening. We found both on the building across from the nest box. Soon we saw mating! If we don’t already have an egg(we can’t see in the nest box unfortunately) we should soon!!
Sally got a picture of the mating! Thanks for the pics Sally
Posted on March 15, 2024 8:48 pm
March 15, 2024 - Etobicoke - Sun Life Centre
Cathy Kerr Reports:
Third egg at BLOOR/ISLINGTON in Etobicoke - March 15! Thank you again to Kathy Majich for sharing the screen shot! Cheers, Lucie
Posted on March 15, 2024 8:24 pm
March 12, 2024 - Brampton - Courthouse
Cathy Kerr Reports:
Toivo reports:
Since Tues 12th afternoon only one Falcon visible on the Courthouse, always within 50 feet of the corner where I now believe the female is down on eggs. This is the male moments before he went out on a short hunt. I will need to see an incubation exchange to be certain, but we have watched them both go out of sight before Tuesday. No band on the Male
Thanks Toivo!
Posted on March 15, 2024 8:19 pm
March 12, 2024 - Port Colborne - ADM Mill
Cathy Kerr Reports:
Sad news to report.
Quinoa, 2021 hatch out of ADM Mills in Port Colborne has passed away. He was found in Woodstock and taken to Bluewater Center for Raptor rehabilitation. He had been hit by a car and succmbed to his injuries at the center.
Soar high Quinoa
Picture taken by Lucie at his banding May 31, 2021
Posted on March 12, 2024 10:53 pm
March 11, 2024 - Etobicoke - Sun Life Centre
Cathy Kerr Reports:
First egg at BLOOR/ISLINGTON in Etobicoke - March 11! Thank you to Kathy Majich for sharing the screen shots from this morning! Cheers, Lucie
Posted on March 11, 2024 3:48 pm
March 05, 2024 - Toronto - Don Mills and Eglinton - Amexon
Cathy Kerr Reports:
It’s Sam! 2022 hatch from Don Mills/Amexon has been spotted still in town! He was seen last September at Tommy Thompson Park, and now was photographed by David Cooper Feb 26th at Bluffers Park, then again March 5th at Ashbridges Bay!! Great shots of our most handsome boy.
Thanks to Mike McInnis for spotting these pics and reporting it to us.
Posted on March 11, 2024 3:41 pm
February 01, 2024 - Oshawa - Lakeridge Hospital
Cathy Kerr Reports:
Say hello to this beauty… It’s Eva! 2022 hatch from Lakeridge Hospital in Oshawa, 19/AB. Thanks to Dana for catching this on ebird… Thanks to Lowell Goudge for taking this great picture.
Always love to see the kids come home!
Posted on March 11, 2024 3:32 pm
March 11, 2024 - Toronto - Rogers Centre
Cathy Kerr Reports:
BMO Field Visit: Last weekend Sally and I finally went down to check out the BMO pair that was first reported last year. We were very interested to see if they were banded or not. Unfortunately, not. Sally suggested calling them Bea and Moe… What do you think
Hear is Sally’s take on our day(thank you Sally… Sorry it’s a little late)
From Sally:
Today exceeded our expectations!
We set off for BMO Field to see if we could find any evidence of peregrines in the area, based on the sightings reported last year.
Because it’s so quiet this time of year, we had no trouble meandering around the stadium, stopping at a north west parking lot to scope out the structure. No luck.
We then drove as close as we could, aiming for the southeast lot. As we drove up we could see an adult perched on a long horizontal steel lighting standard (that juts out from the top of the east grandstand). Soon we saw a second adult flying around a large sign across the road. Alarm calls could be heard and sure enough, they were agitated that a raven was perched close by (on top of a post with multi-sided billboard advertising). We were treated to territorial dives and swoops, as they persistently drove the ravens away. At one point a cyclist was surprised at two large birds almost clipping him, (the raven aimed for the shelter of a low shrub with a peregrine at its tail).
Lucie arrived with her scope and camera and we all enjoyed defensive flights overhead as gulls and ravens were confronted and escorted away from the building by two angry peregrines.
We can also confirm they enjoy perching on nearby Hotel X, but didn’t seem as agitated about keeping other birds away from that structure. One was seen prepping food there(we think the male, while the female perched below, as we had seen mating earlier, so courtship and bonding well underway). But, any birds coming near the BMO structure, were not tolerated. We will return to try and confirm if the nest is on the BMO structure, or perhaps the sign across the street. We laughed when we spotted a raven fly into the grandstand and emerge with what looked like a small parcel of food. A stolen peregrine food stash? We think so because a peregrine bullet shot by in pursuit soon after.
The wind was icy cold, so after a couple of hours we decided to go north to check on ICICI and Duncan Mill Rd nest sites.
We were thrilled to see both adults close together at each location. Stay tuned…
Posted on March 11, 2024 3:25 pm
March 04, 2024 - Toronto - Don Mills
Cathy Kerr Reports:
Ted Duncan was by and caught Canuck and his lady Bellatrix mating! Good news for the site… Egg watch on
Thanks Ted!
Posted on March 11, 2024 3:20 pm
