Sad to lose so many animals plus there was lots of damage to the area.  

Has Anyone Seen Crock Pot Jimmy?
June 21, 2012 - Burlington - Lift Bridge

Sue McCreadie Reports:

I’m sorry to report that the last time anyone has seen Crock Pot Jimmy was on June 18th. I’m afraid that he is MIA. We are hopeful that he has strayed away from home and will return when he gets really hungry.

Carrey and Port Hope are doing just fine. With the high winds and hot weather of the last few days there has not been too much activity except when Mom and Dad bring in food.

Port Hope has been seen chasing pigeons around the tower and through the Lift Bridge structure.

We will continue to monitor the site. David, Rob, Barry and Bill and I continue to do daily checks.

Posted on June 21, 2012 7:09 pm
Observation for Burlington - Lift Bridge

11:58  Sure looks like a pip to me.  Indention in the middle top of the egg view from Cam 3

Unity's egg? Could be starting to collapse from the heat?

[MAKfalcon (MAK):]

MAKfalcon (MAK): FYI anyone wanting to see Donna-Due to heat, Amtrak has slowed down trains so she will not be arriving until 7 or later

Link:
http://twitter.com/MAKfalcon/statuses/215552481520918528

I think that thought went through my head earlier today!  I know trains!    And I was in a 95 degree classroom today!  Yep,that is what it said!
 Hope Donna arrives safe and sound. I would love to meet her sometime while she is here.  And I'm "...out for summer"...except for the other job.   The heat is bad, so hope she arrives safe and sound.

Donna got to Rochester OK and was with MAK heading to BS about an hour ago.

Halle-freaking-lujah

- Lou

Amen brother!

I'll second that!

Posted today by Sage on FB:

Although there are some reports of seeing Athena, there have been no official or verifiable sightings of. The tracking info had a different rating yesterday, but it was not a good signal, and apparently cannot be interpreted as movement. The special receiver is not here yet. DEC has been searching the campus. I am holding onto a glimmer of hope that she will be found.
 Jacquie and I observed BB on perch early this morning with a big fledgling, Andromeda I think, at the very top of MacKay. Others seen at Water Tower.

R.I.P. Female fledgling, "Venus", hit and killed by car on South Grand Island Bridge early this morning. We believe this to be the only hatch this year at SGIB.

          Fly free, Venus.   

No feeding yet but that's okay.  The feeding will make his little body work to digest the food and that will make him warmer so they may be holding off til later.  

OK, thanks, Carly! Always something to worry about!

Beauty Looks Down at Sleeping Eyas

Any feedings yet?

!!! All of the boys and girls are doing great!
June 19, 2012 - Toronto - Don Mills

Mark Nash Reports:

June 19th - 2012
It would seem that for the next few days during this heat wave and this oppressive humidity that our for best friends will continue to our cars air conditioning and a steady supply of Advil - (pretty typical for most of us at this time of year anyway)

Despite the heat wave and humidity reaching 36 plus degrees C - (over 95 degrees F for us old imperial folks), with the combined help of the many supporters, local volunteers, the great Harlequin staff and the CPF fledge watch team, we had a pretty good idea on the whereabouts of the young fledglings positions throughout the entire day and evening. They didn’t escape our view for very long! Ha Ha, we’re good!!!

Most notability today given that so much has been happening with the “kids�, they have learned - (at least in part) what shade is all about and have hiding out in some shady spots to get out of the blistering sun. Like most all young children (and some adults I have met) they have limited attention spans and for the fledglings, even hiding out in the shade to col off is short lived.

Now that all of the fledglings are actually flighted, they are back together again and have been off and on all day. Several time Quest came in with food (mostly to the nest building roof top) and we watched all of the fledglings come together and mom fed them beak to beak. Quite a tender family moment for sure!! * See photos

While Amora is still not as confident as her tow other siblings in their flight, by the end of the day she was taking some very short flights from roof top to roof top between 220 and 225 roofs.

Mira and Blaze on the other hand are rocking!! Actually scary given that they are building up allot of speed (and still 50% of their landings are terrible)!! Learn by experience!

This is typically the time that they end up sometimes crashing into stuff (very hard) unable to operate the “air-brakes� proficiently enough to stop them in time. Lets hope that they settle down. This time is like the 16 year kid, just got his drivers licence and the keys to the parents car for the first time,, ONLY the car is a Porch!

On three occasions today when the fledglings were hiding out in the shade and couldn’t be seen, Quest was back into the nest box almost appearing to be pinning for babies again. While she didn’t actually lay down, she just stood upright gazing out into the airspace.
(Maybe she was actually thinking and wondering when all this stress is going to be over and have a quiet house - back to herself again)?

All of the birds were noticeably very hot and panted all day trying to cool off and get oxygen. I really felt sorry for them as both adults really struggled for the mosts of he day to hold their altitude in this air.

