(Thursday) April 19, 2012 — (12:00 p.m.) — An adult is perched directly in front of the 5th SE pillar of the Delta Ottawa City Centre hotel rooftop.
(12:50-1:00 p.m.) The same falcon remains on the rooftop near the 4th pillar. It can be seen preening and keeping watch.
Take care,
N. McKenna
(Wednesday) April 18, 2012 (7:10 a.m.-7:30 a.m.) It has been a busy morning on the Delta Ottawa City Centre hotel rooftop. As I’m walking up Lyon Street towards the hotel I observe Connor coming around the Constitution Square, Tower 1 building and land inside the SE section of the hotel rooftop. Breakfast has been served as strong vocalizing can be heard from above. As I reach the hotel I can still hear vocalizing. Ten minutes later Connor flies out with his breakfast and lands into the SW section of the rooftop facing Lyon Street. I cross the street to get a better view and observe small gray feathers floating in the air every time Connor takes a bite of food. I return to Albert Street and observe Diana basking in the sun a foot passed the SE corner facing Constitution Square, Tower 1. I certainly hope that there are eggs being incubated on the hotel rooftop.
(Wednesday) April 18, 2012 — (12:00 p.m.) — An adult is perched near the 5th pillar from the SE corner of the Delta Ottawa City Centre hotel rooftop. No signs of its mate at this time.
(Thursday) April 19, 2012 — (7:10 a.m.) — An adult is perched directly in front of the 5th SE pillar of the Delta Ottawa City Centre hotel rooftop. It is keeping watch towards the east of the city.
Take care,
N. McKenna
(Friday) April 13, 2012 — (7:10 a.m.) — As I’m walking up Lyon Street I observe an adult gracefully landing on the SW corner of the Delta Ottawa City Centre hotel. I can hear some intense vocalizing as the adult enters the rooftop. I don’t believe that a package of food was delivered but keep in mind that I noticed the falcon from a distance just as it was stepping inside the ledge and it could have something tucked in between its talons. I could still hear some heated vocalizing when I crossed the street. Without a trusted pair of binoculars I could not detect the adults from my vantage point. A few minutes later an adult (although I cannot confirm if it was the same the same adult that just arrived) flew out from the SW section of the rooftop and contoured the Constitution Square, Tower 1 building on Lyon/Albert Streets and came out between Tower 1 and Tower 2 presumably it was heading towards the hotel. I crossed the street again and headed up Albert Street but I could not find any activity or vocalizing coming from the hotel rooftop. I checked the surrounding building rooftops but came up empty-handed. Where the falcon landed is a mystery.
(Friday) April 13, 2012 — (12:20 p.m.) — All appears to be quiet on the Delta Ottawa City Centre rooftop this afternoon. An adult is perched near the 1st SE pillar. After searching Connor and Diana’s usual haunts I cannot detect the presence of its mate.
Take care,
N. McKenna
(Monday) April 9, 2012 — (7:50 a.m.) — We have a full house on this windy morning. An adult is perched near the first SE pillar of the Delta Ottawa City Centre hotel rooftop. The falcon is looking towards the east of the city. Its mate is perched on the SW corner of the same hotel and is looking towards the north/west of the city.
(Monday) April 9, 2012 — (12:10 p.m.) — The adult that was perched on the SW corner of the Delta Ottawa City Centre hotel this morning is now perched directly in front of the 3rd NE pillar on the hotel rooftop and is facing inward. Its mate is still perched near the SE corner and can be heard vocalizing with determination in the direction of the Constitution Square Towers where window washers are cleaning the windows. I passed by the hotel again at 12:55 p.m. and all was quiet on the rooftop with no signs of either Connor or Diana near any of the surrounding buildings.
Take care,
N. McKenna
May 3rd -2012
Shift change at Don Mills – I got a chance to see 3 eggs in the scrape before they were covered by the oncoming shift.
Meg Langley
May 2nd- 2012
Looks like 2 chicks have hatched at Sheraton – I think I can see two little heads during feeding time (pics are attached)
Jesse Mighton
May 2nd - 2012
Hello everyone,
I would like to announce that, with Rob Paolucci’s help,(he brought in a nice camcorder) which we set up over our observation hole we have finally got the full picture of what we have on the nest ledge. We took 5.5 hours of raw video and finally we able to catch a change of shift and thus exposure to what is in the nest bowl. We have 4 eggs, and as of 3:00pm today May 2, 2012 none are hatched. I am forwarding a screen shot only.. at this time until we can convert and compress video for viewing.
So yeah!!!!!! we have our count, and many thanks to Rob Paolucci for the help.
Armando Castro
While his son Tiago was feeding his chicks, I checked in on Windwhistler and Erin and caught him on the camera delivering food which she, with her back to me ( of course ) fed for a good couple of minutes.
Caught Rhea Mae on the camera this morning with a tidbit for the kids.
I finished my day at the William Osler Hospital to check in on Chessie and Hurricane and their efforts to nest this year. After all of the tumultuous events at the hospital, I was overjoyed when I went up to check the monitor and found that a single egg lay in the scrape. Hurricane was sitting on the edge of the tray guarding his most precious egg and Chessie was sitting in the eastern tower in the rain enjoying a bath. I must admit that I had my doubts that there would be production at the site this year after Hurricane’s collision with the building and the loss of O’Connor. When Chessie arrived, I was even more concerned about eggs this year as she is still quite young and as a 1 year old, it was not clear whether she would nest this year. I am so pleased to say that there is one beautiful egg in the scrape today and things are moving forward with this new pairing. Congratulations and many thanks to the William Osler Hospital staff and security!!! We still have a long way to go but its going in the right direction!!
