Female Adult on site eating
October 15, 2010 - Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton
Frank Butson Reports:
Lyn Reports:
Yonge –Eglinton Peregrine report 20101015
I left 53 division Police station and whilst waiting for the lights to change I looked up to the * 2010 nest ledge* and spotted a *bird* on it. Of course I missed the light change as I stared at the bird attempting to identify whether it was a peregrine or not. When it flew I could see that it was indeed a peregrine, large-ish so I believe a female. I had no binoculars with me and with dusk descending, colours were difficult to see.
The peregrine flew from the nest ledge in front of the RioCan building, in front of the Heart and Stroke building and across Yonge and Eglinton to the southeast corner and land on the CIBC building right at the corner of Y&E. After a minute or two spent catching up to the bird I saw that it was feeding; feathers flew in every direction and were simply picked up by the wind. From the size of the wing feathers I think it may have been a pigeon. I could see long primaries. I spent twenty minutes in the *breeze* watching it eat. While it was eating another peregrine flew from somewhere behind me, across Y&E and over the CIBC building in a south-easterly direction and was gone. When the peregrine on the roof had finished, it wiped its beak on the edge of the roof and stood around for a few minutes pondering its next move.
It flew back across the Y&E intersection, along Eglinton to the mast at Duplex, changed its mind and flew back whence it had come. Then it turned once more gained height and flew to the top set of windows on the RioCan building and settled on one of the window uprights. That is where I left it as I was cold by this time.
In flight I could not detect any *bend* in the shoulder/wrist area so I am sure it was not dad.
Frank’s addition:The adult male has a kink in its wing,from an old healed injury,so I am sure Lyn is correct about it being the female.