July 07, 2019 - Windsor - Ambassador Bridge
Marion Nash Reports:
Report and photos from Paul Gosselin
A little slow start to the day as the sun came out. Later Juno and Mckeever got more active they have been flying together all day chasing each other and playing around and they both got fed twice. Juno chased victor allot. Daisy got chased by Mckeever.
Around 3 pm Juno was chasing victor and a pigeon came in victor went after it with Juno right behind him. Victor turn away and Juno went after the Pigeon, man what a chase but the pigeon got away. Juno is learning very well and quick to catch his food and looking to hunt on his own, Mckeever is getting there.
Taz was no were to be seen today hopefully he is off somewhere else and he is ok.
Mckeever was left on the back wall when I left at 8:30pm Juno off by the roof’s of the school.
First 3 picture’s are Juno last 3 picture’s are Mckeever.
Posted on July 8, 2019 10:13 am
July 01, 2019 - Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton
Tracy Simpson Reports:
Today I was down early to the site to check on Raptorette after her release the night before. When I got there I had no one. Nope, no one. No parents, no bratty boys and no Raptorette. Ok. Search is on. I took a slow walk over from Duplex across Eglinton towards Yonge and then south. Well I’ll be if I didn’t find Raptorette on the mezzanine level ledge on the east side of Canada Square! Now this position is quite low but it could be worse. The spot is not a total write off for another flight but it is in a sort of canyon created by the buildings. She’s got options so long as she makes good choices and doesn’t…ugh!! Slip…a ledge hop and walk that didn’t work out at all. She fluttered down to a small ledge right above the Scotia Bank; the same spot she was rescued from two evenings ago by the local community. Why she needed to show me her previous rescue location I’ll never know but here she was a mere 10 feet above the sidewalk and the entire ledge was covered in pigeon spikes for whole length. The spikes are bendable and not sharp at all. They are meant to deter nesting, not injure birds. For her they were hampering her ability to open her wings and find good footing. At this point, with traffic screaming past me on Yonge st, I called Bruce for back up. While I watched two amazing members of the community joined me that were keen to help. Their names escape me at the moment as I am too tired to even remember my own!! They took the west side of the street where she was and I gave them instructions of what to do if she came to ground on their side. I positioned myself on the edge of the road at the construction line on the east side so cars saw me and thinking I was trying to cross, they slowed down. Slowed enough that I could make an emergency stop of traffic as it looked like this was going to be a street rescue. The goofy bird walked south, navigating the bending spikes up her rear, between her toes and under her wings. She walked all the way south until she ran out of ledge and just before Bruce could get out of the subway she flew. She came out low over Yonge Street and just barely cruised over a car on her way south. She tried for the low roof of the connecting causeway between the Canada Square towers and came up short clinging to the wall. That meant we needed to go at this again. I was now in the thick of the street and it all happened in slow motion. She let go, dropped a few feet and headed for Yonge Street flying east. She dodged a second car and landed on the retaining wall of the Minto towers mezzanine after which she plopped down into their gardens. A tenant came out and found me in the street just as Bruce arrived and offered to take me up. Yes please. Thanks to Todd I was able to grab her and get her into a carrier. Canada Square community, you are brilliant. To the folks that helped and were prepared to do whatever we reasonably could for the safety of Raptorette I thank you with the most heartfelt and greatest of respect for all of you. You were amazing!! Thank you once again to Canada Square building management for pulling out all of the stops for this family, Paragon security for being the best support for us watchers and all of you for your kindness and support. She’s back on the ledge and we’re back at it tomorrow!! Photo taken by me, Tracy Simpson
Posted on July 7, 2019 9:55 am
July 05, 2019 - Toronto - Mount Sinai Hospital
Marion Nash Reports:
A brief update on our injured juvenile rescued at the Sick Kids Foundation off of their balcony. X-rays show no fractures and he is responding well to pain management and inflammation treatment. Looks like this little man might be going home soon if all goes well. Thank you to everyone involved in his rescue. Looks like he may get a second chance thanks to all of you. Fingers crossed!! We’ll know more later today.
Posted on July 5, 2019 11:06 am
July 04, 2019 - Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton
Marion Nash Reports:
I’m so done. I’m so exhausted. I so wish I could say that I’d had all 6 family members at dusk but I can’t. I can confirm that I had three juveniles in view at once but that’s it. I can say without doubt that I had Raptorette on the north side of Canada Square at nest ledge level. I can say that I had Screaming Legals fly into the nest ledge and then up to the tip of an antenna. He then disappeared to the east out of view. As it was getting dusky, two juveniles flew up to Heart and Stroke roof but I have no idea who they were. I did get pictures but I’m too tired to work them up for a possible ID. I’ve been working in a 52C truck all day and my brain is fried. Bruce said that he’d briefly had all 6 in view but I didn’t at any time have all 4 juveniles. That’s not to say they aren’t all there but after Spicy P’s nose dive onto the theatre roof with a pigeon in his talons I was really hoping to see him to ease my mind. I’m sure they are all there but I need confirmation on Spicy P for sure. The watch is now officially closed and scaled back to spot checks and I’ll be back tomorrow if I can to find Spicy P and rest my stressed head for awhile afterwards. More to come!
Posted on July 5, 2019 11:03 am
July 04, 2019 - Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton
Marion Nash Reports:
Published by Tracy Simpson · 46 mins ·
CANADA SQUARE - Bruce was down in the morning and had some birds on site but they were backlit and silhouetted and so was unable to get tape color. He was pretty sure he had three. He came back down this afternoon and at one point saw all six members of this family. I have been able to confirm that Screaming Legals with green tape is currently sitting on the Canadian tire building on the very top spire of the highest antenna. I have also been able to confirm that Raptorette is back and is sitting at nest ledge level on the north side of Canada Square. I will be leaving shortly to head up to the CPF raptor centre as in this heat I change their waters daily and sometimes even twice a day depending on how hot it is. With that job pending I want to do that in the light and so I’m hoping, at the very least, to see Spicy P with white tape before I go. That would make my day.
