March 31, 2011 - Etobicoke - Sun Life Centre
Kathy Reports:
It’s a wet, damp day out there and no sign of anyone out in the open any time I was able to check. On my lunch break now with an umbrella and binoculars standing in the middle of the road my suspicions were confirmed. I could see two wing tips above the lip of the nest box. So she’s laying flat in the box this morning.
3:30 pm Update: She’s still laying in the nestbox. Jack did come by - as he was sitting on the web cam and there was some chit chatting going on and I could see her head but she didn’t get out of the box while I was there .
Posted on March 31, 2011 12:16 pm
- Etobicoke - William Osler
Tracy Simpson Reports:
Out and about this afternoon checking on the status of our nest sites, I made my way over to William Osler to take a gander at Hurricane and his female. Our territorial male has been positively identified as Hurricane but the identity of our female this year has been more elusive. We do know that she is a Black over Green but she has yet to give us the big reveal as to who she is and her origins. Feeling lucky, I pulled out the scope and tripod and got it all set up as I had one of the pair on the north side sitting openly on the H with legs in full view. It was Hurricane and not the female as I had hoped. No matter! I was so pleased to see Hurricane on site again this year as our resident male. It was then off to the control room with the great support of security at the hospital and lo and behold, there she is… …our mother to be lying down on an undetermined number of eggs!! After a brief period of observation it was clear that she had no intertion of moving an inch and revealing what, or in this case how many, lay beneath her. If peregrines could snore she’d be rockin the house!! I will be returning in the days that follow to attempt to positively ID our female this year and see where she is at with eggs. The outstanding staff in security, environmental services and the hospital have been wonderfully supportive of their peregrines and an enormous thanks go out to them. Looks like we are well on our way to another exciting nesting season!!
Posted on March 30, 2011 8:14 pm
March 30, 2011 - Mississauga - Executive Centre
Tracy Simpson Reports:
This afternoon I made my way out to MEC to check on our pair this year and was greeted with a tempting bit of pigeon at MEC 2 rooftop. The tasty treat was not for me ( thank goodness, yuckers! ) but rather the unbanded male was courting and caring for his lady on the scene. I scrambled to get the scope out and take a look as she had both legs in full view and of course, the minute I was ready, off she goes and into the nestbox. I was able to get a glimpse of colour though and I am 99% sure that she is a Black over Red which coincides with observations last year and last week as well. After abandoning the hope of actually getting alpha numerics off of the band, I made the climb to the control room to take a look at what she was up to. I was pleasantly surprised to see that two eggs have already been laid and by the looks of her, all plump and dreamy, the third will be there tomorrow. I then wandered over to MEC 3 and with the unwavering support of the security on staff, I was able to head up to the roof for another attempt at an ID on the female. Once again, I had her in full view in the scope but to no avail as she had no intention of moving an inch and with her feathers draped around her band, I decided to leave her to her sleepiness and planned to try again in a day or so.
Posted on March 30, 2011 7:52 pm
March 30, 2011 - Etobicoke - Sun Life Centre
Kathy Reports:
Angel is spending her day either in the nestbox or right beside it today. Jack has been here every time I’ve checked guarding her or bringing her food and I just observed some mating on the ledge by the nestbox and then she went right back into the box again. Suffice it to say that I do expect there are eggs up there..the question is how many so far?! They are doing a good job of keeping us guessing!
Posted on March 30, 2011 3:09 pm
March 30, 2011 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
Jan Chudy Reports:
I kept my laptop on the coffee table while I went about my business for the last two hours and it finally paid off. Almost exactly at the same time as two days ago, the adult stood off the nest box, and there were three eggs beautifully displayed.
Posted on March 30, 2011 12:24 pm
March 29, 2011 - Burlington - Lift Bridge
Sue McCreadie Reports:
Bill and I visited the Lift Bridge this afternoon and we are able to confirm that incubation has begun. Cirrus was sitting on the wires with a very full crop and Sir Adam Beck was doing incubation duties. When we left, Cirrus had flown to the edge of the nest box looking in to make sure that Sir was doing it correctly. We didn’t stay long enough to see a shift change. We were able to see into the nest box from down the road. When we were there last week, both birds were visible so incubation has begun in the last week. Of course, we are not able to determine the number of eggs in the nest.
Posted on March 29, 2011 6:33 pm
March 27, 2011 - Etobicoke - William Osler
Tracy Simpson Reports:
On Sunday, March 27th Bruce Massey attended the William Osler Hospital site to check on Hurricane and his lady at the nest tray. An affirmative ID has yet to be made as to who the grey lady is, but we have confirmed that she bears a Black over Green band on the left leg and a purple USFW band on the right. As that could be from anywhere in the midwest prior to 2008, we await a visual confirmation of the alpha numerics before we can determine who this is.
Bruce’s visit did confirm that the pair at the site definately has family rearing in mind and is actively in and out of the nest tray with much vocalization. We will be closely watching the site for egg laying to begin. Thanks go out to Bruce for his efforts this past weekend.
Posted on March 29, 2011 4:26 pm
March 29, 2011 - Etobicoke - Sun Life Centre
Kathy Reports:
Angel has been inside the nestbox - I could see her head and she has been alternating between standing and laying down - all morning. When she stands up in the box, I can see her head over the side of the nestbox ledge with my binoculars. Jack has been standing guard on the cam keeping his eye on the window washer who is on the second building over from us.
Earlier this morning when I arrived, he was already on the cam and she was in the nestbox. She has only left twice, when he brought her food. She took it to the mating corner and he immediately stood by the nestbox until it was time. Two lengthy mating sessions were observed, after which- both times she immediately returned to the nestbox. He continues to stand on the cam watching over her while keeping one eye on the poor window washer.
There is no way at this time to confirm the presence of eggs however all activity and behaviour is pointing to it - things are on track at least!
Update @ 1:50 pm: More food and another mating session. I checked last years notes and when this much activity happened all day last year as it has today, she was in full incubation a few days later!
Posted on March 29, 2011 12:51 pm
March 28, 2011 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
Linda Woods Reports:
Many Thanks to Jan, in France , who happened to be watching the webcam at the perfect time to see the second egg. She captured the image from the webcam and sent it to CPF.
THANKS JAN! Sure helps when we have eagles eyes on another continent watching the cameras.
Posted on March 28, 2011 4:57 pm
March 28, 2011 - Etobicoke - Sun Life Centre
Kathy Reports:
More of the same today with Angel, just sitting by the nestbox on the ledge and waiting.. There was some excitement that was reported to me after lunch that involved Angel screaming her head off from the ledge and Jack chasing someone out of the territory..by the time I was able to get outside and take a look, all was calm. When I left Angel was..you guessed it..sitting by the nestbox and Jack was on the next ledge over watching the window washers set up for tomorrow. So the next week will have workmen right next to them - if there is an egg or two up there we should see some interesting behaviour so I guess that should give me a clue.
I told her today that Rhea Mae at the Sheraton is already 2 eggs ahead but she seems nonplussed about it all 
Posted on March 28, 2011 4:23 pm
