Peregrine falcon rescued from traffic in Windsor

A young peregrine falcon that flew low into traffic on Riverside Drive Thursday morning has been rescued.

Traffic was briefly stopped so the bird didn’t get hit by a car near Caron Avenue, said Canadian Peregrine Foundation Windsor Watch coordinator Dennis Patrick Thursday.

“It’s not one of ours,� he said.

Patrick isn’t sure where it came from but it doesn’t have a leg band so it is not one of the four peregrine falcon fledglings from the Ambassador Bridge.

Patrick thinks it may have come from Michigan and peregrine falcons from the U.S. may be hunting in the area. It was having trouble gaining altitude as fledglings sometimes do.

He said the rescued bird was being kept cool and is going to be released  on a higher perch Thursday evening. Young peregrine falcons learning to fly have little protection from predators when they are on the ground.

Patrick said he hates to intervene but the fledgling was almost run over.

He credited the manager and people at the apartment building on Caron Avenue for alerting falcon watch volunteers to the bird’s plight.

Well, of course he should have intervened!  Thank goodness they did.  Be safe young one.   

Toronto is getting some very nasty weather now (very very heavy rain, strong wind, lighting and thurdering.) I hope all member of quest and kendal family can find a dry corner to tuck in for the night.

Hi WW!     Thankfully this storm will bring cooler air.  80 degrees (F) vs 90+.

Thanks Kitty, glad #3 was found or perhaps there all along but hiding 

Good news!     Thanks for posting this Ei!

Congratulations!  That last pound or two before a goal marker is SO difficult! It's easier though in the summer when all the fresh foods come into the farmers market.  I reached 60 pounds two weeks ago, on my one year anniversary weigh-in at Weight Watchers.
Kapi

Good for you too Kapi!   

Posted today by Sage on FB:

Although there are some reports of seeing Athena, there have been no official or verifiable sightings of. The tracking info had a different rating yesterday, but it was not a good signal, and apparently cannot be interpreted as movement. The special receiver is not here yet. DEC has been searching the campus. I am holding onto a glimmer of hope that she will be found.
 Jacquie and I observed BB on perch early this morning with a big fledgling, Andromeda I think, at the very top of MacKay. Others seen at Water Tower.

R.I.P. Female fledgling, "Venus", hit and killed by car on South Grand Island Bridge early this morning. We believe this to be the only hatch this year at SGIB.

          Fly free, Venus.   

So tough to fledge from these large bridges.  :-( Fly Free Venus. 

OK, go check out the Shout Box.   

isn't this something that should be in the shout box?

lol Bird Crazy!  You are correct!

Beauty Looks Down at Sleeping Eyas

Any feedings yet?

Just going back through the archive pics.  Haven't seen a feeding yet.

Dot.ca gently touches Unity's Egg 

Beauty Looks Down at Sleeping Eyas

Way to go Janet!   

Excellent view for the foot-watch collection...

Thanks Ei!  It has been added to the collection.   

Great news!   

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.  

I'll say it's low! That awning is just above the back door to Harlequin. I hope nobody messes with her if she is still there after the building shuts down for the day. Ya never know what kind of nutjobs are out there. That may be too low for her to take off from too so perhaps Mark or someone from CPF can take her to a higher place.  

She should hopefully be ok.  We've had many M&K young come to ground during their first flights and then get themselves out of trouble.  This includes her mom, Quest.  On her first day of flying, she came to the ground in a parking lot on the north side of the Kodak Tower.  After resting, she flew up to the roof of a very low building at the back of the parking lot.  She would rest for a couple hours and then fly up to a higher roof.  This continued throughout the day into the evening when she ended up on the roof of one of the BeeBee Station Bldgs, where she helped us find her sister who had been missing all day.

This same thing happened with other fledglings who's first flights ended up taking them to the ground.  As long as they are safe, it is best to stay back at a distance and keep an eye on the bird, making sure others stay away if possible.  If she's not injured, she should be able to get herself to a higher spot after resting.

I hope we hear from the Watchers that she's moved higher by tomorrow morning.

 

Happy Father's Day Dot.ca (almost!), Tiago, Kendal and Reuben!