Canada Falcons: All but those hatched in Rochester

[Dumpsterkitty]

Some good news at last!

 Winston Found and Looking For Help From a Friend
July 21, 2015 - Etobicoke - William Osler
Tracy Simpson Reports:

Late last week I stopped in at the William Osler nest site to see if I could locate Winston as he was the only juvenile I had yet to set eyes on.  When I arrived, I had Chessie on the north side.  She quickly took off and was flying circles around the east emergency area of the hospital.  When she came around into full view, I could hear a juvenile screaming for Mommy but I couldn’t see it.  The strange part about it was that I could hear the call echoing down low.  I locked up the car and was about to follow the sound of the call when an ambulance attendant walked up to me and asked if I was the falcon lady.  He said that one of the young ones was down on the ground by the emergency entrance behaving oddly.  I looked over and saw little Winston on the ground and in the way of approaching ambulances.  I ran.  Fast.

When I got over to Winston and tried for a grab up he darted away and flew low up to a stump on the ground.  I went and tried again.  He evaded me a second time and flew up to a picnic table.  He was more than capable of flying but was not getting any height and making no real distance flights.  The third attempt was a success and having him in my hands I could see that he was a little on the thin side and needing some hydration.  He had also worn down the center talon on each foot so that the tip was smooth and rounded like they had been rubbed down.  Ok.  You’ve been stuck somewhere and just got yourself out and home.  I packed him up, thanked everyone for their help and took him up to the CPF Raptor Centre as it was too late in the day to take him anywhere else and I needed to assess him thoroughly.  I contacted the appropriate folks and told them that I had Winston for a brief hold over to assess whether there was any problem that required further attention or if he was just out of juice.

Back at the Centre, I put Winston in one of our pens and could see that he was really out of jazz.  Tired.  Mild dehydration (skin turgor test).  A little thin.  He struggled to fly from the floor to a perch but not due to any injury.  He had perfect symmetry, no drooping, a perfect keel and was bright, alert and responsive.  So I rehydrated him, fed him and let him have a good nights sleep.  By the next morning he was up on the highest perch and wanting to go home.  I made arrangements with everyone to set up a release time as there was no injury to Winston, only a little out of gas, and he was clearly good to go.  Bruce and I met up at William Osler.  He set up in the east parking lot and I took little man to the roof.  I called Bruce and gave him the 60 second warning; he was going out the door!  One last check and a squirt of water and he was unceremoniously returned to the care of his family.

Back on the ground it wasn’t more than a few minutes when Bruce had a bird come off of the roof, circle and land on the eastern H sign.  A little male juvenile sat on that sign and just howled for the parents attention!  Both Chessie and Hurricane were sitting in the east tower roosting and not really responding to this tantrum of sorts.  The juvenile didn’t stay long and took another flight around to the north side landing neatly on the nest ledge level where he found a pigeon.  Bruce confirmed through scope view that this was in fact Winston and he was now gorging on the pigeon leftovers that he had found.  After packing it all in, Winston took a break on the ledge and that was when Sven arrived; the first sibling to witness Winston’s return.  He flew circles around the hospital watching this juvenile.  It was like he recognized him but couldn’t place where he knew him from.  Sven then flew over to the hydro tower to tell Mom and Dad what he had found.  Benny and Peggy were now making their way home and Winston continued to vocalize to his family.  Chessie, Hurricane, Peggy, Sven and Benny were now all in the hydro tower together and Winston could not wait a minute more.  He took a brilliant flight over to the tower landing perfectly beside Sven who was playing it cool.  We now had all 6 falcons in the tower together.  The two boys were about 8 feet apart and Winston slowly over the next half hour inched closer and closer to Sven.  When they were about a foot apart, Winston flipped his head in play at Sven and after about a minute of considering what to do about this, Sven returned the gesture and the boys beak tapped.

Well!!!!  That was all it took!  One little beak tap showing acceptance set off a rip roaring evening of play.  The next two hours leading right up to dusk was full of play time with all four juveniles now performing aerial mock attacks with each other, roosting together and celebrating the return of Winston.  Chessie and Hurricane brought in food for all four of the kids and as we were leaving with very little light left in the sky, they were all still playing wildly around the hospital.  Winston was back with his family and filled to the brim with food.  Bruce and I can’t say enough how happy we are that Winston was found and is home safe and sound.

