Toronto - Don Mills and Eglinton - Amexon

A photo treat from Ann

June 02, 2014 - Toronto - Don Mills and Eglinton - Amexon

Marion Nash Reports:

Here are some very nice shots of the happy couple.

Banding Day - 3 hatchlings, - 2 males and 1 female!

June 29, 2014 - Toronto - Don Mills and Eglinton - Amexon

Marion Nash Reports:

June 29th - 2014 - Banding day!
A big thank you to the folks from Amexon for giving us space to band the baby falcons. We were very happy to find 3 healthy chicks 2 male and 1 female all at a very good weight.

We also wish to thank John Miller for his expertise and nerve in repelling down to the nest to extract the chicks for us and to Lisa Fosco for assisting OMNR at the banding table.

805 grams Female 23 days old named Zeballos
605 grams male 23 days old named Cooper
625 grams male 24 days old named McKenney

Photos to follow

!!! Amexon - Don Mills nest site banding success! 3 hatchlings!

May 29, 2014 - Toronto - Don Mills and Eglinton - Amexon

Mark Nash Reports:

Thursday May 29th - 2014
Banding day success!
Stay tuned, details to come with lots of photos!

!!! Correction onn Banding Day

May 20, 2014 - Toronto - Don Mills and Eglinton - Amexon

Marion Nash Reports:

Sorry for the error banding day is May 29th at 2:00 PM not June 5th as earlier posted.

Banding day is set.

May 20, 2014 - Toronto - Don Mills and Eglinton - Amexon

Marion Nash Reports:

Banding day for the Amexon-Don Mills and Eglinton chicks will be June 5th at 2:00PM

!!! Amexon - Don Mills & Eglinton nest - Three Hatchlings confirmed!!

May 15, 2014 - Toronto - Don Mills and Eglinton - Amexon

Mark Nash Reports:

May 15th - 2014
I was finally able to get back to the Amexon nest site at Don Mills and Eglinton this afternoon to do a quick check. While we aware that their had been a hatch, we needed to know just how many (and in particular, how old are the hatchlings) to see if we can coordinate and arrange a banding time with MNR?

With a lucky few minutes as the rain stopped, I was able to snap a few photos of mom along with her three newest family members. Three new bright white hatchlings were observed all huddled together after just being fed.

The three young hatchlings appear to be between 10 and 13 days old and they all look very healthy indeed. Obviously the forth egg didn’t hatch and has long since been eaten by one of the resident adults.

Congratulations to the Amexon management group!! Your foster parents again this season, this time with three hatchlings!!
Stay tuned with more news as it becomes available……

!!! Amexon - Don Mills - Full time incubation and 4 eggs confirmed!

April 28, 2014 - Toronto - Don Mills and Eglinton - Amexon

Mark Nash Reports:

Monday April 28th - 2014
A quick site visit to the Don Mills nest site revealed what we were all suspecting, full time incubation is well underway and four eggs!!
While the Don Mills pair are now into their third year of nesting, they have chosen to set up house on the east column top of 250 Ferrand Drive instead of the sister building at 150.

For the past few weeks, the pair have been observed coming and going from a ledge on the top of an east facing column on 250 Ferrand Drive and obviously decided to utilize this new spot to lay and incubate their eggs.

The timing of my visit was perfect, as I caught the two involved in a shift change and was easily able to snap a few photos of resident adult moving onto the eggs. The best news, is that they are in hard incubation with 4 eggs and we’re all pretty excited about this news. Sadly, although, I was not able to get an identity of either resident adult birds given the speed of the shift change and my viewing angle.

Stay tuned,,,,,,,,,,

!!! Amexon - Don Mills - Full time incubation and 4 eggs confirmed!

April 28, 2014 - Toronto - Don Mills and Eglinton - Amexon

CPF Postmaster Reports:

Monday April 28th - 2014
A quick site visit to the Don Mills nest site revealed what we were all suspecting, full time incubation is well underway and four eggs!!
While the Don Mills pair are now into their third year of nesting, they have chosen to set up house on the east column top of 250 Ferrand Drive instead of the sister building at 150.

