May 30, 2012 - Windsor - Ambassador Bridge
Dennis Patrick Reports:
Our early morning Watcher was there again and things were going well.
We were there in the late afternoon and evening and what a difference a day makes with these beautiful creatures. When we arrived Viper and Twitter were very busy preening themselves while the other two were relaxing on the other end. Viper was very vocal at times. Voltaire was soaring around quite high for a while. Both Freddie and Voltaire came in with food, you could tell the four chicks were very happy by the noise they were making. Freddie then flew up on to the pipe while Voltaire fed all four of them. After they were fed, Freddie did a lot of fly bys, we were wondering if that was his way to show the kids what they are going to be doing in a couple of days. They are so big, even Eddy is getting bigger and starting to flap her wings with General Broc. It seems like Viper and Twitter hang aroun together and Eddy and General Broc hang around together as well except feeding time then all four of them are there together. We are planning on being there again this evening and watching them. Stay tune for more news.
Posted on May 30, 2012 4:02 pm
May 29, 2012 - Burlington - Lift Bridge
Sue McCreadie Reports:
Bill and I spent some time at the Lift Bridge this afternoon. The “Triplets” are pretty quiet. We are starting to see a little wing flapping but for the most part, the boys are out of the sun in the back of the box. Cirrus was hunting from the top of the Hamilton Hydro Tower but was not having much success. Mackenzie, was sitting on the old nest ledge watching Cirrus. He finally took matters into his own hands and went under the Skyway. He walked the walkway between beams 2 and 3, disappeared down behind and the next thing we know he was out with prey. It took him all of about 2 minutes and a lot less work than what Cirrus was doing. It appeared to be a young pigeon, who was just not quite ready to fly. He took it to the Hamilton Hydro Tower to prepare, eating some himself while he was at it, and then took it to the nest box and just dropped it off. I guess they are trying to see if the boys are anywhere close to being able to feed themselves. When we left, neither of the adults had returned to the box to feed them.
Still lots of white feathers visible, but the dark ones are starting to appear. Of course it is really difficult to tell what stage they are at from the ground.
We are off to see what today brings!!!
Posted on May 30, 2012 1:19 pm
May 29, 2012 - Niagara Falls
CPF Postmaster Reports:
May 29th - 2012
Storms were forecast so we tried to get to the gorge first. Very very misty making clear views or pix difficult. We had to walk down the path as it was too wet at Terrapin Point. We did see parent continuously blocking a good view of the little fluffballs, but they are getting bigger. Maybe we can count to five tomorrow! 
On watch: Vicki Kadow, Roger Johnson and John Shiposki
Posted on May 30, 2012 12:21 pm
May 30, 2012 - Mississauga - Executive Centre
Kathy Reports:
Just received a call from Frank and Janet flew in with dad and is safely on the nest building.
More details tonight….
Posted on May 30, 2012 11:31 am
May 30, 2012 - Toronto - Don Mills
CPF Postmaster Reports:
May 30th - 2012
We are delighted to announce that we have confirmed the banding of the baby hatchlings on Monday June 4th at the Don Mills nest site. A meet and greet will take place at 1:30pm on the 5th floor of Harlequin corporate head office, with banding to commence at approx. 2:00pm.
Hope to see you!
Posted on May 30, 2012 10:40 am
May 30, 2012 - Scarborough - Yellow Pages
CPF Postmaster Reports:
May 30th - 2012
We are delighted to announce that we have confirmed a banding date of Friday June 8th at 2:00pm!
With a meet and greet in the lobby at the Yellow Pages building at 1:30pm, we will then proceed to band the young peregrine hatchlings at approx. 2:00pm.
Hope to see you there!!
Posted on May 30, 2012 10:27 am
May 26, 2012 - Niagara Falls
CPF Postmaster Reports:
May 26th -2012
The adults are not staying in the box all the time now, but the eyasses still huddle together, making counting them from across the gorge difficult even with Connie’s scope. At one point, when the parent, Diamond I think, left the box, she went to a patch of grass growing out of the concrete just below the box before flying off. Here are a few shots. We expect the babies to grow a lot over the next week, giving us a better chance for a count!
Have a great weekend,
Vicki Kadow & Roger Johnson
Posted on May 30, 2012 10:08 am
May 30, 2012 - Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton
Frank Butson Reports:
Canada Square peregrine report 20120529
As I arrived at 5:22pm a peregrine flew from somewhere south and around to the east side of Canada Square. Then Haven flew in from Duplex Ave, across Eglinton and straight onto the wall/upright at the nest. She checked on the eyases and then flew south – waaaaay south and disappeared.
Ten minutes later Stormin flew onto the Rio-Can building and sat one floor down from the top. Because the peregrine was so high I thought this was Haven. However when he slouched down into a comfortable position I knew it was Stormin. Another ten minutes passed and Haven flew in from the north, along Duplex ave. She flew in front of the south face of RC and found Stormin slouched on his perch then she circled RC and Canada Square a couple of times before disappearing on the east side of RC. All the while Stormin continued to slouch where he was.
A few minutes later Haven returned flew over RC and then landed on the roof where she proceeded to pluck feathers from a food parcel. There were feathers flying everywhere in the breeze and Stormin ignored the whole exercise. Three minutes later Haven flew to the nest ledge with the food parcel and disappeared. Stormin stayed where he was and later on he preened a bit. Twenty minutes after landing on the ledge Haven flew from it, circled back over it, briefly landed on the wall/upright, checked the eyases and then flew south beyond 2180 Yonge and then west.
Stormin’s preening session left him a mite exhausted and he was back to slouching for a few minutes before leaving his perch and flying onto the northwest corner of the RC building. He sat for two minutes and then I heard him call chuk-chuk-chuk three times. I saw him fly up Duplex Avenue and was gone. So I left too at 7:00 pm
Lyn
Posted on May 30, 2012 12:19 am
May 29, 2012 - Mississauga - Executive Centre
Frank Butson Reports:
Unfortunately our worst fears were realized today. Janet made a wonderful high flight towards the condos behind MEC 3, when the new adult female, bumped her. Janet recovered and tried to make it to the 2nd condo,when she was bumped again, this time causing her to go into a dive to get away from this harrassment. Sante did his best to stop the adult female from doing this but was unable. It didnt appear to be a crash type landing but we dont know where Janet came down. From the trajectory, most likely in the residential neighborhood to the east of the MEC complex. I headed immediately to begin a search. I stopped in at St’s Peter and Paul school and got a quick permission to search the roof and immediate school grounds. Thanks to the office staff and principal for allowing this. CPF really appreciates this type of co-operation from the community. While Janet wasnt found there, it was a good help to simply allow us to check.
The search continued on foot and by car. Both Bruce and I searched high and low to no avail. Tracy drove the neighboring areas with no luck either. Sante was searching from the sky. From his early behavior it didnt seem that he knew where Janet was. Mark arrived and did a once around search by car too.
The positive is that from all over the neighborhood we could see the MEC buildings and Janet will be able to also. This will mean she can head towards home. There is a window of 4 days for Janet to return or be found. If Sante finds and feeds her then there is no limit. CPF will have a team back on site searching for Janet and monitoring the nest area for her return. Her need to be fed will drive her to head for home. She is a good flyer now so getting back home is well within her ability,even at this early stage.
There may have been some noteworthy observations but our sole mission is to find Janet. We are very hopeful of a positive outcome.
Posted on May 30, 2012 12:14 am
May 29, 2012 - Toronto - King Street
Linda Woods Reports:
This image captured at 8:30 this evening. Adult female ( Erin ) checking in on the kids.
Posted on May 29, 2012 8:51 pm