Later on the in the late afternoon and early evening, it got a little cooler (but don’ kid yourself, not by much), but enough to given the birds some decent air and less direct sun to do some flying around. Still bad landings, and allot of shortness of breath, all three fledglings were airborne playing some short “catch me if you can games�, and “tag your it�. Lot so rests and more food.

By the end of the day, all of the fledglings were back on the nest building in various places all in view.

Given by what I have seen today and their activities and ability to both hold their altitudes and able return back to the nest ledge itself (and all of the upper roof elevations), we can conclude our full time dawn to dusk fledge watch.

We will remain watching with daily spot checks but must depend on you to carry on with periodic checks to ensure that they are not getting in trouble. They can still run into challengers as they investigate their new world and get trapped behind glass balconies and run into windows that may bring them to the ground.

We must also remember that despite the fact that the juveniles are now flighted, they are solely dependant on the adult parents for food, support and protection for the next 30 to 60 days until they are trained to hunt, shown what to hunt, then able to successfully hunt, they will still be returning to the nest box / ledge and the nest building roof top for security and their parents protection. This is still their home, and at this point the only one that they know!

We are counting on your support (as are the birds) for your support to further watch out for them.
We are, and remain on our mobile cell phones on a 24/7 call and not too far away on yet another fledge watch at the Scarborough Yellow pages nest site where another group of hatchlings is only just now starting to take their first flights.

Stay tuned…………………………

Posted on June 20, 2012 3:01 pm
Observation for Toronto - Don Mills

  This is just beyond words!  Congrats to Beauty and DC!    

Male falcon Zephyr dead of head injury - Just posted to BCAW



http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/sbt-male-falcon-zephyr-found-injured-this-morning-downtown-20120619,0,4606251.story

I was just going to post this.  This is such sad news. Fly high and free, Zephyr. 

I'm so sorry, Bonnie.   

The Rescue of Brisk
June 18, 2012 - Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton

Tracy Simpson Reports:

Marion told this story of the rescue and release.
In order to find our little missing peregrine falcon, Marion went to Neil Armstrong of Northam Realty Advisors Limited for assistance. Marion searched the roof with no success. Neil Armstrong then took her to a floor overlooking the balconies to see if the fledgling was trapped on one. Success. Neil identified the suite immediately and took Marion there.
Neil and Marion held out towels and corralled him in a corner then Marion dropped a towel over him but he scooted out of a corner and behind a planter and then dropped down about a twenty feet deep shaft. Marion asked if there was a ladder and rope available and Neil immediately called the Maintenance Department to bring the equipment. No sooner said than done. The ladder was put down the shaft and tied off for stability and Marion went down to effect the rescue. She caught him and carried him up the ladder in her arms. Once he was inside Marion gave him a thorough examination and pronounced him fit and healthy and identified him as Brisk, who fledged yesterday!
So with a clean bill of health he was placed in the carrier and left. Neil went above and beyond the call and had the air conditioning switched on so that the office was cool for him.
This evening, thanks go to Neil of Paragon Security for facilitating the release. Marion had to take Brisk out in a towel, carry him to the balcony and unwrap him. He stayed where he was released.
Canadian Peregrine Foundation is very grateful to Neil Armstrong and his wonderful maintenance staff.
It is this sort of action from Building Managers which is helping tremendously in assuring the rebuilding of a species once extirpated in Ontario.
Lyn
Posted on June 19, 2012 9:04 am
Observation for Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton

I forgot to mention, that in looking at the calendar, I think this might be the second hatching this year.  The first is usually in early April, so there may or may not be another round after these babies fledge.   

For the first time, we have 2 Bluebird boxes in our backyard.  We got them up late but were lucky to get a Bluebird pair in one box where 3 babies fledged about a week or so ago.  We figured this was a second clutch. The past few days we've observed the male sitting on top of the other box and yesterday we found a nest being built in it.  Today, I saw 2 males-one sitting on top of each box so we could be looking for a 3rd clutch-possibly in both boxes!

06/18/2012
R.I.P. Douglas

This morning, Joel Jorgensen from the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission received a call from James Thiele, who is with the USDA – Wildlife Services, reporting a deceased falcon had been found in downtown Omaha. The falcon was Douglas, purple band 1126 14499 and black/red bands 09/R, one of the male Peregrine Falcons hatched this year from atop the Woodmen Tower. He was found on a sidewalk along Douglas Street a couple blocks from Woodmen of the World. The bird's wing was broken and it appeared death may have resulted from a collision, possibly with a building window.
 
As you probably have noticed the falcon chicks have moved out of camera range. The remaining four, two females (Cass and Harney), and the two males (Farnam and Dodge), are still around learning how to hunt from their mother and father. If you are ever out walking near the Woodmen Tower, you could get lucky and hear one of the chicks call for their parent, or even see one in flight.