Have seen the three falcons many times together over the past couple of weeks.
Right this second they are on the roof of 2180 Yonge street snacking on a pigeon
Sandra
I was out for a couple of hours today and only saw one juvie who I believe to be Imagine. I took a number of photographs and THINK I saw a blue band.
I also had a fleeting glimpse of Haven as she flew over Canada Square then south on Yonge behind 2180 Yonge before returning up Duplex with a pigeon well ahead of her and flying for its life. Haven cut across the bus bays and disappeared on the east side of Rio-Can
Intermittent flights from all three youngsters today, mainly when there was food to be had.
There was one quick game of tag-you’re-it and one attempt at talon touching. These were mostly instigated by Ramjet. He does pester his sisters.
Saw all three youngsters. I have attached a coupled of pictures.
The peregrines are from left to right - Tinia, Imagine and Ramjet. They were on top of Canada Square above the concrete wall and just to the left of the same.
Cheers
Lyn
Big smile here!
I was out again from 5-8 and there were odd flurries of activity by individuals or two at a time. However twice I saw three juvies at one time.
The first occasion was when all three were on the Rio-Can roof. They were spread out but definitely juvies and Maggie and Dermot agreed with me.
The second time was after they had been doing their own thing but came together at Duiplex and Eglinton and did a bit of talon touching and then some tag. After that they were all exhausted and went to different spots to roost and nap.
Stormin did his fatherly best to get them back in the air by flying high over Yonge/Eglinton/Duplex and made numerous circles there but no-one was interested. He even buzzed one of them a couple of times but they were tired out.
Cheers
Lyn
This week I had the heartbreaking opportunity to get somewhat near a few of the beautiful falcons in my neighbourhood. She got stuck on a balcony on Monday morning and it took me ranting at security and management in the building about it until Thursday morning before they would go check on her. Going to have a little chat with building management about a way to get help to animals in such cases, faster, as a result. I wish I had known there were people looking for her but if it ever happens again, the call will come quickly.
Hopefully she has been seen since she found her way off that balcony last night. It was hard for me to tell if she was badly injured or not from the distance and angle I couldn’t see her well enough. I can’t say that I have seen her since and I have been looking. I took a few shots of her and thought I would pass them to you. At one point she had a visitor…a sibling perhaps?
I don’t know how many people have burst into tears with relief when one of these birds is saved but I certainly burst into happy tears this morning when I heard she must be flying free again. I would love to know if she’s been adopted by anyone. If not, I would love to know what her name is so I can jump right on that! Or I will simply pick another bird, if she’s already been adopted. I can’t thank you enough for the work that you all do.
Sincerely ,
Shannon
After being out for about ten minutes I saw a peregrine juvie flying to Rio-Can, around the Duplex side, try a landing on the very top of the NW corner. That did not work so she continued flying back to Canada Square where she tried a landing on the big antenna. That also did not work. She repeated her journey and finally found a perch on the antenna but only for a short while as Haven flew in with a pigeon and the peregrine on the antenna chased her, squawking madly.
I lost both of them in the gap south of Canada Square. I walked to Y/E intersection and Haven flew onto the west side of Canada Square and perched. I caught a tail at the very corner of the CIBC building. Definitely peregrine! So I walked up to the cinema entrance just above Eglinton on Yonge and stood on that balcony and took pictures.
I suspected that this was Imagine. Only one shot shows promise of a blue band. The little bird was very hungry and I don’t believe she removed too many feathers before digging in. She just ate and ate and about fifteen or so minutes after I first saw her eating she paused, looked around and then began removing feathers before tucking in again.
She ate for about 50 minutes and at that point I was beginning to see her *cleaning the bones* so I went into the bank. When I came out she had gone.
Cheers
Lyn
I will be out again later provided it has stopped raining!
I have attached Lyn’s photo and yes it is blue tape so yes it is Imagine safe and sound with her family!
Marion
For the last 3 days Lyn has only seen 2 Juveniles at a time and today finally got the band colours, they were Red and white Ramjet and Tinia.
We were preparing to do a full search and a roof top scan when a call came into the office from security at 2181 Young St that they had a falcon stuck on a glass front balcony. guess who!
I contacted Mark Nash who was just finishing up with the watch at Bloor and Islington for the evening and he headed out to rescue Imagine at 11:30 in the evening.
When Mark got there at midnight he was escorted up to the balcony she was on but no bird was there so they checked all 4 balconies at that level. Mark could see exactly where she had been because she had pooped all over the corner of the balcony floor defiantly enough to have been there for the last 3 days.
Somehow she finally got off on her own sometime after 10:30 PM when the security guard had last seen her. Good for her another lesson learned I hope.
Lyn will be going out tomorrow morning to have a look for her and see where she is now she will be hungry and will likely head home to get food.
stay tuned,
Marion
Definitely only two peregrine youngsters seen first check on them this morning. One is Ramjet, positive ID by that white tape but I could not get colour of the other tape. At one point I thought red witch is Imagine but not sure at all. I saw quite a bit if activity all centred around food and that should have brought out the third youngster although they are flying farther apart now. Saw both Haven and Stormin.
The second time I went out Ramjet was eating a big bird and the adults and his sister were watching. Ramjet picked up the food parcel, crossed Yonge and went down the west side of 2180 Yonge with his sister in full chase.
The next I saw of them was about two minutes later when they were both back on the CIBC building without the food parcel. It looked heavy for Ramjet and he must have dropped it somewhere south of 2180.
Later Haven flew in with a pigeon and landed on the north west corner of CIBC where she began plucking it. Ramjet by this time was on the railing of the balcony on Canada Square north east corner. He was watching Haven very carefully and eventually flew directly at her and shouldered his way onto the pigeon. Haven was upset, moved away from him then flew off and came back and buzzed him on her way to the western side of Canada Square. She eventually took his position on the railing and watched him.
He picked up the pigeon flew around the CIBC building, avoided Stormin who flew over the CIBC. The next thing I saw was Ramjet and food parcel over the black building, 2190 Yonge, where he was being *forced down* by his sister. He made a *crash landing* on the roof but managed to hang onto his food. He plucked furiously and then ate, in spite of his sister sitting right next to him. He was a really well fed little peregrine by the time he finished.
Lyn
Canada day, I saw both Haven and Stormin. I also believe I saw two of the three youngsters but because they flew at different times I cannot be absolutely sure.
Today I saw two youngsters together at the top of the south east corner of Heart and Stroke. I walked all the way south on Duplex to Berwick Av to find them. That is where the huge crane is. I also saw Stormin on the south face of Rio-Can and Haven flew onto the fourth ledge south of the concrete wall on Canada Square.
Cheers
Lyn
Nothing amazing to report today. The three youngsters ALL ended up on the crane and just sat there for the best part of an hour. So I left. Saw Haven and Stormin too.
Cheers
Lyn