Confirmed male and female Juvenile at Hearn Generating Plant. Their flying high and at almost top level of plant.
Checked on William Osler Hospital Etobicoke all 4 chicks accounted for and doing fine.
Was out there this morning. Both juveniles have successfully fledged, found them on North side of Hospital between Stack and Nest Ledge. For sure, had the Adult Female. Possibly had the Adult Male too, but the Bird was at a distance.
Bruce
Our nest is mostly empty these days but I have attached some recent activity.
Bruce went out this morning to check on Yorgos and he is still on the peak of the roof being watched over by Linn so all is well.
6/22/2023 Tonight Was a slow start to the night no action from the young till about 7pm when i was about to leave Victor Had come in with some food flying right by the young one 2 mins after there it went flying off the wall up over the bridge back under miss landing on the one beam did more flying tried to land on another Beam could not make the landing again flew towards the back wall of the Bridge did not make the land all most fell off flew all the way down to above the water over where the nest site is came all the way back around went to land on the wall of the building next to the bridge miss that landing and fell to the ground Daisy then came flying by with food and finally came to the ground gave the young the food and took off both victor and daisy sat by close watching i lost site of the young on the ground then there it was back up on the corner of the building all wet feathers walking around on the ledge of the roof till about 8:30 pm took a another flight after Daisy had passed by it to the North East Corner of the Back wall on the bridge witch finally had a good landing on the wall Very strong flight’s tonight from the young it might be another easy year just have to keep an eye on it to make sure everything goes well here are some pictures from tonight.
When Bruce and I arrived we found Yorgos back on the 2nd floor level of the nest building above the shipping doors and Dad sitting on the glass pyramid above keeping watch . We had just got our chairs set up at the far east end of the parking lot to watch him and he flew off heading back towards the Kitchen building again. Bruce walked over to the west side of the parking lot and spotted him on the Kitchen building this time only 2 floors down from the roof so he had gained quite a bit of altitude. We the car over to the other end of the parking lot and set up our chairs on the grass boulevard to watch. He was content to sit on the window ledge for a while and Bruce said ok looks like he is going to stay put for a while so he headed in to the bathroom a few minutes later I got a text and was just typing my second word when Bruce came up from behind me and said where is he? I looked up and the little bugger was gone I only looked away for a few seconds. The search was on again it took about 2 hours but I finally saw mom flying over the top of the Nest building and I heard Yorgos yelling back at her. I called Bruce and told him he is up on the nest building somewhere but I can see him I can hear him clearly though. Bruce came back to join me and we searched the ledges with our binoculars but could not see him. Bruce went across the street to watch the west side and I stayed put to watch the south. About a half hour later dad stooped and grabbed a small bird right above me and flew off th the kitchen. Bruce said lets see where he takes the food. There was a in air transfer to Linn and she took it to the top peak of Yellow Pages made a couple of false landings and finally flew off without the food. Bruce looked up and said he thought he saw him up there so I used my Camera to zoom in and yes he was there. Linn came in and landed and watched him eat then flew down to the lower corner to the triangle peak to watch for a while. I don’t know because I did not see him fly there but I think the wind helped him get altitude because it was so windy today. He has learned to fly some distance to gain altitude and then use the other buildings as a step ladder to get higher and has gained the highest point in the area so we are now going to spot checks and Bruce will be out to check on him tomorrow.
Bruce and I to find Yorgos and Linn exactly where Mark left them last night Yorgos on the 2nd floor ledge above the shipping door and Linn on the lamp post watching him. We could see a leftovers food package sitting beside Yorgos and he had a full crop so she had fed him before we got there. And was comfortable sitting in the morning sun. Linn was preening and watching him and now watching us as well until a Red Wing Black Bird decided to stoop her. The Red Wing continued to pester her for over an hour before she finally decided she had enough of that and flew to a higher ledge on the building above Yorgos to watch her fledgling. Yorgos ran the ledge and did a lot of flapping for most of the morning and practiced hopping up on an air vent dozens of tines it was quite a game for him some times slipping off and trying again he played killing his leftover food for a wile and when he got board with that he threw it off the ledge to the ground and walked back over to the corner above the shipping door and settled down in a small shady spot and Linn flew off on a hunt. Later in the afternoon Yorgos decided to take flight and flew out over the parking lot gained height then flew west toward the building across the street losing some height and out of our sight. Bruce went after him looking all over the ground and lower ledges of the buildings and the roofs of the town homes on Millner. I joined him on the search and we finally found him on the forth floor window ledge of the building we call the Kitchen where Linn likes to prep food across from Yellow Pages. The ledge is slanted but had a ruff coating so I knew he would not slip off but it did take him a while to settle down and get his footing. He walked back and forth the ledge for a while before he decided to have a nap and there we sat watching him until Mark joined us for the evening watch. By sunset he was still sitting there comfortable and quite and Linn flew to a corner of the nest building where she could keep and eye on him and when it got dark we packed up to head home. Hopefully the takes another flight and gains height tomorrow.
PRE FLEDGE CHECK ON QUEST AND CANUCKS KIDS: Sally and I stopped by yesterday to see how Lady Lorelei and Valkyrie were coming along. It’s amazing how much they have grown… Also amazing that they will be ready to fledge next week!! Super cute!
SPOT CHECK DON MILLS/AMEXON : All three are looking good! Yesterday I only saw 2 and from the back lol. This morning before work, I saw Paige chowing down on her breakfast and only heard another. After work, I caught a food exchange with a 2nd juvie in pursuit. They landed on a ledge 4 floors down on the nest building. Gordon had the prize! The other watched for bit then slowly moved in, and took a large portion from him. I knew right away it had to be Lightfoot as he usually fought with Paige over food and besides, she had a huge breakfast! She finally showed me her band and it was indeed Lightfoot. Lovely to see all of them.
Yorgos did a nice flight along the overhand/canopy that runs the entire east side of the building so he is practising.
Linn checking in on the fledgling- brings him a single crappy pigeon leg (absolutely no meat on it)… and he’s not the slightest interested in it…LOL ??????
Sunset and the two are still standing together in quite a “family moment” touching beaks. She tried several times again to feed him the pigeon leg but he’s looking at it like it’s “yuk on a stick
No more flights and he is still on the overhang above the shipping doors
Linn is back on the lamp post in front of the shipping yelling at me and watching me VERY CLOSELY!
Mark