[jeanne]

I just absolutely love this narrative from Tracy!  So happy for Winston and his family!

[AlisonL]

I am so glad Winston was found and is okay. What a great report from Tracy Simpson!

Thank you for posting that, Dumpsterkitty.

[AlisonL]

Another juvie is in rehab, this time from the Canada Square nest.

Typhoon in rehab

July 22, 2015 - Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton

Marion Nash Reports:

I got a call from an old friend today, Joe Mota the past manager of 18 King St, another Peregrine nest site, contacted me to let me know he had a Peregrine Juvenile in a box at 2 St. Clair St west. The bird had fallen down the chimney several floors and was found by building maintenance.

I did not ask any further questions since I knew that Joe knew exactly what to do. I called and dispatched Bruce to go and get the bird who I expected was one of our Canada Square kids.

Sure enough it was Typhoon

Bruce told me that he looked like he had an injury to his eye so he was going top take him to rehab right away.

I will post information on his diagnosis as soon as I know anything.

I am very thankful that Typhoon was found. Having fallen down a chimney is not good, and I wonder how long he was there. Any eye injury is a concern; I hope he will be okay.

[Kris G.]

Another juvie is in rehab, this time from the Canada Square nest.

Typhoon in rehab

July 22, 2015 - Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton

Marion Nash Reports:

I got a call from an old friend today, Joe Mota the past manager of 18 King St, another Peregrine nest site, contacted me to let me know he had a Peregrine Juvenile in a box at 2 St. Clair St west. The bird had fallen down the chimney several floors and was found by building maintenance.

I did not ask any further questions since I knew that Joe knew exactly what to do. I called and dispatched Bruce to go and get the bird who I expected was one of our Canada Square kids.

Sure enough it was Typhoon

Bruce told me that he looked like he had an injury to his eye so he was going top take him to rehab right away.

I will post information on his diagnosis as soon as I know anything.

I am very thankful that Typhoon was found. Having fallen down a chimney is not good, and I wonder how long he was there. Any eye injury is a concern; I hope he will be okay.

Hope he's OK..what a bad year for fledglings.

[AlisonL]

Etobicoke Sun Life nest site

Visits to the nest yesterday evening:



A little later, one of the juvies showed up; bands not visible.





Just before he left at 8:03 p.m., I was able to catch a glimpse of the red tape over his silver band. It was Ninja.

[AlisonL]

More bad news this evening.

Yet more sad news to report.

July 21, 2015 - Mississauga - Holcim

Mark Nash Reports:

Again it is with great sadness that I must report that we have lost another fledgling.

As many of you know, this is the time of year when we have finished most all of the fledge watches, and the young fledgling survivors are now able to hold their altitude and stay off the ground, (and for the most parts), no longer in need of our help.

That being said, this is not entirely true, as the young fledglings are starting to investigate their new world, and straying further and further from their parents and the home territory throughout the day, and as we all know, unsupervised young children usually get into trouble.

Remembering that the young fledglings are still very much “children�- in mind, still very much dependent on their parents for food as many of them are unable to catch their own food at this point, and most all are still very inexperienced with any type of real skilled flight, and still have a lot of learning yet to do.

This is the time when they end up getting in other types of trouble. remembering that they are building up a lot of speed and unable to judge distances given this speed, and end up crashing into things and/or getting stuck or caught in things. Thus is the case for little Ogden who obviously had a collision with something, and sustained serious injuries as a result.

Little Ogden was found on the ground within the plant grounds and was successfully rescued by the great Holcim staff. Unfortunately, Ogden succumbed to his injuries and died shortly thereafter.

Poor little Ogden.  It is only a week since he fledged. This has been a terrible year for peregrines so far.

[MAK]

 

[Donna]

Mostly all boys who got in trouble this fledge season!! What a bad year for them.

Fly slow and free!   

[Dumpsterkitty]

!!! A new nest site in Scarborough!! At least two fledglings have been produced, one rescued after being trapped behind another glass balcony, and the other fledgling flying very well indeed!!
July 24, 2015 - International, National and Local News
Mark Nash Reports:

July 23rd - 2015
While the Scarborough Yellow pages nest site failed to produce this season, (as a result of a new adult male replacing the long standing resident adult male Ruben) there was still some good news for Scarborough this season!

