I 'm reading up on Magnum - she was previously nesting with Beauty's brother (!) at the Neville Island bridge.  I wonder if she left on her own?  or she was displaced.  She's still listed as being there back in April of this year. From the sounds of this banding article, she was quite the fierce female.  

Link to article: http://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/2015/06/02/pitt-peregrine-discovered-at-neville-island/

Matrix just posted on BCAW that Magnum is Midnight's sister (our female at MEC) - that puts a different spin on things.  Their father was the famous Maverick... 

I am not surprised she was displaced given her age.  This new one is 6 years old.  I expect a 2 year old will be there come next Spring - it's prime falcon real estate and needs a really strong female like Dorothy was to hold it.  Both these 2 females likely were displaced from their old sites so they're likely not strong enough to hold a site like the Pitt.  I expect more turmoil to come.

Hopefully C1 gets to learn to hunt from her dad before Magnum chases her out.

And still we (as in humans) do nothing about reflective glass, so many alternatives available today to fix this issue but not many feel it's worth the money to save birds.

What a tragedy 

She's the best mom 

From Statler FaceBook: 


We have some unfortunate news to pass along to those following our peregrine falcons..

On June 14, peregrine falcon chicks from the Statler City nest box were removed for banding, which permanently identifies these endangered birds for their lifetime. Unfortunately, when these two female chicks were returned to the nest box, the smaller chick appeared to weaken, and was in noticeable distress. This chick was not returned to the nest box, and died soon afterward en route to a wildlife veterinarian for examination. Biologists sent the chick to the DEC pathology lab in Albany yesterday to determine the cause of mortality.

https://www.facebook.com/StatlerCity/

Can't post pic but baby is out of box! 

She escaped for good yesterday Kris.  She's been having a great time exploring. 

!!! Banding day and a surprise
June 13, 2016 - Scarborough - Yellow Pages
Marion Nash Reports:

It turns out that there are 3 chicks not 2. There was 1 boy and 2 girls all healthy and good weights

Mark Heaton from the OMNRF banded the chicks with assistance from colleagues Scott and Craig and CPF volunteer Kathy Smith. This years chick extractor was CPF volunteer climber John Miler.

Canadian Wildlife Services did blood sampling on all 3 chicks as part of a toxicology study of fire retardants in our environment.

Male named Kojis 650 grams band Y over 29 with blue tape
Female named Lorraine 890 grams band S over 63 with red tape
Female named Velcro 845 grams band S over 64 with white tape

Thanks to Paul and Louis from Petra for putting this together for us and getting us access to the roof to collect the chicks.

Fledge watch should start in about 10 days stay tuned to follow the progress of the little ones.

http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/w/2016/06/sightings/banding-day-and-a-surprise/

!!! Some sad news regarding Cheemung!
June 12, 2016 - Etobicoke - Sun Life Centre
Mark Nash Reports:

June 12th - 2016
Moments ago, we just received a telephone call and update on Cheemung, the young female fledgling that collided with the Sunlife tower out at the Etobicoke nest site earlier this week on one of its maiden’s flights. It was rushed to the Toronto wildlife centre for care, but alas, she has succumb to its injuries and died tonight.

Despite a spinal fracture and two pelvic fractures having being diagnosed, it had appeared that her injuries were slowly healing and there was a good chance that she may have pulled through. Sadly although, she passed away shortly after 11pm this evening just before she was to receive her evening meds.

 

Checked in with Rob this morning and he said, Oakley was rescued last night from the bushes at ground level and Bruce grabbed her. She was put back up on top of the nest ledge building after dark and is there this morning.

Sprucer made it from the condo tower over to the West Tower - so he's a building away from the nest ledge.

Thanks guys, it was a hard loss.  We've lost them on day 2 or 3 but not on first flight..that just broke my heart.

Sadly today Cheemung also hit the glass after fledging on her second flight, she is in serious condition and with TWC now.  She was somewhat recovered by the time TWC arrived but not able to stand so I have no idea what they will find as I"m not qualified to make a call on any injury unless it's quite visible from the outside.

Sprucer made it up to a condo rooftop today after spending the night and most of the morning on the lower roof tops.  Oakley is now on same low roof tops, she's a big girl and I pray she doesn't try for the nest building but she's right near it so it could be problematic.  Talons crossed.

Meanwhile back at the 'cottage':

!! Surprise, Surprise, Surprise,,,, Two very healthy hatchlings!!!
June 04, 2016 - Scarborough - Yellow Pages
Mark Nash Reports:

June 4th - 2016
With a short brake from the bandings, I was finally able to get back to finishing our site visits in an effort to get an update on what’s been happening at several of the other nest sites,, as we’re looking for second clutches and new hatches. Today, I was able to complete and visit three sites, including the Scarborough Yellow Pages nest site at Progress and Milner in Scarborough.

With the support of Paul, I attended the upper roof top walkway and checked the new nest location of Linn and her new mate. While the resident adult male was no where to be seen during my visit,, Linn was on site, and in fine form!! Linn, the long standing resident adult female greeted us moments after exiting the door to the upper roof walkway.

We were quickly reminded that “she� is the lord and master and that the upper elevations are hers, and hers only. It was quite obvious that we were not welcomed guests!! With Paul defending, I was able to briefly pop up and looked over the top of the retaining wall ledge and snapped a couple of photos of the nest ledge below.

Just at that moment, I felt the sting on the top of my head as Linn made yet another full contact hit! Paul and I quickly headed for the cover behind the retaining wall, eventually making our way around the south side of the building, and finally to safety and under cover behind the exit door. The entire event was something out of Alfred Hitchcock’s horror movie “The Birds�,, but this time we were the victim’s !!!! Oh my goodness, this girl is a no-nonsense peregrine!!

During the brief encounter, (yes we were being aggressively pursued, dive-bombed and stooped on with full contact hits), I was able to snap a few photos of Linn as she kited above us during her set ups for additional stoops and dive-bombing runs.

Lets just say, it would be understatement to say that we were both pleased to be off the roof and under cover!

Much to my delight, I was able to confirm that there was at least two very healthy hatchlings on the nest ledge! While there may have been a third hatchling under the overhang, there was no way I was going to hang around with my back exposed to Linn any longer with this bird. The photos should tell the story.



http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/w/