May 16, 2012 - Etobicoke - Sun Life Centre
Frank Butson Reports:
Back on April 2, we reported part of the ongoing saga of the Rochester NY falcons. At that point, DotCa a male from the Etobicoke Sunlife Centre,hatched in 2010, had taken over as the resident male with Unity as his mate. Shortly after a tragic accident occured when Unity was struck by a car and was killed. Beauty the former resident female was released from rehab almost concurrent to this and she took over the nestbox again. At first it seemed DotCa wanted her out of the box,but they came to accept one another and have now produced their first egg! DotCa has been trying to nest with another female at a 2nd site in the Brighton area of Rochester too. So far it doesnt appear there are eggs there.
Everyone from the Sun Life family of staff and watchers is excited to hear that DotCa has made it and is starting a family! We will be sure to follow he and Beauty and keep everyone informed as to their progress.
Posted on May 16, 2012 6:32 pm
May 11, 2012 - Toronto - Don Mills
CPF Postmaster Reports:
May 11th - 2012
Finally captured 3 fuzzy little heads while they all faced different directions!
Eileen
Posted on May 16, 2012 10:48 am
May 15, 2012 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
CPF Postmaster Reports:
May 15th - 2012
Hi All,
I was able to snap a few good shots of the Sheraton nest site today. One great family shot and a couple of feeding time.
Thanks
Jesse Mighton
Posted on May 16, 2012 10:41 am
May 15, 2012 - Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton
Frank Butson Reports:
Canada Square report, Tuesday, 20120515.
I had a lovely two hours today watching the peregrines.
When I arrived there was no-one about but twenty minutes later Haven popped onto the south side of Rio-Can, Three minutes later she flew west and then returned over 53 Division and onto the nest ledge on Canada Square. Several minutes after that she flew off the nest over Canada Square, over RC, over the gold building at the corner of Eglinton and Duplex, to the west side of Canada Square where she hovered at a window three floors down from the nest ledge. She surprised the heck out of the chappie at the window!!! I wonder if she saw him as a *human near her nest* and *warned* him off? She did not actually touch the glass and her flight to the window, although swift, was not perilously so. That done she flew out (away from the side of the building) then up and back to the nest ledge. Two minutes later she walked to the edge and then disappeared again to the scrape.
Then, finally, Stormin flew in and Haven came to greet him (chuk chuk) and they both disappeared before Stormin flew out and onto the last *upright/wall* on Canada Square. Fifteen minutes later Haven left the nest and flew to the east side of Canada Square and did a turnabout over the top of the building, down the west side and through the gap to the condos across Yonge. A minute after that Stormin left his perch and headed south over the black building above the TTC garage, did a quick turn and flew to the north end of Canada Square and then to the condos.
Haven came back again, flying up Duplex, north of the apartment building into the gap over the YE Centre back down Duplex, circled Canada Square and then over 53 Div. She reappeared and flew to the railing on the balcony below the nest where she did a balancing act as she turned to face outwards. She then flew out over the black building, around 2180 Yonge, over Canada Square and landed on the south face of RC.
Six minutes later she flew to the top of the black building where I saw her join Stormin, who was eating. She said thanks for the meal and promptly took the food from him. He stood there looking at her for a minute then walked a few steps away and cleaned his beak on the side of the building. Four minutes later Stormin flew to the nest ledge.
When Haven had finished eating some eight minutes after Stormin left she flew east, turned and went straight to the nest. Shortly thereafter she left the nest ledge, flew over Canada Square, over Eglinton and over RC three or four times before returning to the nest ledge and disappearing. Two minutes later Haven was off the nest ledge again, flew south and then back over Canada Square with Stormin. The two of them then flew to one another, with one another and away from one another for the next eight minutes. They were all over Canada Square, RC, the apartment building on Duplex before Haven flew back to the nest ledge and Stormin flew onto the roof. After a while Stormin flew to the RC building and sat for three minutes then flew to the Bell building across Yonge where he settled on the southwest corner and tucked into something. He flew east after that, then turned and came back to the nest ledge with a food parcel. Haven met him at the edge and flew off with the food parcel. She landed on top of the mast above the Hydro building at the corner of Duplex and Eglinton. When she had finished eating she flew to the nest ledge and Stormin flew to his roost on top if the fifth *upright/wall*. Then I left.
There was a tremendous amount of flying today and I am not too sure what it was all about but it was very good to see the two of them *play together* for a few minutes.
Lyn
Posted on May 15, 2012 11:31 pm
May 15, 2012 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
CPF Postmaster Reports:
May 15th - 2012
A nice family portrait this afternoon. The eyases are getting so big already!
Eileen
Posted on May 15, 2012 1:47 pm
May 15, 2012 - Toronto - Don Mills
CPF Postmaster Reports:
May 15th - 2012
Good morning!
The 3 little ones at Quest & Kendal’s are finally big enough to see very clearly!
Eileen
Posted on May 15, 2012 1:33 pm
May 11, 2012 - Niagara Falls
CPF Postmaster Reports:
Friday May 11th - 2012
Taken this year in the morning on Friday, 11 May.
One of today’s pix. At first I thought she might be looking at a hatch. Jacquie had a scope and said “no”. But soon, it’s got to be soon!
Vicki
Posted on May 15, 2012 1:24 pm
May 11, 2012 - Toronto - Don Mills
CPF Postmaster Reports:
Friday May 11th - 2012
Hello All
Clicked on the Harlequin Don Mills webcam at 19:25 and was rewarded with a sight of Quest feeding her THREE hatchlings. I caught sight of three little white faces many times as she feed them all. What a great feeling seeing that all three remaining eggs hatched. Quest is doing an admirable job. I missed who provided the meal though. Yesterday Quest left the nestbox and was back in 30 seconds with Lunch! Thank you so much for making it possible for us all the watch this amazing event.
Irma Sakki
Posted on May 15, 2012 1:21 pm
May 11, 2012 - Mississauga - Holcim
CPF Postmaster Reports:
May 11th - 2012
Hello everyone,
Here are a couple of the latest photos of our little gang.. 
Have a great weekend.
(See attached file: DAY - 6 (May, 10, 2012).JPG)(See attached file: Day - 7 (May, 11,2012.JPG)
Armando Castro
Posted on May 15, 2012 12:58 pm
May 14, 2012 - Etobicoke - Sun Life Centre
Tracy Simpson Reports:
It came as a huge shock when Mark Nash came by the CPF Raptor Centre with a ton of pictures he had just taken of the family at the Etobicoke Sun Life nest site during a feeding and we noticed that both adults were banded. For the past 11 years, this site has been home to an unbanded adult female that we have dubbed Angel. It would appear that Mark was able to capture a picture clearly showing a Black over Green recovery band on her left leg and a purple USFW band on her right leg indicating she is of midwest American origins.
In the early spring during courtship, Angel was positively identified as the current resident female with Jack, the long standing resident male hatched in 2002 at the Mississauga Executive Centre. There were no observations of a territorial battle, interlopers or a change in adults so once the pair entered the incubation phase of the breeding season, the female spent most of her time in the nest tray. I visited recently to confirm the first hatch of the season for the site and she did not budge from her duties in brooding her newly hatched young. It wasn’t until this recent feeding of her four hatchlings that we were able to clearly denote the change.
I have yet to get a clear look at her band numbers so that we can put a name to a face of this new mystery female. With her arrival comes the promise of 4 new hatchlings in 2012 and hopefully many more to come. I will hopefully have her identified for you very shortly so check back soon!!
Posted on May 15, 2012 7:25 am
