April 08, 2015 - Etobicoke - William Osler
Tracy Simpson Reports:
Ossie, hatched at William Osler in 2012 and now the resident male at the Hamilton Sheraton Hotel, has just seen the arrival of his first egg with his mate Lily. It wasn’t that long ago that Ossie and his sister Tobi were flapping up a storm in Etobicoke learning the fine art of flight from their father Hurricane, playing tag and napping the day away. Now Ossie is a resident territorial adult in Ontario with young ones on the way. My how they grow up fast! Congratulations to Ossie and Lily on their first egg!!
Posted on April 8, 2015 1:05 am
April 08, 2015 - Hamilton - Sheraton Hotel
Tracy Simpson Reports:
The new pair at the Hamilton Sheraton Hotel have laid their first egg today, April 7th, and are well on their way to starting a family this season. Congratulations to Lily and Ossie on your first egg.
Posted on April 8, 2015 12:54 am
April 07, 2015 - Mississauga - Holcim
Tracy Simpson Reports:
After hearing of the recovery of the resident adult male Storm yesterday I was intent on visiting the Holcim site today to check in on Caspian and how she is doing. The last time I was out there the adults were getting ready to put down the first eggs of the season and I was sure that they would have their first by Monday March 3oth at the latest.
Today when I arrived there wasn’t a bird in view so I set up on Avonhead Road and waited for an appearance by, well, anyone. After 20 minutes of nothing I decided to head over to the roadway that parallels the west side of the plant and found a bird on the south silos. It took off and headed for the nest ledge so I headed back and found a male sitting on the east side of the nest ledge looking in. I had no doubt he was looking at the female laying on eggs. After about 10 minutes of this he reacted to movement on the ledge by bowing and taking up a defensive posture. It was mere seconds and the female jumped up and was on the attack. She chased the male off of the ledge and through the plant for a few minutes and was right back into the ledge and down. He persisted and she went at him again driving him out. Moments later she was back on the nest ledge and on her eggs. The male finally gave up landing there with her and decided to patrol the plant for about 15 minutes. He then landed on the short silos along Avonhead Road and I was able to get the scope on him. The first thing I noticed is that this bird is in juvenile plumage; last year’s hatch. The second outstanding feature was the yellow tape over the USFW on the right leg. Finally, I was able to clearly see a solid black recovery band on his left. I was unable to read the band due to wind shake and distance and will have to come back for another try. There are a few males that were banded last year in southern Ontario that were given yellow tape, the most notable being Trout from the Toronto Sheraton Hotel nest site who has been seen overwintering in Florida. Could it be that Trout has come home to Ontario? I will have to go back and confirm the band number before I can say for sure who it is. What I can say is that Caspian, the resident female, wants nothing to do with him at this time and this new male will have his work cut out for him if he hopes to participate in this nesting season with her. Should he stay with her and the eggs hatch, he will be helping to raise the final brood from Storm as eggs were laid well before this young male took over.
Posted on April 7, 2015 10:53 pm
April 07, 2015 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
Tracy Simpson Reports:
The first egg for the Toronto Sheraton pair was laid just moments ago in the nest tray!!!
Posted on April 7, 2015 10:28 pm
April 07, 2015 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
Mark Nash Reports:
April 7th - 2015
First Egg!
Another late night but got home just in time,, (well seconds late actually),, as RM laid her first egg under the cover of darkness! (Well, not quite under the cover of total darkness given the infrared nest camera) 
You gotta love the technology - when it works!
Been watching RM at the Toronto Sheraton Hotel on my smart phone on and off all day waiting to catch RM laying her first egg,, but the few minutes it took me to get from the underground parking to my computer and I missed it,,,, by seconds!!!!!!
A few minutes later, after the egg finally hardened, RM finally laid down to cover the egg. She looked absolutely exhausted and immediately closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Stay tuned……….
Posted on April 7, 2015 10:28 pm
April 07, 2015 - Mississauga - Holcim
Tracy Simpson Reports:
I stopped in at Holcim today and was able to confirm the presence of a new male and that Caspian is in full time incubation. Details on my visit later tonight.
