Thanks for the update patsy!  Wow on the crows.  I remember Archer didn't like them much    Makes sense they'd lay low. 

Has anyone seen DC in the past 2 days?

Yes please, let me know. 

A falcon fan caught RM and Tiago together today, photos included!

http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/w/2012/11/sightings/a-sunny-day-at-home/

Thanks for posting an update Sage.  It's great to see Diamante there and of course our Gleig with him.  Man is she a big girl, he sure picked a good mate - if anything just her size should keep the riff-raff out   

She's big like Pigott! Canadian Falcons are huge, look at DC and he's a male! Thanks Sage!!

It's all that Canadian bacon and beer...and throw in some poutine 

Thanks for posting an update Sage.  It's great to see Diamante there and of course our Gleig with him.  Man is she a big girl, he sure picked a good mate - if anything just her size should keep the riff-raff out   

Swift is now laying in the nest box 

Great news Donna!  Thank you for keeping us posted on MAK's migration 

Poor MAK ... she's going to need that vacation even more when she finally arrives. 

You take care of yourself MAK.  Thank you for sharing the photos with us, I"m so glad you got to see one of the Indy falcons..sometimes thing happen for a reason and seeing a falcon is probably the best one I can think of 

Mackenzie is DC's full brother from 2009, so he's 1 year older.   

DC's brother is safe and accounted for after the storm  

Check Up at the Burlington Lift Bridge
October 31, 2012 - Burlington - Lift Bridge
Tracy Simpson Reports:

On Wednesday as I made my way back from Fort Erie, I decided to stop in at the lift bridge and see how Cirrus and MacKenzie handled the rainy days of Sandy. I found Cirrus in the hydro tower on the Hamilton side digesting a huge crop! It was great to see her. I set my sights to spotting MacK when all of a sudden, they both burst out of the hydro tower and were on the attack. Attacking what I am not sure as whatever it was, it was tucked in under the Skyway and out of my sights. Moments later they both landed by the nest box on the bridge cables but MacK wasn’t to stay there long. He was off again screaming like the wind and swooping the same spot on the bridge. I tried to locate what it was that was so offensive but to no avail. MacK gave up the attack after a few dives and headed off on a mission to Burlington. Within 5 minutes, he was back in the Hamilton hydro tower looking really ticked off. Before I left he had settled into a peregrine version of calm and Cirrus stayed firmly plunked down on the cabling. Great to see the pair at home!!

You have a wonderful trip MAK, we will miss you and so will Beauty I'm sure!   

MAKfalcon (MAK): B seems content to rest on OCSR so I say goodbye and I'll see ya in a month when I return from Arkansas!


What??? No MAK for a entire month??  Who authorized that?!!    

  Wow, this is so sad Carly. 500 birds in one day??  How is this FLAP thing going?

Here is their official web site.  One of the girls on our fledge watch this year at Etobicoke volunteers for FLAP!

http://www.flap.org/

There is no precise ranking of the world’s most deadly cities for migratory birds, but Toronto is considered a top contender for the title.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/world/americas/casualties-of-torontos-urban-skies.html