Canada Square Report June 15; Brisk and Simcoe Really Exploring
June 15, 2012 - Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton
Tracy Simpson Reports:
When I arrived this morning all three eyases were visible on the two levels at the nest area at Canada Square! Haven was flying around. All of this was a very positive start to the morning. As I was settling in for a long watch I spotted Haven on the old nest ledge with a food parcel. The eyas on the lower level made two attempts to get to the higher level before Haven landed there with the food parcel. Haven fed some of the food to the youngster but then left him to get on with it. I heard calls and Stormin appeared on the Rio-Can building. Haven flew off but reappeared on the top of the wall at the nest.
The eyas on the lower level he was being very carefully watched by his two brothers. They peered over the side of the nest ledge, watching his every move. After half an hour the one little guy could stand the strain no longer and just plopped down onto the lower ledge. He wanted food!! He had some too! Whilst he was so engrossed his brother was attempting again to get back to the ledge above and made another eleven attempts to do so!
There was a lot of flying back and forth by Haven. When Stormin flew to the lower level he was mobbed by the two youngsters now on that ledge. He made a quick retreat and flew to the end wall and perched.
During the day Both Haven and Stormin made use of the old nest ledge. Haven flew back onto the lower level and began cleaning up the leftovers. One of the eyases begged for food and was given a morsel or two before Haven continued eating.
There was not much activity from the peregrine family in the heat of the day and it is just as well because there was not much activity from me either. Marion joined me at 10:00 Haven resumed her activities of the day before by doing fly-bys and short landing and take-offs. Around 1:30 pm there was a great deal of calling and we found Stormin warning the world about a turkey vulture in the area. Stormin managed to frighten it off. At 4:45 pm Marion and I had long since migrated to another bit of shade and we spotted a bird on the ledge next door to the two peregrines level. I said *it has flown, it is next door* or words close to that. Sighhhh! Marion dashed my hopes and said *nope it is a pigeon*. I guess I was a bit carried away.
Activity died down on the ledge again once it was in full sun!
Another turkey vulture went through the area but was nowhere near the nest so no action was needed.
Marion and I were again joined by Lance and Maggie from late afternoon on and Tracy came in the evening.
We saw both Haven and Stormin circling above Canada Square together and we watched Haven chase a pigeon, unsuccessfully. Although Haven was trying to get the eyases to fledge she was not as active as yesterday.
Stormin made a drop on the higher level because that eyas had not received any food today! This naturally stirred interest in the other two even though they had eaten today! One of them began attempts to reach the top level but he was unsuccessful. We signed off at 9:20 and at that point the eyases were tucked away, all activities halted and Haven had flown from the nest wall to the RC building. Stormin was not seen.
During the late afternoon Marion said that one of the babies on the lower level had a yellow band. Sure enough, I took a couple of photos and in one the yellow is quite evident. When looking back through my pictures for the day I found that the eyas which had ended up on the lower level last night was the one with yellow tape! Later on when Tracy arrived she identified the tape on the second peregrine on the lower level as red.
It was Simcoe who was first on the level, yellow tape, followed by Brisk this morning, red tape. Solar was left on the top ledge.
Lyn
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