Mississauga Executive Centre Banding a Huge Success!!
May 14, 2012 - Mississauga - Executive Centre
Tracy Simpson Reports:
Today was banding day at the MEC building and it was a great day had by all. This year, the unbanded resident pair hatched three of their four eggs a full 2 weeks earlier than other sites and it was a great place to kick off the 2012 peregrine season!! When we arrived, Sante Esposito and his fabulous staff at the Oxford Property Management Group had already set up tables, drinks and cookies in the lobby of MEC #1 in anticipation of the crowd that was expected to attend. The outstanding staff on security were helping to get things organized and arranged and were an excellent help. Very quickly the lobby began to fill with proud community foster parents of the falcon family at MEC. Mark Heaton of the Ministry of Natural Resources was getting set up to band the chicks and Skyreach, an incredible partner of the CPF and supporter of the peregrine falcons were preparing for the descent to the ledge.
The resident adults were already aware that something was up and were making their presence known as good parents do. They were very vocal about the event and were keeping an eye on the Skyreach and OMNR team on the roof. Shortly after the swing stage was lowered into place, the precious package of the first peregrine chicks of 2012 arrived at the banding table.
Please join us in welcoming…
Jennifer Female 28 Days Black 56 over Black X Red Tape
Janet Female 27 Days Black 57 over Black X Yellow Tape
Skyreach Female 26 Days Black 58 over Black X Green Tape
Handlers and voluteers at the table included Kelly of TD Friends of the Environment Foundation, CPF volunteers and Oxford Property building maintenance staff. Please check back soon as we will post a formal thank you to all that participated and joined us to celebrate this fabulous event. We have also, seeing as we had all females this year, applied the male name that we had in reserve to the unbanded resident male that has been on site since 2009. I invite everyone to join us in welcoming Sante as the new official name of the resident male!! It suits him very well as he is a most distinguished male.
More pictures and a big thank you post to come so check back soon!!
