May 14, 2010 - Etobicoke - Sun Life Centre
Frank Butson Reports:
Today,I was up on the roof of the Kingsway On The Park and can confirm there are 3 Peregrine Falcon chicks which are somewhere in the range of 7-10 days old. This would coincide with Kathy’s observation of food going into the nest. Today was very eventful,as I was stooped briefly by both Jack and Angel. The wound Jack had gotton in the territorial battle was not evident,so must have healed up nicely. He looked well and strong and abit mean when he stooped me. He later chased off a Turkey Vulture,striking it several times,before it left the area. When I arrived,Mom was sheilding the young,more from a warm sun I believe then me. Eventually a single fluffy white head appeared. For the longest time,only one was visible such that I believed thats all there was and I was ready to hault observations. Just after closing a gate,and readying to leave,a 2nd chick popped up. Unpacked and watched until the 3rd chick popped up against its Moms chest. A Redtailed Hawk was also escorted from the area. Please enjoy this video clip of todays visit.
http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=2vteasz&s=5
Much thanks to those at Kingsway On The Park for their continued support and co-operation!
Stay tuned for a banding date to be confirmed very soon we hope.
Posted on May 14, 2010 8:12 pm
May 14, 2010 - Etobicoke - Sun Life Centre
Kathy Reports:
3 Eyases seen in the nestbox. Both parents on site dive bombing poor Frank! More details to come later after he reviews his photos..but estimated to be around the 10 day mark!
Posted on May 14, 2010 1:34 pm
May 13, 2010 - Toronto - Mount Sinai Hospital
Linda Woods Reports:
A quick visit the Mt.Sinai area and witnessed one peregrine hunting in the area of the hospital. I don’t think the hunt was successful. The peregrine then made it’s way over to 505 University Ave and sat there for approximately 10 minutes. I don’t know if it was the same bird, but another sighting was on the U of T building on the North-West side of College and University. Both birds are seen frequenting the east ledge of the Hospital, but actual nesting on this area is now in doubt. Weather has hampered our efforts for intense observations. Once the wind and rain clears, we can resume in-depth observation. If anyone else should have reports of the peregrines at this site, please send them in for posting.
Posted on May 13, 2010 6:24 pm
May 13, 2010 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
Linda Woods Reports:
The three little ones are growing quickly. I can see pin feathers already starting to develope. I didn’t stay long today. Rhea Mae and Tiago were on guard and I didn’t want to stir the sleeping family
Posted on May 13, 2010 6:17 pm
May 12, 2010 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
Linda Woods Reports:
The little ones get a late evening feed. The weather looks like it’s improving so hopefully I’ll get some colour photos tomorrow morning.
Posted on May 12, 2010 9:00 pm
May 12, 2010 - Etobicoke - Sun Life Centre
Kathy Reports:
Apologies for taking so long to give an update after Monday’s post! Everything seems to be back to normal today and all is quiet.
Monday afternoon after my last report of the TR Male attempting to regain his site on Monday morning and Jack being wounded, they did both end up at our site on Monday afternoon. It was more like Jack chasing poor Milton out of the other territory and they spilled into ours. At one point Mom even joined in to help them along as she was quite agitated, jumping in and out of the nestbox and alarm calling.
Interestingly, Milton returned here as Jack went back to the territory they were fighting over and he stayed here for the evening while Jack remained over there. Milton tried to make friends with mom at one point but she wasn’t having any of it! She came out of the nestbox a few times and chased him off and despite the fact she could have hurt him..she didnt’. He didn’t seem injured, a bit roughed up no doubt but was flying quite well and spent most of his time here preening and fixing his feathers :) He spent the night on one of the buildings nearby and was gone by the next morning so I expect he’s moved on…we hope for his sake anyway at least until Jack’s hormones stop raging!
Jack seemed to be more aggressive which makes sense as he has chicks/eggs at two sites whereas Milton seemd to be more confused about the entire situation and didn’t seem to be interested in a prolonged or fatal battle though he gave Jack a nice parting shot to remember him by. What was really curious was that Jack didn’t seem to know that he was here at our site for several hours.
Yesterday Jack was a bit more calm but he was still on alert and was only sighted here once however today he’s back to his usual routine and mom has had two breaks..I saw food come off the ledge so all is good.
Frank went up to the condo rooftop yesterday to see if he could see what was going on in the nestbox but given the cold, windy weather..Mom was not budging. She didn’t blink, glared at him but she would not show him what she was hiding. You can see in the nestbox that she was certainly sitting in a posture indicating she is definitely hiding something but until we see white fluffies…we’re not going to call it. We will make another attempt next week if Spring ever decides to revisit us.
Posted on May 12, 2010 3:13 pm
May 12, 2010 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
Linda Woods Reports:
With the wet, chilly weather, Rhea Mae has been keeping the chicks close. When I have been to the sight, I must just be missing a feeding and unable to see if the fourth egg is still in the nest tray. I think I may have gotten a glimpse of it late yesterday, but the image from the camera is difficult this year. I’ll try again this morning.
Posted on May 12, 2010 9:23 am
May 12, 2010 - Mississauga - Executive Centre
Linda Woods Reports:
This image taken from the web cam early this morning.
Posted on May 12, 2010 9:20 am
May 12, 2010 - Hamilton - Sheraton Hotel
Sarah Washington Reports:
As of yesterday the Hamilton Nest Site counted 4 fuzzy chicks! Madame X and Surge have been busy feeding and keeping the family warm during the cooler temperatures.
Lots of work ahead!
Posted on May 12, 2010 12:24 am
May 09, 2010 - Niagara Falls
CPF Postmaster Reports:
A big thank you to Rebecca for sending in these great shots of the two peregrines at the Niagara falls gorge that were taken on May 9th of this year. While the search continues to try and identify a possible nest site, (and to identify the birds themselves), it appears that the elusive pair are still very much around and have been quite active. Observation reports of the birds activity have been streaming in from both sides of the border in recent weeks, but the mystery continues with regards to any nesting activity and the birds identity. While both of the birds still remain unidentified at this point, we do have a partial band number and band colour of the female given Rebecca’s photo that indicates that the she dawns a Black over Red colour marker band having a lower alpha digit of H. The USFW band number appears to a coloured band instead of the typical silver coloured band. The photo of the male in flight that shows one of its legs, appears to be unbanded.
The mystery contines………..
Posted on May 11, 2010 9:51 am
