Fly free young Douglas.  You felt the wind beneath your wings.
 

Amora at Harlequin.

Yes, all have been seen Margaret.

Amora's first flight! By Ann   

Did she eventually take off from there?

Thank you Donna, and Ann for the great picture.  I hope she took off from there; it is kind of low. 

Are all three safe and seen by someone?

 

Tiago to Rhea Mae "The kids will never find us here!"

A little alone time for Rhea Mae and Tiago!   

Commonly called, "empty nest syndrome"!   

[Love this shot!]

Quest

Happy to have her brother back! Love this shot!   

By Ann B 

Ann B, you take the most fabulous shots!    This one of Quest is the PERFECT PEREGRINE PICTURE!  She is gorgeous! Your picture is breathtaking. 

Everyone is home for the night!

 
 
love to see them all safe at home for the night!    Stay safe, little ones!  When you do fly, fly safe.

Young Blaze at Harlequin
2nd flight led to the back of building

  Go Blaze Go
His third flight back to the nest ledge.
Yes

Photos By Ann Brokelman   

 
Such a little babe!  You can see it in his eyes; "Am I really flying?" 
You have great genes, little Blaze!  Yes, you can do it for a long, long time!   Look at mama flying around with that transmitter since she was a little 'un.  Look at your grandma and grandpa! 

Take care, BF!  All of the fledglings need you!  I hope you heal quickly! 

!!! Sad news, little Cosmo has fatal collision
June 14, 2012 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
Linda Woods Reports:

Sad news from the Sheraton nest site. Our youngest male, Cosmo who had taken his first flight today around 3:30, collided with a glass building on York street and died.  Bruce witnessed the flight and collision and quickly confirmed that it was Cosmo.

I met up with Bruce shortly after and we continued with watching the remaining three fledglings.  Journey who was placed back on the nest ledge was still there.  Marlee, who I identified by the yellow tape, was still on the upper portion of 120 Adelaide Street.

Fef, the other female was on the upper portion of 130 Adelaide with one of the adults.  Around 6p.m. Journey took flight. Bruce believes she went of the ledge and turned north of the Sheraton. And that was the last we saw of her for the evening. She could be on the north side of the Hotel. Bruce did a foot search and saw no indication of her.

Meanwhile,  Marlee was still on the upper portion of 120, while Fef remained on the upper portion of 130.  I went back to the nest ledge around 7:30, just to check that Journey had indeed flew off. Not expecting to see anything, there was Tiago cleaning prey!

Tiago flew off and took the food to Marlee on 120 Adelaide Street.  I moved my focus on Fef to see if she would get up from lying down on the upper level.  I looked back to Marlee and he was gone. Bruce saw Marlee take off and land on the north east area of the Adelaide Street Bell Building.  I did not see any movement or landing by Marlee. So now he is not seen. Back to watching Fef. She took off and flew horizontaly across the roof line south and circled back with wings flared, and did not see her come out from around the building. She could still be on the same structure but on the south side. A very difficult place to see a bird at that height. Just can’t get an angle on that area from Street level.

At the close of today’s watch around 9 :15p.m. Bruce and I had no further sightings of adults or juveniles.

I’m sure they’ll poke their heads up in the morning.



Oh little one, I am so sorry

Fly free beyond anything that can hurt you

\\

Such a brief life!
  RIP and fly free, little Cosmo.   
So Sad.

unless my memory is failing me DC is spending more time on the eggs than Archer. Correct?


But then Archer wanted to but Beauty wouldn't let him

Work has kept me hopping so I haven't been able to enter the times into the spreadsheet yet, but I don't think we'll see a significant difference once all is said & done.

I know I questioned Archer's egg time compared to Kaver's and there wasn't much of a difference...but from a viewing point of view-- compared to last year -- it appears that DC  is spending more time on the eggs than Archer did last year.    Last year was so sad -I keep seeing poor Beauty in all that rain sitting on the eggs, and then both of them disposing of the eggs.  We need a hatch this year.    We need to see fledges flying around Rochester again!  I hope you and Shaky do another spreadsheet that shows the time Beauty and DC spend on the eggs, and maybe compare them to B and Archer,  and even Mariah and Kaver.

 
 

 
Happy to see the babes back near the nest box!

  The pictures of Zephyr have been astounding, so this is truly sad.  Poor babies.   

Just posted on CPF site :-(

I have faith they are fine & just not where Harry can see them.  There are also new buildings around that probably complicate matters. Having just been to that neighborhood over the weekend I can understand not finding them.  Remember Callidora being "lost" in plain sight on the jail?

I do remember Callidora lost on the jail.  And she was found.  Rest in peace, Callidora.  But fledging  is   a nervewracking time. I hope there is good news tomorrow.   
 

Just posted on CPF site :-(

June 13, 2012 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
Harry Crawford Reports:
Morning Shift:  I spent the better part of the morning looking
for the missing chicks.  I wasn’t able to find them or even the
adults.  The chicks on the ledge were not visible until around
10am.  My travels took me as far as Metro Hall - all the way to
City Hall.  Two trips to 43 didn’t find anything.  On my second
trip there around 10am I did see an adult heading towards Metro
Hall.

At ground level both chicks were now on the ledge - running and
flapping.  They spent about 15 minutes doing this and then the
parents came by.  The male stayed on the hotel logo and mother
made about 10 passes of the nest ledge in a counter-clockwise
manner.  These chicks are ready to go.  By about 10:30 the chicks
settled down and the parents disappeared.  At one time in the
courtyard, I could hear chicks calling but it could have been
from the nest ledge.

Posted on June 13, 2012 2:52 pm

OH BOY!! Fun times now!!

Gonna need more cameras!! LOL

Ha ha: FIVE ledges over now. Wondering what's going to happen if s/he turns the corner and sees the men working on the side of the building. Yikes....

Now there are none on the cam!   Where did they all go? 
 


Harlie was ledge hopper too, she drove us mad!!