June 17, 2015 - Etobicoke - Sun Life Centre
Tracy Simpson Reports:
While we have been finishing up the MEC watch and re-allocating our resources the Boys Club here have been growing up fast. From the fuzzy people they were on the weekend to being nearly downy free for the oldest today! Oh boy. We will be starting the full time watch on Thursday afternoon with Bruce taking the opening shift. We will be out this afternoon to get a gauge on how they are doing and we are watching the cameras closely. The manpower available for the watch is patchy until tomorrow afternoon so we will all be dropping in and filling the gaps as best as we can. Bruce will be there this afternoon and dropping off the rescue carrier with security. Anyone wishing to join us would be most certainly welcome as I think these four are going to have us a busy bunch for the next week or so. Please contact our head office should you have time you wish to share with us.
Posted on June 17, 2015 8:33 am
June 17, 2015 - Mississauga - Executive Centre
Tracy Simpson Reports:
We decided that even though all three girls aren’t champions as of yet, that they are all capable fliers and we would scale the watch back to spot checks as of Monday. The Islington and Bloor Boys Club are ready for flights any day/minute now and we need to divert our resources there.
Bruce and I both met up at MEC for an evening check and head count. Ieva was now back on the Accenture building and looking calm and happy. She had the last of a crop visible so the parents had fed her not that long ago. Hawkeye was now at the top of Morguard sitting on the roof with her sister Adrianna who, being a star flier, was behaving like a total pest. She would fly off over to Square One and come barreling back to Morguard with the idea of knocking Hawkeye into the air. She succeeded in knocking onto the roof where the two tussled for a minute or two and then she was off again. This went on the entire evening. Adrianna pestering Hawkeye until she finally bit her sisters toes really hard and that put the two on the rooftop scraping like sisters. Minutes later they were on the roof edge snuggled and preening.
Ieva was still on the Accenture roof and being rather quiet. We put all of our attention on her and I was joined by Winston later that evening. As it was getting late, Ieva finally decided on a flight and she took off towards MEC 2 but was only half way up. She circled back and started to fly back and forth over Accenture gaining elevation as she went. This was impressive as the air was dead calm and sticky which is hard enough to walk in let alone fly. She finally went for the top of the Morguard building and came up short. She did the bat on the wall for a minute and dropped down into the air. She flew towards the CIBC and I thought for sure she was going to make contact with the glass but she put her feet up and grabbed the glass frame. When she let go she fluttered right back to Accenture landing two feet higher than when she left. Not what she wanted but it was an awesome flight with some great decisions on where to go and how to get there. I am not worried about Ieva now. She will get there, most likely in the morning, and with a bit of wind assistance I think she will be well on her way.
The full time watch at MEC is now over. We will continue to spot check the girls and report on their progress as we are now moving, quickly I might add, to Islington and Bloor as the four boys there are getting ready. I would like to thank the MEC community, building management, Garda Security and all the tenants that supported their peregrine family this year. I would especially like to thank Katherine, Margaret, Grace, Winston, Shannon and Bruce who made this watch possible and our successes great. My friends, we completed 5 rescues of these three girls and gave them all a second chance at making a first impression. Look at them now. This team effort of watchers and community made this all possible and I thank you so much for your efforts!
Posted on June 17, 2015 8:26 am
June 17, 2015 - Mississauga - Executive Centre
Tracy Simpson Reports:
We decided that the girls needed at least one more day to ensure that they were flying and landing well so on Sunday, I opened the watch and Bruce came down to close. When I arrived, I was doing my head count and found Ieva and Hawkeye on the Accenture building and Adrianna… …well now where did you go? She was on top of the Morguard building last night at dusk. I scanned around and found her on top of the Desjardins logo at MEC 3! Awesome dearie, you’re just fine. I set up at the Accenture parking lot to watch the other two and I have to tell you, had I not been paying attention I would have missed Hawkeye’s flight and been none the wiser. She was sitting on the top of the mechanical area on the roof and I could just see the top of her head. She flew out straight towards Morguard and I just caught the movement out of the corner of my eye. I watched her flap like mad and flew directly up to the Morguard sign on the west side of the building and land like aces! She stayed for 42 seconds and then flew back down to the exact spot she just left. Her attempt to sneak one flight in while I wasn’t watching didn’t work. Nice try. A great flight by Hawkeye, you’re just fine missy.
