OK!  You all asked and we answered.  Lou did a great job designing the official 2013 Rochester Falcon Watch Weekend Shirt.  Just click on the attached link.  Remember you can choose any color or any type of shirt.  Hope you all like it!  Thanks Lou!!!  

http://www.zazzle.com/rfalconcam_2013_watcher_weekend_t_shirt-235095441361263947

Just curious as to whose pics are on the t-shirt that Lou made.  Do you know, Carol?

Lots of postings today!

http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/w/2013/06/sightings/toronto-don-mills/

Toronto Don Mills June 22, 2013
June 22, 2013 - Toronto - Don Mills

Ann Brokelman Reports:

Started my watch at Don Mills on Saturday at 8am. All peregrines were on 240.  Luna at the top dancing by the pole. Kendal in usual spot, Quest just  at the front of the building.

Took some time but finally Carina popped her head up. Totally relieved as she had a nasty window strike the other day.

Luna is flying very well from 240 to Harlequin and back. Kendal came in with live food (a starling) and Luna took it from his beak and starting jumping up and down and flapping her wings. The starling was also flapping wings.  Luna started to pluck the feathers of bird.  The next feeding by Quest to Luna had Quest beak feeding Luna.  Amazing.

Carina sat on her ledge but finally by lunch was walking back and forth.  Preening, pooping, stretching.  No flight, no food.  Hopefully later on.

One last note Luna love the rain.  She loves to run up and down ledge flapping her wings in the rain.  Also love the pole on the SW corner of 240.

Fly safe little ones. No sign of Kimani.  Parents were with Luna and Carina the whole time.

 

Posted on June 23, 2013 9:30 am
Observation for Toronto - Don Mills

http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/w/2013/06/sightings/rescue-shots-of-carina/

http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/w/2013/06/sightings/carina-looking-good/

!!! Some amazing flights going on here!!
June 20, 2013 - Toronto - Don Mills

CPF Postmaster Reports:

Hi there, just thought I’ve give you an account of my observations this evening regarding Carina. After flying back and forth from the building east of 225 Duncan Mill and 240 Duncan Mill, she flew again to the east of 240 Duncan Mill and reached the east side of the roof, did lots of head bobbing and then flew again towards the ravine, circling back and the last we saw she was on the south east corner of 240 Duncan Mill, 2nd ledge from the top at around 9:30-9:40pm.

Earlier, when she’d reached the upper roof of 240 Duncan Mill, it was awesome watching Kendal pick up a prepped bird, and move it from beak to talons mid-flight as he crossed over (enticing Carina?). First time seeing that for me. Quite the acrobat!

Sally

Posted on June 23, 2013 10:41 am
Observation for Toronto - Don Mills

Carina is back into air after her “window washing experience�!
June 22, 2013 - Toronto - Don Mills

Mark Nash Reports:

June 22nd- 2013
Hi Mark just thought I’d give you a run down for today up until I left you guys.

Ann was there when I arrived at 10:30 and found Carina who had made it from the 220 roof to a ledge on west side of 240 (where she remained all day, not being fed at all). She screeched on and off for food/attention, and a few times ran back and forth with wings out.

Luna did some flying back and forth from 225 to 240. Got rewarded with food each time. Favoured the south west corner of 240 building for most of today. At one point when she flew across to the roof of 225 one of the parents brought her a live bird (Ann got a terrific photo clearly indicating flapping wings of the prey after the food transfer).

Before Ann left we saw Kendal take food to the nest box, have a bite, clean his talons before the chattering broke out and he was shooed away by Quest who spent quite a bit of time there during a pretty heavy downpour.

Murray and Debbie had a quite a few people from their Nature group stop by for quite some time. More probably would have joined them if the rain hadn’t come in waves with a couple of thunder claps. Rain quite heavy at times with Luna stretching out her wings “appearing� to enjoy it but maybe just experiencing a new sensation.

I thankfully wasn’t on my own for too long each time and while I was only saw Luna fly once across from 225 to 240 building, and then to the pink glass building on the south side (where she was still when I left). She’d flown over to get food from Quest.

An interesting day where I got to see Kendal bring food but Quest taking over feeding (at one point a lot of beak to beak between her and Luna) and poor little Carina seeming to want to fly but perhaps either a bit bruised or lacking confidence, or both. And definitely a battle of wills with the parents not giving in to her demands.

Sally

Posted on June 23, 2013 12:04 pm
Observation for Toronto - Don Mills

Was at Harlequin this morning. All was well!

Carina by Murray Shields

Kimani was never found though-that's sad.  Did they ever "boot up" to look for her that night?

Two in view, third not seen
June 22, 2013 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre

Linda Woods Reports:

This afternoon/evening Gurdy and one of the males were seen in the same area as before the heavy rain.

  While I kept an eye on the one that looked like it was going fly further south, three Mallard Ducks flew north on University Ave and hooked at right at Richmond. Perhaps they were heading for City Hall and the Jazz Festival. When this juvie scooted out of my view, I repositioned and caught sight of what I think was a second juvie.  Repositioned again to a higher elevation and found two juveniles on the roof of  150 York St.  And that’s where they stayed for the entire time.

I repositioned back to ground level, for a better view. One flew south and landed on the roof across the street, while the other stayed. Both adult were sitting on the corners of 130 Adelaide and paying no attention to either of juveniles.  Unfortunately we have not seen the third juvenile for a few days now. We were holding out hope that it might reappear today, but there has been no sign of it so far.

