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1  Other Nature Related Information / Falcon Web Cams / Re: Jersey City on: 08-Jan-16, 08:41:05 AM
Thanks for all the kind comments.  I'll keep you updated if I see her again.  I haven't been able to get out much this week due to being stuck at work and daylight hours still being short.  I'll probably swing by Downsview this weekend and see what's going on.
2  Other Nature Related Information / Falcon Web Cams / Re: Jersey City on: 06-Jan-16, 12:30:11 PM
It's hard to say if she's given up on the King St. site or just exploring.  A Peregrine Falcon was first spotted at Downsview this winter on December 13.  If that was indeed the first sighting of Ivy (and I have no reason to believe it's not because we rarely see Peregrines at Downsview...it was my first time since 2013), that means that she's made trips between King St. Nest Site and Downsview several times. 

So yeah it does look like she's exploring all her options. 

On a side note while at Downsview on Jan 3, she was harassing quite a number of Red-tailed Hawks.  This is a park known for its RTH population, even in winter.

This is a short video I shot of her doing this but the sound is terrible due to strong wind buffeting so turn down your speakers before clicking on the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx1Xsv1zMUQ
3  Other Nature Related Information / Falcon Web Cams / Re: Jersey City on: 05-Jan-16, 09:38:46 PM
Awesome!  I followed that whole story about Ivy and her foster parents, Athena and Six that year!  So glad to hear she's doing well! Is that park near the  King St nest site, where she was spotted a while ago?

No actually it's not.  Well at least not for me, maybe for Ivy it is.  I just used a straight line distance calculator and it is about 8 miles from Downsview Park to that King street nest site.
4  Other Nature Related Information / Falcon Web Cams / Re: Jersey City on: 05-Jan-16, 09:24:17 PM
Also here's my ebird report to give you location details and other bird species counts (if interested).
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26651661
5  Other Nature Related Information / Falcon Web Cams / Re: Jersey City on: 05-Jan-16, 09:20:41 PM
Hi everyone,

Just wanted to give you a quick update that Ivy 79AN has been spotted at one of our local parks here in Toronto called Downsview Park.  I frequent this park often and on Sunday January 3, 2016 I spotted her for the first time at approximately 11am. 

I took some pics of her...she was remarkably approachable...it's as close as I've ever been to a Peregrine Falcon.  But at 20 metres I stopped and used my 83x zoom camera to snap the close-ups below.  The first one has her leg-band with ID number 79AN


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