April 30, 2011 - Etobicoke - Sun Life Centre
Frank Butson Reports:
Long time Bloor and Islington Falcon watcher Terry Shiels sent this along to me.
HI FRANK;
THIS AFTERNOON A TURKRY VULTURE VENTURED NEAR THE NESTING BOX AND HOVER FOR A MINUTE OR SO.
THAT MINUTE MUST HAVE SEEMED AN ETERNITY AS THE FEMALE PERIGRINE BOLTED OUT OF THE BOX AND ASSUALTED THE TV. SHE HARRASSED THAT TV ALONG BLOOR ST. THEN NORTH OF THE OFFICE TOWERS THEN SOUTH OF THE TOWERS AND FINALLY THE TV HEADED NORTH OF THE TOWERS AND SHE LET HIM GO.
IT WAS AN AFTERNOON OF DEAD SILENCE TO ALMOST HAVOC. WE TRULY DID NOT KNOW BEFORE HAND THAT SHE WAS IN THE NESTING BOX W ITH THE EGGS, BUT WE ASSUMED AS MUCH BECAUSE THE TV FLEW AROUND FOR SOME TIME BEFORE SHE BOLTED OUT.
Posted on April 30, 2011 11:39 pm
April 30, 2011 - Burlington - Lift Bridge
Sue McCreadie Reports:
Bill and I spent an hour or so at the Lift Bridge today. Sir spent the whole time sitting on the Hamilton Hydro Tower. We couldn’t spot Cirrus anywhere and we could see no movement in the box. From this observation we would assume that Cirrus is still in full incubation mode, hunkered down in the nest box out of sight. Hopefully, we will see some action soon.
Posted on April 30, 2011 6:30 pm
April 30, 2011 - Mississauga - Holcim
Tracy Simpson Reports:
Bruce Massey was on-site at Holcim today with the hopes of catching some action from the peregrines in the area. While they certainly are present and accounted for, Bruce was unable to secure band numbers on either birds or locate a ledge of interest. We will continue to monitor the site and report on any nesting activity should this pair decide to set up house.
Posted on April 30, 2011 6:13 pm
April 30, 2011 - Brampton - Courthouse
Tracy Simpson Reports:
Here is the post that was dropped when we updated our posting system regarding the identification of the territorial male at the Brampton Courthouse dated April 30th.
Bruce Massey was on-site today and was able to make a positive identification of the male. It is the bird known as Milton that was hatched at the Gulf Tower in Pittsburg in 2002. This male and his young mate, Truss from the Burlington Lift Bridge in 2009, are still holding the territory but their status as a nesting pair is still in question. While copulation was witnessed by Bruce last week, the adults are being seen off of the ledge at the same time most often. There was a period today where both birds entered the ledge and “discussed the situation” but it is apparent that incubation is not underway at this time. With the change over of the female from an unbanded one reported earlier to now being Truss has certainly disrupted cycles and timing at this potentially new site. We will continue to monitor and update as we follow the pair this season.
Posted on April 30, 2011 6:08 pm
- All Reports
Tracy Simpson Reports:
Bruce Massey was on-site at the 220 Duncan Mill Road location that Quest and Kendal have chosen to make their new home. He spent the better part of the afternoon watching the pair and was able to see a changeover in adults. When the male stood up to let Quest on, it was clear that there is only one egg left in the tray.
While sad news, the pair is still looking after the single egg that remains and defending it from any dangers. This new and inexperienced pair are learning the ups and downs of parenthood and are eager to continue with family rearing of the remaining egg. There is still a great deal of room for optimism as the resident pair continue to work towards a successful hatch of their egg.
Posted on April 30, 2011 5:59 pm
April 28, 2011 - Mississauga - Executive Centre
Tracy Simpson Reports:
I was on-site at the Mississauga Executive Centre today in an attempt to fix the camera. I was able to get a look at the monitor and see that the resident pair is now in hard incubation on three eggs. Marco with Oxford Properties and I made all attempts to swap out the downed computer for the new one and restore the camera image to the website but ran into difficulties with the internet connection. We have one cable attachment to repair and we should be up and running, hopefully, on Monday. A huge thanks to Marco for his assistance in helping me to locate the problem!!
I did take a moment to try and identify our banded resident female but the winds were too strong even though I had her clearly in the spotting scope. I will make another attempt to identify her on Monday once the camera is repaired.
Posted on April 30, 2011 5:32 pm
April 30, 2011 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
Linda Woods Reports:
Yesterday Zoe, captured an image from the web cam with evidence that we may have had a hatch.
Small fluffs of down can be seen in the image. I visited the nest site this morning with a quick look through the view port. Only a few fluffs of down remain, and what appears to be small fragments of egg shell. Keep checking the web camera and perhaps someone will witness food come to the nest tray.
Posted on April 30, 2011 3:00 pm
April 30, 2011 - Toronto - King Street
Linda Woods Reports:
A quick visit to the monitor at King St this morning. Incubation continues. The female on the nest around noon today. She was busy pulling gravel closer to her, creating a rim around the eggs (moat) a very active activity. Last week I was seeing the Sheraton birds doing the same thing. Perhaps an indication that we are close to a hatch. I’ve posted a photo from the Buffalo webcam. In the image one can clearly see the rim around the edge of the nesting area.
Posted on April 30, 2011 2:54 pm
April 29, 2011 - Toronto - Don Mills
Frank Butson Reports:
CPF volunteer and ace photographer,Ann Brokelman sends along these incredible shots of Quest. Neither rain nor snow prevented Ann from getting these pictures! WOW,OUTSTANDING,are the only words I can think of.
Posted on April 29, 2011 5:05 pm
April 27, 2011 - Etobicoke - Sun Life Centre
Kathy Reports:
We are on day 26 of incubation and everything seems to be progressing smoothly from what I can tell from the ground! Today there are window washers on the next building so mom was a bit nervous as evidenced by her doing a fly about to check them out but she didn’t vocalize or get upset. Otherwise it’s been a quiet few weeks in spite of the gruesome weather the parents have had to contend with.
Posted on April 27, 2011 5:08 pm
