Boxing Day 2010 at the Lift Bridge
December 26, 2010 - Burlington - Lift Bridge
Sue McCreadie Reports:
Bill and I stopped by the Lift Bridge to see what we could see. When driving in the driveway we immediately saw an Adult Peregrine chasing a flock of the local pigeons. It was quite a display, but unfortunately not a successful hunt. She returned to the cable arm on the Bay side of the Burlington Tower for a rest. A short time later she took off out over the Skyway, but was unsuccessful once again. While watching, we noticed the adult male tucked into the corner of the buffer housing. I guess he was looking for shelter from the cold wind. The white capped waves were rolling onto the shore from the lake and it was -6 degrees on the car thermometer. We didn’t hang around too long, but were happy to see that both adults appear to be hanging onto the territory. We of course were not able to identify either bird so we are assuming at this point that it is Cirrus and Sir Adam Beck.
