July 30, 2011 - Port Colborne - ADM Mill
Doug Garbutt Reports:
July 23rd was the last confirmed sighting of a juvie here. The parents are still seen every day. In fact the female we call Trillium is in the box for at least 4 hours every day. I think she finds it cooler in this heat wave that we have been experiencing. We hope that both young ones have learned to hunt & fend for themselves & perhaps one day we will hear from a falcon watcher somewhere that they have a family of their own .
Posted on July 30, 2011 9:26 pm
June 29, 2011 - Scarborough - Yellow Pages
CPF Postmaster Reports:
June 29th - 2011
Pics of Baby Striker from Scarborough YPG Building, June 29
Sorry for the late posting, as there was many e-mail that got lost in the volume of incomming e-mail during the various fledge watches. There is many more to come!
These are pics of Striker who had flown down to the second floor and was calling to Mom and Dad for some help. The last picture is of Myself and 2 others holding the fledglings . I am actually holding striker 2 weeks before I shot these pics. **(Tim is on the left).
Tim Burnie
Posted on July 28, 2011 11:22 am
July 28, 2011 - Brampton - Courthouse
CPF Postmaster Reports:
Thursday July 28th - 2011 - AM Watch report:
When I arrived Courtney was visible on the roof looking rather damp. No sign of the adults at 7am.
After 7:30am, Courtney took two short flights around rooftop after falling off an antenna while stretching.
About 8:30am Milton arrived with a small kill, and as usual he left it for Courtney, and retired to a lower ledge. Truss arrived very shortly after the male and took up a watch position on an antenna. Then they all settled in.
Breakfast time for Me now.
Toivo
Posted on July 28, 2011 10:53 am
July 27, 2011 - Brampton - Courthouse
CPF Postmaster Reports:
Wednesday July 27th - 2011 - PM Evening Watch report:
When I arrived at the Courthouse around 6:30pm, Courtney was sitting on the ledge above where we released her before, while her parents perched across on the opposite ledge. She looked to be eating, along with Truss.
Quarter after seven, Mom started screeching in an attempt to coax Courtney into the air, flying to her then back to her own perch. After giving up around 7:30, she circled the building before taking off for a hunt. Truss returned with food for Courtney, and proceeded to go after poor Milton who was eating! Milton sought shelter by Courtney, but found no respite as he was chased off the ledge by his own daughter (leaving his food behind).
Ten after eight Courtney flew to the roof, circling around and approaching from the south. Mom followed while Dad took his food to the second ledge up from the library. He looked quite nervous as he ate, glancing over to where mother or daughter might come around every bite! It was not long before baby took wing again, doing a circuit around the building and landing on an antennae, nearly crashing into
Truss who was previously sitting on it. Another flight took Courtney to the ledge her parents had been sitting on when I arrived, where she proceeded to walk up and down, bobbing her head restlessly. She flew from the ledge before attempting to fly back up to it and failing, and instead landed on the south-facing ledge where she had been previously released around nine.
When we finally left, both Truss and Courtney were still somewhat alert, but looked to be tucking in for the night. Milton had flown off north somewhere, as is usual for him.
Grace
Posted on July 28, 2011 10:46 am
July 27, 2011 - Brampton - Courthouse
CPF Postmaster Reports:
Wednesday July 27th - 2011 - Afternoon observations
Good news to report. Mom and baby are back. Mom killed a pigeon and was preparing it when Milton returned with a kill and delivered it whole and unprepared to Courtney. Pics to come
Finally I got some photos of the elusive American kestrels living, (and producing) at the courthouse!. The rest of the Pefa pics are all from between 3-4pm. I had to leave before Truss finished prepping the pigeon. Good light. Would have been a nice shot. Darn!
Winston
Posted on July 28, 2011 10:42 am
July 27, 2011 - Brampton - Courthouse
CPF Postmaster Reports:
July 27th - 2011 - Afternoon visit:
Just returned from break. Walked around the courthouse and no Pefa’s in view. Saw lots of starling activity and American kestrels freely going into and out of the nest. Looked around near by buildings, no Pefa’s observed.
Winston
Posted on July 27, 2011 1:34 pm
July 27, 2011 - Brampton - Courthouse
CPF Postmaster Reports:
July 27th - 2011 - AM report:
Kinda Quiet, 6:30 to 8:30am
Courtney took two short flights , then flew to Truss on an antenna bumped her off and landed her herself, mom circled and reached out touching Courtney with a talon. Truss then took up a position on a nearby antenna.
Two short hunts (one including a stoop at a gull) for mom, no luck. They both settled down and were alert but settled in.
Toivo
Posted on July 27, 2011 1:30 pm
July 26, 2011 - Brampton - Courthouse
CPF Postmaster Reports:
July 26th - 2011
For the most parts, the day was very quiet with the exception of the morning - 8am to 9:30am and of course the falcon follies - (evening watch) just after 8pm.
Toivo reports from this mornings watch that Courtney was observed in some decent short flights around the courthouse chasing mom for food and holding her altitude - with several flights well above the upper courthouse roof top. Mom brought in food and Courtney was fed. Shortly after her meal, everyone got very quiet and their was not a lot of activity there after. Toivo had to leave for work and departed soon after.
