June 18, 2011 - Brampton - Courthouse
CPF Postmaster Reports:
June 18th - 2011
Patience paid off today. After not seeing Milton or Truss Thursday, Friday started off the same however after waiting a bit longer Truss finally arrived and with food. She flew to the nest, where Milton soon exited. For 15 minutes Truss was out of sight at the nest as Milton stood by. Then she flew off, with what was left with her food. The suggests that she is consuming her food at the nest. After discarding her leftovers, she returned to Milton and the two perched watching some brave gulls circling and calling before Milton took off and put an end to that. Once Milton left, Truss returned to the nest.
Posted on June 20, 2011 9:43 am
June 15, 2011 - Etobicoke - Sun Life Centre
CPF Postmaster Reports:
June 15th - 2011
Baylie sends us some great close-up shots of the kids today. Enjoy!
Posted on June 20, 2011 9:35 am
June 17, 2011 - Ottawa - Delta Ottawa City Centre
CPF Postmaster Reports:
Friday, June 17, 2011 — 12:15 p.m.
I have not had the pleasure of catching a glimpse of Connor or Diana today but I did look up in time to see a large blue heron as it flew right above Lyon Street. It was heading towards the Ottawa River. A variety of birds were taking advantage of the air currents and could be observed floating above the Supreme Court of Canada and beyond towards the Ottawa River on this breezy yet humid afternoon.
Take care and keep smiling!
Ciao,
N. McKenna
Posted on June 20, 2011 9:28 am
June 16, 2011 - Ottawa - Delta Ottawa City Centre
CPF Postmaster Reports:
Thursday, June 16, 2011 — 4:30 p.m.
Hello everyone, It is a sunny and breezy afternoon in Ottawa. I look up towards the Delta Ottawa City Centre and see an adult falcon perched a foot from the NE corner of the hotel. It is looking towards the south of the city and cuts quite a regal figure high atop its urban cliff.
Take care and keep smiling!
Ciao,
N. McKenna
Posted on June 20, 2011 9:25 am
June 16, 2011 - Windsor - Ambassador Bridge
CPF Postmaster Reports:
June 16th - 2011
I was up at the Bridge today and Lady Gaga Was very active flapping and jumping around.. Spitfire was walking around a bit… both very vocal…
Collette Denkers
Posted on June 20, 2011 9:22 am
June 20, 2011 - Windsor - Ambassador Bridge
Dennis Patrick Reports:
Dennis and I were at the Bridge Saturday, Sunday and again this morning at 6 A.M. Freddie and Voltaire are staying close to Lady Gaga and Spitfire, seems like they know something that we don’t!! Lady Gaga and Spitfire are very happy with their new nest box, it’s fun to watch them jump up on the edge of it and then jump down again. This morning they were flapping their wings like they were going to fly. At one point this morning Freddie flew towards the truck and chased a Mourning Dove away from the top of the fence. The family of four are very enjoyable to watch. Stay tune for more reports.
Gwen & Dennis
Site Co-ordinators for CPF
Posted on June 20, 2011 8:47 am
June 19, 2011 - Toronto - King Street
Mark Nash Reports:
I spent the better part of the day today on site in an unofficial start to the King Street nest site fledge watch and had a very enjoyable day indeed. Sakura and Kenya spent most of the day playing together on the nest ledge with allot of laying down to escape the hot day sun and a lot of running up and down the nest ledge in between the sleeping and screaming at mom and dad for food . Not a hole lot of flapping, but they still have a full head of fluffy white down. Mom brought in food at 4pm and despite Kenya’s smaller size in comparison to his much bigger sister, he snatched it from mom and ran over to the corner, mantled over it and proceeded to eat it.
While big sister made several attempts to get a few bites, Kenya would have having nothing of it. After Kenya finished the small offering, Sakura made every effort to pick what was left off the bones was still interested to snuggle up with her piggy brother and the two them layed down together for the balance of th afternoon. I spent the balance of the day doing my best to photograph the resident adults with some success at least with the resident adult female.
She did most of the hunting throughout the day with several birds having been caught and all but two of the catches were actually eaten by mom well of sight of the hatchlings view. I watched her stash at least three freshly caught birds. The good news is that I was able to photograph the resident adult female on several occasions as she flew around over my head. On two occasions, she flew over to my location to get a closer look at what I was doing, and on a second occasion she landed less than 60 feet from my observation position allowing me to get some good close-up shots of her band number. She dawns a Black sideways 8 over a Red sideways D - (both rotated 90 degrees counter clockwise)
The resident adult male was spent most of his day going after other avian intruders including any that just happen to fly by or near the nest ledge. At one point he jumped off the roof of the nest building and dropped straight down the building wall in an incredible dive on an unsuspecting gull that just happened to fly by the nest building. The resident adult male dove so quickly, I was unable to keep the camera trained on him!! He literally chased the gull south so fast I could hardly get a site line on him, let alone keep the camera trained on him.