Ieva. Hmmm. She has flown several times over the past few days and has demonstrated an ability to land fairly well. It would seem that her confidence has taken a knock or two though. Each little flight she did was braver and bolder than the next until something didn’t quite work out and she was back to running and screaming. She is certainly not far behind the other two girls and is doing ok. Bruce took over for the afternoon and had Adrianna flying between MEC rooftops now. Hawkeye made another great flight that took her to a window ledge on Morguard just below the roof line. Ieva practiced running and has now become a pro at it! As the evening set in Ieva took another flight, this time a big one, that had her heading home to the MEC complex. She was too low and Midnight knew it so she met her out above the Hurontario intersection and flew with her. Ieva brushed MEC 1 and continued north out of view with Midnight flying with her. The two then came back and Ieva tried for Morguard. No dice. She then circled around and tried CIBC and was too low for a sign or roof landing so she settled for the low ledge she had been on before. A great flight that took a good deal of puff out of her. There she stayed for the night and although all three girls are now more than capable, Bruce and I agreed that a few hours spot check tomorrow was prudent.
Posted on June 17, 2015 8:05 am
June 16, 2015 - Kitchener - CTV-Bell Media Tower
Lisa Reh Reports:
Another early start to the fledge watch or did it ever end? Ginnie and Reggie were in the nest box overnight with Redbud perched on a lower level of the tower. At 1:30 a.m. it started raining and poor Redbud had no cover. At 6:00 a.m. Rudy and Tony were on the watch and Redbud at some point, successfully made it back up the tower. Redbud and Reggie were taking small flights to around the platform. At 7:00 a.m. Karen joined the watch and Ginnie, the homebody, took her first flight observed by the team!! She tried to fly back onto the tower, but she had some difficulty, so she flew down and around the north side of the tower and landed on a HVAC unit. A few minutes later, she flew from the HVAC unit and successfully landed onto the hospital, just south of the antenna where Caster and Mystery like to perch. She stayed there for a while, hopping and taking a small flight, up onto the ladder, then next to the roof below. Caster made a food drop at 7:10. At 7:15, Ginnie flew back home to the tower and landed on the very top of the microwave drum. Good job Ginnie!! She sat there for quite some time and then dropped to the platform below. At the same time, Redbud and Reggie were flying around getting more confident with their flights. At 8:15, Mystery was perched on the hospital antenna and Reggie tried to join her there. Mystery flew off and Reggie took her spot. Karen left the watch at around 8:30 with one ‘grine’ in the nest box, one at the back of the platform and confident little Reggie on the hospital antenna.
David was on the watch at 9:10 and could see two of the kids in the nest box and Mystery and Caster on the top deck. A couple of great blue herons flew over top at 9:25. At 9:45, Reggie flew confidently to the antenna tower with the drum and perched and preened there. Just before 10:00, Mystery flew off as Marg and Martha joined the watch. One juvenile was napping on the front of the nest box and another tail was sticking out the edge of the nest box. After a few minutes, the ‘grine’ on the front hopped off the ledge of the nest box onto the tower platform. At 10:05, the third juvenile flew into sight to the top of the platform. There was a lot of loud vocalizations. At 10:15 a turkey vulture soared over the tower, probably attracted to the carnage in the box, and both parents appeared out of out of nowhere as the kids screamed. After the turkey vulture left, one parent stayed on the railing close to the nest box and the other flew off. All of the commotion finally woke the napping falcon on the nest box. For the next 15 minutes, there was a bit more moving around, flapping of wings and jumping while the adult supervised. At 10:35, one juvenile, jumped off the porch of the nest box, hopped over to the parent and vocalized and the parent flew off. Two of the kids were on the platform, flapping, hopping and holding their wings out in the wind close to the edge. At 10:40, Redbud took a long and confident flight with an attempt at a little burst of speed. At 10:45, the third kid resting in the nest box finally came out and a whole lotta flapping was going on! Redbud joined Ginnie and Reggie and all siblings were relaxed and preening.
Meanwhile, Chroma was examined and was fit for release after another night of rest. At 3:30, with members of the fledge watch team stationed around the nest box site, Rudy released Chroma from on top of the CTV building. Kelly reported that she was still favouring her left leg, but it was much better after being grounded for another day. Shortly after Rudy took her out of the towel, she took flight. She first headed towards the tower and then flew in the direction of the hospital parking garage and then turned towards Kings Towers apartment building where she made a successful landing on the rooftop to the applause and cheers of people watching! A much higher point than the nest box this was quite accomplishment for the largest of the young falcons! It was not long after that Reggie flew over and joined Chroma on top of the apartment building and they had much to say to each other! Reggie took another flight around the building encouraging Chroma to fly and he landed a second time. Shortly after, Reggie and Chroma took flight together around the apartment building and landed on top of the building! How touching to see such support from her little brother! Kelly continued the watch until 5:00 and saw observed Chroma making several attempts to get back to the nest site but seems to be still lacking the confidence in her flights.
