I am so upset right now. Wondering why she has not been to Mercury the past few days. Was it a battle, was she chasing her prey? So many questions, so many prayers for our girl. Bless you Beauty, heal and come back to us!  Was that Beauty Carol saw yesterday, who knows.

And you know what else all this means?  Rhea Mae's Tiago & Quest's Kendal are full brothers.  I knew they were both hatched at King St., just didn't know all the birds were the same!  

Holy "As the Falcon Turns"!!!!!!  

AND...Erin's parents are Raynie & Leopold...Raynie being the female displaced by Archer's sister, Millie, who successfully nested with Leopold in 2009 & 2010. 

Erin's sister is Kathy Q (properly Chantal) of Indy.  Raynie was the sister of Nora from Black Dog.

Well, I'm back to where I was this morning!   

Flying already!!!! Holy moly I guess they do grow fast! Cricket is very pretty!! Thanks!

Yeah and momma is sitting on 8 more eggs!!

http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/w/2012/02/sightings/windwhistler-aka-spike-black-e-overt-is-still-the-resident-adult-male-hes-14-years-old-this-year/ All about Windwhistler (Spike) and his mates. Wow, what a story!!

 Wow, they grow at an amazing rate!

http://cricketbird.tumblr.com/post/17331138563/here-is-cricket-he-she-is-now-4-weeks-old video

Squirrel takes cover under his own tail during a snowstorm.

Photograph by Ray Yeager, My Shot

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Tiago only replaced Windwhistler at the Sheraton.  Windwhistler has been nesting continuously at King St. since 2004.

Yes, I meant WW has been at King St since 2007. I'm confusing myself now!!

Let's try it this way...
Windwhistler @ Sheraton AND King St. 2004-2007

Windwhistler @ King St. ONLY 2008-present

  YES!! LOL

The short version-Jack & Archer are not the original tiercels with 2 active nests. 

Windwhistler (he was called Spike at one of the nests until it became clear it was the same bird) was the resident tiercel at both the Sheraton with Wind and at King St. with Mandy for several years.  At the Sheraton, Rhea Mae displaced Wind and Tiago (hatched King St. 2005) displaced his father.  It has been difficult to get a band read on the tiercel at King St. for a while now, but I think most everyone thought it was still Windwhistler.  That has now been confirmed.

I don't know when Erin displaced Mandy, but I know she was only ID'd as the new female in the last year or so.

Ok thanks! So Windwhistler has been around since 2007 when Tiago replaced him? (At King St)? Supposedly? Falcons can be so confusing at times!  OMG now Erin is Mandy too!! Help me!

Tiago only replaced Windwhistler at the Sheraton.  Windwhistler has been nesting continuously at King St. since 2004.

Yes, I meant WW has been at King St since 2007. I'm confusing myself now!!

Windwhistler had been at King and at Sheraton from 2004-2007 servicing both nests. Windwhistler produced / sired a total of 9 chicks (2004 to 2007) over 4 seasons at the Toronto Sheraton Centre nest site, while simultaneously producing a total of 30 chicks (2003 to 2011) over 9 seasons at the Toronto 18 King street nest site. Erin showed up in 2002 but wasnt identified for many years(she was called Many while unidentified for some reason unknown to me) When Erin was ID'd several years ago as an older bird,there was speculation as to where she had been for so long. In actuallity, she was the resident female since 2002 and was Mandy. We verified this from photos. This makes sense as she would have been a 2 or 3 year old her first nesting season at King St.  We were well aware of his double timing as it was happening,it was a running joke, that he kept his girlfriend at the Sheraton and his wife at the King Edward Hotel(the original nestsite across the road from 18 King) It had been some years since he was re-confirmed as the resident male at King.Now is all that clear as mud?

Heck no!! I'm hittin the bottle!

Ok, OK, I'm gettin it, so Windwhistler has been under our noses all these years!! 

Scientists get some clues.

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/greenliving/Where-do-puffins-go-Scientists-get-some-clues.html

http://youtu.be/5LWv1boqXUw[/url
 

This Texan goes all Kristen Bell on us after receiving a great big hug from a King Penguin at Sea World in San Antonio. The visit was a part of a special behind-the-scenes penguin encounter her husband (behind the camera) got her for her birthday. From the look on her face, it’s worth it.

She got emotional with the aquatic bird–who’s apparently extra-affectionate since he’s looking for a mate–saying “Awww, you’re the best penguin EVER!�

[Happiest of Birthday's Baerbel! Please tell what you have been up to these days.]

Happiest of Birthday's Baerbel! Please tell what you have been up to these days.    

Recently we received photos of the resident male at our 18 King St location. Thanks to Steve Warner of Solar Window Washing, who has sent us some of the photos that he managed to snap while operating the swing stage during the 2011 banding,we can say with 100% certainty that it is Windwhistler(aka Spike) who will be 14 this year! His mate at King St is Erin who will also be 14 this season.  Windwhistler was the resident male from 2004-2007 at The Toronto Sheraton and at 18 King St. He fathered young at both nests during this period. He was replaced at the Sheraton by one of his 18King St sons,named Tiago. Windwhistler stayed at 18 King St nest and continued to produce. Fathering chicks at 2 nests has made him the most prolific breeder in Ontario,with 39 young hatched over the years. At least 5 of his young are known to be nesting elsewhere now. This is great news!!

Can you say that again a bit slower. I'm so confused! 

The short version-Jack & Archer are not the original tiercels with 2 active nests. 

Windwhistler (he was called Spike at one of the nests until it became clear it was the same bird) was the resident tiercel at both the Sheraton with Wind and at King St. with Mandy for several years.  At the Sheraton, Rhea Mae displaced Wind and Tiago (hatched King St. 2005) displaced his father.  It has been difficult to get a band read on the tiercel at King St. for a while now, but I think most everyone thought it was still Windwhistler.  That has now been confirmed.

I don't know when Erin displaced Mandy, but I know she was only ID'd as the new female in the last year or so.

Ok thanks! So Windwhistler has been around since 2007 when Tiago replaced him? (At King St)? Supposedly? Falcons can be so confusing at times!  OMG now Erin is Mandy too!! Help me!

Recently we received photos of the resident male at our 18 King St location. Thanks to Steve Warner of Solar Window Washing, who has sent us some of the photos that he managed to snap while operating the swing stage during the 2011 banding,we can say with 100% certainty that it is Windwhistler(aka Spike) who will be 14 this year! His mate at King St is Erin who will also be 14 this season.  Windwhistler was the resident male from 2004-2007 at The Toronto Sheraton and at 18 King St. He fathered young at both nests during this period. He was replaced at the Sheraton by one of his 18King St sons,named Tiago. Windwhistler stayed at 18 King St nest and continued to produce. Fathering chicks at 2 nests has made him the most prolific breeder in Ontario,with 39 young hatched over the years. At least 5 of his young are known to be nesting elsewhere now. This is great news!!

Can you say that again a bit slower. I'm so confused! 

Wow, you was Snap Happy today! Good shots CP and nice to see Beauty in action!