2 On Ledge Still 2 Banded and Released
- Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton
Frank Butson Reports:
Today all hands were on deck again,as we had 2 young Peregrines that might just fly. Bruce,Linda,Zoey,Brian,Lyn and I attended the site today for various periods. We had many local folks who showed a great deal of interest and were glad to have the extra help from Deborah and John. The female juvenile Peregrine looks ready to go at any time. Her brother not so much. They were fed at least 2 times today. Mom did bring in a whole bird and left it on the ledge. The juveniles must have been abit confused as they never did get into it,letting Mom come some hours later and beak to beak feed them.
At 845pm,Mark and Marion Nash arrived with the 2 rescued birds. Mark Heaton of the Ministry of Natural Resources had attended at our Raptor Centre at Kortright Centre For Conservation and banded the 2. This is very important,as the US has a Peregrine Harvest..wild birds can be taken by falconers and kept. Any bird with a band is considered part of a recovery program and cannot be kept,so we took this opportunity to band both rescued birds.
The so far unnamed birds which were banded are:
Female..45 days old…898 grams band 21/x with green tape
Male…42 days old…*6/D (sideways 6 over D) with red tape
Mark,Marion,Lyn and I were escorted by security and the release was done under cover of darkness around 945pm. Thanks to the security crew at 2180 Yonge for their help. Tomorrow will be very interesting with 4 birds likely to be out flying. A full watch team will be on site to keep track of them!
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