August 02, 2011 - Brampton - Courthouse
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A quick note to those that have inquired about Milton’s injuries.
Milton was injured in a territorial battle in May 2009 and was sent to the Owl foundation for treatment for a severe injury to his wing . He spent 11 months in rehabilitation at te owl foundation after a successful rehabilitation period and was released back to the wild at Rattlesnake Point on May 7th 2010.
Posted on August 5, 2011 12:06 am
August 01, 2011 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
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Peregrine falcon with kill I had a good hour at Bluffer’s Park.
No green heron, but I saw two raptors with their kills. Going through my pics, I realized that the first was e a peregrine falcon (band 24 over x on its band). Think its eating a gull.
I put my camera down for a second and it flew away into the bluffs to eat its brunch.
The falcon took off in a north west direction towards the trees on the top of the bluffs. when I was walking back to the parking lot (3 minutes later) I saw what I thought was ANOTHER raptor fly by with lunch in its claws. I snuck around it (avoiding eye contact) and took pictures from a distance. I think it’s the same bird (its right talon band is black and says “24″ but I cannot read the letter, and it has a green band on its left talon) but I’m not sure if lunch was the same.
I watched for 10 minutes as it started to pluck the feathers. the plucking makes me think that it was another bird, but I’m not sure a) if it would drop off lunch for another falcon, b) if it had time to catch another gull in 3 minutes.
Photos by Richard Sigesmund
www.mr.sharp-photo.com
Posted on August 4, 2011 11:42 pm
August 04, 2011 - Toronto - Don Mills
Ann Brokelman Reports:
Stopped in to see Harlequin. At 9am I saw and heard Harlequin flying around. Kendal was on 220 building resting. Found Harlequin on the west side of 220 having some food. When finished he kept wiping his beak on the side of the block to clean it. Also did some preening then away he went. I was sure he was going to get the gull. He soared to the west of the Harlequin Building giving a good chase to the gull, over the top of two building then back screaming across the road back to the front of 220. Harlequin screamed his head off that he was still hungry and someone better feed him. No sign of Quest but Kendal stayed on 220 either at the front on the west side.
Ann
Posted on August 4, 2011 8:35 pm
August 02, 2011 - Brampton - Courthouse
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JAug 2nd - 2011
Unfortunately there is not much news to report regarding Courtney’s progress. This past long weekend saw very little activity. Even the 8pm falcon follies have been a bit of a bust. Courtney is making only small flights and is always landing on the courthouse. She is a good flyer once she’s in the air but appears to be unwilling to take to the sky. She maintains altitude and has greatly improved her landings however her flights still remain very short in both time and distance.
Tuesday night however saw an extended flight which lasted over a minute; perhaps two minutes if she didn’t land while out of sight. If she did land it was very brief as she was visible up in the air again within seconds. I suspect she stayed a loft the full two minutes as she typically lands and stays down to rest after her flights. It was breezy at the time of her flight which gave her plenty of lift. She stayed on the courthouse roof, facing NW with her wings open until the next big gust forced her a loft again. This second flight was much shorter and she returned to her usual East facing ledge.
Truss was around but left to hunt. She returned over an hour later with no food.
Milton has not been around the last few nights but has been spotted earlier, during the mornings/days, by Toivo.
Toivo says he saw an adult Peregrine interloper however I have yet to be so lucky or willing to wake up early enough to see it. If any observers see 4 Peregrines together at the courthouse, let us know!
Winston
Posted on August 4, 2011 2:46 pm
July 31, 2011 - Brampton - Courthouse
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Friday, Saturday and Sunday - July 29th, 30th & 31st - 2011
Well Courtney has chosen the southeast ledge as home now , all her flights eventually end up there. Mornings have been very quiet, also in the heat of the day.
In the evenings though she is very active after 730pm. In three nights there have been at least 12 flights , all upper level and the longest ones a lap around the building, so she is keeping out of trouble now.
Her parents continue to feed her on the ledge and continue to deliver food and leave her to feed herself. Truss will fly over and back a few times then deliver food to Courtney. So she continues to sit and take short flights or run up and down the ledge wings extended.
A little competition from a sibling for food and a little more experience from mom and dad in making her fly to earn food would certainly quicken the learning curve. Courtney best observed flight to date was Thursday morning when she had to chase Truss two and a half laps of the building , including a cross over well above the roof level. A flight of more than a kilometer …. chasing to be fed. Toivo
Further to our talk of Saturday morning … no sign sat evening (with Winston there) of the visitor. So Sunday I decide to go down whenever I wake up. Well I was up early. At 7am Courtney was visible on the inner ledge (SE) Truss was (SW) on the corner. There had been no sighting of Milton on Sat night.
