May 22, 2012 - Mississauga - Executive Centre
Tracy Simpson Reports:
With the banding of the young having been completed on May 14th, the young nestlings are now growing in their flight feathers and gaining in confidence as they explore the world outside the box. Bruce Massey stopped in this morning and saw that two of the young, Jennifer and Skyreach, were outside of the box and were wandering the ledge. They dropped down into the window well out of sight and a few minutes later, up pops little Janet showing off her yellow tape on her USFW band.
Bruce left the site around 11:00am and I returned later in the afternoon to check in on a possible feeding. I must have missed it by moments when I arrived at 5:00pm as all three of the youngsters were now in the box and snoring up a storm. Sante, the resident male, was sitting on the corner keeping watch and the resident female, Rogue, was over on MEC 4 keeping a close eye as well.
The Fledge Watch for the MEC site begins this Wednesday May 23rd as Jennifer reaches 37 days of age. If you would like to help out watching the juveniles taking their first flights, please contact our head office and we would be pleased to have you attend and watch with us. Come on out and join the Fledge Watch crew as the fun is about to begin!!
Posted on May 22, 2012 12:30 am
May 22, 2012 - Mississauga - Holcim
Tracy Simpson Reports:
Bruce Massey was down at the Holcim nest site this morning for a quick chick check and was treated to a nice view of Storm as he sat on the edge of the nest ledge watching over his young brood of 4. He sat there for about 20 minutes before taking off on a hunt and Caspian was not in view. The chicks are more mobile but are not yet ready to approach the edge of the nest ledge yet. We look forward to the days in which their little faces make their first appearance!!
Posted on May 22, 2012 12:21 am
May 17, 2012 - London - TD Tower
Tracy Simpson Reports:
It was another wonderful day in London delivering Project School Visit to local children in town. After the visits, I paid a visit to Domenic Ripepi at Sifton Property Management Group and shared and update with the folks at 1 London Place. They have been fantastic in allowing me to reach a higher elevation in a 23rd floor suite that has offered me a good look into the nest tray on 380 Wellington just beneath the TD sign. When I arrived upstairs, both of the adults were sitting on the tray in the shade. Shortly thereafter Dougal, the resident male, left the tray and Thunder, confirmed resident female, remained for another 20 minutes. I could not see any eggs in view as the angle doesn’t allow me to see down into the tray but the nest tray itself was bathed in the afternoon heat from the sun. As I was leaving the suite to head down to “the Peregrine Perch” on Wellington, Thunder had taken to the air and both adults were tandem flying just north of Dundas.
Down in the street, Frank was talking to many of the Londoners that were stopping to inquire about their peregrines and how they were doing. It wasn’t long before Thunder returned to the tray and Dougal took off with purpose as if on a hunt. I was able to get photographs that clearly show the females band colours and you can almost clearly make out the rotated 2 on top and the X on the bottom. This was confirmed without a doubt as we also were watching through our scope and had the band perfectly in view. We will continue to visit as often as we can to watch the progress of the resident pair and share the stories and adventures of these two with the local London community!! See you soon London!!
Posted on May 22, 2012 12:18 am
May 21, 2012 - Port Colborne - ADM Mill
Doug Garbutt Reports:
Believe it or not, a 2nd egg has been produced. It was 1st seen in the early morning of May 19th. Hopefully this 2nd clutch will be successfull and with the help of the MNR & CPF, we will be able to band some young falcons.
Posted on May 21, 2012 8:35 pm
May 21, 2012 - Etobicoke - Sun Life Centre
Kathy Reports:
I paid a visit to the site this morning to check on our new resident female O’connor and family.
As expected she was sitting quietly in front of the nest box on the ledge looking very alert. The sun was directly on the ledge and so quite hot out. A few minutes later I saw her run down the ledge towards the back..no doubt one or more of the kids are out of the box looking for shade.
I was lucky enough to see one of the eyases spread his wings and back up for a poop shoot as we call it :). And I could see some pin feathers on the underside of his wings. I also saw another cute little white head peeking over the nest box.
