July 21, 2015 - Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton
Bruce Massey Reports:
I stopped in last week to check in on Typhoon and Omega at Canada Square. While I didn’t have either juvenile when I arrived, it wasn’t long before the two were making their way home and harassing the parents for dinner. Both are flying very well and even when they miss or overshoot a landing, they are circling back and making great recoveries in their flights. It looks like Typhoon and Omega are well on their way.
Posted on July 21, 2015 9:33 am
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Doug Garbutt Reports:
On June 23 Trillium laid her 6th egg. The next day she ate it & continued to incubate the old egg. Since then, I have been away for the 3 weeks. Upon my return I see that Trillium is still trying to incubate the colour faded ( almost white) rotten egg which was laid in mid May. She’s turning it and thinking it is going to hatch. It’s sad to watch.
Posted on July 20, 2015 8:42 pm
July 18, 2015 - International, National and Local News
Mark Nash Reports:
July 17th - 2015
A big thank you to Barb and the staff at their Ogden quarries for sharing these great photos of the peregrine fledglings that they were able to capture this week.
This newly established nest has kept us all in suspense and guessing, but the news just keeps getting better! Today, the most recent photos forwarded to us by Barb from the Holcim plant in Mississauga, clearly shows FOUR FLEDGLINGS, all looking very good indeed!!
Without an adult in the frame to utilize as a reference for their size, we can only speculate on the genders of the young fledglings, but all four seem to be doing just fine!!
Two of the photos also clearly shows one of the fledglings standing on the remains of a Gull kill. Mmmmmm!
Gulls beware!!! 
Posted on July 18, 2015 1:39 pm
July 17, 2015 - Mississauga - Holcim
Tracy Simpson Reports:
I was out in Mississauga yesterday on errands and decided to stop in at the Holcim nest site as I knew that Ogden was very close to first flights. I found him on the nest ledge watching the adults and practicing his flights. He was so ready. He would have 1 or 2 minute bursts of flapping like mad and then he would finish it off by getting airborne and flapping to the end of the ledge. Each little activity session was longer and stronger than the next. He decided to head into the heart of the ledge for a nap out of my view at around 1:30pm and that’s when the adults started to wind him up. The parents starting hunting and doing fly bys past the ledge every few minutes. Ogden watched with great curiosity but did nothing about it until Dad came past with food in his clutches. That had his interest for certain!! After about 10 minutes, Dad flew in with a very small package that Ogden grabbed with gusto. He took off into the back of the ledge with it and consumed it fast. He was back on the edge of the ledge within minutes. Caspian then flew in with another tidbit but this time she didn’t relinquish it. She flew over to the short silos along Avonhead Road and ate it herself in Ogden’s view. Wow. He was furious! She then flew over to a low railing along the east side of the tall silos and waited. It didn’t take long! Ogden lost all patience and fledged making his first flight a short one but well done over to the west side of the short silos out of my view. Excellent job! Caspian didn’t leave her perch at all but instead watched him make that flight past her and land up high. I called Marion and asked her to inform the Holcim staff that Ogden was now on the loose and packed up to head north to work. Great job Ogden!
Posted on July 17, 2015 7:10 am
July 17, 2015 - Scarborough - Yellow Pages
Bruce Massey Reports:
Over the past week I have made several trips out to the Yellow Pages nest site to try and confirm the resident adults band numbers. Prompted by Marion’s observations of no appearance or serious defense by Rueben during her site visits and the lack of young this year, I was determined to confirm that both Rueben and Linn were still here and running the territory. I was able to get Linn’s band number earlier in the week, black 91 over green V with a silver USFW band. The male was much more challenging.
On Monday, I was able to get a partial read of the black over green band and knew right away that this was probably NOT Rueben. The adults were also behaving like they were in courtship. I finally got a perfect look at the band and the male is black 54 over green W with a silver USFW band. Tracy contacted a few people in search of his identity and it turns out that he is George, hatched at the North Grand Island bridge in 2013. If he continues to hold this territory then he will be Linn’s new mate for the 2016 season.
We have not seen Rueben at all and have no idea of his current status. We do know that he was from Wisconsin, hatched in 2003 and at 12 he was getting on in years. Many of our older males this year have lost their territories to younger newcomers and it looks like that is the case here. If this occurred at some point during the nesting season (we were all busy at fledge watches and so unable to be on site to witness any changes) that might explain the clutch of eggs that were lost.
