Sunshine 24X spotted at Bluffer’s Park!!
August 03, 2011 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
Tracy Simpson Reports:

We just received word from a friend of Big Frank’s that a juvenile peregrine with the band number 24 X and green tape was seen at Bluffer’s Park this past week feasting on a juvenile gull.  After some investigation, Frank and I identified the bird as Sunshine who was hatched at the Toronto Downtown Sheraton Hotel this past spring.  We will be making contact with the photographer to see if we can post the pictures taken on our website so please check back!!  Good going Sunshine!!

Posted on August 3, 2011 8:18 pm

  So...where is Bluffer's Park in relation to the Sheraton?

Used to work for NYC to London...guess they fixed that... 

I finally found a reliable WiFi hotspot and was able to remotely log in to the computers at Times Square to reboot them. Streaming video is working again.

 

This is another NYC moment.  The peacock flew back to the Central Park Zoo this morning.  It wasn't going to miss breakfast.

I can't find the peacock smilie.

There's a Peacock Smilie??

Closest we have is the turkey... 

NBC caught the return flight...

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Peacock-Perched-on-Fifth-Avenue-Window-Ledge-126607833.html

I hope they are both ok.  One of the pictures mentioned Bandit and Freedom-- are they related to one of our bird's mates??? Was it our Freedom's mate???

I don't have time to browse the family tree right now, but I think the relationship is to Beauty (and Unity-haven't even started on her family tree)-I'm thinking Erie (Beauty's father) is a brother of Roosevelt.

 

Looks like we fooled old MAK again this morning, huh Beauty? 
"Yeah, she thinks I flew off to the South!" "Psyche!!"

 "Fool!"

 

matching white spot 

We'll be REALLY confused once Archer molts his white feather!

An official video from VDGIF

 

From the chat...

07/28/11 Cary: …. my pics of a juvie at 5:30 pm yesterday, a couple thous. feet down-river from the release field. There is a purple band, but it is unreadable. Each of you can pretend it is whoever your fav is. Whoever it is looks pretty happy surveying it's new beginnings
   
Juvie after the release

I can't get this to work. 

Me neither... 

http://mediagallery.usatoday.com/Baby-animals-make-debuts-at-zoos/G2550,A9762 I don't know why you 2 can't see it.

It's stuck on loading the ad...I'll try a different browser later...

I can't get this to work. 

Me neither... 

Nicely done video of the releases!

The Farewell Show - NZ, NX, and NV

Some release pictures are posted...

http://www.wildlifecenter.org/wp/2011/07/nbg-eagle-release-photos/

And, the cam has moved to the WCV site...

http://wildone.org/eaglecam/wildlife-center-web-cam/

It's currently on NX and her cage-mate, KS.  They will sho other areas and animals over time.