King St. peregrines have been evasive of late, indicating that they must have eggs.
We are working on getting the live image back on the web page,til then we’ll have to continue to watch, observe and report any peregrine activities at this site.
One adult peregrine just cruised past my window on the 18th floor of the Niagara Falls Hilton. (Canadian side, near the gorge). Too late to snap a photo but was within ten feet of the bird and got a very good look. Time: 11:40 am April 5th. 2011.
I have been sitting here for hours with camera in hand waiting for a second chance at that photo. Will send it along if I get lucky.
Cheryl Piraino
Kingston, Ontario
Exciting day for Angel today, as if the wind and rain wasn’t enough..lots of Turkey Vulture’s around so she hauled herself out of the nest box to back up Jack when he didn’t return as quickly as she would have when they came into the territory earlier in the day.
I stayed a bit after work tonight and I thought all was calm and quiet as I couldn’t see anyone so I figured Angel was happily laying in the box. About 10 minutes later I hear alarm calling and out of the nestbox comes Jack yelling his head off ..he stopped not too far away from me and turned around and went back to the nestbox. I was a bit puzzled as to what he was alarming about and then a few minutes later Angel comes flying in from the south and lands on the web cam. Some chit chatting ensued and then Jack took off to his other ‘wife’ and Angel jumped back into the nestbox and settled herself down. I’m guessing she chased something off and perhaps he was watching her or she took too long on her break and he was telling her to get back to the box 
Watching the web cam at 1:55 Toronto time, I spotted a change-over at the nest box. Sadly, I was too slow on the draw to snap a photograph. I wonder, then, if this implies we are now in to incubation and there will be no fifth egg. Just a question…
Spent an hour and half at the site this morning to see if things have progressed since Friday. Angel was in the nest box the entire time lying down, I caught her changing positions twice and moving about as if to rearrange eggs but otherwise she was not visible from the ground.
Jack came in about 5 minutes after I arrived and he circled the building three times, checked the rooftops but did not land on the ledge. He passed the ledge at eye level twice and that was one of the times Angel’s head popped up and she did a bit of rearranging. Jack then left and flew in the direction of his other nest site.
I think she’s started incubation however I will wait until tomorrow to call it. I’d like to catch an actual shift change and see if she spends the entire day inside the box. Her behaviour and Jack’s today was consistent with what I saw last year once incubation had started.
I have been checking the web cam throughout the day and finally at around 11:35 Toronto time, the adult had left the nest box. Very clear photo of the four eggs. Perhaps a fifth tomorrow?
While activity seems to have slowed at this site,local folks are keeping their eyes peeled for a pair of Peregrine Falcons,which have been in the area for the last 2 seasons. This would be the first known nest in the Brampton area.
Please excuse the delay in posting this report,our Sportsmans Show participation and other personal issues caused the delay.
Terry Osborne a self-described “obsessed birder living in Dundas, Ontario and have been so obsessed since the 80’s.” Posted about a sighting at the Brampton courthouse. I was able to contact Terry and he reported:
Durand in Columbus,Ohio at the Rhodes State Office Towers. Durand was hatched in Hamilton at The Sheraton Hotel nestsite in 2009. The male is so far unconfirmed.
The most EGGCITING news is that Durand has laid her first egg of 2011
Good luck to Durand! and Congratulations!
Friday April 1st, Finally showed me the 3 eggs. After leaving I was walking passed Osgoode Hall and found a Red Tailed hawk sitting in the tree. A good day.
Now with the fourth egg present incubation has started.
As the adult took a break at 11:35 Toronto time, I managed to snap this photo via the web.
