May 25, 2022 - Greater Toronto - Private Residential 1
Marion Nash Reports:
Some photos from Martin Dekkers of the extraction, banding and some from Mark Nash of banding and on the roof prepping for the drop to the nest..
4 chicks hatched and banded 3 girls one boy. All healthy and good weights.
Female 885 grams band 09 over AB with Re tape on US band named Dutches.
Female 900 grams band 10 over AB with yellow tape on US band named Victoria.
Female 820 grams band 14 over AB with Green tape on US band named Diana.
Male 625 grams band C over 30 with Blue tape on US band named Braveheart.
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Thanks to all the people that came out to view the event.
Big thanks to the Peregrine Falcon Foundation folks who came out.
Their informative description of what was happening was most helpful.
All pictures will be added to our 2022 Photo Album that will
be posted on Building Link at the completion of our 2022 event.
Thanks to Maggie Pawlak for her picture contribution.
Marlene Cater and Martin Dekkers
Posted on May 25, 2022 11:43 am
May 18, 2022 - Toronto - Don Mills
Cathy Kerr Reports:
UPDATE ON DON MILLS: Quest and Mysterys brood are growing leaps and bounds…all good here…showing the latest pics first(18th), then the 14th..amazing growth!!
Posted on May 20, 2022 6:54 pm
May 19, 2022 - Toronto - Don Mills and Eglinton - Amexon
Cathy Kerr Reports:
Good news at DON MILLS/AMEXON: We have a hatch!! Congrats to Holden and Nagata! Thanks to my son for coming up with me to check for a hatch…egg shell still there so very newly hatched! I am hoping that I am right in seeing a small pip in the other egg. Won’t be going up again to check until banding…parents quite upset(rightly so) with our presence- walking to the car with our hard hats brought both out and circled over us, ushering us to our car lol. Good parents. As the banding is the only other time we’ll see them until they are ready to fledge(they are high and hidden), hope you enjoy the pics I quickly took of this little cutie
Posted on May 20, 2022 6:50 pm
May 18, 2022 - Mississauga - Executive Centre
Marion Nash Reports:
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Posted on May 18, 2022 12:30 pm
May 18, 2022 - Greater Toronto - Private Residential 1
Marion Nash Reports:
Here are a couple of pictures taken by my fellow photographer Maggie Pawlak.
Aria feeding her young ones while Indie watches, then takes the food and flies
off with it to feed herself.
The last picture was taken on Tuesday evening and shows just how much they
have grown already, and….we can even see some black feathers poking thru.
Martin
Posted on May 18, 2022 12:13 pm
May 18, 2022 - Mississauga - Executive Centre
Marion Nash Reports:
Thanks to Colliers International property management for again hosting the banding and for Sky Reach Window Washing for getting Mark Nash from CPF up to the nest to extract the chicks.
2 of the 4 eggs hatched and 2 boys banded.
Extracting the chicks went very well but just as she has done in the past Erin did not leave the nest and stood her ground. She was calm the entire time but as Mark Nash who went up on the swing stage to collect the chicks said if looks could kill. Erin struck out with her talons each time he grabbed a chick and on the last strike her talons poked through the glove and gave him something to remember her by.
The first chick banded weighed in at 590 grams at 21 days old band number C over 25 with blue tape he was named Mohamed the second another male weighed 535 grams band number C over 27 with Blue tape and named Ishaq.
I would also like to thank Security and maintenance staff who the chicks were named after and who have over the years have kept a close eye on the fledglings and helped us locate missing fledglings, conduct rescues and get us up to the roof to release then for a second chance. Without their help survival rates would be much lower.
Posted on May 18, 2022 12:11 pm
May 18, 2022 - Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton
Marion Nash Reports:
Steven McGough from Solar Group window washing said of Haven boy this girl gets more aggressive every year and yes true to form Haven gave him a through trouncing and peregrine mom scolding while extracting the chicks. If not for the bravery of these guys we could not have banded the chicks at this site, it’s not easy to find someone willing to take her wrath.
As always I would like to thank Security and Igor from Oxford building Management for helping make this banding happen and for being such great hosts.
There were 4 chicks 2 boys and 1 girl and one too young to tell for sure. The first 3 chicks were all banded but the last was a very late hatch and was at least a week younger than the others and too small for proper sizing of the band so we decided not to band him/her. We did get it weight on this little one at 315 grams and about 12 to 13 days old so we named this chick Jamie. If he/she comes to ground during fledge we will band it before we put it back to the roof. The others were as follows
495 grams boy 20 days old banded C over 28 named Oli with green tape on the silver band
645 grams Girl at 19 Days old banded 08 over AB named Sasha with red tape on her silver band
405 grams boy at 17 days old banded C over 21 named Neven with Yellow tape on the silver band.
We also had a special treat today Monica Brighton of TVO attended, filmed and assisted with the banding this year and we will post some of the video or links to it soon.
Posted on May 18, 2022 12:04 pm
May 16, 2022 - Toronto - Don Mills and Eglinton - Amexon
Marion Nash Reports:
We went down to the Toronto Downtown Sheraton nest to check on the nest and can confirm that the female is Tardis produced at the Don Mills and Eglinton nest site in 2019 and the male is Spicy P produced at Canada Square Young and Eglinton Toronto in 2019.
The pair was seen bowing and chuping at each other as well as beak touching so they are still a bonded pair and they stooped the windows as we passed going into the mechanical room to the nest hatch however there were no chicks and no eggs laid as of yet.
We will continue to check on the nest and will post updates if there are any eggs laid.
Posted on May 16, 2022 7:07 pm
May 16, 2022 - Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton
Marion Nash Reports:
We went down to the Toronto Downtown Sheraton nest to check on the nest and can confirm that the female is Tardis produced at the Don Mills and Eglinton nest site in 2019 and the male is Spicy P produced at Canada Square Young and Eglinton Toronto in 2019.
The pair was seen bowing and chuping at each other as well as beak touvhing so they are still a bonded pair and they stooped the windows as we passed going into the mechanical room to the nest hatch however there were no chicks and no eggs laid as of yet.
We will continue to check on the nest and will post updates if there are any eggs laid.
Posted on May 16, 2022 7:06 pm
May 16, 2022 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
Marion Nash Reports:
We went down to the Toronto Downtown Sheraton nest to check on the nest and can confirm that the female is Tardis produced at the Don Mills and Eglinton nest site in 2019 and the male is Spicy P produced at Canada Square Young and Eglinton Toronto in 2019.
The pair was seen bowing and chuping at each other as well as beak touvhing so they are still a bonded pair and they stooped the windows as we passed going into the mechanical room to the nest hatch however there were no chicks and no eggs laid as of yet.
We will continue to check on the nest and will post updates if there are any eggs laid.
Posted on May 16, 2022 7:05 pm