Posted on June 22, 2013 9:48 pm
Observation for Toronto - Sheraton Centre

http://www.ospreys.org.uk/fly-lady-fly-at-the-house-of-lords/

Love this song!   

http://youtu.be/e_9DejRskrw

[I don't live near you but maybe someone else does. Can anybody give Glothom a ride that Saturday?]

I would love to attend this year on Saturday but I don't have a car to get there. I live in Greece (not far from Delta Sonic on Ridge Rd W) if anyone is able to give me a ride there and back I would be most appreciative!

I don't live near you but maybe someone else does.  Can anybody give Glothom a ride that Saturday?
I was also wondering what was going on that weekend as nothing has really been said.  In the past couple years, the only thing that I know of is Saturday-when people gather in the park, watch fledglings, eat, drink and talk. Is there anything else planned? What's happening on Sunday?

One Chick Doing Well
June 21, 2013 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre

Harry Crawford Reports:

Day 7 - morning shift.
I started out checking the Dominion of Canada General Insurance
building where the chick was last seen yesterday evening.  Nothing
was visible so I decided to do a ground search south of the Hilton.
When I got there I could hear a chick vocalising.  Completing the
ground search with no results, I went up to Sheraton 43 and saw a
chick on 150 York with both parents beside it.  Then I looked for
the two missing chicks and when I looked back to 150 York, the chick
and an adult had left.  One adult remained.  An hour or so later,
the chick was back on 150 York twice.  Searches for the missing ones
did not turn anything up.

Linda and Paul arrived before lunch and Linda spotted the chick on
200 University.  Unfortunately we couldn’t see the tape for further
identification.

Posted on June 21, 2013 3:01 pm
Observation for Toronto - Sheraton Centre


It doesn't sound like the other 2 have been seen in a couple days. I know there's a lot of buildings and hiding spots but I hope they're OK.

Thanks, NCA, for the great videos!  Love the synchronized tracking too!

Seal Island, Maine Puffin cam is live again!  Hatch watch-due in about a week!

Puffin burrow:

http://explore.org/#!/live-cams/player/puffin-burrow-cam

Puffin loafing ledge:

http://explore.org/#!/live-cams/player/puffin-loafing-ledge-cam

How sad for them.

Very sad-so much devastation all over this year.

Carina hit a window , came down, and is okay, checked over by Mark.



By Patty    UGH!!

I guess Mark spoke too soon in his report!  At least she's OK and maybe this will teach her a life lesson-bad windows!

I have lots of tears in my eyes right now. My deepest sympathies to Glenn Stewart.

Me too, Bonnie.  Sad to read.

Our Sophie

As it turned out, it was a bobcat that took her permanently from the sky.

http://stewartfalcon.wordpress.com/2013/06/20/our-sophie/

(Sage) CT All kids have fledged! It's a beautiful day for flying lessons and they are paying attention, and fly very well! One at BACK corner of rear arch flew to front, walked up and down arch, then flew to join another atop the back clock. Another was on a tower ledge, took off and flew with parent!
Afternoons are generally more quiet, nap times, but come out for a good show this evening! Pix coming...

Wonderful news!  Thanks, Sage.

                             

From CPF:


!!! Second fledge, rescued sucessfully and released back to the roof, and sadly one missing fledgling!
June 19, 2013 - Toronto - Don Mills

Mark Nash Reports:

June 19th - 2013
Sadly upon my arrival just after 6am this morning, the young fledgling named Kimini that I had successfully rescued and later released back to the roof of 225 Duncan Mills road had apparently already taken flight and at some point prior to my arrival and was no where to be found.
By 10pm, as I closed down the fledge watch down for the evening.

By the early afternoon, and after a lot of intense flapping going on at the nest ledge by the two remaining siblings, the second hatchlings took to the air and attempted her first flight. It was Carina, 90 over Y. Quickly loosing altitude as she drifted down across the street and slammed into the lower retail windows at 225 Duncan Mills Road and bounced to the ground only several feet from my position. I quickly dove into the garden and a quick snatch and scoop-up and she was in my hands.
She was examined and after a short hold over to ensure that she was Ok, she was later released back to the 220 Duncan Mill rooftop. There she stayed running the rooftop ledge for the balance of the day until dark.
By 8:30pm, just when we had hoped that there would be no further excitement, Luna, the third hatchling (still on the nest ledge), started her ledge hopping. Unbelievably, we watched in horror as she squeezed her body flat to the front face of the columns on nothing more than an inch of ledge that runs between each ledge in front of each column and worked her way to the east of the building.

Just when we had had just about enough, she worked her Back almost reaching the nest box ledge, and them at 9:15pm she fell and was into the air! Quest immediately took flight to join her in the air as Luna flew eastbound across the face of the nest building. During her decent, Quest managed to get under her in flight and bumped and guided her from beneath slowing her decent and allowing her to gain a few critical feet upwards and they both landed on a window ledge on the west elevation of 240 Duncan Mill road, about half way up. While not a great landing, (kind of like using the back of the window ledge as a stopper), Luna clung to back wall upside down hooked on the face of the concrete wall with a single talon. Seconds later she finally freed herself and fell a few feet to the window ledge and righted herself. Quest was right beside her.

By 9:30pm, Quest departed the window ledge, leaving Luna on her own. Luna remained there until darkness when we finally closed the watch down for the day.

Stay tuned, more to come tomorrow………….

Posted on June 19, 2013 11:48 pm