Bill, Sue and Grace were on the watch for the afternoon and although everyone was almost as quiet, they had an interesting observation. At one point shortly after 4pm, Milton was observed actually taking food away from Courtney,, and Truss was enraged with his action!! She screamed and vocalized at Milton, than proceeded to chase him into the air, and continued her pursuit of him in the air for several minutes (with several revolutions in the air, out and around the courthouse building)! She was clearly furious with his actions of taking food from Courtney!
For the most parts of the early evening, the entire family was very in-active and only a few very short flights were observed. By 8pm (the falcon follies time as we say), things did get a bit more exciting, as Truss went out on another hunt,, (Milton simply stayed in his usual roosting position on one of the courthouse ledges). While we didn’t observe her actually making the kill, Truss arrived back at the courthouse with a huge pigeon, again struggling in the air given its huge size and weight. Winston and I caught some good photos of Truss in flight carrying the pigeon and snapped some shots not more than a second after she landed with it, holding it with one foot as it dangled over the leading edge of the roof.
Truss proceeded to pluck and prepare it, then took a flight out and around over Courtney’s position trying to tease her into the air. Unsuccessful in getting Courtney airborne, she finally gave in and brought the food to Courtney’s upper roof top position. Later, Milton was observed once again, going to the food drop spot looking for “left-overs”. Throughout the day, Courtney had been fed at least three times by Truss.
At least one of the food packages, - (a small bird) had been brought in by Milton and delivered to Truss,,, (or should I say, Truss relieved it from him as soon as he arrived at the courthouse with it). I believe that this was part of the earlier morning feeding that Toivo observed.
Courtney made some great flights during the early evening and although her landings are far less than perfect, (most of them were by simply dropping in from above like a rock falling from the sky), she is very skilled at gaining altitude, now using her tail as it should be used to gain and lower her altitude, and showing some very strong flights and elevation changes.
While there was constant north west winds, (some very blustery) winds throughout the late afternoon and evening, it was one again very obvious that Courtney’s aerial activities were for the most part unaffected, and she seems to be dealing well with the changing conditions just fine.
There is very little risk at this point that she will come to the ground and in need of resecuring. If she does, she is more than capable of getting airborne on her own steam.
Given what we have seen thus far, the full time fledge watch has finished as of this evening. CPF volunteers will continue to monitor her activity for the following days to do some spot checks on her.
The rescue carrier will remain at the facilities management office for the next few weeks just in case it is needed. While Courtney is not likely to need to be rescued from the ground because she has simply lost altitude, we know only too well that accidents can still happen with collisions with windows while she is still learning what they are all about.
Over the next few days (and weeks), Courtney will be building up confidence and soon to get over-confident just like any similar age human teenager. It is at this time that accidents can happen, - (collisions with windows, impacts with cars, and other reckless “teenage” happenings).
We can only hope that she has learned from her previous “negative experiences” when she came to the ground and needed to be rescued, and the minor bumps and hits that she has already had with some of the windows and concrete. They do in fact learn from these events. Some learn slower than others 
Recklessness is the next dangerous time for Courtney, as the fledglings become “very reckless and over confident” with their new flight skills. This combined with ‘poor judgement” will be her next hurtle. She will be building up some incredible speeds as she continues to learn how to fly and actually learns how to manoeuver in and around things. Window and concrete collisions at this stage can be disastrous and often lead to serious injuries and mortality. Speed does kill!
It is also important to understand, that Courtney will still be solely dependant on her parents for both food and protection for the next 30 to 60 days while they are teaching her to hunt and many of the other life skills that she will need to survive while on her own. She is still “mentally” a infant that just has only just learned to walk,,, (or should I say, only just learned to fly - sort of). Good landings will take a lot more practice) 
By 9:30pm, all of the grins were roosting quiet and settled in for the evening.
In closing, your ongoing support is still very much needed, and we are asking that you continue to keep your eyes to the sky, as Baby Courtney could still run into trouble. Please don’t hesitate to call us if she needs assisatance and finds herself in trouble on the ground or tapped.
Posted on July 26, 2011 10:52 pm
July 25, 2011 - Etobicoke - William Osler
Tracy Simpson Reports:
Over the past few days, I have had the opportunity to stop in at the William Osler Hospital site and check in on the progress of Wind, Rain and Storm. I was able to spot all three of the juveniles in the hydro towers that run on a north / south line right past the hospital. The two females, Wind and Rain, occupied one tower while wee Storm watched his sisters from the next tower north. All looked very well and what flights I was able to see were strong and controlled.
I must admit that I have a strong affinity for this site as O’Connor and Hurricane, the resident adults, never fail to delight and surprise me with their behaviours and often leave me shaking my head about the amazing things they are up to. Today, it was Wind, one of the female juveniles, that had me jumping for joy. I was in the Islington and Rexdale area in the Sears Parts and Service parking lot when I noticed that a large group of gulls that had been loitering about had taken to the air and were wheeling about excitedly. Seconds later, Wind made her appearance as she stooped a pigeon just to the west. She unfortunately missed that meal but continued to head west with all the confidence of her mother O’Connor. I was amazed to see that she actually was taking a run at gulls; a typical behaviour of O’Connor. Wind is no where near capable at catching or defending against such a large bird and many a peregrine wouldn’t even try, but it was exciting to see her take her best shot and that O’Connor has passed on her ”take no prisoners” attitude to her young!!! Good try Wind!
Posted on July 26, 2011 8:07 pm
