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Joyce and MAK will be heading to Toronto on Friday also!  :foxbinocs: :foxbinocs:

So how many of you are going?

Might Canada consider this as an invasion?  :hysterical:

I'd say so...

I believe 6 are going.

It IS an invasion! No doubt about it.

Good for all of you!  We will miss your reports, but can't wait to hear about your Canadian adventures! 

Have Fun!You're gonna be a great team!

I'm going to try to make it up to Canada Square for the banding this morning at 10 am so I can check out the 'invading interlopers'!   :2thumbsup:  

Going to go get ready now as I"m located about an hour from that site.

Nice Carly, have fun.

MAK just called, her and Joyce stopped at Buffalo. Saw 3 Juvies and BB on nest watching over them. Off to CT where they found only 1 adult. No sightings at Grain Elevator and now on their way to Statler then Burlington. As long as they get a signal, I'll post updates.

They are going to try and hit every nest on the way....even Valient, at Ogdensburg, if that's him.  :clap:

I'll make a new thread so not to combine it with the Rochester watch reports.

Ok, so they left the Grain and went to Statler. Took a few pics from ground level, when a light bulb went off in Joyce's evil mind!  :devil: There was an old building across from the Statler, so they decided to go in that building and up to the 26th floor, which is directly across from the nest. Got a birds eye view of the nest with 3 Juvies in it. No adults that they could find. Guess they passed someone in the building and said they are just going to see the Falcons and the guy said OK!! How easy was that??

Next stop Burlington, hopefully they will have a signal but I doubt it. We'll see.

Yaaaaaay! How easy indeed!!
 :wave:

Get a wiggle on, Carly!!

If you come in Montréal, be careful....  ;)  We have 2 falcons named Spirit and Roger who are very agressive and protective . They have pushed away an american eagle five days ago; not very welcoming these parents!!!    :hurt:  ;) 
You can see photos here: http://fauconsudem.blogspot.com/ (http://fauconsudem.blogspot.com/)
It's the first flight here too.   :thumbsup:

Oh my, that pic with the eagle with talons up is amazing!! Yeah, I won't go near your falcons!!! LOL

Awesome!

From time to time at the Kodak Tower, an eagle would fly by-- and Kaver would go after it!  These birds are fearless when protecting their territory :heart: :heart: :heart:

SOS Can anyone help Joyce and MAK? No one has communication with them and Joyce had an accident, (both she and MAK are fine) but they won't let Joyce take her car home, (even though it runs). She has bad front end damage. Can someone get a hold of Carol and the girls to let them know. Sue is worried! They are in Toronto some where and no PH signal. I want to help but just don't know how. I see Lisa has signal, is there anyway to get a hold of her?? Thanks

Does anyone know a way to find out where MAK and Joyce are? Sue just asked me. NO fun, not knowing.

I just tried texting Lisa

I remembered I had Linda Woods cell, I called her and MAK and Joyce are with Bruce Massey right now. I called Sue and gave her Bruce's cell ph number to call. So all is good. Phew.

Oh and Linda would like to know if anyone knows anyone from LAZY BOY that can send up some recliners for them. This waiting is murder on the back!! Thanx!

Thank you Jeanne!!

Glad they're with someone familiar. Tough that this happened and especially being out of the country! 

Kathy O just said they have all been in touch

Oh I'm glad. I guess Joyce's front bumper has to be removed before she can drive it....or they will rent a one way car and come home. They have Laws too!!

Such a shame on what should be a good weekend

Sue called MAK via Bruce's phone. Poor Joyce.

Joyce and Mak are in good hands, they left my site at about 3:15 with Bruce and were headed to the clearing centre where they have to report the accident.  The CAA (Canadian Automobile Association) was with them, he took the bumper off and otherwise the car was driveable.

They are hoping to get cleared to drive it straight home otherwise they will rent a car.  They got to see Jack, Angel and the kids for a bit while we waited on everyone to come to our aid.  Hopefully they will get to come home soon. 

 

Thanks Carly, they are in good hands!!  :2thumbsup:

They sure are!

A new twist....Joyce's car is NOT in driving condition. Her axel is shot. The Car rental place closed and if they get a car some how, they can only take it as far as the border. Other option...bus. They have so much stuff and not prepared for the bus. Bruce, (as sweet as he is), will stay with them until they find a way home or a Hotel. It just gets worse.  :(

Oh no, those poor ladies.  I feel so awful, they are such wonderful people and they came all the way out to the west end to see me and the falcon family and looks what happens  :'(

Train?  We took it from Toronto to Buffalo not that many years ago. 

All is good again. Bruce took them to the Airport to rent a car. Should be on their way after a good dinner. They haven't eaten since breakfast. Guess midnight-ish, they will be home. Sheesh! Poor Joyce, has to leave her car then pick it up again.

Thank you for the update Donna, I'm so relieved they've gotten everything settled.  I hope they have a good meal and an uneventful drive home - they've had a tough day.

Bruce is a wonderful guy and I"m so thankful he was reachable today, don't know what we would have done without him.  :bow:

I'm happy I had Linda's number and she gave me Bruce's number so Sue could contact MAK. Gee and MAK wanted me to come along!! Would have been interesting for sure. Bruce is a sweet guy for staying with them until they got on their way. Canadians are so friendly!  :clap:

Finaly all is ok, or nearly... I'm happy. I was a little worried but I know they have friends in Toronto. Birds friends are the same ones everywhere...

How does it go...Birds of a feather............

OMG - just scrolling through today's posts and seeing MAK and Joyce had accident...hope they are okay and safe......sending good thoughts to both!

