I’m happy to report that we have 3 healthy female chicks at the Lift Bridge.The birds were banded by this morning by Anne Yagi from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR) who reports that all birds are healthy, strong and that they were in good voice.The birds are:
Berl weighing in at 941 grams – red band – 34/X - 31 days old
Maple – 890 grams – yellow band – 35/X - 26 days old
Truss – 935 grams – green band – 36/X - 30 days old
CORRECTION: BANDING HAPPENS ON FRIDAY, JUNE 5th. CPF apologizes for the miscommunication.
The Mississauga Executive Centre (Building #1), located at 1 Robert Speck Parkway in Mississauga, is hosting a public banding of the 3 Peregrine chicks.
The pre-show happens at 10:00am, while the banding occurs around 10:30am.
Everyone is invited. If you’re in the area, drop by, it’s an incredible experience to see these little raptors before they become BIG raptors!
Here’s a recorded video of the family feeding, the male stops by around the 4 minute mark (warning - peregrine’s feeding)
What to see more of these chicks, but with your own eyes? Come to the banding FRIDAY morning, 10am, at Building #1 of the Mississauga Executive Centre.
Both parents observed on the ledge earlier this morning sharing a meal with the young. Currently one parent is positioned on top of the nest ledge, one directly on the edge of ledge. Two of the young are in the nestbox looking around and one male is running up and down the ledge flapping his wings which can been seen from the ground. He was flapping alot last night and actually got up a few inches in the air on the ledge several times. The other two do not seem in a hurry and are occassionaly seen flapping but no where near as much as this one!
On June 2,hosted by,Sandra Celli,of, Avison Young Property Management, 4 Peregrine Falcon chicks were banded at the 18 King St E. Mark Heaton from MNR and his able assistance had their hands full. Big sister Molly emerged quite Feisty. The room filled with Peregrine Falcon calls. One by one the Peregrine chicks were weighed,sexed,named and given their US Fish and Wildlife band and their Canadian Ministry of Natural Resources Band. Please enjoy the photos of this years young:
1.Molly 853grams 23 days old 98/x
2.Alpin 603grams 22days old 32/y
3.Kendal 536grams 24days old 33/y
4.Spec 378grams 15days 34/y
Spec’s small size surprised us all. There had been 5 eggs and only 4 hatched. We suspect egg 4 didnt hatch and Spec was egg 5,accounting for his difference in age. Extra care was taken in the decision to band him.
Well the chicks at the Hamilton Nest Site were given their official “bling”, and by bling we mean their band numbers. These band numbers are their identification, so if one is ever found or seen nesting somewhere that is the only way that we can identify them and their family history. The Banding is completed with the Ministry of Natural Resources.
This year we have 3 large healthy girls and 1 smaller boy. The sex is determined based on their weight. Males tend to be smaller in weight but because they are lighter on their feet, will usually fly first.
They were looked over and given a clean bill of health which is what we always want to hear.
First flights may start around Father’s day, but given the fact that we have 3 girls…I think they may hold out longer.
Knock on wood, but the MEC webcam seems to be up and running. We are still working on getting a higher resolution image, but the current image is pretty good and refreshing every 10 seconds automatically. Lots of activity the last few days as the 3 chicks are pretty hungry.
May 28, 2009 - International, National and Local News
CPF Postmaster Reports:
With a big than you to Sandy for sending in these interesting photo’s of there unexpected diner guest. The raptor dropped in for diner but forgot to knock first giving the Schadewald family time to open the window.
The hawk literally flew into a window and knocked himself out. This picture was taken from the room where it recovered before being let back loose.
Pictures taken by Sandra in San Mateo County CA, USA on May 28, 2009.
Thank your for sharing these great photos. Very glad to hear that the bird recovered and was successfully released back to the wild.
May 27, 2009 - International, National and Local News
CPF Postmaster Reports:
We have just received a call from the Etobicoke SPCA that they responded to a call of an injured peregrine with a broken wing. After rescuing and retrieving the bird, and many calls trying to find medical assistance for a qualified avian vet, they were finally let the Canadian Peregrine Foundation. While this is no surprise to us, given that very few vets here in Toronto and surrounding area can deal with wildlife - (let alone avian wildlife), we were glad that they found us. With a huge thank you to Jerry for his determination and persistence in finding us, as his initial efforts had him being transferred from one call to another with absolutely no success. We are pleased that we could help getting both he and the injured peregrine to proper medical assistance before the bird ended up being just another dead statistic . The injured peregrine was transferred to the Owl foundation, one of the only raptor rehabilitators in the area with large enough facilities and the expertise to deal with a raptor of this size.
