Raindrops keep falling on my head. Me and a baby falcon don’t like getting wet. La la la. Young Tornado fledged this morning. She’s way up there on Starlight building and hopefully stays that way. The current showers have got her pretty antsy.
Rob Muller
No photos, no news because nothing happened. TORNADO is still on the nest ledge. We’re hoping for a fledge in the next couple of days. I found DART on his favourite ledge on ADP just before 8 pm. What a difference from last night! No flight activity, no air show. Mom brought food for TORNADO at around 8:30. She devoured it then Dad came in and ate as well. I didn’t see any food taken over to DART. I left at 9 pm. It was great to spend a few hours with Mark who came to keep watch on TORNADO and hopefully see some flight activity. Well .. tomorrow is another day. Cheers, Lucie
I’ve been stopping off at Bloor/Islington for the past few days since I couldn’t see DART and TORNADO on the webcam. The two juvies tend to be under the camera where it’s a bit shadier. Yesterday, no matter how far I back I went I couldn’t see DART (blue tape). So marked the first day of fledge watch.
Doing a complete walk around the area, ledges and ground, I didn’t see anything, so I just waited. Six hours later (5:30 pm), there he was, a little blob perched on the ADP ledge. For the next three hours, I watched him exercise his wings, but that was it. Mom, D’ARCY, perched across on the Starlight building, while Dad, LUCKY, remained on the ledge with his little girl.
The most interesting part of the evening was watching D’ARCY and LUCKY encourage DART to fly. They circled around him while he was screaming at them. I don’t know when he was fed last. D’ARCY left to hunt and it was so cute watching LUCKY fly out to meet her and then they returned together while she fed TORNADO. D’ARCY took the rest of food and flew to Starlight and waited for DART to fly to her. She circled around him and tried again. That wasn’t going to happen, so D’ARCY eventually gave up and just took the food over to him and dropped it off.
She and LUCKY remained out of sight for the rest of the evening. DART finished his meal, did a flew flaps and that was it for the night. I left at 8:30.
We’ll see what Day 2 brings. Cheers, Lucie
Lucie has been checking on the chicks daily for the last week. The chicks are getting ready perhaps a fledge in the next couple days.
Both chicks on the nest tray this morning.
pictures taken from the swing Stage.
More photos from Roger Leekam of today’s banding. Darcey snatched Mark’s hat and threw it down on the lower mezinine.
One girl and one boy for Darcy and Lucky.
The first banded was the boy weighing in at 630 grams his band is C over 17 with blue tape on the solver band His name is Dart.
The Second banded the girl was 760 grams her band is 02 over AB with Red tape on the silver band Her name is Tornado.
Both chicks checked out healthy and were feisty like their mom who gave the crew on the swing stage a trouncing this year and who stole Mark Nash’s hat and threw it on the lower mezzanine.
Thanks go out to Frieda Lauw from CBRE Tenant Engagement Service for setting up the banding and for running the name the chick contest. There were so many great names submitted so thanks to everyone who sent in their choices.
We would also like to thank Sky Reach’s swing stage crew Jay and Dave for the ride up to the nest and for their bravery in facing the wrath of Darcey 
More photos to come.
Fledge watch will start in about 2 weeks so stay tuned for updates and more photos.
If you are looking at the web cam and see cables in front of the nest don’t worry its the swing Stage cables.The stage has to be set up before the long weekend to be ready for Tuesdays banding of the chicks.
Banding day will not be a public event this year due to COVID-19 restrictions but we will post all photos and information about the chicks after the banding.