Scarbourgh-Yellow Pages-Is there a Male in the Area.
May 20, 2009 - Scarborough - Yellow Pages
Bruce Massey Reports:
The short answer is yes, when I arrived 1915 Hrs. there was a Male kiting high over the Building. Then the Female appeared low around the building and then landed on the top. The Male then did a long shallow stoop to the other side of the building. I finally found him on the North West sign, but other than getting a brief look at his US Fish and Wildlife Band, which in the Sun looked the regulation Silver. He flew around a bit alighting on an antenna and then stooped off to the SouthWest. By the time I arrived around that side he had landed just by the lights at the base of the Triangle. He was perched on a wire in the right position to see that his other Band was Black over Green, but with the distance plus the light I couldn’t make out any of the Numbers or Letters on it. The other thing was in that light the F&W Band didn’t look light but darker. He stooped to the East and for the 2nd time in my Observing Peregrines I saw him killing the Prey in Mid-Air. He flew it around to the Nest Ledge and by the time I had repositioned there was a bird on the Building to the West at the top of the building with rather noticeable Glass Arch. As I scoped this bird it was I suspected, the male had swapped places with the Female (Lawrie). The Male later popped up at the Nest Ledge, and then swapped buildings with the Female. The male disappeared as I lost my light and was breaking down my Scope.