June 09, 2009 - Scarborough - Yellow Pages
Marion Nash Reports:
Kathy went to Yellow Pages site today to see if we have had any more eggs or perhaps a hatch but no luck. There is only 1 egg left and the adults were not incubating. She checked several of the other ledges to make sur she had not moved yet again but nothing more was seen until she got to the south side when the female appeared and started stooping and yelling so they left the roof to watch from below to see if the male shows up and where and on what ledge she settles.
Posted on June 9, 2009 4:41 pm
June 09, 2009 - Windsor - Ambassador Bridge
Dennis Patrick Reports:
We were trying to imagine what it is like when a chick takes it’s first flight.
The pictures below are the only world our chicks have ever seen from their nest ledge. This is their window on the world. They don’t know what is around the corner or behind the back of their nest. Imagine when they fly off the ledge and into the big world and realize there is a river a huge bridge behind them WOW!!! We are counting the days till the try to fly
Posted on June 9, 2009 3:59 pm
June 09, 2009 - Etobicoke - Sun Life Centre
Marion Nash Reports:
The watchers just got the band number from the adult male at the Etobicoke Sun Life building and called it into the CPF head office. It turns out to be Jack hatched at the Mississauga Executive Centre nest site in 2002.
Posted on June 9, 2009 3:44 pm
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Marion Nash Reports:
The watchers just got the band number from the adult male at the Etobicoke Sun Life building and called it into the CPF head office. It turns out to be Jack hatched at the Mississauga Executive Centre nest site in 2002.
Posted on June 9, 2009 3:33 pm
June 09, 2009 - Windsor - Ambassador Bridge
Dennis Patrick Reports:
What a beautiful morning down at the nest site. Feedings were going on from 6:30 and more food catered in at 6:55.
The chicks are basicaly the same size as the adults now!!
Isn’t that hard to believe!??
Anyone that is interested in helping to watch or spot please come down to the bridge and we can go over orientation and don’t feel you don’t know enough all we need is willing watchers and what a sight to watch!!
We will have teams all day spotting during this first flight time. I hope to post more pictures tonight.
Hope to see you tonight or tomorrow or the next day. We would like to thank all the spotters so far but we welcome more help.
thank you from the team!!!!!!
Posted on June 9, 2009 12:34 pm
June 08, 2009 - Ottawa - Delta Ottawa City Centre
CPF Volunteer Reports:
Our 2nd day is over now, with a bit of excitement thrown in, but not by our chicklets. Apparently they spent the day eating and sleeping!
The events happened for the volunteers entertainment. The first was a man across the street who was very rude and loud, accosting women waiting for the buses, and eventually one of the men waiting there who tried to get him to leave. That man was hit and kicked for his efforts, but not badly. Meanwhile 3 or 4 busses where lined up, but not letting people off for a bit. All drivers called in to OCTranspo and the police. We asked the Security of C Sq to call the police as well. When 2 cars arrived, I went over to talk with them as did the man who tried to help. The nasty one had ended up taking another bus. We were able to tell the police which bus, his description, etc.
All was quiet again until Chris Traynor arrived to do a roof check of our babies. As I had thought, we knew exactly when he arrived on the roof as both falcons immediately went after him, screaming and diving. Knowing what a scary feeling that can be if you are the one being threatened, Chris is amazingly calm about all of this. Unfortunately he was not able to see the chicklets as they were tucked in close to the front corner.
All was quiet again as we left this evening.
Eve Ticknor
Posted on June 9, 2009 9:13 am
June 07, 2009 - Ottawa - Delta Ottawa City Centre
CPF Volunteer Reports:
It seems a bit strange to start early, at least early for Ottawa birds. It also seems strange for Day 1 to start without my presence. However we are underway.
Most of the day was quiet, as we expected. After all, our oldest is 33 days old today. The chicklets had breakfast, but not much else for most of the day, according to the log book. The adults were seen at times, and on antennas or out of sight at other times. It is rather cold here. We have done the Falcon Watch in most all kinds of weather, and Albert St is known as a wind tunnel. It lived up to its reputation today.
I had decided that we could shut down early this evening as all was quiet and no activity was expected. Around 7:40pm I was starting to get things together when Nancy said she could see white up near the corner. Connor, supposedly. Or not! It was the top of a fuzzy head!! I could also see a couple of wing flaps! Oh, no! Too early……. thankfully that was it for the sighting this evening. There was lots of noise soon when the adults showed up nearby. They left again. Eventually Connor came in to the southwest corner with a kill, but I could not see what it was. After a long time ( I was sure he was eating), he brought something around to the nest ledge when Diana flew in to feed her chicklets. Then all was really quiet and we packed up for today.
