July 16, 2011 - Brampton - Courthouse
CPF Postmaster Reports:
Saturday July 16th - 9:45 to 10:45 am.
Courtney was clearly visible from ground for 40 min this morning, about 6in from the edge. Stretching and preening, but no wing flapping yet. Milton was top corner on watch. Truss on a lower ledge in the shade napping? After Courtney laid down and Truss showed activity. Milton gave halfhearted chase to a pigeon, circled the building and landed on a lower window area in the shade , at that point Truss was alert and on watch just above the Courtney.
The parents certainly are not very aggressive …. Gulls and pigeons often fly within 50 to 100 feet. Pigeons even land on the roof in sight of whoever is on watch. They seem to conduct hunts well away from the nest … mostly North.
Toivo Asikainen
Posted on July 18, 2011 12:19 pm
July 15, 2011 - Brampton - Courthouse
CPF Postmaster Reports:
Friday July 15th - 2011
Today at the nest…
Shortly after 1pm Truss flew by the nest with food. Typically she would have landed near the nest, ate a bit of the kill, then feed the chick. Today she flew past the nest and landed on the Eastern side of the courthouse where she ate her fill. She did not then fly to the nest to feed the chick. Rather, she stayed perched in the shade until after 5pm when she resumed feeding on the kill. Then she took the kill to the nest where she left it up to baby Courtney to feed herself. While mom was in the shade, Milton kept guard duty on the roof by Courtney’s ledge. Milton, since Wednesday, seems to pay more attention to what’s going on at ground level. I get a lot more views of his face staring down at me and movement on the sidewalk. Once Truss returned to the nest with food, Milton was freed from guard duty and immediately dove at a gull over Hurontario. More of a warning than hunting; I’ve seen him try much harder to get the local male Kestrel. Once Truss took up guard duty, Milton headed to the shade on the Eastern side of the courthouse.
Prior to being fed, baby Courtney could be seen popping her head up from below her ledge. She seemed to have her eyes focussed on a feather that was slowly moving around her ledge.
Winston
Posted on July 18, 2011 12:13 pm
July 17, 2011 - Port Colborne - ADM Mill
Doug Garbutt Reports:
Last night I saw the 2 adults & 1 of the 2 young falcons all togeather, so I know for sure that there is still 1 juvie here. I could not positively I.D. the young one but if I had to guess I thought it might be Olivia by the size. I was out again today & watched as one of the young was practising it’s hunting skills & made several near kills but he had no success while I was watching. I say “he” because again, judging by the size I thought it could be Max. At any rate, there is still at least one young falcon here. I tried to get some pics but didn’t have much luck. I have attached the best one I was able to get.
Posted on July 17, 2011 2:33 pm
July 17, 2011 - Toronto - Don Mills
Ann Brokelman Reports:
From Barb and Ken Rippon (thank you Barb for reporing your sightings)
I just got back from my walk - had my coffee at Harlequin and looked around but didn’t see a sign of the falcons or anyone else. I figured it was too hot for them and left.
When I got to the Thales bldg. on Moatfield Drive I heard them screaming above and there they were swooping, darting and playing. I gather it was Harlie on Quest’s tale going like the wind maybe looking for a food transfer. Then Kendal (it must have been him) arrived and the three of them put on a wonderful display of acrobatics in the air for maybe five minutes. They were well up there but I could easily hear them and see them.
After that Quest and Harlie took off in the direction of The Westin Prince (good taste) and Kendal headed east and all was quiet. The whole thing was quite exciting.
Ann Brokelman report
Arrived at 11:30 am and saw Harlequin on 240 building resting. He was on the west side 4 ledges from back and 2nd from the top. No sign of Quest or Kendal. Just missed all the action that Barb and Ken saw.
Posted on July 17, 2011 1:44 pm
June 26, 2011 - Toronto - Don Mills
Ann Brokelman Reports:
June 26
Stopped by today from 2:30pm to 3″45pm.
Very little activity. Little Harlie came to the front of the ledge a couple of times, see photos.
Quest was crying for Kendal
Kendal was sitting on the NE side of the building preening himself
Quest started to preen also
Little harlie took a nap.
What a beautiful baby.
Posted on July 15, 2011 9:50 pm
July 15, 2011 - Toronto - Don Mills
Ann Brokelman Reports:
4:30pm at the falcon watch Harlequin was on the side of 220 building with Quest just below her. Quest flew towards the valley. Harlequin within a few minutes also flew off - she went to the front of 220 and did a circle around it landing briefly on 240. She returned to the same spot on 220 with food. Small package.
She took off again and went around 220 and somehow landed up on top of 250 building. She was wandering around the top when we noticed she had a large package of food. She tore out feathers, and ate her fill. Crop full. She flew off again and landed on the H on the Harlequin Building.
In the distance Bruce and I saw both kendal and quest soaring together. They were a long distance away. When Carol and I left Harlie was sitting on the back of 250 building with Bruce watching.