Posted on April 7, 2015 5:14 pm
April 07, 2015 - Mississauga - Holcim
Mark Nash Reports:
April 7th - 2015
Hi All,
It is a shame about Storm, the little guy graced our skies for quite a few years, but, I guess that is the way Mother Nature works. We did observe territorial warfare going on about 3 weeks ago, but did not know the outcome.
At this time we can confirm that incubation is going on, and we have 4 eggs in the nest. (photos will be attached). The eggs were laid over the Easter weekend. (April 3-5). Yesterday April 6, we observed a change of shift at 11 am and a male did come to the nest. I guess now all we need to do is to ID this pair, or at least this male. The photos are of the 2 different birds.
Take care.
Armando
Posted on April 7, 2015 9:15 am
April 01, 2015 - Toronto - Hearn Power Station
CPF Postmaster Reports:
April 1st - 2015
Good news, as Desmond has reported seeing both adult peregrines down at the Hearn plant, and love is in the air for sure!! After being able to spend several hours down at the Hearn plant, Desmond reports seeing both peregrines on site, and involved in several copulation sessions throughout his observation period.
While we have yet to identify “the spot” in which the pair have decided to lay their eggs, it would appear that they are both still very much around and looking again to the Hearn Plant to lay their eggs and raise their family.
We were able to confirm that the resident adult male is still Peter, (produced in Hamilton at the Hamilton Sheraton hotel),, but his mate has not yet been identified as yet this year.
The next mystery is to locate and identify the nest location…………..
Stay tuned………………
Posted on April 6, 2015 11:52 pm
April 06, 2015 - Mississauga - Holcim
CPF Postmaster Reports:
April 6th - 2015
A big thank you to the great staff at the Mississauga Animal Control for chasing us down this afternoon, sadly although, with some not so good news.
We are saddened to report that a deceased adult banded peregrine was picked up by their wildlife officers after a report was called into them of a downed, banded peregrine falcon around Hwy. #10 and the Lakeshore Blvd in Mississauga,, (just on the boarder of Oakville and Mississauga) Ontario.
The leg band identification told another part of the story, with the Solid Black banded peregrine - 94 over D, identified as “Storm”, a 2004 produced peregrine from the Etobicoke Bloor & Islington nest site.
Most recently, Storm was identified last season as being the resident territorial adult male at the Holcim nest site in Mississauga Ontario,, (not too far at all from where Storm’s body was recovered).
The obvious head trauma and other injuries were very consistent of a collision type of injury. No photos will be posted due to the graphic nature of the birds injuries.
The obvious question now remains,,, is Storm still Holcim’ s resident adult male (or should I say, was he),,, and,, who (if anyone), has replaced him at the Holcim nest site??????????
Recent observations of a few days ago, had two adults on site at Holcim, with copulation between the two resident adults having been observed.
Posted on April 6, 2015 11:10 pm
April 06, 2015 - Etobicoke - Sun Life Centre
CPF Postmaster Reports:
April 6th - 2015
A big thank you to the great staff at the Mississauga Animal Control for chasing us down this afternoon, sadly although, with some not so good news.
We are saddened to report that a deceased adult banded peregrine was picked up by their wildlife officers after a report was called into them of a downed, banded peregrine falcon around Hwy. #10 and the Lakeshore Blvd in Mississauga,, (just on the boarder of Oakville and Mississauga) Ontario.
The leg band identification told another part of the story, with the Solid Black banded peregrine - 94 over D, identified as “Storm”, a 2004 produced peregrine from the Etobicoke Bloor & Islington nest site.
Most recently, Storm was identified last season as being the resident territorial adult male at the Holcim nest site in Mississauga Ontario,, (not too far at all from where Storm’s body was recovered).
The obvious head trauma and other injuries were very consistent of a collision type of injury. No photos will be posted due to the graphic nature of the birds injuries.
The obvious question now remains,,, is Storm still Holcim’ s resident adult male (or should I say, was he),,, and,, who (if anyone), has replaced him at the Holcim nest site??????????
Recent observations of a few days ago, had two adults on site at Holcim, with copulation between the two resident adults having been observed.
Posted on April 6, 2015 11:07 pm
