March 17, 2014 - Windsor - Ambassador Bridge
Dennis Patrick Reports:
This is an email we received from Paul last night, Sunday, March 16, 2014
Went to check the birds after supper. Freddie and Voltaire were on the same ledge on West Side of Bridge. Saw Voltaire go into new nest location. Stayed 15 minutes in there, then circled above me 3-4 times then went back to see Freddie.
That’s it for tonight,
Paul
Posted on March 17, 2014 10:41 am
March 15, 2014 - Etobicoke - Sun Life Centre
Kathy Reports:
This morning I managed to catch both Jack and O’Connor in the nest box together and this evening O’Connor is spending the night at the nest box. It’s 8:25 pm and she’s still perched on the nest box.
Posted on March 15, 2014 8:32 pm
March 14, 2014 - Burlington - Lift Bridge
Sue McCreadie Reports:
Bill arrived at the Lift Bridge to find Cirrus on the edge of the nest box and Mackenzie on the vent, lake side, at the top of the Hamilton Bridge Tower. Cirrus is not straying very far from the nest box these days. In fact, she is spending quite a bit of time inside the box. During the time Bill was there, they mated twice.
Mackenzie started to alarm call and Bill thought he was going to go back over to Cirrus. However, it turned out that he was REALLY upset because of a juvenile Bald Eagle that was getting too close. The chase was on and the last Bill saw of Mackenzie was him chasing the Eagle out of the territory.
Posted on March 14, 2014 3:21 pm
March 11, 2014 - Toronto - King Street
Tracy Simpson Reports:
Chad and Chris assist the Ohio DNR in monitoring the nest sites in and around the area and are fabulous photographers to boot!! This past weekend they visited the Cleveland Clinic to check in on Ely and Dipper, the adult resident pair, and took some incredible photos of our dear Ely.
Ely was hatched in 2008 at the 18 King Street East nest site to Erin and Windwhistler and has been doing great down in Ohio for several years now. It is always great to know where our juveniles end up as adults and it is thanks to the banding efforts that we make. Please enjoy these exquisite photos of Ely taken by Chad and Chris in Ohio!!
Posted on March 11, 2014 10:00 am
March 11, 2014 - Toronto - Don Mills
Tracy Simpson Reports:
Yesterday our site watcher Cathy Kerr was out at the Duncan Mill Road nest site and managed to capture a quick photo of Quest and Skye atop the neighboring 220 Duncan Mill Road office building. Both adults have been seen off and on the camera lately and it would appear that spring eggs may be in the making. Thanks to Cathy for checking in and sharing her update.
Posted on March 11, 2014 9:52 am
March 11, 2014 - Etobicoke - Sun Life Centre
Tracy Simpson Reports:
For the past month both Jack and O’Connor have been seen every day at the nest tray and they have been regularly excavating the nest scrape. This morning O’Connor was really feeling it and was in the scrape working away. She dug deeper, tested it out and then sat on the ledge watching Jack in flight around the ledge. It won’t be long now before the first egg arrives despite the weather that is on the way for Wednesday. Cold temperatures and another 20cm of snow will be coming but I don’t think it will deter these two. They’ve been ready for a while now!!
Posted on March 11, 2014 9:49 am
March 11, 2014 - Toronto - King Street
Tracy Simpson Reports:
I have been seeing both Erin and Windwhistler on camera regularly attending the nest ledge and working on the scrape behind the pillar. Yesterday, Erin worked on the nest bowl for a good 10 minutes before deciding to take a break. She is already practicing her position over the eggs and chicks as seen when posing for the camera on her tarsus. We are looking forward to the first egg for our oldest pair in Ontario in the coming weeks!! I have added photos of Erin from yesterday’s nest bowl excavation.
Posted on March 11, 2014 9:43 am
March 11, 2014 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
Tracy Simpson Reports:
For the past several days we have been enjoying a much celebrated warm spell and we aren’t the only ones in the mood for spring. The adult peregrines at nest sites around Ontario are all getting into the groove and are now making regular visits to their nest bowls and ledges. At the Toronto Sheraton Hotel, Rhea Mae and Tiago have been active on the ledge off and on throughout the day and the nest bowl is getting deeper! It is nice to see them on the nest ledge every day now and it won’t be long before the first eggs of the season are laid. I have added some web cam photos from the past few days including one from this morning.
Posted on March 11, 2014 9:39 am
March 07, 2014 - Etobicoke - Sun Life Centre
Kathy Reports:
Today started off at -12c and as the sun came out warmed up to plus 3 celcius! It’s a glorious day for humans and falcons alike!
Jack and O’Connor spent much time basking in the sun and flying around today. As I was leaving the office at 3:30 I couldn’t find them anywhere so I headed for the subway and as I hit the corner of Bloor and Islington I could hear them. I looked up and there they were on the corner of the Moneris building - where I observed the first mating I’ve seen of this season.
Much later than previous years but not unexpected due to the frigid temperatures. We’re not out of the woods yet but the week looks to be milder than it’s been in a long while!
Posted on March 7, 2014 4:54 pm
March 07, 2014 - Mississauga - Executive Centre
Mark Nash Reports:
March - 2014
Sorry for the late postings, but we’ve been out in the field over the past four weeks installing all of the new nest boxes and nest trays. We’re finally back in the office and only now just trying to catch-up on all of the great news. Lots of new photos to come!
Well, it appears that we really got lucky this morning! An unusually mild day with no wind and even some warming sun!!! We’re very pleased to report that we were successful in replacing the old MEC nest box and replacing it with a new and improved version.
And the best news is that it appears that the resident adult peregrines, (Sante and Rouge) both approve!
It was an early day, (and a long cool one indeed). Despite the minor challenges, and working straight through the lunch hour, we were successful in the replacement of the old MEC nest box with a brand new and improved nest box made from the new marine poly-composite material!
Most of the exterior components of the old nest box that we installed back in 2000-2001 literally fell apart in our hands during its replacement and it appears that we got there just in time to replace it! A big thank you to Skyreach Window cleaning for their assistance with this process, especially from that of the operators and the extra strong arms needed to get the job done.
Another big thank you to Tracy Simpson, the CPF raptor centre manager for all of her assistance in not only helping me in the making the new nest box, but for her assistance in helping throughout the day, in addition to her efforts working on the camera and internet connection.
A huge thank you to Colliers for providing the funding support for the nest box and to both the MEC management team, the MEC security and engineering staff that worked with us to be able to complete the de-install and re-install of the nest box! There was allot of snow clearing and snow shovelling going on the roof area to be able to get the swing stage in position long before we got there!!! What a great team!!!!
Moments after the install of the new nest box, (and even before we were able to clear the swing stage away), both resident adult peregrines were in the new nest box checking out the new digs!
While the camera’s internet connections are still being worked on behind the scenes, the colour camera is still producing a great real-time live stream to the monitor inside and we can tell you from what we viewed at the end of the day that both the peregrines seemed pretty happy with the new nest box!
Stay tuned, as we are working on the internet connections and replacement of a part needed to connect the camera back to the internet. We should have live colour images very soon!
Spring is finally in the air and egg production is just around the corner!!
Posted on March 7, 2014 11:31 am
