April 06, 2012 - Brampton - Courthouse
Tracy Simpson Reports:
Frank and I went out to Brampton to check in on the peregrines as there has been no shortage of action as reported by Winston, Toivo and Grace. Sightings have been reported both at the courthouse and in downtown Brampton of peregrines sorting out the nesting arrangements amongst themselves. When we arrived on site, there wasn’t any sign of a peregrine on the west side of the building where they nested last year and so we made our way into the parking lot to check the other ledges. Just then an adult came bombing in with another bird hot in behind it. The male landed first and immediately took up position over the southwestern corner and the female swooped up to land on one of the antennas on the roof. Back across the street we go and we were able to positively identify Milton as the male with his Black 4 over Green B recovery band both rotated 90 degrees left. We then focussed our attention back on the female and we knew for sure by her coloration and streaking that it was not Truss. A few pictures later and a sharp eye on the scope revealed that this female was an unbanded subadult bird. During the previous week, both Winston and Toivo had witnessed mating between Milton and this new female and it would appear that she is the new resident gal for 2012. We were joined shortly by Toivo as the female left her antenna perch and headed straight for the ledge used last year for nesting. She disappeared into the ledge out of our sight and Milton took off heading north towards downtown. It was a full 45 minutes before the female reappeared on the flashing of the ledge and when she flew, she didn’t travel far. By 2:00pm, Milton had returned and was perched atop the southwest corner of the courthouse directly above the nest ledge while the female chose to sit on the northwestern corner. Within 10 minutes, she was up and on the roof next to Milton and whining very loudly. While there has been much action over the past few weeks, it would seem that this pair may already have at least one egg in the nest with more to come. We will be keeping a close eye on this site and will update you as developments arise so keep checking in!!
Posted on April 10, 2012 6:03 pm
April 08, 2012 - Toronto - Don Mills
CPF Postmaster Reports:
April 8th - 2012
Good evening-
I just caught a nice hand-off at the scrape. Kendal wasn’t leaving until Quest entered the box-then he beat wings!
Eileen
Posted on April 10, 2012 4:47 pm
April 09, 2012 - International, National and Local News
CPF Postmaster Reports:
April 2012
A big thank you to Jacquie and Mike for getting an ID on their newest peregrine family,, as we have been able to confrim after checking our database that their new resident adult female is non other than “Gleig”, a young peregrine produced in 2009 at the Hamilton Sheraton Hotel nest site. Gleig was banded on June 2nd in 2009 at approx. 28 days old, weighing in at 1049 grams.
Jacquie writes:
It seems our non-banded Peregrine pair at the Buffalo Central Terminal has been replaced with a banded pair this year. Yesterday Mike and I went up to the nest box to check for eggs. There were no eggs in the scrape yet (our only nest without any eggs), but we were able to get a clear view of the female’s leg bands when she landed on the ledge of the box. (I am assuming it is the female, because she was rather large.) She had a silver USFWS band on the right leg and Black/Black 33/X on the left. She is an adult bird, without any lingering brown plumage that we could see.
Happy Peregrine season!
Jacquie
Posted on April 10, 2012 3:36 pm
April 09, 2012 - Hamilton - Sheraton Hotel
CPF Postmaster Reports:
April 9th 2012
A big thank you to Jacquie and Mike for getting an ID on their newest peregrine family,, as we have been able to confrim after checking our database that the new resident adult female is non other than “Gleig”, a young peregrine produced in 2009 at the Hamilton Sheraton Hotel nest site. Gleig was banded on June 2nd in 2009 at approx. 28 days old, weighing in at 1049 grams.
Jacquie writes:
It seems our non-banded Peregrine pair at the Buffalo Central Terminal has been replaced with a banded pair this year. Yesterday Mike and I went up to the nest box to check for eggs. There were no eggs in the scrape yet (our only nest without any eggs), but we were able to get a clear view of the female’s leg bands when she landed on the ledge of the box. (I am assuming it is the female, because she was rather large.) She had a silver USFWS band on the right leg and Black/Black 33/X on the left. She is an adult bird, without any lingering brown plumage that we could see.
Happy Peregrine season!
Jacquie
Posted on April 10, 2012 3:33 pm
April 08, 2012 - Scarborough - Yellow Pages
Kathy Smith Reports:
Sunday April 8th - 2012
Great News!!
Today, Jenn and I spent time at yellow pages and we witnessed nest food transfer at 5:30 pm tonight. She is hard on eggs on last years nest site. She is only a day or 2 in because Thurs I saw her bopping around in 1st nest site. Now its just a matter of how many. Start the countdown to hatching!
Kathy :o)
Posted on April 10, 2012 3:20 pm
April 08, 2012 - Burlington - Lift Bridge
Sue McCreadie Reports:
Since the last report, it has been pretty quiet around the Lift Bridge. Full incubation is underway. We have been there for a couple of hours every day. The most interesting thing we have observed is that Mackenzie, has almost always been on the eggs. Yesterday when we arrived Mackenzie was in the box and Cirrus flew in from somewhere under the Skyway. She had a full crop so she had been off enjoying a meal. She flew to the nest box and a great long conversation took place. She won the argument I guess because Mackenzie, reluctantly, got off the eggs and flew to the Hamilton Tower. Within a few seconds Cirrus disappeared inside the box and that was the end of the activity. We packed up and headed for home.
Posted on April 8, 2012 1:46 pm
April 08, 2012 - Windsor - Ambassador Bridge
Dennis Patrick Reports:
Special Thanks to Dan and the Ambassador Bridge crew for taking time out of their busy schedule to confirm that Voltaire and Freddie have successfully laid four (4) eggs.
Anybody that stops by the Ambassador Bridge site is welcome to report their observations to wpfw2012@gmail.com
Please don’t feel you have to be a bird expert to report whatever wonderful observation of their activity you see.
Happy Easter our egg hunt is over.
Gwen & Dennis Site co-ordinators CPF
Posted on April 8, 2012 8:44 am
April 08, 2012 - Toronto - Don Mills
Frank Butson Reports:
On April 7th, Quest laid her 4th egg. Both she and Kendal have been seen incubating, which is typical of Peregrine Falcons. The pair will incubate for about a month, so watch for a 2nd week of May hatch.
Posted on April 8, 2012 6:04 am
- All Reports
Dennis Patrick Reports:
What a great Easter weekend!!! We received confirmation from the Bridge Company that we have four (4) eggs in the nest. We have been down there quite a few times and Voltaire has always been hunkered down.
Posted on April 7, 2012 8:31 pm
April 06, 2012 - Toronto - King Street
Linda Woods Reports:
Walking past 18 King St this afternoon, I just happen to look up and see a shift change at 2:25p.m. The female flew off and came to rest on the south side of Dundee Place.
The resident peregrines are there and incubating. Local residents are saying that they are not seeing much activity from the pair recently, probably due to the spring time maintenance occurring on the roof area of the adjacent buildings.
Posted on April 6, 2012 3:16 pm