Posted on July 17, 2015 6:54 am
July 16, 2015 - Niagara Falls
Mark Nash Reports:
July 2015
Just a quickly update on the “Who’s Who” at the Niagara Falls nest site. A big thank you to Mike Veltri who has been visiting Niagara Falls and taking some incredible photos of the Niagara falls peregrines. While he has promised to send in some of his shots that we want to share with you, he has captured a great shot of the resident adult female and her leg bands that we can share with you. We can confirm via his photos that the resident adult female is still non-other than Diamond!
See here in one of Mikes photos, you can clearly see Diamond’s leg band identification - Black 42 over Red H with a Purple coloured USFW band.
We can also confirm the resident adult male is Duncan from Hamilton- Black 32 over V
Stay tuned for more photos of the family, including some incredible shots of the fledglings!
Posted on July 17, 2015 12:32 am
July 15, 2015 - Kitchener - CTV-Bell Media Tower
Mark Nash Reports:
July 16th - 2015
Just a short note to thank Karen for her great hospitality for hosting a fantastic night,,,, and finally being able to meet the incredible Kitchener fledge watch team!! It was really nice to finally meet all of the folks that spent countless hours on the Kitchener fledge watch this season!
A huge thank you to all for bringing of the incredible food and goodies, Karen and Chris for the great BBQ’ed chicken and sausage as well,,,, AND,, I really loved the falcon cookies tooooo!!!
Thank you all for a incredible job well done!
What a fantastic team!!
With four young peregrines having been successfully produced and safely fledged this season in Kitchener, at this point, the rest of course is up their parents and a hole lot of luck over the next two to three years before they will be of breeding age and start showing up on our radar.
Posted on July 16, 2015 11:31 pm
July 10, 2015 - Toronto - Rogers Centre
Mark Nash Reports:
July 9th - 2015
It is with great sadness that I must report that yet another one of this years fledglings has not made it 
.
At this time of year, there are not many of us that like to answer the phone, as it rarely ever brings us good news. Thus was the case again this morning, when we received a call, this time from Lisa at the TWC. This call, like many others that we receive at this time of year, was delivered with some sad news with regards to yet another one of this years young fledglings.
Little Chopper, one of the four fledglings that was produced at the Toronto Rogers centre this season was admitted with severe internal injuries, in addition to a badly broken wing. It was decided after x-rays and a detailed examination, due to the extent and severalty of her injuries, the only humane thing to do was to put her down. It was obvious that her broken wing had partially healed and had happened some days earlier, but her inability to regain flight obviously had her hiding somewhere where her parents couldn’t find and care for her. She was severely under weight and dehydrated.
It was only a week ago that we got a report of both Chopper and her sister “Striker” atop of the CN Tower visiting one of the human “Edge-walkers”.
Sadly, as many of you already know, the second and third week of the fledge can be the worst time. While the surviving fledglings are now able to hold their altitude and stay off the ground and out of that trouble, like kids, they get way too over-confidant with their new found flight skills, they are unable to handle the incredible speed that they are able to obtain. Braking, judgment and coordination is always a challenge for these new inexperienced-flyers, and we all know,,, speed kills!
And I have to tell you, it has caused the death of allot of young fledglings over the past 20 years..
Posted on July 16, 2015 10:53 pm
July 15, 2015 - Toronto - King Street
CPF Postmaster Reports:
July 15th - 2015
While we can not positively confirm that this is Erin and Stormin, it is never the less nice to see that the King street nest site is still very much active despite the fact that there was no production this season. The resident adults are spending just as much time on the west side upper ledges, but still being seen on the east nest ledge, thus this recent photo image capture sent in from Campbell.
Thanks MUCH Campbell!
We’re all not quite sure what has happened this season with Erin and Stormin, but we’re all glad never the less to see that there is still a pair very active on the nest ledge.
Posted on July 16, 2015 9:22 pm
July 13, 2015 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
CPF Postmaster Reports:
July 13th - 2015
Sandy continues to hang close to the nest ledge these days, and its very nice to see her on cam!
Photo sent in from Olga.
Thanks MUCH Olga!!
Posted on July 16, 2015 9:08 pm
