Canada Square Has a Hatch!!!
May 14, 2013 - Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton
Tracy Simpson Reports:
Yesterday I met up with Cameron from Northam Realty Advisors to confirm the presence of the first wee one at Canada Square. Upstairs on the ledge the winds were quite strong and Haven was covering her precious little package of hatchlings from the cold. We could clearly see the spent egg shell and the fluff of one or possibly two little chicks underneath her. In this cold and snappy weather, there was no way that she was giving up even the slightest of looks at her new family. Back outside I met up with Lyn and shared the great news of the hatchlings with her. We sat for a while on the watcher perch and watched Stormin on the south side of the Rio Can trying to preen in the gusty winds. Just as he would get his feathers all together the wind would come along and blow them out of place again. He gave up on his preen attenpt and took off on a recon flight over the nest ledge to see if Haven needed anything. He immediately circled back to the Rio Can as I am sure she gave him the “not yet” look. He stayed on the Rio Can for a while and then flew over to the nest building, retrieved a cache from the ledge next to Haven and flew around to the north side to prep. Lyn and I joked at how he was chowing down on the whole thing and not sharing and at that we parted company for the day. Just as I returned to my car and was driving north on Duplex, who should fly in but Stormin with the first dinner package of the day. He and Haven exchanged the food and a few choice words before he was shooed off the ledge so she could feed. He clearly wanted to do it himself but Haven would not allow him to do this yet, they’re too little. Congratulations Canada Square on your recent hatch and we look forward to the days to come with these little ones!! I have added a few pictures and tried to avoid the reflection of stuff in the glass. The little red bits are reflections from my sweater, sorry about that!
Only 37 days to first flights so if you haven’t signed up for the Fledge Watch yet please do at raptor4@peregrine-foundation.ca !!!