Posted on July 15, 2011 9:38 pm
July 15, 2011 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
CPF Postmaster Reports:
July 15th - 2011
Despite the fact that the ‘kids” are no longer utilizing the nest ledge much these days, the resident adults are still calling it home. If you can catch the camera and the nest ledge just at the right time , you will see one or both of the adults still on the nest ledge throughout the day and night. You just may even be able to catch the juveniles on the nest ledge via the camera. They are foxy and quick,, but still checking the nest ledge for food that mom and dad have left behind!
The fledglings are all over the place these days with many new reports of peregrines on their ledges, outside of their windows, but it’s difficult to get band numbers as they are moving around so much, and as two people have alrady told us - “by the time we realized what we were seeing, frozen in amazement, run for the camera phone and return, they had gone to another window ledge,, Damn” !!!!
One lady writes, “I’ve got to stop spending so much working, and more time watching”!! Oops, don’t tell by boss I said that!!!
Another fellow writes,, “Work is really making my peregrine watching difficult”! Can you get them to come back to the nest ledge so I can watch them on my computer when I’m working! I really miss watching the youngsters!! My days have become very boring again!
Posted on July 15, 2011 4:42 pm
July 15, 2011 - Toronto - Don Mills
Mark Nash Reports:
July 15th - 2011
A quickly update on Baby H’s progress.
Given her incredible progress and strong flight skills thus far, there it is not likely that baby Harlequin will come to the ground and in need of rescue. She has clearly mastered basic flight skills and holding her altitude has not been a problem at all. In fact, she has been able to far exceed the height of all of the surrounding buildings in the neighbourhood and has learned to land without the use of a concrete backstop :-))
With a few bumps and grinds along the way, it is not likely that she will be making any more contact with windows or solid concrete walls any time too soon. Quest and Kendal are giving her their undivided attention all day long,, - (well at least when Quest is not nagging Kendal and he’s not hiding out over at the Westin hotel) 
Intense monitoring is no longer needed, and for the most parts, its up to Quest and Kendal to teach her the ropes so to speak. While monitoring will continue, a dawn to dusk monitoring effort will not be necessary and we can back off. I would still encourage everyone to keep their eyes to the skies, as the best part of the process is about to begin!
As the parents increase their daily training of Baby H, the aerial displays are going to be fantastic to watch. Baby H has allot to learn to prepare her for all of the life skills that she will need for a long migration south come September. She will migrate alone in the fall without her parents.
Quest and Kendal will likely stay and winter over on or close to the nest site - (or at least hopefully in their “Don Mills territory”). Historically, most all of the “urban nesting adults” here in southern Ontario stay on territory all year-round, and never leave. The juveniles are still heavily influenced by the instinct to migrate south. The urban adults have learned to adopt and hold on to their established territories all year long.
In contrast, most ALL of Ontario’s peregrine population, including both the adults and juveniles migrate south for the winter. Only the “urban adults” stay.
Please keep watching as we welcome any and all observation reports that we can continue to post, as Baby H has a huge following, and we’re all interested to know how she doing!!
Sadly, we must divert all available mobile resources that can help - to one final fledge watch that is in need of our assistance out at the Brampton Courthouse where one young hatchling is about to take her first flights. As always, we are still available 24/7 on our mobile phones for any emergencies.
I can’t express my gratitude enough to Donna, Melanie, Patricia and all of the wonderful people at Harlequin who have opened their doors and hearts for us and the birds . To the building management of 220 Duncan Mill Rd, their board of directors, tenants and security staff for your support and understanding,, and to all of the CPF fledge watch team and community members that been there for both the CPF and the peregrines, you to be commended for your support.
Finally, last but not least, to the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and the Aurora district staff that have gone way above the call of duty, before, during and after hours to support us all!
How could we ever fail with such a great team!!!!
In the next few days, I promise that we will get the missing field notes and incredible pictures posted that we are so behind on, so stay tuned for some incredible photos and further updated news of the happenings to follow in the days to come.
Stay tuned…………….
Posted on July 15, 2011 4:27 pm
July 06, 2011 - Niagara Falls
Mark Nash Reports:
July 6th - 2011
A huge thank you to Jacquie Walters from the New York DEC for sending in these amazing shots from across the gorge in Niagara Falls New York that helped us both locate the nest and plan the banding and relocation of the hatchlings to a much safer nest site.
Our apologies for not being able to get these great photos posted much earlier, as we have been so stressed with so many ongoing fledge watches and overlapping banding events, that we are way behind in our postings. We will catch up.
Our first priority is always the birds in the streets and the fledge watches.
She writes:
July 6th - 2011
Hi Anne and Mark,
I went to the Falls today to scope out the PEFA nest and saw two eyases. Got a couple of shots of the whole family. The male flew in with a prey item and fed the kids while the female sat perched in a window next to the nest. One of the eyases (the one on the left in the photo) looked a bit smaller than the other.
Jacquie Walters
Posted on July 15, 2011 2:33 pm
July 13, 2011 - Brampton - Courthouse
CPF Postmaster Reports:
A huge thank you to Marion from the CPF for all of her efforts and the multi tasking that she has to do, including some great photos!
Posted on July 15, 2011 2:13 pm