All I can say about the resident adult male, is that he has what appears to be a solid Black band - (that would suggest that he is a locally produced bird). At 8:30pm, the resident adult female brought in food to the nest ledge and both hatchlings shared in the offering without any squabbling. They were fed by the adult female in a very tender family moment for close to 30 minutes. By 9pm, both hatchlings were once again lying down together side by side and obviously down for the evening.
I got some great photos that I have attached with this posting. Later in the evening I met with Linda at the Toronto Sheraton watch and finished the evening with them and departed for home at dark.
Stay tuned, back again tomorrow……
Posted on June 20, 2011 2:47 am
June 19, 2011 - Scarborough - Yellow Pages
Mark Nash Reports:
A quick spot check on the hatchlings this moring and all seems to be well and its getting close to their first flights. All three of the kids were still in the nest ledge laying down to escape the hot moring sun with mom roosting on the metal flashing of the nest ledge.
Sadly, no pictures today but they will soon be up on the nest ledge and the fun will soon begin.
Stay tuned….
Posted on June 20, 2011 1:52 am
June 19, 2011 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
Linda Woods Reports:
After taking over the watch from Zoe, and keeping an eye on William. I ventured up to the 43rd to have a birds eye view of the movements. Around 3:30p.m. Sunshine did a food exchange with Rhea Mae! At 6:15p.m., Keeping my eye on William and scanning the roof tops, I saw some movement on the upper level of 120 Adelaide St. At first I thought it was Sunshine, but saw that it was looking a little unsteady. A close look at the glowing red tape on the leg band confirmed it was Cinnamon! SURPRISE! Good landing. He wandered about that area, before settling down on the north west facing silver strut, where he laid down for the night. Kate had a good chow down and the entire nest ledge to herself for a short time, before Sunshine returned to the nest ledge.
William remained on the lower structure of the Sheraton Hotel, and that is where, hopefully he will be in the morning.
Good Luck Harry!
Posted on June 19, 2011 10:29 pm
June 19, 2011 - Etobicoke - William Osler
Tracy Simpson Reports:
It would seem that there is a rash of quiet days happening at all of the nest sites today including William Osler. For this watch that is quite an unusual happening but a bit of a relief for tired watchers. Bruce Massey was on-site this morning at around 6:00am and saw Storm take several flights out and around the perimeter of the hospital with landings on the roof retaining wall being “a six out of ten”. Storm did manage to get back to the nest ledge before Frank and I arrived this morning and we had all three birds present on the east side ALL DAY LONG!! At 12:00pm, O’Connor was off her tower perch and circled around to take out her second Red tailed hawk in a week to the west of the hospital. This attack was not as ferocious as the last as this bird was moving away from the hospital unlike the first RTH that was moving towards it. Hurricane attacked a gull lopping through about half an hour later that had us hoping we would be seeing some flights today. O’Connor went down low onto the three storey roof of the medical building again today. I observed this behaviour yesterday but was unable to understand what it was that she was doing. Bruce observed the same thing this morning but was able to confirm what activity was drawing her there; squirrels!! She was clearing the low roofs of squirrels!! With all of the feathered and furred creatures of interest removed, I waited with anticipation for the adults to wind the juveniles up and encourage flight. I was disappointed when at 1:30pm, O’Connor arrive with an enormous pigeon that she took to the northeast corner. She was met by Wind who took the food and hid behind Mommy bird in the hopes of having her fill first. She got her wish as O’Connor warned off the other two until Wind had eaten. Once full, O’Connor left for the tower to allow the other chicks to join in the feast. I was amazed that during the entire feeding, the resident female never stopped alarm calling even though no threat was discernible. I think she was telling them to mind their manners!! At 5:12pm, O’Connor returned to the nest ledge, picked up the remains of the meal and beak fed Storm. Since then, these juveniles might as well have been gargoyles as they haven’t moved an inch!! I hope that by tomorrow, the resident adults attempt to incite flight again and not let the chicks linger as they are now heading into their mid 40 days of age. I think they are so spoiled here by Hurricane and O’Connor that they don’t want to leave!! We’ll see if tomorrow either of the females takes their first flight.
Posted on June 19, 2011 8:05 pm
