I'm late to the party!  Happy Birthday Shaky! 

I was checking in on Cadence and family just now and watching dad watching something in the sky.  Every once in awhile I'd see a falcon whiz by in the air and then another and his head just kept following them round and round.  I suspect it was one of the kids chasing mom for food because suddenly one of the kids landed on deck and dad just took off like a jetliner!  Got a quick screen shot but can't see band clearly to know which one of the kids it is.

Erie Wildlife Rescue

It is great sadness that we inform you that Voltaire, the adult female Peregrine Falcon which nested under the Ambassador Bridge, was killed today. Presumably she was hit by a vehicle as she was found on the road.

EWR had the privilege to care for Voltaire in the spring of 2015 when she was injured during a territory dispute with a rival female. Since her release, Voltaire and her mate successfully raised 10 chicks. She was a beautiful bird, and is a true loss to the Peregrine population which is considered a species of "Special Concern".

Our sympathies to the dedicated group of volunteers from Canadian Peregrine Foundation who monitor the birds.

The Beautyful one at the Times Square nest box.  

Like a fine wine, she just gets better with age  

Good to see her!  I see she likes that “grassâ€� piece on the railing!

I'm glad she likes it too!  I always got nervous when it was windy out and she'd try to hold her grip on those slippery railings.  Brilliant idea to put those up!

 

Akira is a lovely name 

Akira means "graceful strength" in Sanskrit.

Very fitting name 

Akira is a lovely name 

Saw Cadence and her whole robust family. Akira landed right in front of me just like Cadence did four? Years ago.

Thank you for keeping us posted Bonnie, so happy to hear the family is doing well.  Cadence is one awesome momma!

Letchworth & Sundara

 

Lucifer is DotCa's nephew - son of his brother Mackenzie from Burlington Lift Bridge.  Funds are being raised for his surgery by Hobbitsee:   https://www.canadahelps.org/…/hobbitstee…/p2p/peregrinefund/

Canadian Peregrine Foundation

Last week on June 12th, that being Tuesday, the resident male from Kitchener named Lucifer was found grounded and picked up by the Kitchener Animal Services. He was taken to rehab and has suffered a fractured wing. The good news is that the fracture placement is perfect for pinning and he will be getting the surgery to repair the wing. That has unfortunately left Mystery, the resident female, alone with the 4 chicks for the past 5 days. The CPF has been monitoring the situation very closely and the great news is that she has been keeping up on their feeding with excellent regularity and is so far handling the whole situation like a pro. Rudy spent some time yesterday doing site observations and reports that he currently sees only her, no other male in the territory as of yet. She roosts on the top of the nest box where she can survey the territory and be near the chicks as well. Yesterday I saw 4 feedings by the female and all 4 chicks ate well. Today in between caring for our educational birds in this heat, I was able to witness on the camera 2 feedings for sure that again saw all 4 chicks get a great feeding. Another camera watcher caught another feeding just before dusk tonight. The banding is set for June 28th and we will be monitoring very closely every day to ensure that all continues to go well for the young ones. We are also hoping to get more site visit observations to see how well Mystery is doing outside of camera range. So far so good and all is well as of today. Lucifer is getting great care and will be on the mend soon and Mystery is doing an amazing job with her chicks. We will continue to keep a very close eye on this nest and post updates as we have them for you.

Welcome back from your adventures juvie Mike!

I saw him biting B's feet - like where is my dinner, I flew and I flew home!  Feed me! 

As usually happens, they just decide to go and fly! I knew Mike would go when I had to step away from my computer.




Successful first flight for Mike with Beauty right behind him!

Canadian Peregrine Foundation

1 boy and 1 girl at Yellow Pages in Scarborough! Some photos from the June 6th banding. Linn is one aggressive mother! Welcome ALFA (male, R/16, 24 days, 655 g, blue tape) & SIERRA (female, Z/67, 23 days, 895 g, red tape). Mom Linn (black over green 91/V) is the long-standing resident female (hatched 2007 in Rochester, NY) and Dad is George (black over green 54/W), who has been the resident male since 2015 (hatched 2013 at North Island Grand Bridge, NY).

(Photos by Lucie, more on CPF Facebook)

I can only imagine what they are thinking about. lol