July 19, 2015 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
CPF Postmaster Reports:
July 19th - 2015
Trying to catch-up with some of the back logged observation reports, we found this report from Lesley Togawa that got grabbed by the new anti-spam software 
- (along with allot of other mail)!
Thank you much Lesley for sharing these shots and observation report with us!!!
Lesley writes:
Some photos of Sandy(?) enjoying the beautiful weather today and putting on an amazing airshow flying right by our window. We can see the nest at the top of the Sheraton and have watched Sandy daily since she hatched.
Posted on September 2, 2015 2:59 pm
August 28, 2015 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
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August 28th - 2015
After being away , we’re only now just trying to catch-up with all of the back logged mail and news. Thank you to Olga for capturing and sending in this web cam shot of an adult on the Toronto Sheraton Hotel nest ledge. What makes this shot VERY VERY interesting, is that the adult peregrine in her photograph appears NOT TO BANDED!!??
After spending some time this morning with the photo in Photoshop, trying to blow it up and playing with the light to get a better perspective on the shot, it still appears that the bird is NOT dawning any leg bands!!!
If this is the case, could one of the long standing resident adults (Tiago or Rhea-Mae) have been displaced / replaced,, or simply just not at home when this un-banded adult dropped in????????
Posted on September 2, 2015 1:13 pm
August 11, 2015 - International, National and Local News
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Tuesday Aug. 11th - 2015
A big thank you to Darcy and family for getting this observation report into us, and to Pamela Boese for the photos of a pair of Peregrines that have been hanging around the Holiday Inn on Ontario Street in St. Catherine’s Ontario. While neither of the two adult peregrines in Pam’s photos showed much of their legs, it does appear that at least one of the birds might be banded.
So the challenge is on,, can anyone get a photo of either of the birds that can identify any band numbers??
Darcy writes:
There is a pair of peregrines, I’ve seen them together on two separate days. But there’s usually only one of them, and I couldn’t tell you if it was the male or the female. And when they’re both together, they’re both kind of noisy.
They seem to like the front of the Holiday Inn on Ontario Street. It’s got a nice and high vantage point, and plenty of protection, plus it’s really close to the Twelve Mile Creek for dinner, er, wildlife. You’ve got to scan the whole front of the building to find them sometimes, every nook, corner, and ledge.
I’ve also spotted them on top of the hydro tower between the old GM plant and the hotel, overlooking the Creek.
One morning last week, I watched the bird swoop down, crash into something midair, there was an enormous poof of black feathers (about triple its wingspan wide), and then it perched on a traffic light to watch its prey, well, linger. And I know that at least one of them likes it downtown too, I just got to work while a panicked swarm of pigeons was being chased.
Posted on September 1, 2015 11:33 am
