Canadian Peregrine Foundation

!!! Niagara Falls Banding - June 7th - 9AM

May 22, 2012 - Niagara Falls

CPF Postmaster Reports:

Niagara Falls Banding - June 7th - 9AM
Meet at 9am, - Banding 11am

!!! Hamilton Sheraton Hotel Banding - May 31st - 9AM

May 22, 2012 - Hamilton - Sheraton Hotel

CPF Postmaster Reports:

Hamilton Sheraton Hotel Banding - May 31st - 9AM

!!! Sun Life Centre Banding - May 24th - 2pm

May 24, 2012 - Etobicoke - Sun Life Centre

CPF Postmaster Reports:

Sun Life Centre Banding - May 24th - 2pm
Meet and Greet - 1:30pm, Banding at 2PM

!!! Canada Square Banding - May 24th - 10AM

May 23, 2012 - Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton

CPF Postmaster Reports:

Canada Square Banding - May 24th - 10AM

!!! Toronto Sheraton Hotel Banding - Wednesday May 23rd - 2PM

May 23, 2012 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre

CPF Postmaster Reports:

Toronto Sheraton Hotel Banding - Wednesday May 23rd - 2PM
Meet and greet at 1:30pm, banding at 2PM

!!! Toronto King Street Banding - Wednesday May 23rd - 10AM

May 23, 2012 - Toronto - King Street

CPF Postmaster Reports:

Toronto King Street Banding - Wednesday May 23rd - 10AM

!!! Banding - Burlington Lift bridge - Wednesday May 23rd - 10AM

May 22, 2012 - Burlington - Lift Bridge

CPF Postmaster Reports:

Banding - Burlington Lift bridge - Wednesday May 23rd - 10AM

2008 Hatch Ely With 4 Chicks

May 22, 2012 - Toronto - King Street

Frank Butson Reports:

Ely a 2008 hatch at the 18 King St nest,has 4  chicks with her mate Dipper. They nest on the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland,  Ohio. This makes 4 more “grandchicks” for Windwhistler and Erin!

Update on the North York Peregrines!!

May 18, 2012 - North York - Nest

Tracy Simpson Reports:

Bruce Massey has been watching a pair of peregrines in the Yonge and Finch area for the past several years but they have not raised any young nor settled on a territory.  It would seem that things may have changed for the pair as they have been sighted now using the Trans America building at Yonge and Sheppard with great interest as well as the North American Xerox building at Yonge and Finch.  What makes this new development so interesting is that there appears to be a change in the bonded pair as the female has been identified as a banded yet unnamed 2008 hatch from the Statler Tower building in Buffalo, New York and a full sister to the female who last winter lost her territory at MEC known as Infinity.  She is currently bonded to an unbanded adult male and is seen most often in the Yonge and Sheppard area. 

To this point, the female has always been an unbanded adult and this change may herald a new interest in nesting.  Bruce believes that the pair did make an attempt this spring at the North American Xerox building but it failed to produce any young.  Right now Bruce is seeing only one adult at a time and will continue to work on pinning down just where the pair is showing interest.

Brampton Peregrines Still Active

May 22, 2012 - Brampton - Courthouse

Tracy Simpson Reports:

Bruce Massey and I attended the Brampton Courthouse this afternoon and then finished our observations in downtown Brampton in an effort to sort out who is where and doing what with whom!! 

Many excellent reports have been coming in from our Brampton watchers Toivo, Winston and Grace.  Thanks so much everyone for all of your efforts in trying to sort out the pairs and places!!  At the courthouse, Bruce arrived first and had the unbanded subadult female on the courthouse calling quite racously.  A male flew in, much too quickly to identify, and was gone as fast as he arrived.  He flew northwest toward the police station and disappeared, soon to be followed by the female.  Bruce and I then met up and headed downtown where many daily observations have been made of peregrines in the George St area.

When we arrived, we found an adult male on the George St building preening away.  It took a while but I was able to get a look and a picture of the black over green band of Milton, the resident male from the courthouse.  After about 10 minutes, the subadult female flies in with food and joins Milton on the George St building.  They both disappear into the back of the ledge and the female pigs out on the food package without sharing much.  We moved to another location that allowed us a view into the ledge and I could clearly see that the subadult female was quite full and now was sleeping it off.  Milton was 10 feet to her left and was snoozing as well. 

It is clear that the pair are not nesting right now at either the courthouse or the George St building.  They are not incubating any eggs currently and seem to be spending time pair bonding rather than family rearing.  There is still time for nesting to occur so we will continue to watch the pair closely for a change in behaviour.