May 2nd- 2012
Looks like 2 chicks have hatched at Sheraton – I think I can see two little heads during feeding time (pics are attached)
Jesse Mighton
May 2nd - 2012
Hello everyone,
I would like to announce that, with Rob Paolucci’s help,(he brought in a nice camcorder) which we set up over our observation hole we have finally got the full picture of what we have on the nest ledge. We took 5.5 hours of raw video and finally we able to catch a change of shift and thus exposure to what is in the nest bowl. We have 4 eggs, and as of 3:00pm today May 2, 2012 none are hatched. I am forwarding a screen shot only.. at this time until we can convert and compress video for viewing.
So yeah!!!!!! we have our count, and many thanks to Rob Paolucci for the help.
Armando Castro
While his son Tiago was feeding his chicks, I checked in on Windwhistler and Erin and caught him on the camera delivering food which she, with her back to me ( of course ) fed for a good couple of minutes.
Caught Rhea Mae on the camera this morning with a tidbit for the kids.
I finished my day at the William Osler Hospital to check in on Chessie and Hurricane and their efforts to nest this year. After all of the tumultuous events at the hospital, I was overjoyed when I went up to check the monitor and found that a single egg lay in the scrape. Hurricane was sitting on the edge of the tray guarding his most precious egg and Chessie was sitting in the eastern tower in the rain enjoying a bath. I must admit that I had my doubts that there would be production at the site this year after Hurricane’s collision with the building and the loss of O’Connor. When Chessie arrived, I was even more concerned about eggs this year as she is still quite young and as a 1 year old, it was not clear whether she would nest this year. I am so pleased to say that there is one beautiful egg in the scrape today and things are moving forward with this new pairing. Congratulations and many thanks to the William Osler Hospital staff and security!!! We still have a long way to go but its going in the right direction!!
I stopped by Holcim today for a check in and met with the staff keeping a close eye on Caspian and Storm as the pair progresses towards a hatch. To date there has not been a hatch as of yet but we are all watching closely for food entering the ledge and increased activity by the adults as they care for dependant young. Check back soon as the best is yet to come!!
I heard about the update posted by Kathy having seen food going into the ledge and decided to check it out to confirm the news. I went up to a higher elevation to get a look and found Angel in the tray looking like the top of a muffin!! Hunch back doesn’t quite describe it! To the left of her was the shell of an egg, evidence of the young she hid beneath her. Congratulations to Oxford Properties and the Etobicoke Sun Life Centre on your first hatch of 2012!!!
Rhea Mae arriving at the nest ledge. She’s looking at her talons, perhaps she forgot the take-out. One little one in view.
Captured this image at 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday May 2 , of both adults with what looks like two little balls of white.
3:50 pm today I observed Jack arriving at the ledge with his food in his talons. He landed directly in front of the nest box and Angel immediately jumped out and grabbed the food. Jack then took off screaming and dive bombing on some TV’s that had entered the territory while Angel assumed feeding position.
I could clearly see her bending over and feeding someone and I could hear her chupping to them. I notified CPF and a few minutes ago Tracy - who was nearby - went up to the adjacent condo rootops and confirmed visually that we have eggshell in the nestbox!
So finally …we have some eyases! Congratulations Jack and Angel!