No sign of Jack while I was there.
Posted on May 21, 2012 5:49 pm
May 17, 2012 - London - TD Tower
Tracy Simpson Reports:
On Thursday May 17th, Tracy and I were in London again to deliver CPF’s Project School Visit. After the first school of the day, Tracy dropped me downtown to watch the nest and inform interested Londoner’s of the progress of their pair. I wouldn’t be exaggerating to say I spoke to 100 or more folks over the course of the day letting them know the information we have gathered over the past couple of visits to the London City Centre nest site. Several people approached enthusiastically asking what new news I had, while many more inquired about what I was doing. I offered some looks through the scope at either Thunder or Dougal when they were perched in view. It’s very encouraging to meet so many interested people, one lady even mentioning that she will have visiting bird enthusiast friends visiting from California that she will bring to see the Peregrines!
A special visitor dropped by for a nice long chat, Ron Gould, Ministry of Natural Resources Species At Risk Biologist from the Aylmer district. We chatted about the pair, some of Ron’s current and previous observations of Thunder and Dougal as well as trading stories of Peregrine falcon adventures from our pasts. We chatted about the importance of everyone working as a team to observe and help out this pair of amazing birds.
Dougal and Thunder were in and around the nest building all day and they both were at the ledge for prolonged periods. The warm weather allowed them a few extended absences from the nest tray. Ron mentioned that just as Tracy and I were arriving, that the pair had chased off a Turkey Vulture forcing it from the sky and into a tree. At least one egg is believed to be in the nest tray and we hope it will hatch very soon. As we are able, we will be back in the coming weeks to continue observations of the pair and create more local buzz. Fingers crossed for a successful season!
Check back as more photos and observations are to come!!
Posted on May 21, 2012 12:08 pm
May 21, 2012 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
Jan Chudy Reports:
This shot via the web cam at 9:20 a.m. Toronto time shows that the eyases are now moving out of the box - and their pin feathers are starting to show. Just three weeks old - Yikes!
Posted on May 21, 2012 9:23 am
May 20, 2012 - Ottawa - Delta Ottawa City Centre
Frank Butson Reports:
New York - Prescott-Ogdensburg Bridge
CPF Postmaster Reports:
May 10th - 2012
We have received some interesting news from Mary Beth in NY USA
She writes:
I have good news-Zanar has produced four eggs in the nest box and has a handsome new mate, who has not been banded. The box was relocated to the US side last fall because of the deck project.
The crew also added two sheets of 8×4 plywood in front of the box to allow for more walking room. I hope it helps. The crew will be checking for chicks next week.
I’ll let you know what I find.
Hope you have a great season.
Talk to you soon.
best,
Mary Beth Warburton - N.Y. USA
CPF note: Zanar had lost her mate earlier this year. We are thrilled to hear she has found a new mate and that they have laid eggs!
Posted on May 20, 2012 8:27 am
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May 10, 2012 - New York - Prescott-Ogdensburg Bridge
CPF Postmaster Reports:
May 10th - 2012
We have received some interesting news from Mary Beth in NY USA
She writes:
I have good news,,-Zanar has produced four eggs in the nest box and has a handsome new mate, who has not been banded. The box was relocated to the US side last fall because of the deck project.
The crew also added two sheets of 8×4 plywood in front of the box to allow for more walking room. I hope it helps. The crew will be checking for chicks next week.
I’ll let you know what I find.
Hope you have a great season.
Talk to you soon.
best,
Mary Beth Warburton - N.Y. USA
Posted on May 20, 2012 12:47 am
May 18, 2012 - Niagara Falls
Mark Nash Reports:
May 18th - 2012
We are pleased to announce that the Niagara Falls banding of the young hatchlings has been scheduled for the morning of June 7th.
Photos and event details will be posted as soon as we can get them posted.
Stay tuned…………
Posted on May 19, 2012 4:21 pm
