July 17, 2011 - Toronto - Don Mills
CPF Postmaster Reports:
Sunday July 17th - 2011
Dropped in at 7:30 pm and left at 8:15 pm.
When I arrived there was either Kendal or Baby H. on the north-west corner on top of the Harlequin building. He/she moved next door and stood on the south-east top corner, flew around with Quest and then out of sight. Quest landed on the 255 and stayed there.
When I left, Quest was at the north-east corner – top railing at 255 Duncan mill, looking south. She had her antenna and no ruffled feathers as we have seen in the last few days.
Caroline Luce.
Posted on July 18, 2011 1:42 pm
July 16, 2011 - Mississauga - Holcim
Bruce Massey Reports:
Saturday July 16th - 2011
Holcim
Arrived @ 0500 Hrs. Found 1 Adult (M) on South End of Smaller Silos on East Side of Holcim property. The Bird eventually flew North & then West into the Centre of the Plant. I started walking West on Lakeshore and as I was even with the Front Gate I saw a bird fly out over the Middle of the Plant and land on the West Side of the Tall Silos. It was hard to tell with my 10X Bins whether it was an adult or juvie.
Bruce M
Posted on July 18, 2011 12:37 pm
July 16, 2011 - Toronto - Don Mills
Bruce Massey Reports:
Saturday July 16th - 2011 Updated Report
Because of the High heat & humidity I went home for a few hours. I arrived @ the Don Mills site a little after 1700 Hrs. There was nothing visible in the immediate area of the Nest Building so I went on a walk about. I found 2 Falcons on the Westin Hotel and as I somehow had a feeling the 2 birds turned out to be Quest & Harley. As I was walking South on Don Mills, there was a lull in the traffic and I could hear Harley screaming @ that Distance.
It was at that time I decided to approach Staff @ the Hotel & introduce myself. I spoke to the Chief of Security
Took him outside, showed him the Birds, and Harley even gave a demo of the unsolicited Wake up call a few of the guests may get @ 0500 Hrs if Harley decides to spend the night. Around 1900 Hrs Harley did a beautiful flat Glide back to the area of the Nest Building and I found her on the North East corner of the Harlequin Building. After around 1/2 an hour she flew over and finished the portion of meat she had found yesterday. After another 1/2 hour she headed back in the direction of the hotel, but soon returned to the Nest Building area noisily chasing Quest. They circled the buildings several times and Harley was on the North East corner of 240, Quest on the West Side of the same Building. About 15 Minutes later Harley announced her presence on the North West corner of 255.
No sign of Kendall until I just started typing that in. He appeared on roof of Harlequin with Food, Quest chastised him and as he flew North he was pursued by Harley. After things had quieted down, no sign of Kendall, Harley eating on the top North West Ledge of 240. And Quest on North Face of Harlequin.
Thanx Bruce
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Posted on July 18, 2011 12:33 pm
July 16, 2011 - Toronto - Don Mills
Bruce Massey Reports:
Saturday July 16th - 2011
MidDay Report:
Arrived @ around 1400 Hrs. Harley was briefly on the West side of 240 Duncan Mills & then flew over to the East side of 220. Thirty or forty five minutes later Quest flew in from the West and landed on the same side as Harley. Caroline dropped by and then both the birds disappeared in about 30 seconds as we were catching up with what had happened over the Day.
Anne covered the next hours in her Update (See “Harley Finding”). About the only thing I would add is that it was about 2.5 Hours before Quest came back. During this time Harley amused herself by flying around the 4 main buildings. I must say that she definitely has a smart head on her shoulders, she doesn’t force a landing, if she can’t make it, she will abort and try again.
To illustrate the above point, at the end of those 2.5 Hrs Mom brought in some food and landed on the Nest Building’s. SE Corner. Harley, attempted to land, was unsuccessful and recovered and landed just North at the same level. After watching her mom eat in front of her, she figured she had to fly out over the street to make a successful landing to be fed by Mom.
Again Mom disappeared between the Harlequin & 255 Duncan. After a momentary lapse in concentration, Harley also dissappeared. Given, that she seemed to be prone to following her parents I went in Southerly Direction. I found a bird over on the East side of the Westin and in taking a short cut to the rear of the Westin Property I determined it was Quest. I had a moment when I heard several Robins Alarm calling. It might have been “GROUND HOGZILLA” (A 20-25 Lb Ground Hog) that was in the Vicinity. However, once I got to the rear of the Westin & looked to the SW facade of the Thales Building I found Harley at the Top Roof Level. After I went back to tell Caroline where she was and Mark and Marion arrived we set up to watch if she returned, or attempted to fly to the Westin Hotel. We also @ one point also saw Kendal join Quest on the Hotel. She eventually did fly back to the vicinity of the Nest Building. Mom followed soon after, and I left soon after that.
Bruce
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Posted on July 18, 2011 12:28 pm
July 17, 2011 - Brampton - Courthouse
CPF Postmaster Reports:
Sunday July 17th - 2011
7:30am to 9am
Courtney was visible for a half hour or so. First time I have seen her flapping her wings.Three times this morning.