At 6:30, Karen and Dale were still observing Chroma on the Kings Tower apartment building. Reggie was there for quite some time and went back and forth from the nest site to the apartment building. The police checked in with Karen to see that she was indeed taking pictures of falcons, not of residents in the apartment building. Janice joined the watch and reported that at 6:45, Chroma was doing a lot of flapping. At 7:10, Mystery drops off a food package to the nest box and at 7:15 she is on the antenna of the apartment building supervising the kids. A few minutes later, Redbud flies over to visit with Chroma and Mystery flew off shortly thereafter. Reggie and Ginnie then join the party on the roof of the apartment building.
At 8:30 p.m. Karen, Janice, Sandy, Kelly and I were a little bleary eyed but were still waiting for the kids to go to bed. All four were on top of the roof of Kings Towers. It is so good to see all of the siblings reunited again! Reggie flew onto the antenna on the media tower on top of Kings Towers. He took another flight and lands higher on the tower. He then took another long flight back towards CTV and back to his sisters. At 8:30, Redbud goes out for a flight over King Street and lands back on the antenna. Mystery flew in with a small food drop. Caster then flew in to Kings Towers with a very large bird, probably a gull. At 8:40, Chroma takes flight and loops around the building and lands on the top microwave drum. Chroma takes flight with her dad and lands where Caster has brought in the gull and has her first real meal since she came to the ground. There is lots of flying by both kids and parents, too many for the tired crew to figure out who is who. The youngsters flights are getting stronger and they are all getting a good handle on their landings too! Ginnie landed on one of the guy-wires at the base of the media tower on the apartment building and started walking up it and then took another flight and landed back on the tower. She then went for a flight back towards the nest box but instead flew all the way to the hospital antenna where she landed a bit awkwardly but managed to steady herself. At 9:00, Reggie and Redbud went back to home base on top of the tower. Finally, the kids are going to bed! But no, they’re not as Ginnie takes another flight back to Kings Towers. At 9:30, Chroma and Mystery were still on the tower on top of the apartment building close to the top microwave drum. A few minutes later, Mystery flew off leaving Chroma full and resting on top of King’s Towers for the night. A happy ending to this very long day to see a reunited family of falcons!!
Photos courtesy of Karen von Knobloch
Posted on June 17, 2015 1:18 am
June 16, 2015 - Toronto - Rogers Centre
Mark Nash Reports:
June 16th - 2015
Banding day!
Ok, just when you think that it can’t get any more hectic, trust me,, it can! Remember, its peregrine seasons!!!
Rules of engagement and supplies needed, forget your social life, family and friends,, don’t bother to waste your money to shop for food, as you’ll never be home long enough to eat it before it goes bad, bring lots of extra change of cloths, (and a pillow) because your going to be sleeping allot in the car, don’t forget to pack several rescue carriers, several nets, a couple of brooms, your fall arrest harness, banding kit, safety boots and hard hat, plenty of gas money and credit cards and Oh yes, don’t make any other plans for about eight weeks, as your going to quite busy working, sleeping, eating in the field and on the road in your car as you will be making new feathered friends along the way! 
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Well OK, your new feathered friends won’t actually consider you to be their friends, so don’t forget to bring lots of alcohol pads and a box of band-aids, as your going to need them!
Shortly after making arrangements with Mark Heaton from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forests, (who by the way had to rush off immediately after the Ontario Power Generation Pickering banding yesterday to travel to North Bay Ontario to attend a bear training course), to get his OK to petition Anne Yagi from the Vineland office of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources for her support to band the two rescued Rogers Centre fledglings.
After tracking Anne on her day off and at the golf course, she agreed to finish up earlier than planned and we arranged to meet her at her district office in Vineland Ontario so she could band the two young peregrines. It was moments after the serious of phone calls with both Anne and Mark that the phone rang again with a very familiar name and number, (from non-other than Dave, the Director of Engineering at the Toronto Rogers Centre).
Thinking the worst (that maybe his little rescued little peregrine may have developed some unforeseen medical challenges), I braced myself for the worst as I answered the phone.
