The Falcon Fledge Watch will start this Friday June 4th after 5PM. Anyone withing to help out we will be there by 5PM.
DON MILLS UPDATE :Quest and Mystery’s family is growing fast! I dropped by this morning to check on them… Looking good! Even caught a feeding… Fledge watch starts Friday!
A big thank you to New CPF member Ted Duncan for these wonderful photos of the banding roof crew and Quest and Mistery!
It was great to meet our new member and a fellow falcon lover and photographer.
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.
DON MILLS UPDATE: Great news! We have a hatch…or two? Congrats to Quest & Mystery! I have been dropping by daily, waiting to catch a feeding and was rewarded tonight!! Mystery brought a nice package for his growing family. There was even a nice moment where they both looked at the kids! Mystery was off and Quest got down to business and fed her brood. She lovingly talked to them the whole time, it was so sweet. I will be watching to find out how many we have over the next week and of course, as they grow. I added a couple of pics from the last few days as well.
I have been stopping by almost every day, so the pictures are from different days. But I am starting with this afternoon’s pics as I observed an exchange!! Dad was in the nest box when I arrived. He came out after 10 minutes or so (its a warm day here), then preened. Quest came in after 15 minutes or so, they echupped (just love hearing them!!) and dad flew off. Quest then headed into the nest box, looked like she rolled a bit then settled in the nest box. Let’s hope for successful hatches in just over a month from now
Spot check: Toronto/Don Mills/Old Harlequin: A little late posting these pics but I was by last week and saw both our juvies and parents, all doing great! Canuck was on his corner(
) when I got there. Food was brought in and Canuck got the goods! But before long, in swooped Seven and the chase was on! Canuck took it screaming from the roof of 235 over and around to the back of 240(Seven disappeared over the forest). He was only two over from the workmen working on the building He was not happy(the workmen enjoyed the show though!!) and didn’t stay long with his food and headed to the roof. But Seven didn’t leave him alone for long and chased him over to the back of the nest building. He landed but Seven chased him off. I watched this all–heart in mouth at times–such low chases, around buildings through hydro wires, screaming the whole time lol. But all was good and ended with two very pooped juvies. Fun to watch!
