Tornadoes reported across southern Ontario 08-20-2009

[Dumpsterkitty]

Thinking first about all our human friends in Ontario...and our beloved birds...stay safe everyone and check in when you can!

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2009/08/20/tornado-durham.html

[valhalla]

That is not normal for that corner of the world, I gather?

[Dumpsterkitty]

Not that I recall hearing about...I don't think I've ever seen the Sheraton cam get wet...



It looks OK there now.

[carly]

Five tornadoes touched down in and around the GTA area and including a location west of where Quest is located...the storm moved her way so hopefully she is in a safe spot.  When will we get the next transmission from her? 

I have to say I've never seen the severity of storms we had here tonight...unbelievable.

[Donna]

Not that I recall hearing about...I don't think I've ever seen the Sheraton cam get wet...



It looks OK there now.

Must have been quite a Nado to make that cam wet Ei....good catch. Hope everyone is OK...Quest also.

Donna

[valhalla]

Five tornadoes touched down in and around the GTA area and including a location west of where Quest is located...the storm moved her way so hopefully she is in a safe spot.  When will we get the next transmission from her? 

I have to say I've never seen the severity of storms we had here tonight...unbelievable.

Quest is only one consideration - Lets hope all of our human friends in the Toronto area - Anne?  Fred?  Has anyone heard from them yet?

[Shaky]

Five tornadoes touched down in and around the GTA area and including a location west of where Quest is located...the storm moved her way so hopefully she is in a safe spot.  When will we get the next transmission from her?

Today's data will be available tomorrow morning.

[Dumpsterkitty]

An adult on the Sheraton ledge this morning...

[carly]

Thanks Shaky.  I clicked on the blue indicator and it says 'updated yesterday' - meaning the 21st so that means she's safe and sound...

Yesterday I found 17 dead finches where I work all laying under the trees, they must have drowned during the storm..it was a heartbreaking sight and something I've never seen before 

[valhalla]

Man!  That must have been an ugly storm!  I have never seen that either - even after hurricanes (squirrels, but not the birds).  Has anyone heard from Anne/Fred or Nicole yet?

[Dumpsterkitty]

Posted over on Yahoo yesterday...

From BigFrank...I just spoke with Mark Nash the Canadian Peregrine Foundation boss (well his wife
lets him think so at least) and we have had one badly injured Peregrine which
MNR has told us of. We are trying to find out its identity it is black over
green c over 51. From what I can ascertain,he could be a bird from Toledo
Ohio,from 2007 named Perry from the Commodore Perry Motor Inn.If anyone knows
for sure if their birds were black/green let me know. Im abit unclear on that.
   Our barns where we keep our educational birds at Kortright Centre at the
Canadian Peregrine Foundation Raptor Centre,is very near the area that was badly
hit by the tornados. Fortunately,Tracy Simpson,our 'Raptor Mom" was there
through the whole event. She was well prepared to evacuate the birds,but it was
not necessary. All birds were moved to outdoor pens,incase the roof of the
indoor area was torn off,our fear was the birds would get sucked up with it.
Tracy said the roof "breathed abit" but it held strong,so thankfully all of our
birds,the barns and oh ya Tracy are fine.

From me-I did look up the ID and it is Perry from Toledo-

USFWS 2206-72368 Color band b/g C/51 Left Perry m 2007  Hatched Commodore Perry
Motor Inn, Toledo Lucas county, OH 05/01/07

And from Nora...Unless Anne C. has posted on the other board, she was fine when we were on the messenger late last night.

[valhalla]

AMEN to all!

[jeanne]

17 finches!  Oh my.!  I've never heard of that kind of thing either.   

[Kris G.]

Man!  That must have been an ugly storm!  I have never seen that either - even after hurricanes (squirrels, but not the birds).  Has anyone heard from Anne/Fred or Nicole yet?

Nicole messaged me yesterday AM -didn't say anything about a tornado in Montreal. 

Kris

[valhalla]

Thanks - I think everyone in that zone, via one method or another has been heard from and accounted for.