Actually not really bad news, as Dave explains that the Renaissance Toronto Downtown Hotel had called to say the they had one of the adult peregrine falcons trapped in the mechanical room of the hotel and needed assistance to have it trapped and removed. He knew that it was not likely an adult, and figured that if it was a peregrine eat all, it would likely be one of the fledglings. As some may recall, Marion and I were called down to the same hotel last year, and successfully rescued one of the Rogers Centre fledglings from the same area of the hotel!
Fortunately, Dave was able to go over to the hotel and confirm his suspicions that it was in fact one of the young fledglings and not an adult.
So Marion and I were back off on a road trip to the Rogers Centre and the Toronto Renaissance Hotel to hook up with Dave and the hotel staff. Stopping quickly at the CPF storage locker to pick up yet another rescue carrier, several towels, brooms and nets, it was a race to get downtown before the traffic chocked the highways with the start of the evening rush hours traffic.
When we arrived at the hotel, Dave met us with the CPF rescue carrier containing the young juvenile fledgling that he has rescued earlier. We stowed the bird safely in the car along side its sibling that had been rescued from the Baton Rouge restaurant and we proceeded to the upper hotel mechanical room to investigate. Armed with two nets, two brooms and a flash light and another rescue carrier, we were directed to an enclosed area where the young peregrine fledgling was last observed roosting on a pipe close to the ceiling.
Yes, this area was very familiar indeed, the same place that Marion and I had in fact attended last year and rescued a young peregrine fledgling that was produced at the Rogers centre. Utilizing a tall latter, broom and two nets, Marion and I were successful in catching the young fledgling and quickly had it in safely in the rescue carrier without further incident.
Back to the car, now with all three Rogers fledglings in rescue carriers, we headed out to meet with Anne Yagi from the Ministry of Natural resources at her Vineland office. I guess we missed the opportunity to dodge the evening rush hour traffic, as the it took almost three hours to get from the Rogers centre to the MNR Vineland office!!
Meeting with Anne at the OMNR Vineland office , we were able to band the three fledgling juveniles in record time and headed back to Toronto.
So, their particulars are: 2 females and 1 male
1st- Female - 865 grams, banded K over 40, named “Striker” with Red Marker Tape
2nd- Female - 855 grams, banded K over 41, named Chopper with Yellow Marker Tape
3rd- Male - 682 grams, banded X over 02, named Pop-fly with Blue Marker Tape
A huge thank you to Mark Heaton, Anne Yagi, Dave McCormick and the Rogers centre staff, the hotel staff and Marion from the CPF for all of their efforts again in assisting and supporting both the CPF and their peregrines!
What a great team of fabulous caring people!!
All three fledglings will be will be released back to the Rogers Centre and their parents tomorrow.
Stay tuned for more tomorrows release details……..
Posted on June 17, 2015 12:34 am
June 16, 2015 - Toronto - Don Mills and Eglinton - Amexon
Cathy Kerr Reports:
I arrived this morning to find Horton & Morgan on the ICICI building, looking in. No parents. No eyes on Lilly–well except her siblings! When Dad flew in, Morgan pounced on him and Horton was screaming, so I figured Lilly must’ve got stuffed this morning! The security guard told me there was a lot of noise this morning–a happy reunion indeed!! Things quieted down–no sign of Lilly(she was resting after all her excitement from yesterday)-couple of flights by Horton but Morgan just kept hopping down to the roof and then popping back up–happy to see her little sister! Time for afternoon siesta! I was then joined by Sally.
From Sally:
Joined Cathy at her watch between 12:30-1pm. Lucie joined us soon after. Pretty calm afternoon, with periodic flights around to the roof of Icici/Sony -east side. around 4:30 Lucy and I were treated to some beautiful flights around ICICI/Sony bdg with Horton chasing his parents. He’s really getting the hang of circling, coasting on the wind, and little wing tucks. At one point it was like watching acrobats. Eventually we noticed a juvie on the top ledge of the south alcove. We had been watching for Lilly to appear on the roof but the flights distracted us long enough to miss Lilly come down from the roof to the alcove ledge. Lucy checked with her scope to check the band colour. Yellow. Yup. Oh hi Lilly! She had obviously been encouraged to get moving from all the activity above. So now we knew where to focus. Fun and games from the others had Morgan flying out west towards the Foresters bdg. Then suddenly caught in some sort of down draft. She was being sucked down fast and I won’t repeat what we all exclaimed. Parent to the rescue! An amazing swoop under and bump/redirect until Morgan regained control. Lucy found her and she spent a long time on an upper east ledge of The De Beers bdg before surprising us again at dusk, with a determined flight to Lilly’s ledge. Missed. Wheeled out and attempted to get back, repeatedly. Made it to the other building clinging like a bat. Back again, continually missing Lilly’s ledge. She almost made it but nope, bat flapped, slid, recovered and around the building. Yikes. At this point my friend Laura had joined us and came with me as we split up to circle around. Cathy had found her on a low ledge where she will hopefully be when Cathy gets back there early tomorrow!
