March 30, 2016 - Toronto - Don Mills and Eglinton - Amexon
Mark Nash Reports:
March 30th - 2016
As a result of my site visit yesterday, I am delighted to confirm that the resident pair are in fact tending to eggs and involved in full-time incubation. While it took some searching, I was finally able to locate their “new” nest location. While it is still on the 250 Ferrand Drive building,, the pair have changed ledge yet again,, and this time have set up house on the south facing lower ledge! *See attached photos
Chester was on hand (actually overhead) to let me know that he was watching my activity very very closely!
This could spell some good or some bad news for the fledglings,, depending on how it shakes out at fledge time! Now, the ideal place to be to observe the nest ledge is further south on Ferrand Drive, (at the Library). With spotting scope or binoculars the overall nest ledge is in plain view. **See attached photos
Posted on March 31, 2016 7:07 pm
March 30, 2016 - Mississauga - Holcim
Tracy Simpson Reports:
I have been out several times in the past week checking in on the activity at Holcim. Both adults seem to be favoring the old nest box in the heart of the plant which has made identifying the pair heartily frustrating. They are both out and active with copulation ongoing so eggs will be hopefully coming. The big question is where will the eggs be laid and who are the adults. I will be back out soon to try and figure that out.
Posted on March 30, 2016 10:02 am
March 30, 2016 - Toronto - King Street
Bruce Massey Reports:
This past weekend I spent a total of 11 hours monitoring the activity at King Street. The adults were both in and out of the nest ledge often during my visits and there were two attempts at copulation while I was there. Erin spent a great deal of time on the St. James spire, one of her favorite spots, and I was able to read her recovery band. She is black over red B over rotated D with a faded purple USFW. Stormin spent time roosting on the south roofline of 18 King Street and I was able to see his solid black 30 over Y.
Both adults were paying a great deal of attention to the north end of the nest ledge, preferring that to the bowl commonly used behind the pillar. At times Erin would go and lay down in the nest bowl and Stormin would visit her with gifts of food. While we are unsure whether they will produce eggs this year, they certainly are trying.
Posted on March 30, 2016 9:47 am
March 30, 2016 - Toronto - Don Mills and Eglinton - Amexon
Bruce Massey Reports:
Yesterday I stopped by the Amexon site to try and identify the resident adults and the nest ledge of choice this year. The male was out and active all over the Sony and Infor signs and I was able to confirm his band number. His solid black Ontario band is 95 over Y with a silver USFW. This is Chester hatch at the Yonge and Eglinton site in 2011. The female was photographed by Ann Brokelman over the weekend and is unbanded which is consistent with Jenna who has been resident female for the past several years.
I stayed and watched for several hours but Jenna did not make an appearance. Chester was doing fly bys of several of the ledges and was paying no particular attention to any certain one of them. I will be back today to try and witness a shift change and determine which ledge they have chosen this year.
Posted on March 30, 2016 9:41 am
March 30, 2016 - Etobicoke - William Osler
Tracy Simpson Reports:
After MEC, I headed down to the William Osler site to check in after CPF received a report from Ross Bartlett of three eggs in the nest bowl. When I arrived, the resident female was on her favorite corner on the southeast side of the ledge watching her mate in the nest tray incubating the eggs. I left her there preening to hook up with Ross and security for access up to the mechanical room and the camera monitor. When we arrived upstairs, the male was in the tray incubating and four gentleman who have been working inside the mechanical area for the past week said that the fourth egg was laid today completing the clutch. According to these gents (sorry I didn’t get your names) the first egg arrived last week on Wed Mar 22nd.
What makes this all interesting is that I was on site last week on Friday attempting to identify both the resident adults and whether eggs were present yet. Security was very busy that day so a trip upstairs was not great timing. I opted instead for observations from the ground. On Friday during the two hours I was there, neither adult was anywhere near the nest tray and while the female looked ready (puffy abdomen with a dose of egg lethargy in the afternoon sun) I wasn’t sure and made mental note to return. So instead of focusing on the nest tray, they were instead focused on something out to the east. This had the male very agitated and active and I suspect this is due to the return of Hurricane from migration.