Today is the first day in a long time that I didn't check in at all until a little while ago.  First, MAK and Joyce, -such devoted watchers, photographers and reporters -- GLAD YOU ARE OKAY!    Someone was watching over you!   Car's and car parts can be replaced -- people can't be!    Second, thanks to Bruce and Carly, and Donna for watching out for them.   It is true - "birds of a feather....".  Thank you.
Ladies, get home safe!  I hope you don't have any "next day" aches and pains, but    at least you will be home.  Beauty is waiting for you!    Be safe, ladies!

think we might have to put a transmitter on MAK--Beauty sends her regards--
misses you  :heart: :heart: :heart::

The girls made it back by 1:30am. Hope they have a good rest after yesterday's ordeal. Glad your home Joyce and MAK! Not a total bomb, you got to see many FALCONS and many faces behind the names!  :clap:

A BIG thank you To Bruce, who took good care of the girls, right up to the end!

To Linda Woods, thank you for hooking Sue up with Bruce and you have a great sense of humor!! Lazy Boy!! I pictured all the watchers down at Sheraton watching from their recliners! Too funny.

Yay...glad to hear they have made it home safe and sound.  Thanks for keeping us updated Donna  :wave:

So glad they made it back home safely!!! Linda is awesome and Bruce seems to be the same.  They are kind of used to rescues ;)  (Who could ever forget when Linda stopped a bus headed for Niagara Falls because one of Rhea Mae's babies was perched on top)! 

LOL and now they have to rescue our girls. Oh Lily was ready for that bus trip. I remember.  :thumbsup:

Glad to hear they made it home OK!  :clap:

Thanks everyone for your concerns about our ordeal in Canada.  

I feel bad that we missed out on our Saturday falcon watches, and poor MAK & Bruce having to hang out like that all day. Prior to coming to Toronto, Carol, Kathy, Lisa and Dana had signed up to to join in the Sheraton Centre watch on Saturday after seeing Stormin'.  MAK and I thought we would check out Etobicoke Sun Life, since we heard the 3 eyases at that site are ready to fledge too. We were glad we did because Carly was the only one on watch.  Unfortunately, our watch ended too soon.

Carly contacted Bruce Massey while I was exchanging information with the other driver. The driver of the other car, was kind enough to tell us about the Collision Center, but we waited for Bruce. Neither MAK, Carly, or myself had a cell phone. While waiting for Bruce, we went back to falcon watching with Carly. What a perfect thing to distract the mind for a few minutes. She gave us support, keeping us company, and took us inside the Sun Life building.  Credit card pay phones - pretty unique and we could call home. Wonderful man...Bruce! Stayed with us throughout the whole day. Bruce offered his CAA card to call a towing company. He made telephone connections for us to let our fellow falcon watchers know we were OK.

We sure did learn a lot about the way they handle accidents in Toronto.  Never heard of a Collision Center, but it is a convenient way to handle fender benders. There are 3 centers for the entire metropolitan area. The front half of the collision center handles all of the details, then the back half is like a police station.  The tow truck driver wasn't aware that I had a 4-wheel drive, so he couldn't tow it.  He didn't have a flat bed, and I'm not sure if he had dollies.  When I drove my car, it was definitely out of alignment.  My steering wheel had to be held to the left to get the car to go straight.  Immediately upon viewing my car, the policeman said "not drivable."

The CPF people are a fantastic group.  Mark was out-of-town, but he was in touch with Bruce to get status updates.  He even offered us a boat ride across the lake if we couldn't find any way to get home. LOL!

Thanks to our Canadian friends for all your help and support.

Joyce, Mark was probably happy he didn't have to rescue you guys from pipes or air conditioning  ;) And didn't he once have to rescued on that boat?

I think so. Can you imagine trying to explain to Customs why we were getting a boat ride home?

    ^{I'd take the boat ride!  ;)} (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a227/Billahoody/newer%20gifs/boatjump.gif)

Can you say handcuffs?  :police:

First, I am so very happy that no one was hurt. Thank goodness!  Second, a big thanks to our CPF friends.  What good friends you are!  :clap:

Now, imagine our surprise after we arrived at the Toronto Sheraton (just having left Joyce & MAK at Stormin's nest site) and after joining the CPF Watchers Zoe, Anne & Linda W being told  that MAK and Joyce had been in a car accident.  I'm pretty sure they thought we had also been involved in the accident.  It was very confusing and we were shocked and very concerned.  We couldn't believe it!  I wish they had been able to call us (Kathy O and Lisa had working cell phones).  My phone like Joyce's and MAK's does not work once you pass over the border.  We would have joined them in a heartbeat.

When Linda W arrived, she called Bruce for an update and Lisa spoke to Joyce for a short time.

I'm just glad that Bruce was able to help them get through all the Canadian rules and laws.  and we were so very happy that no one had been hurt.  Thanks Bruce, you're a sweetheart.   :heart:

Kathy, Lisa, Dana and I did not return home until last night.  No fledges for us at the Sheraton, but the two big girls at Burlington look like they're ready to fledge at any moment.  Not much white left on them at all.  We couldn't find any Watchers while we were there.  Hated to leave.

I'll post pics and report as soon as I can.

Carol P.

Just to serve as a warning: when in Canada it will cost you big bucks to make calls on the pay phones. I made 4 calls home from Toronto and it cost $83.84 on my ATM card because my tracfone doesn't get a signal across the border.  :scaredblue:

OMG!!!  :o Outrageous!!!

Yikes!  I don't know about cell phone cost from Canada-- not sure if it is higher- when there is a signal.  When I went a few years back, I couldn't get a signal on my phone - verizon

Maybe that was a blessing jeanne!

Roaming charges for Verizon are very high in Canada.  I remember one trip to find Quest when she was at the Lennox Power Plant between texts abd calls I spent about $75 additional.  I have learned to be a little more cautious.