June 15, 2011 - Brampton - Courthouse
CPF Postmaster Reports:
June 15th - 2011
Twice today both the male and female were perched next to each other away from the nest; thus leaving it unprotected. Luckily neither time was more than 10 minutes and both times involved food. First the male was hanging out on the East side, new behaviour - is typically near the nest on the West side, but then the female showed, vocalized, and he slowly but surely made his way on to the nest. She then flew off after some pigeons and out of sight. Later in the day I found the male flying over the nest area then he settled on the roof. He was joined by the female, who had food with her. There they stood for a few minutes before the male spotted a Starling and went after it. The Starlings are constantly flying near the nest and never attracted any attention. This was a long time coming but the hunt was unsuccessful. Once the male returned from his hunt the female returned to the nest.
Winston
Posted on June 16, 2011 12:58 am
June 10, 2011 - Brampton - Courthouse
CPF Postmaster Reports:
June 10th - 2011
A couple of shots from today. Food was being delivered to the nest site today around 1pm. Due to the nest being out of sight, and my inability to tell the male apart from the female, all I can say for certain is that one Peregrine delivered the food to the nest site and about two minutes later, a bird left with the food in its talons. There was some vocalization coming from the nest while the food was there but with the traffic I’m sure I missed a lot.
Winston
Posted on June 14, 2011 2:25 am
June 09, 2011 - Brampton - Courthouse
CPF Postmaster Reports:
June 6th - 2011
Nothing exciting to report today. The male was perched atop a corner of the courthouse just above the nest site and basically just sat there for the time I was watching. He was bombed, again, by a make AK. I am guessing he has a nest near by. However nothing really happened while I was there today but will look again tomorrow. Here’s a nice shot of him stretching.
Winston
Posted on June 14, 2011 2:23 am
June 08, 2011 - Brampton - Courthouse
Mark Nash Reports:
A huge thank you to Ed for sending in some of his photos that he captured today of Truss on the nest ledge. In these photos, you can get a clear look at Truss’s band number and a proof positive confirmation of her identity. As many of you are already aware, Truss is a local gal, produced at the Burlington Bridge nest site in 2009. She dawns a Black 36 over Black X
With so many failed eggs and low production from many of our southern Ontario urban nest sites this year, we all have our fingers crossed that Truss and Milton are successful in hatching their eggs again this year.
Stay tuned………..
Posted on June 8, 2011 10:48 pm
June 07, 2011 - Brampton - Courthouse
Mark Nash Reports:
A huge thank you to Winston for allowing us to post his great photos and observation report of Milton and Truss. Wish I was there!!!
Winston writes:
Hi Mark,
Good to hear that you are aware of the Brampton peregrines and that you are taking steps to communicate their presence.
I would love to help with photos or banding should the opportunity arise. I work close to the courthouse and could even help out on my lunch hours.
I am submitting some pictures from the last two days that I give permission to use. The ones of the Killdeer are from yesterday, the kill was dropped off at the Northwest corner, then the adult quickly flew off and today a not so friendly American Kestrel forced one of the peregrines from its perch and actually south down Hurontario towards the 407.
Good luck, and keep up the good work!
Winston
Posted on June 8, 2011 3:51 am
June 08, 2011 - Brampton - Courthouse
CPF Postmaster Reports:
We have finally been given permission to post the photos e-mailed to us from the folks at the Brampton courthouse where Milton and Truss are currently incubating at least two eggs.
A big thank you to the property manager for all of their support and photos.
Stay tuned, more news to follow………
Posted on June 8, 2011 3:02 am
May 30, 2011 - Brampton - Courthouse
Tracy Simpson Reports:
For all of the folks that have been looking for past postings and were unable to locate them, I have reposted them to the new Brampton Courthouse page for your reading. The dates will be bolded for ease of locating them.
On Monday May 30th, I was on-site at the Brampton Courthouse to confirm my recent sighting of the peregrine pair in an change over at their selected southwest ledge. I entered the building and once I was through the security checks, I was able to meet with Ed Czuchnicki, the Senior Facility Manager Central Region Zone A for CB Richard Ellis Ltd, ORC Property and Land Management Services. I was pleasantly surprised to hear how excited the staff at the courthouse were to have a pair of peregrine falcons nesting on their building. According to Mr. Czuchnicki and his staff, this is the second year that the birds have nested at this site. I was able to gain access with Mr. Czucknicki to the window that overlooks the area in which I suspected that the birds were nesting and was rewarded with a view of Milton, the resident male, in incubation on the ledge. Milton then stood up and gave me the opportunity to view the two eggs that he was diligently caring for!! This is certainly exciting news as there has been a change in resident females since the territory was first occupied in the early spring. Initially the resident female was unbanded as can be seen in photographs taken back in March. The current resident female is Truss, a 2009 hatch from the Burlington Lift Bridge. The CPF will be working with our latest peregrine supporters at the Brampton Courthouse to make this nest site a huge success for all in 2011.
Posted on June 4, 2011 6:46 pm
May 27, 2011 - Brampton - Courthouse
Tracy Simpson Reports:
This was another of the earlier posts that were dropped when we updated our system. I apologize for the missing post but here it is. I have bolded the date for ease of reference.
May 27th - I was on-site at the Brampton Courthouse today to look for activity at the site. The resident male, Milton, was roosting on the southwest corner of the sub-roof. Within 10 minutes he flew off and landed on the same ledge just a few metres north and disappeared. Moments later he emerged with food and took it to the southwest corner one ledge below where he was roosting. As he landed, the female popped up, took the food and left that ledge to go to the sub-roof and eat. As Truss, the resident female, took off the male jumped down into the ledge and disappeared. With only one adult being seen at a time, their behavior and the change off that I witnessed all point to the incubation of something. I will be on-site early next week to see if I can get a view of that ledge and ascertain just what the resident pair are looking after there.
Posted on May 27, 2011 6:45 pm
April 30, 2011 - Brampton - Courthouse
Tracy Simpson Reports:
Here is the post that was dropped when we updated our posting system regarding the identification of the territorial male at the Brampton Courthouse dated April 30th.
Bruce Massey was on-site today and was able to make a positive identification of the male. It is the bird known as Milton that was hatched at the Gulf Tower in Pittsburg in 2002. This male and his young mate, Truss from the Burlington Lift Bridge in 2009, are still holding the territory but their status as a nesting pair is still in question. While copulation was witnessed by Bruce last week, the adults are being seen off of the ledge at the same time most often. There was a period today where both birds entered the ledge and “discussed the situation” but it is apparent that incubation is not underway at this time. With the change over of the female from an unbanded one reported earlier to now being Truss has certainly disrupted cycles and timing at this potentially new site. We will continue to monitor and update as we follow the pair this season.
Posted on April 30, 2011 6:08 pm
April 24, 2011 - Brampton - Courthouse
Tracy Simpson Reports:
Bruce Massey was on-site at the Brampton Courthouse today and was able to positively identify the female by her alpha numeric band number. Up to this point, the pair at the courthouse consisted of a banded male and an unbanded female as reported earlier. The female is Black 36 over Black X. Her name is Truss and she was hatched and banded at the Burlington Lift Bridge in 2009. It would appear that Truss is now the resident female and Bruce was able to witness copulation and lots of vocalizations around the southwest corner of the building where there is a ledge that they appear interested in. The identity of the male remains elusive and until we have positive confirmation of the alpha numeric band number, considering all of the combinations available, we won’t speculate as to who he is. We will certainly continue to monitor the site for potential nesting and pictures of the building will follow shortly.
Posted on April 24, 2011 1:11 pm
