!!! Odd happenings!
May 20, 2009 - Scarborough - Yellow Pages
Mark Nash Reports:
We had a chance this afternoon to do another site visit to check on Lawrie’s progress. With a quick check from the upper elevations, we were able to reconfirm that Lawrie still has only two eggs in this clutch and is currently in full time incubation. She was viewed settled down in hard incubation and was not bothered at all by our presence, somewhat unusual behavior - especially for Lawrie the “killer peregrine” that we have come to know and love. What was even more unusual, was that the lack of a territorial male’s presence on site during the entire time of our visit. Over the course of more than two hours on site, at no time did we see the presence of a male which is very odd indeed. We spent the several hours at ground level visiting all of the usual roosting places where Ruben could have been typically found, but he was no where to found. While he may have been out hunting, we would not have expected him (or any territorial male that has a female on eggs) to leave both her and the territory alone for this long. This is very strange indeed…
I have included a photo of Lawrie incubating and a photo of the old nest ledge on the south west corner with the broken egg shells visible. Notice the spider webs now covering the egg fragments. It is also worth noting that Lawrie is looking very ragged and un-kept. Once again, very strange.
Stay tuned, more to come
