Home for the Holidays at Hearn
December 24, 2012 - Toronto - Hearn Power Station
Tracy Simpson Reports:
Yesterday I went on a bit of an urban scavenger hunt for peregrines looking for those that were home for the holidays. I started at the Hearn Generating Station looking for Peter and his new un-banded lady love. At first, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. After a scan of the facility and usual hangouts, I changed position and what did I see? A peregrine falcon staring back at me!! The new resident female was on the back side of the stack perched on the railing of the maintenance stairs. She sat there for a few minutes and then took off circling the stack. I watched her stay high and then disappear somewhere on the south side of the facility just east of the stack. She didn’t leave the territory and so I repositioned once again. I found her on the south face of the main building preening the day away. While watching her, it was clear that she had her eye on Peter who was behind me to the south somewhere in the marina area. I couldn’t see him but the looks she gave was not an interest in prey. She remained there waiting for Peter to come home from his last minute shopping and continued to preen and doll up for the holidays.
Nice to see her on site and I look forward to being back down again over the coming weeks to visit the pair.