For the past few weeks, the pair have been observed coming and going from a ledge on the top of an east facing column on 250 Ferrand Drive and obviously decided to utilize this new spot to lay and incubate their eggs.

The timing of my visit was perfect, as I caught the two involved in a shift change and was easily able to snap a few photos of resident adult moving onto the eggs. The best news, is that they are in hard incubation with 4 eggs and we’re all pretty excited about this news. Sadly, although, I was not able to get an identity of either resident adult birds given the speed of the shift change and my viewing angle.

Stay tuned,,,,,,,,,,

Chester and Jenna on Eggs at DeBeers

April 07, 2014 - International, National and Local News

Tracy Simpson Reports:

Yesterday Bruce and I went out to the ICICI nest site at Don Mills and Eglinton for a check in on the progress being made by Jenna and Chester towards hatching young.  When we arrived, we checked in with security first and then made our way out to the parking lot.  After a quick scan we located Chester right away on the Foresters sign where he was roosting on the R; Jenna was not in sight.  We set up to watch Chester and see where he was going to go when he moved. He came off of the sign heading straight for us and when he got over the parking lot he flew past the east side of 250 Ferrand and then circled back landing on the DeBeers sign.  There he sat preening for about 15 minutes before he was off heading back to the Foresters building.  He landed in the O and I must say retrieved a substantial cache from the back of the letter.  It looked more gull sized than anything and he began to chow down.  After eating his fill he flew back over to the DeBeers building and right up into the east ledge.  He disappeared into the ledge being very vocal and about 1 minute later, he was out and on the DeBeers sign once again where we were able to confirm his band number.  All of Chester’s attention was focused on the DeBeers building at 250 Ferrand, sister building to ICICI, and so we kept our eyes glued to his every move.  He stayed on the sign a little longer this time before he was in the air and back over to the east ledge of DeBeers.  He disappeared into the back of the ledge for several minutes but this time it was Jenna, the unbanded resident female, that came out to the edge of the ledge and took flight.  She didn’t go very far, just around the corner to the sign, where she took up position showing off her very full crop.  I think Chester must have muscled her out of there insisting that it was his turn to incubate.

The great news is that Chester and Jenna are in full time incubation.  The interesting news is that the have decided to switch it up and change buildings.  They are on the exact same ledge as last year but instead on the sister building to ICICI.  We aren’t sure when they went down on the eggs full time but we believe that given recent observations that they may in fact be a good week into it.

Pictures to follow.

!!! Spent a few hours and sadly no sighting of anyone!! Amexon Nest site - Don Mills & Eglinton - (ICICI)

March 30, 2014 - International, National and Local News

CPF Postmaster Reports:

March 30th - 2014

Amexon Nest site - Don Mills & Eglinton - (ICICI)
While I know that I likely over reacting, it was never the less somewhat disturbing after spending several hours at the Don Mills nest site at Eglinton Ave and Don Mills Road having not seen either of the two resident peregrines anywhere. After more than an hour of sitting and watching the nest building and nest ledge, we decided to take a tour around the neighborhood to check all of the usual roosting spots and leading edges of most all of the other buildings from various viewing spots, and each turned up negative. No peregrines anywhere to be found!!
After talking to security, they did inform us that their grins were very vocal several days earlier, and could be herd from the ground level, so we know that have been around.
What was also somewhat disturbing, was the lack of “fresh” white-wash staining under their usual roosting spots. Hmmmm?

Thinking positively, we hope that they are already involved in full time incubation on the nest ledge, and the non-incubating adult was simply off hunting or roosting in a non-typical spot.

Time will tell, (and a whole lot more observations are needed)!!
Any assistance with observations if you have the time to get out and spend some time watching would be most appreciative!