Each winter for the past three years, Hurricane the resident male, has migrated for the winter. After he leaves, Casper, the resident male of our Viscount territory just 5km away, comes and spends the winter with Chessie as his mate Claire also migrates. When Hurricane returns, he drives young Casper back out to his territory and life for Chessie and Hurricane returns to status quo. Add to that reports from Ross over the past two weeks of three falcons on site I believe that Hurricane is back and disruptions were ongoing right up to and including last Friday.
Who is the victor this year? Don’t know yet. What I can say for sure is that the male is banded with a solid black recovery band and silver USFW consistent with a Canadian born bird and the female is wearing a black over green recovery band and silver USFW consistent (but unverified) with Chessie. I will be back this week to try and find out.
Posted on March 30, 2016 9:33 am
March 30, 2016 - Mississauga - Executive Centre
Tracy Simpson Reports:
Yesterday I was out at the MEC nest site in an attempt to get the camera flowing to the internet. A big thank you to Peter and Manny for your assistance in getting it up and running! From the mechanical room level I could see that there were four eggs now in the nest bowl, the same bowl used last year, that had them tucked up into the small blind spot at the far side of the nest box. The male was incubating at the time and the female was out on the Symcor sign soaking up the sun. After spending some time identifying where the problem was with the camera and initiating some help with that, I went back outside just in time for a shift change. While I wasn’t able to get a read on the female, the resident male is still unbanded so his origins remain unknown. This is consistent with the male last year that we nicknamed Renegade. I will be back in the days to come to get a read on the resident female.
Posted on March 30, 2016 9:17 am
March 29, 2016 - Mississauga - Executive Centre
CPF Postmaster Reports:
March 29th - 2016
Its been a long while, but well worth the wait!! I received an e-mail from Manny at Colliers and MEC today with some very good news indeed!! In addition to the internet connection problems having been fixed allowing the web camera to finally deliver its live colour images out for global viewing again,,, the attached photo says a thousands words!!!
Four eggs,, two resident adults on site and in attendance!!
Life is good at MEC!!! 
Posted on March 30, 2016 12:24 am
March 29, 2016 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
CPF Postmaster Reports:
March 29 - 2016
It would appear that one of two recently laid eggs has been broken 
Sadly, this is one of the typical results of an urban nest ledge,, where there is little to no nesting sub-straight base for the peregrines to dig out a proper nest bowl to contain and coddle the eggs in safety so they can be incubated properly. (Thus the need for a nest tray and proper nesting sub-straight)! But,,
For what ever reason, the resident female decided to lay her eggs outside of the nest tray this season, and as we have seen many times over the past 20 years where the peregrines have not used the nest tray, the results are all too familiar.
Once again, there seems to be lots of activity on and off of the Toronto Sheraton nest ledge, but the adults are not giving us any decent views of their leg bands and positive identification has yet to be confirmed.
Posted on March 29, 2016 12:28 pm
March 29, 2016 - Kitchener - CTV-Bell Media Tower
Lisa Reh Reports:
Yesterday at 6:00 p.m. we could see Mystery behaving slightly differently in the nest. Her breathing seemed to be heavier and her body movements looked like she was labouring. Just after 7:15 this morning, the adult sitting on the nest left to reveal Egg no. 4!!!! A little while later, Caster came in and checked out all the eggs and wiggled down on them.
Posted on March 29, 2016 9:32 am
March 28, 2016 - Etobicoke - William Osler
CPF Postmaster Reports:
March 28th - 2016
We have received additional good news from Ross out at the William Osler hospital,, that his last check of the web cam monitor, that he had three eggs very visible in the nest tray!! While we can’t confirm the “who’s who” yet as far as who the resident adults actually are,, there is a resident pair for sure!!
We’ll have to wait for the results of a site visit a little later on in the week in an effort to start identifying the resident adults.
Stay tuned………..
Posted on March 28, 2016 10:52 pm