Posted on July 4, 2019 9:05 pm
July 03, 2019 - Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton
Marion Nash Reports:
Published by Tracy Simpson · 20 hrs ·
I just wrote a decently long post on this site and my internet bugged out and I lost it. I’m not amused so here is the Coles notes. Raptorette flew several times and made it up to Rio Can roof but when she took her next flight she was chased by her brothers in play and she freaked out. She flew due west out of sight and hasn’t returned yet. We are not concerned that she is grounded but it may take her a day to get back. Haven brought in a pigeon for the boys at dusk and thought it was a perfect line up for Spicy P to take a food transfer. Well, in reality he grabbed it off of her. He came down in the area of the Theater roof at 2190 Yonge between the Can Sq. and Can Tire towers out of my view. I was really worried at dark as I hadn’t seen him come up from that and it was a really heavy package for him. I cleared the ground around the whole Canada Square block before I lost all my light and I couldn’t see him down. I left not knowing much and I don’t like that at all so I’m going to bed. Bruce will be in tomorrow morning and I will post what he finds right away. Let’s all wish these kids well as they are driving us nuts!!!
Posted on July 4, 2019 9:04 pm
July 03, 2019 - Toronto - Mount Sinai Hospital
Marion Nash Reports:
Yesterday I got a call that there was a report of a peregrine on a balcony on University Avenue in need of a rescue with a possible injury. After coordinating with Bruce I headed down to see what I could find at the location. The site was just a few buildings away on the east side of University and after heading up to the suite, absolutely there was a juvenile falcon on the balcony. As I approached the windows, the tinting hiding my approach, I was able to get a good look at the bird without alerting it and it did shows signs of trouble with its left wing. I decided a rescue was in order. This is an inaccessible balcony that presented a challenge for a rescue. The security guard unlocked the door for me to get out to the bird. That was the easy part. I then had a one foot opening between a cubicle wall and an almost 4 foot high filing cabinet that would get me into the one and a half foot wide space between the back of the cubicle and the door to the balcony. Working on a farm I scramble up lots of things and into lots of weird places and so with the blessing of the tenants, up onto the filing cabinet I hopped and then lowered myself down into the gap. I didn’t want to spook the bird into the air and into trouble as it really needed to get looked at by a vet to be sure of its wing condition. I took a breath and put my hastily made plan into action. I walked out the door just plain as day and the bird was on edge. I quickly strode between him and escape to the air and he did exactly what I’d hoped. He flew over towards the corner and the rest is history. Into the carrier he went. It took a few minutes to extract myself from the gap and then off to the CPF Raptor Centre for a night of rest before a visit to TWC for a health check. I took him in this morning and I am awaiting results that I will share once I get them in. It is a little male and he is one of the Mount Sinai birds. Our goal is to assess him quickly, make a well organized plan for care and get him back to his family as quickly as possible. The longer he is gone the further behind he gets in his training. One excellent thing of note is that he is an absolute tiger. His attitude is not typical of the boys where once caught they tend to surrender. Not this one!! He bit out and lashed out all the live long day. He attacked the towel, the carrier and me and that is exactly how he needs to be in the peregrine world. More to come tomorrow, let’s all wish him well.
Posted on July 4, 2019 9:02 pm
- All Reports
Marion Nash Reports:
Published by Cathy Kerr · July 2 at 9:50 PM ·
We got a call from the great management at Amexon - their HVAC system was down and their workmen had to fix it, yep, on the roof! And they wanted our help to keep workers and birds safe.. Good people. The guys were really great, respectful of the birds.
Chester came flying over to check us out, was pretty chill actually–thankfully where they had to work was not right by the nest ledge. Then up popped Jenna! She sat there checking us out…and stayed there for the 3 plus hours they were there working!! The guys were very impressed lol. I left to pick up my dog and came back as they were finishing up. They said Jenna had just “disappeared” moments ago–I said she probably was down feeding her kids! I popped my head over and saw her feeding two beautiful bobbleheads ❤ ❤ ! She echupped for Dad(who was nowhere to be found-I had already checked) but I was out of there in less than a minute…she had had enough disruption, I am sure. But way to go everyone involved…from the guys to mom and dad, who stayed calm. And so glad to see two healthy babies ❤ ❤
Cathy
Posted on July 4, 2019 9:00 pm
July 03, 2019 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
Marion Nash Reports:
Downtown Toronto Activity.
Spot checks are in order this evening.
King St. ( not an active nest site )
unidentified adult female sitting on the cooling tower railing of nearby building. She sat there for a long time.
Sheraton Centre:
No adult in view. BonVoy and Quinn appear to be enjoying the west tower of Nathan Phillips Square. Pigeons nest in that area, curiosity must be bringing the juvies to take a look.
Mt. Sinai:
No adults in view. Two juvies on the south side of the west wing of the hospital. The others out of view.
Posted on July 4, 2019 8:55 pm
July 01, 2019 - Windsor - Ambassador Bridge
Marion Nash Reports:
I am glad I have a good cardiologist because as of today McKeever is starting to show greater confidence in her flying skills. Frank almost had a coronary this morning when she flew up and over the trucks on the bridge.
I am attaching a digiscoped picture of her which I believe epitomizes the confident Peregrine Falcon.
Bob Hall-Brooks
Windsor
Posted on July 4, 2019 9:54 am
