We know Malik the adult male at Canada Square 2200 Yonge St. was found dead on the roof so who is the new male? Security was finally able to get a band number on the new male Y over 31 and it is none other than Shadow produced at the William Osler Hospital in Etobicoke in 2017. Glad to see it’s a Canadian produced bird. photos to come.
We know Malik was found dead on the roof so who is the new male? Security was finally able to get a band number on the new male Y over 31 and it is none other than Shadow produced at the William Osler Hospital in Etobicoke in 2017. Glad to see it’s a Canadian produced bird.
Banding day went very well. Many of the tenants, building management and security came out to see their new falcon family members.
Thanks to Kathy Smith a long time CPF volunteer who extracted the chicks and Sky Reach Window Washing who provided the lift up to the nest 2 chicks arrived in the lobby safe and sound. We have 1 male and 1 female this year and were a very healthy pair.
The female was 910 grams banded 82 over X and named Amanda with red tape on her silver band and the male was 695 grams and banded S over 49 and named Drago with blue tape on his silver band.
The adult female never left the nest ledge and Kathy had to give her a little push to move her out of the way to get the chicks and gave her the cold peregrine stare until her babies were returned.
more photos to come and announcement about the start date for the fledge watch so please keep watching.
Once again a big thanks to Colliers property management and MEC security for all their help and continued support of the MEC falcons!
Paul reports that he was able to confirm 4 chicks at the Ambassador Bridge nest! Exciting to have another large brood again. The local watch team will need lots of folks to help watch these chicks as they develop their flight skills. It will definitely be an exciting watch season here in Windsor!
Banding date for the falcons chicks is set for June 3rd at 1:00 PM east tower lobby. There will be limited seating so if you wish to sit and watch get there early.
We will be asking for names for the chicks and will have a ballot box set up at banding and will draw the names at the end.
Banding date is fast approaching and we now have a time 11:00 AM June 4th 43 floor Pinnacle room. If you wish to attend please be there for 10:45.
Before I post Sally’s report, I need to update her update lol!! When I was going through my pictures of Quest and her babies, I found a fourth!! Yes, its 4 babies for Quest and Mystery!! Congrats!! Going to be a fun fledge watch 
From Sally:
Cathy and I met up on Saturday to check on our family. We couldn’t have timed it better. We had not been there long before we heard calling right above us. Looked up and saw a food exchange from Mystery (Mr E) to Quest.
We got our cameras out just in time to capture Quest flying in to the nest to feed the 3 eyases (we were able to confirm 3 because they all perked up from their nap when she brought their lunch!)
The babies have definitely grown a lot from our last check the weekend before. Wow! We’ve watched Quest and other sites for years now, but are still amazed at how quickly they grow.
We drove up to the parking arcade roof again to get a better look. Once again we could hear the affectionate chup chup sounds as Quest fed her babies. So sweet.
After lunch, the babies pancaked back down on their tummies. One moved into the sunshine, then sat up, flapped his or her wings, pooped and settle back down.
We will be back to check next weekend.
Got a report today that Bob has seen 3 little white heads for sure.
Banding day for Windsors baby falcons is booked for June 8th. Stay tuned for banding information, names of the chicks and photos.
Banding day is set for May 27th at 10:30 Am in the lobby. Come meet Mississauga’s newest addition the the MEC Falcon Family.