Reports of Rhea Mae’s first egg have come in from Kathy and so I popped in on the camera to try and see her this morning in the tray. Beautiful view of the first egg at the Toronto Sheraton and on track, exactly to the day, from last year!
At 6:09 am Rhea Mae got up and moved off to the side and we clearly saw her first egg - laid overnight sometime!
Thanks to Dutch Eagle Fan for catching it on the cam just a little while ago after laying and for including a screen shot of it!
As of Thursday Mar. 28/13, we have 2 eggs here. We will keep you posted.
We have been without a monitor here until this past Monday Mar. 25/13. When we turned it on there was 1 egg in the scrape. On Mar. 27/13 another egg was laid. I haven’t been back since Thursday, but I would expect there to be another by now. We will keep you posted.
March 30th - 2013
A quick view around at the CPF web cams and delighted to report that there is a second egg now at the MEC nest site in Mississauga!
It was reported yesterday that the pair were very active in and around the nest box.
Stay tuned………
March 30th - 2013
Spent some time out at MEC today and watched the resident adults both involved in lots of courtship and copulation activity. Looks like the resident adult female is egg-bound and ready to produce another egg.
Stay tuned to the web cam, as we should see the second egg soon!
March 29th - 2013
Hi All,
Today was beautiful and took this opportunity to do some observations on University Ave. I could not have had any more perfect timing than today. I arrived just in time to see the male cleaning prey on the north roof level of Sick Children’s Hospital. Lots if white fluff floating through the sunny skies and I knew this time it was not snow. I waited until the cleaning was finished to see if this was food or a gift package. Gift it was!
The male then took the prey and flew circles over University Ave until he reached the height of the east facing ledges of Mt. Sinai Hospital, and deposited on the south ledge. He then did multiple e-chups calling on his mate. She flew into the ledge from the south. Lots of exchanges of e-chupping and then the female flew off without the food package.
She flew towards the upper levels of Toronto General Hospital and out of my sight line. The male stayed on the ledge where the food package was offered. I think he was disappointed. I did a walk around to find where the female had perched and could not locate her. When I returned to the corner of University and Gerrard St. the male had flown off as well.
Linda
On Friday I stopped in at the William Osler site to check in on the resident pair and their progress towards eggs. I met up with Ross from Environmental Services at the hospital and headed up to the monitor for a quick look. While we could see that there has been a great deal of scraping in the tray, eggs have not been laid quite yet. It’s not for lack of trying though as the pair were witnessed mating that morning by Ross and over the past week both Bruce and I have seen the same. It is clear that Casper is very excited about this site and the tray and is eager to see his first egg arrive… …a little too eager. I was watching a few days earlier when Chessie was asleep with a full crop on the eastern “H” and Casper, clearly misreading her body language, attempted to mate with her on the sign. She turned around as he flew up and gave him a look that clearly said, “Get lost I’m sleeping” which he took to mean “Go to the nest tray and call me over and over”. She ignored his calls and went back to sleep. Casper was not to be discouraged so easily and did some spectacular look-at-me flights, scraped in the tray and eventually took off on a hunt to the west. This pair is certainly working on progressing things forward and we will be watching closely for the first egg. We are also working on getting the web camera image to the internet at this site and will definately keep you updated as to the progress of that.
Over the past several years the pair that has been hanging around Mel Lastman Square has appeared to have made several nesting attempts that did not end up in hatchlings for them. This year the pair are back trying and are now focussing their attention on the Invesco buidling at the northeast corner of Mel Lastman Sq. The female spends much of her time at the top of the bell tower and the male prefers to roost on a tall building across the street. As I watched the pair last weekend, the male flew off on a hunt and returned with a prize for his lady. She flew up to the north side of the RBC building and perched on the sign eating away. Both birds appear to have an interest in the Invesco building on the south face where a few ledges might be available for this year’s eggs. Copulation is happening several times a day and so eggs will soon follow. Last year the pair was an unbanded male and an unnamed female banded black 75 over green U from Buffalo, New York. I will continue to try and confirm their identities and keep you updated on their progress.