A surprise to all and perhaps a Mother’s Day Gift, the fourth egg has hatched. The first egg Rhea laid, wasn’t expected to hatch.
What a surprise to find the little one with it’s siblings.
Photos by Linda Woods.
Today was another day in the growth of our three little chicks. They were fed on 8 different occasions today by both resident parents. Most interestingly is that the parents are getting the chicks to explore the nesting ledge by drawing them outside their nest depression as is detailed in the below photograph.
Report by Attila Papp.
Photos by Attila Papp - CPF Webcam.
Hunter visited the CIBC building several times early this morning and was also seen chasing a small bird in the area at 8:10am. What was interesting was what happened at 11:05am. Hunter flew from the CIBC building in one great stoop and landed on the north-most balcony on the east side of the Four Seasons Hotel. He faced inwards and vocalized. Moments later, Ranger appeared from the floor of the balcony and Hunter took her place. NEST ANYONE! Ranger then flew over to the west side of the Bloor and Bellair condo, the one with the metal spire but chose to pick a concrete roof abutment. In the afternoon, Hunter made brief trips to the CIBC building at Yonge and Bloor.
This morning as I watched the webcam,(approx 9:20 a.m.)the female appeared to be a little impatient waiting for the male to bring food for the 3 eyases. She eventually took off and left the three white fluffs on their own. About 10 - 15 minutes later I recieved a call from a staffer at the King Edward Hotel. He stated that he had just seen, what looked to be a Oriole, drop to the sidewalk, AND THEN a large Peregrine Falcon come to the sidewalk to retrieve it. This all happened directly in front of the main entrance to the King Edward Hotel. “Sean” will ask Security at the hotel to see if this was caught on camera. First photo is the female ready to leave after standing over the chicks for a period of time. The second photo is after the female took off and left the three to cuddle.
Photos by Linda Woods - CPF Webcam.
As a follow up to Linda’s excellent report earlier, here is a photo of the resident female and male feeding the Oriole to the chicks. As the second photo shows, the chicks are starting to move away from the nest to get to the meal. As of 12:30pm today, there have been 4 feedings, with one of them involving the chicks actually eating prey from the talons of the resident female at 11:52am today.
Reported by Attila Papp.
Photos by Attila Papp - CPF Webcam.
Third Hatch at The Sheraton Centre Hotel. Pictured here is Rhea Mae in a mid morning feed. Fourth egg remains intact.
Linda Woods
Photos by Linda Woods.
At 8:40am, Hunter flew in from the south of the Four Seasons Hotel, landed on the balcony ledge [east side, north-most false balcony], dropped down to the floor [out of view] and then was back up on the ledge less than a minute later. He was still there at 8:55am when I left the area. I didn’t see any activity in the area on my trips to Yorkville on Thursday and Friday. Hunter still appears frequently on the CIBC building at Yonge and Bloor.
Snapped these 2 pictures off the webcam at 4:02pm on May 9/08 and it shows both parents present at the feeding of the 3 chicks.
Reported by Attila Papp.
Photos by Attila Papp - CPF Webcam.
Snapped these off the webcam at 3:40pm on May 9 - only 3 of 4 chicks hatched so far.
Reported by Attila Papp.
Photos by Attila Papp - CPF Webcam.
Saw both parents on the nest ledge at feeding time.
Reported by Attila Papp.
Photos by Attila Papp - CPF Webcam.