Shortly after 10am this morning, the phone was again ringing with yet another report of a trapped peregrine stuck behind the glass on a 40 story condo balcony in Scarborough at Kennedy and Hwy. 401 area.

With the help of the condo superintendent, I was escorted to a 40th floor condo unit where I was able to rescue a young “un-banded� female fledgling that was trapped behind the glass balcony front - (see rescue photos) . Given the report from the condo owner, who explained that the bird had been on her balcony now for more than 24 hours. While I was there doing the rescue, there was a second un-banded fledgling vocalizing just above me on the upper balcony overhang several feet from me!!! It took flight (a good strong flight) and landed on one of the other condo roof tops and watched as I captured its sister - (see photos).

So, we have a new Scarborough nest site - somewhere very close,,, but where???????

I spent the next hour searching the roof top with the condo super but didn’t find any evidence of a nest site, (at least on this condo roof),,, but there are three other very tall condos that are part of this property that could be the nest site!!! I will have to return at a later date to do a search of these roofs.

I spent the another hour searching the surrounding neighbourhood for any adults, but found nothing. Shortly after my departure, I spoke with Bruce on the telephone from the CPF, who was now on site, searching the surrounding leading edges of the surrounding rooftops from the ground, and he reports that he was able to locate two peregrines roosting on the leading edges on the south side of the same condo where I had earlier rescued the un-banded female fledgling, one he believed to be an adult male and one fledgling juvenile. Sadly, the sun was setting to the west and his views had the sun directly in his eyes and he was unable to clearly identify the gender of the birds that he was seeing. He’ll be back!!

I was able to contact Mark Heaton from the OMNR and made arrangements to take the rescued female fledgling up to him at the Aurora district office of the Ministry of Natural Resources tomorrow to have it banded, and I will be returning the young fledgling back to the condo roof and releasing it back to its parents and sibling.

Stay tuned for photos and additional information to follow……….


pictures at http://tinyurl.com/pbln368

[Kris G.]

Posted on CPF:

!!! Little Atlas has some re-hab time with a broken wing,, but the prognosis for a quick turn-around and recovery and release looks very promising!
July 23, 2015 - Oshawa - Lakeridge Hospital

Mark Nash Reports:

July 23rd - 2015
A very busy day indeed for us all with Mark running out to rescue a trapped fledgling from behind a glass balcony and Tracy running out to Oshawa to rescue a downed fledgling on the ground!

While I don’t have much of the details, we will have to wait for Tracy’s rescue report, the telephone was ringing off the hook today at the CPF head office with downed and trapped fledglings in both Scarborough and Oshawa.

Sadly, little Atlas was recovered from the sidewalk near the Oshawa City Hall today having sustained a non-life threatening injury that was diagnosed after x-rays with a broken wing! The much better news, is that his broken wing is very repairable and his prognosis for a quick turnaround for his release after a short rehab looks really promising!

Stay tuned for more details to follow……….

Posted on July 25, 2015 4:07 am
Observation for Oshawa - Lakeridge Hospital


This would be Alfrieda (Diamanté and Gleig's daughter) and Simcoe's (grandson of Rhea Mae and Tiago) offspring.

[carly]

MAKfalcon (MAK): The Medley Center falcon this morning is Canadian. Black over black S/39. I sent a message to Tracy to find out where it's from

IT'S BIG FRANK..OH MY GOD!!!!  Son of Jack and O'Connor, named after our 'Frank'!!!  I have to tell you I'm in tears of joy right now...

[Donna]

OMG!!!! SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Carly!!!      Awe BIG FRANK!!!!

[MAK]

 Just got Tracy's reply: 

"Wow. It's Little Big Frank from Etobicoke Sun Life. Banded with a female band just in case. S39. Son / daughter of O'Connor and Jack".

This is so great Carly-I'm choked up too! Named after our friend Big Frank!!!! 

THANK YOU Tracy and Carly!!   

[carly]

How very fitting that it was you that found him MAK, he's come to visit you and say hello.