!!! Daily monitoring and reporting is winding down. The fledlings are doing great!
July 13, 2011 - Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton
CPF Postmaster Reports:
Canada square report for July 12th 2011
I would like to thank the members of 53 Division, Toronto Police Force, for their wonderful community spirit and courtesy throughout my *watch*. Some of those members of the force, who stopped to inquire what was happening, came back at some point during the weeks to check on progress. They showed genuine interest in the peregrines, some even remembered that the peregrines nested here last year.
I salute you, men and women in blue, of 53 Division!
This will be my last regular post for this site. The juveniles are flying well and continue to hone their skills. I will continue to check and report on them when I am out and about.
Today’s watch began slowly but soon picked up. At 5:00 p.m. I had three juveniles on the TVO antenna. The juvies flew off the antenna and back at different times, practising their landing skills, I think.
The sun came out and so did the heat and there was quite a lull. I did not see the juvies for close to an hour before they picked up where they left off. I think there was a breeze up high and, once again, they made the most of it. The three juveniles came from the east of the smaller condo, kiting, soaring, drifting over to 411 Duplex Ave and the Rio-Can building, where they circled and then disappeared. Then they were up again! They seemed to spend a lot of time over the tall buildings today. They drifted upwards and over to the taller of the condo’s at the same time as a dark cloud was coming south. The juveniles continued upwards and were lost to me in that cloud.
I did not see them again until the adult male swooped in, to land on the nest ledge! He had a food parcel and no-one saw him land there. So he called! No response. He called again and then flew off and as he did so he was mobbed by two juvies but by this time he was at the second last ledge south of the nest. He continued his flight and the two juveniles landed on the ledge looked around, squawked their displeasure, checked the ledge next door and then flew over Canada Square and disappeared on the other side. After ten minutes the adult male flew up to 411 and perched for a brief period before flying off to hide.
Two juvies flew up over 411, later, and one appeared on the southwest corner of Rio-Can. None of them made it to the nest ledge to find the food, at least not whilst I was watching.
One juvenile practised his landings on the top of the tall condo, off and on. Then two juvies were in the air for a short period showing off their kiting skills at height!! They were way above that tall condo.
There was more flying, swooping on one another, landing and talon touching then they were gone again!
As it was quiet, I left at 7:50 p.m.
Lyn