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Lucie & I left Morgan tucked in a corner around 10:15pm. Hopefully she will have a safe night and regain her strength and confidence for a great flight tomorrow! We left Lilly safely on her ledge, all tucked back in, and Horton on the Sony sign(his favourite bed) this time the “Y”!! Many thanks to Sally, Lucie and Caroline for all your help today!! Pictures will have to wait-time for bed-5 am comes real quick lol
Posted on June 16, 2015 11:19 pm
June 15, 2015 - Toronto - Rogers Centre
Mark Nash Reports:
June 15th - 2015
While it might appear to many to have been a more than crazzzy 18 hour day today for most, believe it or not, it was actually just a typical day for us at the Canadian Peregrine Foundation. We simply just refer to it as being peregrine season.
The day started out with two scheduled banding events, one in Oshawa at the Oshawa Lake Ridge hospital at 9:30am this morning, and the second banding event out in Pickering, at the Ontario Power Generation Nuclear facility at 1pm.
Between the two banding events, we received a call from the Director of Engineering to request support and assistance, as one of the their four young fledglings had come down to the ground and was on the street level outside gate 5 and in front of one of the retail entrances obviously in need of help.
In typical peregrine form, the young fledglings often don’t do well with their maiden flights, being too heavy - (laden with baby fat), uncoordinated, unskilled, and lacking the confidence they need to fly, they end up on the ground confused as to why they simply can’t fly like their parents. It looks so easy!
You’ve got to think of them as an infant child learning to walk for their first time, where their trials and errors have them standing and falling many times before they get it all coordinated and eventually learn to actually stand upright and eventually walk.
Its not much different for many of the young peregrines, in that they too take a little longer to coordinate all of the body parts, their two wings and their tail,, loose some of the heavy baby fat that weights them down, and a hole lot of practice to be able to actually hold their altitude and stay aloft.
Landings are another story altogether!! It is one of the most difficult things for a young peregrine to learn to do, land as opposed to crash and land that many end up doing in their first dozen or more attempts!
Mastering sustained flight is a real learning experience for most large falcon young!
In any case, a quick rescue lesion 101 with Dave over the phone, and with a towel and the CPF rescue carrier on hand, Dave McCormick jumped into action and was successful in his efforts to rescue the young fledgling!! Great going Dave!!!
Given our situation, with still one banding still yet to do, and with the time lines and staff support at the Rogers centre to be able to get up to the roof to do a release, it was decided to hold the young fledgling over until the morning when the young bird could be properly examined for any traumas that it might have sustained as a result of a hard concrete grounding, and be safely and be released back to the upper roof elevation back to its parents.
By 8pm, with the two banding completed, we were finally able to get back at the CPF office, trying to weigh through all of the photos and observation notes and reports in an effort to get them posted, and then get back out to the field to the Don Mills Amexon nest site to meet with Cathy and Irma by 9pm to release their rescued fledgling that they recovered from the parking lot the night before.
Once again, our plans were somewhat foiled as the phone was ringing again with yet another downed fledgling from the Rogers nest site in downtown Toronto.
A huge thank you to the staff at the Baton Rouge restaurant, and two out of town patrons who were dining at the Baton Rouge restaurant on Front street in downtown Toronto, just a block over from the Rogers centre.
As the story is told by all, one of the young fledglings apparently dropped in for diner (obviously without a reservation) and ended up coming down into the outdoor patio area of the restaurant in the middle of all of the restaurant patrons. With the quick action of the restaurant manager and staff, they were successful in scooping up the young peregrine and getting it into a cardboard box.
At this time, two of the out of town restaurant patrons, Brianna and Katie Johns quickly jumped into action to their smart phones and Googled peregrines Toronto and found the Canadian Peregrine Foundation web site and contact telephone numbers.
After talking to the both Brianna and Katie, (and having received their video clip and e-mailed photos), it was easy to identify their un-invited, party crasher peregrine diner guest and I was back into the car on route to the Baton Rouge restaurant to pick up the bird.
