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Bruce Massey Reports:
Checked in at Yellow Pages, for about a half an Hour or so, and saw pretty well what I expected. With the Cool weather and fairly high wind speed, I observed no action around the Nest Ledge, as the Adult would be tight to it. The one thing I also noticed was no 2nd Adult present (Figured I would check Bell before I came Home- See Report @ Bell Page) Anyway, no prescence seen in the Half an Hour or so I was on site.
Posted on May 31, 2009 2:00 pm
May 24, 2009 - Scarborough - Yellow Pages
Bruce Massey Reports:
Spent about 2 hours at the Scarbourgh Yellow Pages site. Found the Female and saw her for 1.5 Hrs. She then went to the Nest and the Male flew out and over to the Building to the West (The one with the interesting Upright Window Structures). Here he spent about 5 minutes preening, but unfortunately all I could see was his Mauve/Red Band on his right leg, his left leg was not in view and was blocked. he then flew North and to the West out of sight.
Posted on May 24, 2009 2:43 pm
May 20, 2009 - Scarborough - Yellow Pages
Bruce Massey Reports:
The short answer is yes, when I arrived 1915 Hrs. there was a Male kiting high over the Building. Then the Female appeared low around the building and then landed on the top. The Male then did a long shallow stoop to the other side of the building. I finally found him on the North West sign, but other than getting a brief look at his US Fish and Wildlife Band, which in the Sun looked the regulation Silver. He flew around a bit alighting on an antenna and then stooped off to the SouthWest. By the time I arrived around that side he had landed just by the lights at the base of the Triangle. He was perched on a wire in the right position to see that his other Band was Black over Green, but with the distance plus the light I couldn’t make out any of the Numbers or Letters on it. The other thing was in that light the F&W Band didn’t look light but darker. He stooped to the East and for the 2nd time in my Observing Peregrines I saw him killing the Prey in Mid-Air. He flew it around to the Nest Ledge and by the time I had repositioned there was a bird on the Building to the West at the top of the building with rather noticeable Glass Arch. As I scoped this bird it was I suspected, the male had swapped places with the Female (Lawrie). The Male later popped up at the Nest Ledge, and then swapped buildings with the Female. The male disappeared as I lost my light and was breaking down my Scope.
Posted on May 20, 2009 10:06 pm
May 20, 2009 - Scarborough - Yellow Pages
Mark Nash Reports:
We had a chance this afternoon to do another site visit to check on Lawrie’s progress. With a quick check from the upper elevations, we were able to reconfirm that Lawrie still has only two eggs in this clutch and is currently in full time incubation. She was viewed settled down in hard incubation and was not bothered at all by our presence, somewhat unusual behavior - especially for Lawrie the “killer peregrine” that we have come to know and love. What was even more unusual, was that the lack of a territorial male’s presence on site during the entire time of our visit. Over the course of more than two hours on site, at no time did we see the presence of a male which is very odd indeed. We spent the several hours at ground level visiting all of the usual roosting places where Ruben could have been typically found, but he was no where to found. While he may have been out hunting, we would not have expected him (or any territorial male that has a female on eggs) to leave both her and the territory alone for this long. This is very strange indeed…
I have included a photo of Lawrie incubating and a photo of the old nest ledge on the south west corner with the broken egg shells visible. Notice the spider webs now covering the egg fragments. It is also worth noting that Lawrie is looking very ragged and un-kept. Once again, very strange.
Stay tuned, more to come
Posted on May 20, 2009 9:45 pm
May 08, 2009 - Scarborough - Yellow Pages
Mark Nash Reports:
Some bad news, some good news, and some interesting news!
First the bad news. After a detailed inspection of the upper roof area and the lower ledges below, we initially focused our attention on the new nest ledge on the south west corner that Kathy had reported earlier seeing the birds on. Utilizing a wireless remote camera lowered by a small thin wire down from the upper roof area to the nest ledge below, we saw the bad news: several broken egg shells, but no signs of hatchlings or adult peregrines could be found. Knowing that it was much too early for a hatch, we continued our inspection on each of the other ledges as they wind their way around the building. Finally as we approached the north west corner, we were finally greeted by an adult airborne peregrine, rather annoyed by our presence. Now the Good news! As we lowered the camera down to the ledge on the north west corner we were able to view two eggs - (quite different in colour as the photo indicates) with a second adult peregrine standing on the outer rim of the same ledge. While the photos are terrible, they do show the two eggs and the second adult peregrine standing on the ledge flashing. A very quick “eyeball glance” confirmed the solid black band number of 88 over H. It appears that the pair have changed nest ledges and re-clutched. Given that copulation was observed only yesterday, (and the fact that broken eggs have been discovered), they are obviously in the middle of laying a second clutch of eggs. This being observed, full time incubation won’t likely begin until the second last egg is finally laid. We will have to keep a very close eye on the happenings to get a handle on whats going on.
Posted on May 9, 2009 2:07 am
May 07, 2009 - Scarborough - Yellow Pages
Mark Nash Reports:
Kathy reports today that she observed several copulations by the adults today at the Yellow pages nest site and we are very suspicious as to what is happening out there,, due in part that the last time observations were made, there was only one adult being seen at any given time. The adults were observed during a changing of the guard on several occasions, and this typically suggests that full time incubation is already well underway. Given this news, we will have to do a site visit to better understand what is happening, as their should not be copulation going on after eggs have been laid and full time incubation has started. Stay tuned, more to come tomorrow…..
Posted on May 9, 2009 1:32 am
April 23, 2009 - Scarborough - Yellow Pages
Kathy Smith Reports:
I was watching the birds this morning and saw them both off the site at the same time. The first time I lost the one behind the building and then a few minutes later I saw one leave the nest site. Think maybe I just missed seeing him return but then I was following the flight of one towards the 401 and soon after saw the other one leave the nest ledge but returned shortly after.
These are the pics.
Paul also thinks this is their site and has seen them in and out of there.
Kathy
Posted on April 23, 2009 11:10 am
April 23, 2009 - Scarborough - Yellow Pages
Mark Nash Reports:
While the birds have been difficult to get a handle on this season due to their nest ledge change, it appears that we have finally got some good news. Kathy reports seeing a changing of the guard earlier this week and it appears that the full time incubation is under well underway. Until the camera is up and running, we will have to rely on the good old way of observing from the street level to further gather logistics on the happenings. Both adults were observed on site and everything seems to be playing out the way it should be. Stay tuned…..
Posted on April 23, 2009 7:01 am
