Nitro from Duncan Mil Rd. nest is on the move and doing well. See report and picture below.
Here’s a photo of a Peregrine, seen this morning at Rattray Marsh, Mississauga.
C32- Black band on left leg
Winston Poon
So exciting news!! Tornado, hatched at the Bloor and Islington site last year, banded 02/AB has been spotted again!! In Buffalo! She is the daughter of Lucky and D’Arcy, Granddaughter of the late Jenna and Chester, Great granddaughter of Haven!! Huge thanks to Dana for spotting the report in ebirds and letting us know! And great pics and report from Christopher Hollister who got to witness an amazing hunt by Tornado who took down a green heron!! She’s a fierce one that Tornado, as Rob can attest to as he had to rescue her last year lol… I believe he said she was one of the meanest Pf he had ever rescued… And that’s how we like them because it means they are a fighter and a survivor! And boy is she ever!!! Way to go girl!
On Friday July 22nd Mark went out to help the bee keepers by watching out for and protecting them from Linn and her wrath while they tended the bee boxes on the 12th floor. Linn did make er presents known and gave her usual verbal and stoop warning but was far less aggressive now that Piper is flighted. She flew off to the north side of the building and left them alone while they worked. Not long after George flew in with food and Piper joined him in the sky yelling to be fed. Mark got to see a mid air transfer of the food package from George to Piper and saw the 2 fly around to the North side of the building. When the work was done and they were back on the ground Mark looked for the peregrines but no one was in site. I was so hot and he expected they were all hunkered down on the ledges someplace in the shade.
Bullet a fledgling from the Bloor Islington Place nest was found dead at Bloor and Montgomery must have hit a window or wall. The report was sent to the banding office on July 10th I got the report on the 19th. Although this is very sad I can at least take comfort in the fact that mortality has been low this year so far with only 1 other loss at St Mary’s Ontario. Hitting windows, concrete walls or wires is beyond our ability to prevent as these youngsters learn to be feathered F-16’s. It is up to the adults to guide them away from danger by bumping them in flight, pushing up on one wing to steer them or pushing down on their tail to break the speed. I have seen this so often but there are times when the adults don’t see it coming. It is all part of the high mortality rate ( 80%) the youngsters have in their first year of life. We can lower that mortality rate to a degree during the fledge period which is about 60% of that mortality. Thank you to all who spent time in the streets looking after the fledglings there and lets hope the other 3 make it to migration and beyond.
Paul reports
A very quite morning Down at the Ambassador Bridge till around 12 noon one young pop up on the ledge then number 2 pop up on the ledge putting on a bit of a flapping show be for both going back to laying down Daisy and Victor near by.
SPOT CHECK DON MILLS : Sally and I made a last spot check on Friday night to see if we could catch the fab four. Unfortunately, we only saw one. Ace or Nitro… Next year white tape instead of green lol. A parent flew by to check on him quickly but otherwise it was quiet. He popped up to say hi, flew south then looped around and off to Thales. And there we left him for the night. Has Quest taken them off site now? Time will tell
SPOT CHECK DON MILLS /AMEXON : Our next stop was to check in on Sam! Now I have been seeing him quite regularly since I work close by. So some pictures are from last week and the last one is from last night. Last week I found him across the street playing with the locals lol… They were not impressed. Last night at first we just saw the parents. We finally decided to leave when up he popped on the rooftop. Good to see him doing so well.
SPOT CHECK YELLOW PAGES: Sally and I decided to do a spot check night last night! First up, Piper!! She’s looking great! She treated us to lots of great flights around the building.. She was hungry!! Mom Linn was above her at first, then did some lovely flights herself, teaching Piper the way! Then she dropped in with a package which Piper promptly grabbed and mantled. Linn left her to it. Dad George came in and hung out on the west side. Linn finally went down and grabbed a bite for herself lol. All good here.
Windsor Ambassador Bridge has 2 chicks. The adults did not nest on the same ledge this year they nested on a steel beam only a foot wide and 10 feet long. The new nest was not discovered early enough to plan a banding and the chicks are too old not to attempt an extraction safely so we are hoping we can get them banded if they come to ground and are rescued during fledge. you can read more and see more photos on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/138170609654580