So on the safety bar of the upper ledge door (right of the main ground level entrance)there was an adult facing the wall sleeping. I was there over 90 min lots of time to observe. So this peregrine has a back much lighter than either parent. So light grey that the bars are visible on her back. She is very close to Truss and Courtney in size. Much larger than Milton.
I had plenty of time to look and walk up front (street side) and observe Truss …. and compare.
I left at 830 and returned at 9am. Eventually she turned and was visible front view. I went in close , bins and scope. I saw her stretch and reach out a right leg …. no band ?… but it was only a quick glimpse so Im not sure …. I had to grab the bins??
Breast is evenly barred , very white and the bars are more grey than Truss. I reviewed some pics of Truss and found her bars to be more reddish. And again back is very light grey.
At 3pm after golf I swung by again …. no sign of Truss (hunt?) or the other Pefa. But Milton was there …. (His usual spot) left of entrance, ledge above Courtney. Back out sleeping. I spent a few minutes with bins looking at his back ….. much darker… and the size!!!! I knew it was Milton as soon as I came around the building.
So Sunday evening Grace and I met Winston there 8pm and on a walkabout he saw two birds on the west side. He is not sure ???? I am!!!!
At Dusk Truss had just left NW on a hunt and Courtney was settled in , against the wall on the wider shorter ledge , up and left of entrance. So no adults on site.
Toivo Asikainen
Posted on August 4, 2011 2:42 pm
July 29, 2011 - Brampton - Courthouse
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July 29th - 2011
I arrived at the courthouse shortly after 6, just to see Milton drop off a kill for Courtney, who was on the library ledge. She moved further in until I was unable to see her, while Dad settled two ledges above. Truss was no where to be seen. Courtney took to screeching every once in a while, sounding like a mix between a seagull and tires on asphalt. Truss finally made an appearance at 6:40, landing on the southern roof by one of the antennas then like her daughter moved so that she could not be seen. She flew off to the northeast five minutes later, presumably to hunt, and left a rather noisy Courtney behind. Milton took the opportunity to disappear as I watched Truss fly off, the trickster! Mom returned a few minutes before 7 and landed where Milton had previously been. She began to eat, although I was unable to tell if it was a kill she had just brought in or something already there. Courtney remained on the library ledge for the better part of the evening, at one point giving herself quite a scare when she looked up to see her reflection in a security camera! She did go for a flight around 9, heading over to the old courthouse to the east and making an excellent landing on an antenna there. She launched herself into flight to circle around the new courthouse, settling herself on the ledge above the library ledge. Courtney remained there when I left, while Truss sat on the window on the other side of the building. Milton had, as usual for him, flown off a bit earlier to the north after returning to the courthouse for a short period of time.
Grace
Posted on August 4, 2011 2:32 pm
August 01, 2011 - Windsor - Ambassador Bridge
Dennis Patrick Reports:
Not much to report really, Dennis and I have still been going down around 6 A.M. checking on them, this morning we only saw Freddie on the nest box and Voltaire was sitting on the church steeple.
They both had full crops. We have been seeing Spitfire as well and he’s doing really good in his flying and his landing skills.
Posted on August 4, 2011 2:20 pm
July 30, 2011 - Niagara Falls
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July 30th - Aug 1st 2011 - Fledge shots
A huge thank you to the great folks in NY state for sending us some of their photos of the fledge down at Niagara falls.
Attached are some shots of the Niagara Gorge Peregrine nest site from July 30 - Aug 1.
Some wing-flapping at the edge 7/30 at approx. 9:40am
On Aug 1, we saw only one pefa in the box
Photo 5 - And then the box was empty but there’s a fledge on a nearby vent!
Photos by Roger Johnson and Vicki (~Sage~) Kadow
Posted on August 4, 2011 2:02 pm
August 03, 2011 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
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Wednesday Aug 3rd - 2011
Thank you to Donna from NJ for sending in these shots she snapped yesterday - (Wednesday Aug. 3rd).
Yes, its Sunshine!!
Donna writes:
Checking the Cam and look who’s back for a visit! So nice they are still around. Could this be Sunshine?
Donna in NJ
Posted on August 4, 2011 1:40 pm
July 27, 2011 - Toronto - Don Mills
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Thought I would share these pictures, taken by a co-worker of mine. We work at the “Thales Building”, 105 Moatfield Drive. The pictures were taken from inside the 9th floor.
I hear the birds calling at least twice a day now, and always stop and see if I can spot them flying by. 
Best Regards,
Ivan MacKenzie.
Posted on August 4, 2011 1:13 pm