With this young fledgling now secure in a rescue carrier, and having been able to examine the fledgling, it was obvious that there were no injuries and the bird was deemed releasable. On the road again to join Cathy and Irma at the Don Mills nest site, see security to arrange roof top access, and with Cathy and Irma’s help, their little downed fledgling “Lilly” from the Don Mills site was back to the roof and to her awaiting parents.
A very successful text-book towel type of release under the cover of darkness!!
So back to the rescued Rogers Centre fledgling, who will be released back to its parents tomorrow - (along with its sibling in waiting in Dave’s office that he had rescued earlier this day).
Stay tuned for updated information and photos to follow…..
Posted on June 16, 2015 12:08 pm
June 15, 2015 - Toronto - Don Mills and Eglinton - Amexon
Marion Nash Reports:
A quiet day here–Irma & Dick report that Horton and Morgan continue to do some impressive flying!! And they are continuing the sibling tradition–hanging out together!! Such cuties. At dark, Irma, Mark & I got our girl Lilly back up, not on the nest building unfortunately , but on the ICICI roof top, where we hope she gets her confidence and flies high! And lets hope whatever caused her to leave her nest after dark, does not happen again. Will tomorrow be so quiet?
Posted on June 16, 2015 11:24 am
June 16, 2015 - Mississauga - Executive Centre
Tracy Simpson Reports:
I will be posting the highlights of Sunday and yesterday this evening for you to read about and enjoy but I wanted to post our fledge watch status before running out the door to work.
After last night watching the three girls we are officially scaling back the full time fledge watch to spot checks. While they are not all flying high yet they have all displayed an ability to fly, maintain altitude and control as well as make good decisions on targets to fly to and landing locations. We believe that the danger of grounding at this point is minimal.
Please check back tonight for the final reports of the full time watch on Sunday and yesterday.
Posted on June 16, 2015 8:35 am
June 16, 2015 - Mississauga - Executive Centre
Tracy Simpson Reports:
There was a lot of action with the three MEC girls this weekend, too much to go into detail here as they are now flying quite well, so we figured we report the highlights for you.
We started off Saturday with girls, well, everywhere. Ieva had been located on the low ledge of the CIBC building along with Adrianna and Hawkeye was supposed to be still in her tree… …supposed to be. Katherine and I began the search at 630am and it didn’t take us long to find her on the roof of the Accenture building. Wow. Not bad at all! Adrianna flew the short distance across the street to join her sister and landed on the lower level of the Accenture roof. Food came in to Hawkeye and although she stepped back out of view with it, when she reappeared she had a nice little crop so she is eating despite her beak remaining slightly ajar. Excellent. Adrianna tried to get up on to the top level of the roof and missed, sliding down the sloped portion right back to where she started. Ieva wound herself up to go and join her sisters and when she was primed, off she went and made it. All three girls reunited for the first time since first flights. The afternoon lull was just that with the three now exploring the rooftop, resting and preening. It wasn’t until later in the evening that the three once again were looking for some yummies. They didn’t expect the “yummies” to fly in and land beside them though! Grace and Bruce watched as two pigeons flew in and landed beside Adrianna and Ieva; so began the staring contest. The pigeons sat there and displayed in front of two hungry juveniles when all of a sudden… …her comes Renegade! He chased them off of the roof and through the Accenture parking lot at about 6 feet above the ground. Both Renegade and the two pigeons disappeared from view and life on the rooftop went back to normal… …no wait. The pigeons are back again. This time Midnight took them on and mommy bird wasn’t playing around. While we are unsure as to the fate of the two goofy pigeons we do know that they did not return to that roost again.
Adrianna is truly the ring leader here and the bravest of the three girls. She took off and tried for the Morguard building and landed on a window ledge several stories below the roof line but landed none the less. She was rewarded by Renegade with a nice big meal, pigeon perhaps, after which she pancaked out for a nap. The two girls on the Accenture building were now getting excited and Hawkeye was game to try this. Winston watched her take off and try for home although she was way short on elevation. She brushed the glass of MEC 2 about half way up and turned back towards Hurontario. She pumped it… …HARD… …and made it all the way up to the sign on the south side of the CIBC. Good gravy! That was a very impressive recovery from a brush and a very powered flight with purpose and determination. She then flew over to the Morguard building and landed on a window ledge. She finally came back to the top of the Accenture building and that is where Saturday ended. Adrianna on Morguard after a great flight. Hawkeye on Accenture having done her own epic flight. Ieva on the lower level of the Accenture building having run the entire perimeter of the roof and tuckered herself out. A great day with the three girls and two of them well on their way.
Posted on June 16, 2015 8:30 am