Milton dropped down from his watch position and flew quite close to the ledge prompting Courtney to run flapping and calling 20 feet up the ledge, he returned in just a moment with food (from a cache around the other end of the building I presume) She was so aggressive he left that for her to feed herself and resumed a watch position.
There is a large male white pigeon that regularly coasts quite slow right over the adults and even sits on the top of the building within 50 or 60 feet of them. Truss gave chase for a short distance, then returned to sit on a lower ledge in the shade. I have observed this before with the same pigeon.
At 9am all was quiet with the heat building and sun about to shine on the nest ledge. I will check again this evening with my niece.
Toivo
Posted on July 18, 2011 12:23 pm
July 16, 2011 - Brampton - Courthouse
CPF Postmaster Reports:
Saturday July 16th - 9:45 to 10:45 am.
Courtney was clearly visible from ground for 40 min this morning, about 6in from the edge. Stretching and preening, but no wing flapping yet. Milton was top corner on watch. Truss on a lower ledge in the shade napping? After Courtney laid down and Truss showed activity. Milton gave halfhearted chase to a pigeon, circled the building and landed on a lower window area in the shade , at that point Truss was alert and on watch just above the Courtney.
The parents certainly are not very aggressive …. Gulls and pigeons often fly within 50 to 100 feet. Pigeons even land on the roof in sight of whoever is on watch. They seem to conduct hunts well away from the nest … mostly North.
Toivo Asikainen
Posted on July 18, 2011 12:19 pm
July 15, 2011 - Brampton - Courthouse
CPF Postmaster Reports:
Friday July 15th - 2011
Today at the nest…
Shortly after 1pm Truss flew by the nest with food. Typically she would have landed near the nest, ate a bit of the kill, then feed the chick. Today she flew past the nest and landed on the Eastern side of the courthouse where she ate her fill. She did not then fly to the nest to feed the chick. Rather, she stayed perched in the shade until after 5pm when she resumed feeding on the kill. Then she took the kill to the nest where she left it up to baby Courtney to feed herself. While mom was in the shade, Milton kept guard duty on the roof by Courtney’s ledge. Milton, since Wednesday, seems to pay more attention to what’s going on at ground level. I get a lot more views of his face staring down at me and movement on the sidewalk. Once Truss returned to the nest with food, Milton was freed from guard duty and immediately dove at a gull over Hurontario. More of a warning than hunting; I’ve seen him try much harder to get the local male Kestrel. Once Truss took up guard duty, Milton headed to the shade on the Eastern side of the courthouse.
Prior to being fed, baby Courtney could be seen popping her head up from below her ledge. She seemed to have her eyes focussed on a feather that was slowly moving around her ledge.
Winston
Posted on July 18, 2011 12:13 pm
July 17, 2011 - Port Colborne - ADM Mill
Doug Garbutt Reports:
Last night I saw the 2 adults & 1 of the 2 young falcons all togeather, so I know for sure that there is still 1 juvie here. I could not positively I.D. the young one but if I had to guess I thought it might be Olivia by the size. I was out again today & watched as one of the young was practising it’s hunting skills & made several near kills but he had no success while I was watching. I say “he” because again, judging by the size I thought it could be Max. At any rate, there is still at least one young falcon here. I tried to get some pics but didn’t have much luck. I have attached the best one I was able to get.
Posted on July 17, 2011 2:33 pm
July 17, 2011 - Toronto - Don Mills
Ann Brokelman Reports:
From Barb and Ken Rippon (thank you Barb for reporing your sightings)
I just got back from my walk - had my coffee at Harlequin and looked around but didn’t see a sign of the falcons or anyone else. I figured it was too hot for them and left.
When I got to the Thales bldg. on Moatfield Drive I heard them screaming above and there they were swooping, darting and playing. I gather it was Harlie on Quest’s tale going like the wind maybe looking for a food transfer. Then Kendal (it must have been him) arrived and the three of them put on a wonderful display of acrobatics in the air for maybe five minutes. They were well up there but I could easily hear them and see them.
After that Quest and Harlie took off in the direction of The Westin Prince (good taste) and Kendal headed east and all was quiet. The whole thing was quite exciting.
Ann Brokelman report
Arrived at 11:30 am and saw Harlequin on 240 building resting. He was on the west side 4 ledges from back and 2nd from the top. No sign of Quest or Kendal. Just missed all the action that Barb and Ken saw.
Posted on July 17, 2011 1:44 pm
June 26, 2011 - Toronto - Don Mills
Ann Brokelman Reports:
June 26
Stopped by today from 2:30pm to 3″45pm.
Very little activity. Little Harlie came to the front of the ledge a couple of times, see photos.
Quest was crying for Kendal
Kendal was sitting on the NE side of the building preening himself
Quest started to preen also
Little harlie took a nap.
What a beautiful baby.
Posted on July 15, 2011 9:50 pm
