Everyone’s Flying Well
June 17, 2008 - Etobicoke - Sun Life Centre
CPF Volunteer Reports:
When I arrived weather conditions were cool and very blustery and female parent was feeding 1 juvenile on nest building roof. This was probably the end of the feeding as the adult then dropped down into the nest and stood for a long time gazing out into the dawn (reminiscing perhaps about the time when all she had to worry about was 3 little balls of fluff). Anyway, her reverie was rudely interrupted when another juvenile suddenly zoomed in from the south east and buzzed her off the ledge, to take over the spot. Female adult then lifted up to the corner of the roof.
The precocious juvenile soon tired of inactivity and took off to circle the easterly condominium, eventually emerging from the back of the building closely followed by the third juvenile So there were now 1 adult and 3 juveniles clearly in view and this quiet domestic scene continued until around 7:10 when loud vocalizing announced the arrival of the male parent above the roof, rallying the gang to take to the air and there followed an enthusiastic aerial display from the 3 juveniles and both adults. At one point a juvenile came very close to a meandering gull who seemed quite unperturbed and I’m thinking to myself, “Mr. Gull, just wait until they’re qualified and you won’t be so complacent”. From my observation it seems that at least one of the female juveniles is able to maneuver in and out of the nest ledge. They are all making smoother take-offs and landings. In fact on one of my Aberfoyle walkabouts to keep track of them I spotted one large juvenile perched on one of the very narrow brackets that jut out from the window cleaning apparatus. Kudos for having been able to land there and stay holding on in the powerful wind gusts that seemed to threaten even the large Canadian flag every few moments.
Frank Butson reports: I arrived at about 930am after the feeding Diana described,the Peregrines werent very active for a few hours. They later made many strong flights. Screech did some great flying with her Mom over the first(eastern) condo,before 2 aborted landings finally landing on the Aberfoyle side of the building. I went around to check and make sure and she was safe and sound. Kathy,Renee,Joan and Terry all joined me to watch some flying by the young. They are all doing well,though I havent seen Perry fly to far as yet.
6:27pm Mother feeds Perry a portion of pigeon. Sunny trys to steal it away and a titanic tug of war ensues. Eventually the larger Sunny wins the prize and started to walk away with it. She had a change of heart and went back and shared with Perry.
Later the final feed of the day is caught. Again the female scared a pigeon into the office tower window and caught it as it bounced off the window. Can this be planned? At the end of the day all 3 young were high and safe.
Reported by Diana Karrandjas.
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