I am disappointed and sad that I may not see Seneca again.  I'm so glad that I was able to see Seneca in person with Cheyenne and little Warrior.  I was so enamored with Seneca and Cheyenne last year.  Seneca is my profile picture...she is one beautiful falcon!  What a bonus to have all of the wonderful photos from Chad & Chris in 2010.

Perhaps she is off wandering like her sister Quest has done for over two years. With the successful re-population of peregrine falcons, it does seem to be the way of the new falcon generation.

Joyce

[Pefas 2011 UB]

Sage has a new Picasa Web Album Pefas 2011 UB.  Attached is a picture of the female BB at the MacKay Tower.

You can check here to see the album:  https://picasaweb.google.com/Sage836/Pefas2011UB

Joyce

Nice to hear from you...where have you been hiding?  Do you know that "FANCY GROUCHO" has a facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id=100001061270027

If Archer appears at the nest box and you don't see a white feather or his bling, the difference in his cap (malar stripe & auricular patch) from Mr. T's is very obvious. 

I have to say that Mr. T is one HANDSOME falcon!  His white chest stands out even at a distance (as we can see in MAK's photos).

[!!! Territorial activity is heating up!]

!!! Territorial activity is heating up!
March 01, 2011 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
CPF Postmaster Reports:

A quick update with a report of our activities yesterday- (March 2nd), when the CPF head office received a call from the Solar Window washing team of a downed peregrine on the roof of 144 Front St. west here in Toronto, that had been injured after colliding with a building across the street. Mark was dispatched to meet with the building management and one of he staff from Solar who quickly got him to the roof inspect the injured raptor. Upon his arrival, the raptor was quickly identified as an adult male Sharpe-shinned hawk that was actually hiding on the flat top roof of the building under some large cables in the south east corner below the roof retaining wall. Further investigation of the happening, it appears that the male Sharpie may have been pursued by one of the territorial adult peregrines (likely from the Toronto Sheraton Centre nest) and driven into the building face in an effort to escape from the peregrine(s).

The Sharpie was then able to make it to the roof top across the street at 144 Front Street, and was laterally grounded (and hiding) from the adult female peregrine who was perched on another roof top two buildings over,, (obviously on guard). An effort was made to capture up the Sharpie to examine the poor bird for any injuries, but we are happy to report that as we approached the Sharpie, it quickly ran across the roof top to the north side and quickly took flight up and over the roof retaining wall. The Sharpie then dove down to almost the street level where it quickly flew north west with a very strong flight until it was out of our roof top view. The Sharpie flew in the opposite direction and behind another building obviously in an effort to conceal its escape from both us and the adult peregrine that was still steadfast on the watch on another roof top.

Fortunately the peregrine missed the Sharpie’s escape and there were no further incidents to report. Sadly we were unable to identify the identity of the adult female peregrine as we did not have binoculars at hand. 

What a fun report!  Since I've visted all those spots, it was like almost being there. I am so glad you finally spotted a pefa at the grain elevators.  Yes - that is the side I saw both on last year, except they were a little farther back on building.

The only ID I can confirm is BB, the female at UB.  I saw her purple USFW band last week.

[wnyfalconfan (Joyce):]

wnyfalconfan (Joyce): At last light Brian could C pefas still on Xerox. Hmmmm - B came in from east this am.

I told Brian he had to be up at first light to see if they were still there in the morning.  

And what about you?

[Mr T on Mercury this morning.]

Mr T on Mercury this morning.  



It is always fun to go back to the archives and look for cam shots of what we see in person.  I decided to get out of my warm car (16 degrees outside) and get a picture. Mr. T's back was to Carol and I, so I decided to take a picture of Beauty on the iBeam of OCSR first. When I moved my camera back to get a picture, he took off.  Figures! The best part was when I turned around, Carol was laughing. So many times these falcons do that to us.  This is my only pic of Mr T today.

Joyce

[wnyfalconfan (Joyce):]

wnyfalconfan (Joyce): Brian reports: Male on Xerox. Wierd. He's above the 10th column not on roof top but on slanted edge!

Brian says he has "never seen a bird on that slanted edge B4"  You are right Carol, this is different behavior. Brian says - Maybe Beauty is getting ready to mate?

[Brian reported:]

Brian reported:

5:04pm -1 falcon on rail, 1 on ledge below
5:17pm -1 on SW corner of HSBC and the other on SE corner
5:21pm - Both falcons left heading west towards Mercury or TS
5:27pm -1 falcon on 5th column Xerox

Not working.

do I see 2 white dots?

Yes Donna, you are correct.  I ran into Kathy O this afternoon and she said that Beauty and Mr. T were side by side on OCSR just before the snow squall came through.

[2011 Tiercel]

could this be the same guy as last year? and he just spends his "vacation" with Beauty? Does anyone remember if they were bowing to each other last year?

Here I go - doing my comparisons again...

2011 Tiercel

2010 Tiercel

When comparing the 2 males, the malar stripe (mustache) on the 2010 Tiercel is narrower, and the auricular patch (white area behind the mustache) is quite visible.  The 2011 Tiercel (Mr. T) has a wide malar stripe and the auricular patch is slight.  It is my opinion, they are not the same visiting males.

Joyce

Carol P just let us know "LP's house on front pg of D&C."  I just checked D&C online.  Here is a link to the picture.

http://cmsimg.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=A2&Date=20110206&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=102060349&Ref=AR

The driveway to the right is where we have Kodak's permission to watch from.

Joyce

I can get there, but it will take me 20 min.