!!! So far so good.
June 26, 2011 - Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton
CPF Postmaster Reports:
Canada Square report, Sunday June 26th 2011
Bruce was again on duty early this morning. There was some activity at and after his arrival. He found one of the adults hunting up near 520 Duplex Ave. He also saw one of the juveniles make a *long haul flight* over the Canada Square building south to the antenna atop the TVO building. He did not stay there long before flying back.
One of the juveniles flies very well and maintains height. The other one still is not flying too often, nor as far.
When I arrived all three youngsters were on the Canada Square building; one juvie was on the roof, one juvie on the ledge below nest level on the north end and Chester was on the nest ledge.
There was no activity for a long time after my arrival until the female flew to the top of the SE corner of Rio-Can with a pigeon.
The juveniles knew they had to climb to reach food and when the first one took off he flew past the SW corner of Rio-Can to the top of the apartment building. Once he had *rested* he flew around Rio-Can eastwards and turned and came west to the top where the food was. It was a long journey but he gained the height he needed. Number two flew to the top of the apartment building and sat there for a while. He then flew to the top of the SW corner of Rio-Can and sat there for a long time. The female *buzzed* him to try and get him to the SE ledge. Fifteen minutes later he made the flight.
The adult male chased a small bird down Duplex Ave and over the cinema building where he was joined by the female. They both missed the little bird which simply dived down next to the TVO building.
A number of times the female flew up the side of the nest, over the nest or down the side of the nest to try and get Chester to fly. He refused! He did spend a good deal of the late afternoon squawking for food. Bruce said he did not think he had been fed in the morning and he certainly had not been after I arrived.
The two juveniles had a couple of flights where they played follow-me or tag but they were short flights!
On several occasions we did not have the juveniles in sight but the adults were not concerned so we were sure they were close. This proved to be the case as Bruce found them on a number of his walkabouts.
One of the juveniles flew gently into a window on the south face of Rio-Can, flew around the east side, flew back and did the same thing but this time flew around the west side of the building and was gone from view. He lost very little height on both occasions.
Both the adult male and female did a number of sorties out and about and also over the juveniles to try and get them to fly. Each time an adult flew over Canada Square, Chester squawked. It is amazing how loud a hungry peregrine can be. We heard him over all the traffic at the Yonge-Eglinton/Duplex-Eglinton intersections.
Finally he had his way and the female brought in some food. My word there was silence after that. All I could see was feathers flying in wild abandon on that nest ledge. The female stayed with him for a while whilst the adult male devoured a bird, elsewhere, without sharing. The female flew off the ledge did a short trip up Duplex and back on to the ledge.
Bruce went for his *round up walkabout* and came back as pleased as punch! One of the juveniles was sitting on the top of the vertical slabs at the windows on the Heart and Stroke building and the other juvenile was on the same building roof. It took only 4 days for one of them to master the intricate landing on one of those window slabs. We left mother and child, at about 9:00 p.m., on the nest ledge on Canada Square and the two juveniles on the Heart and Stroke building. I came back to look at the nest ledge and watched the mother clean up leftovers for fifteen minutes. Chester was perched on the edge, nestled up to the concrete wall and the female was perched, finally, mid-way along the same ledge when I left at 9:30.
Lyn