We are really short of volunteers! I hope more show up soon.
Cheers, Eve
Posted on June 9, 2009 9:10 am
June 09, 2009 - Etobicoke - William Osler
Frank Butson Reports:
I searched a database in OHIO and came up with this info on the female m/87 black over green. She is named O’Connor,hatched 05/06/07 at the Landmark Building in Summit County Ohio. Banded on 05/24/07 .
Posted on June 9, 2009 7:14 am
June 09, 2009 - Etobicoke - Sun Life Centre
Baylie Kastner Reports:
At 6.45 this morning the first male to fledge is still in the tree, the second was not seen but assumed to be alright and the female is on the nest ledge with the two parents nearby trying to encourage it to fly.
Posted on June 9, 2009 6:57 am
June 08, 2009 - Etobicoke - William Osler
Mark Nash Reports:
Successful Foster!!
Successful Foster!!
Over the weekend we were able to choose the perfect foster site for the three MEC hatchlings. With the assistance from the wonderful folks at the William Osler Health Care Centre, we were able to confirm that status of the resident peregrines. Reconfirming that the resident female was still incubating her eggs, and knowing that they beyond the hatch day and with no hope of a hatch, this stage was set for the perfect fostering condition as this is exactly the situation that was needed. The ideal foster nest site!
With the hatchlings much stronger and healthier, it was time to introduce them to their new foster parents. The three hatchlings departed the CPF raptor centre late this afternoon and arrived at the William Osler Hospital safe and sound. We were greeted by the hospital security and maintenance personal and awaited Mark’s arrival from MNR. We proceeded to the upper floors to the access hatch to the nest ledge. After re-confirming for the last time that the resident female was still incubating the eggs and that the resident male was still in attendance, the hatch door was carefully opened and the 3 remaining un-hatched eggs were removed and replaced with the three young peregrines. Despite both of the resident peregrines objection to this intrusion, the procedure went without a hitch and the access door was closed and secured.
For the next ten plus minutes we all waited and watched in anticipation that the resident adult female would accept her new foster family. She was joined by her mate and we watched both of the resident adults stare in absolute bewilderment. Seconds later, the hatchlings started to vocalize. Seconds later, both of the adults started to vocalize back to the three young peregrine hatchlings. Moments in to this scream-feast, , one of the chicks walked off out of our view down the ledge. Fearing that worst that one of the hatchlings may be on its way too close to the edge of the ledge, we preceded to ground level and to the outside the building and positioned ourselves directly under the ledge. The vocalizing from all of the peregrines was deafening even eight stories down.
What we witnessed from this vantage point was nothing shy of spectacular and amazing. Both of the resident adult peregrines were involved in this scream feast with the hatchlings, all while touching beaks together. The adult male was the most confused and made a dozen touch-and -go flights back and forth from the nest ledge to the hydro towers to the east, than back to the nest building and nest ledge. Throughout this entire time frame, - (which lasted close to a half an hour), the adult resident male also went after and chased of several gulls.
By 5:55 pm, the male finally bought in a small food package, and the adult female was quick to snatch it from him and preceded to feed her newly acquired family. For the next three hours while we watched on, the male brought in three other food packages to the ledge. Each time the adult female snatched the food packages from him and proceeded to feed the hatchlings. By the end of the day as we lost our daylight, all three hatchlings had been few several times and had huge full bulging full crops. Both adults continued to be very vocal right up to when darkness fell, and all fell silent.
By the time 9 pm rolled around and the darkness set in, the adult female had herded all three of the hatchlings back down the ledge into the nest tray behind the hospital sign where they all disappeared from our view. It couldn’t have worked out better!! Tracy joined me around 5 pm and stayed until darkness. During our visit, both of the resident adults were ID’ed and their band numbers were recorded and photographed. The resident adult male is non other than Hurricane, who was produced at the Toronto Sheraton hotel nest site in 2004, dawning a solid black band 5 over X. Hurricane has been the resident adult here at the William Osler Hospital nest site since 2006 when he arrived as a first year juvenile in full brown plumage.
The resident adult female dawns a Black M over Green 87 band. We hope to have some history on her very soon. Stay tuned… More to come!
Posted on June 9, 2009 4:15 am
