!!! The young fledgling named Janet is still beein seen and still alive!
June 26, 2012 - Mississauga - Executive Centre
CPF Postmaster Reports:
June 26th - 2012
A quickly update on the status of the peregrines at the MEC nest site. The good news, is that reports are still coming in with regards to the status on Janet, the sole surviving fledgling from the MEC nest site. As reports stream in from observers in the area that are still seeing Janet - (banded Black 57 over X on one leg and a Yellow band on the other leg) hiding out on the condo / apartment balconies around Eglinton and Hurontario in Mississauga.
The resident adult female - (her mother) that was injured in a territorial battle with another adult female is still in rehabilitation and although we have not received any recent news on her status, the last we had an update is that she had finally been transferred to the Owl foundation where she can benefit from much larger flight pens so that her flight skills can be properly evaluated.
The banded - still and unidentified “rouge” adult female continues to occupy the nesting territory and nest box at the MEC nest. It appears that has finally been able to charm and attract the attention of the resident adult male as he has finally stopped stooping and attacking her in his efforts to drive her out of the territory and protect his remaining offspring.
This banded adult rouge female has also finally stopped attacking the juvenile Janet since her father has both moved her away from the nest territory and hidden her at another location, and been coaxing this rouge adult female with food back to the nest territory away from Janet. Pretty smart indeed!
It has been fascinating to see this story unfold as the resident adult male has figured out a way to protect his surviving offspring by moving her to another site away from the nest territory, and has kept the adult rouge female at bay first by constantly attacking and stooping her, then by providing her with food to distract her, while at the same time he retrieves other food cashes that he has secretly stashed and takes these food caches up to feed Janet at another location while the adult rouge female is eating at the nest site.
It has been both tragic and fascinating to see this story unfold. It has become quite obvious now as we review all of our fledge watch notes and connect the dots as they say, that this rough adult banded female has been responsible for the premature fledgling and death of the other two much younger siblings produced at this nest site - (named Jennifer & Skyreach), in addition to the injury of the resident adult female mother as they battled for the territory.
While it appears that the resident adult male has succumb to the presence and pressure of this new adult female, and has accepted the fact that he has not been able to drive her off and she is here to stay, he still continues to sneak off throughout the day to attend to his offspring Janet still being hidden out in the Eglinton & Hurontario area.
We await further news on the original territorial adult female with regards to her rehabilitation and will advice on when she can finally be released. Sadly, this story is far from being over, as we know only too well what will happen when she is finally released back to the wild - (where ever she is released from). As we have experienced on many occasions, regardless of when or where she is released, her first mission in life as a wild free bird will be to return back to “her home territory, her mate and her offspring” and will once again be in battle with the rouge female on her territory.
We will keep you adviced as to her release date as soon as the Ministry of Natural Resources has advised us of her release date.
Stay tuned…………