Quest and Kendal - Toronto/Don Mills

[jeanne]

Thank you, Tracy and everyone for doing this!  I got teary when I read that she was looking for something familiar.  Sweet baby!  It's interesting that Kendal is unsure of what to do.  Ahem, we did see that last year with a falcon we know here  

There is something about Quest-- she has just garnered attention everywhere she has gone.  So glad that now she has arrived home

[Donna]

All I can say is "BLESS YOU CPF and company" 

[Carol P.]

Now that made me cry!  Tears of happiness!   

I am so glad that Quest is going into momma-mode.  Kendal will catch on quick.  Remember Archer when the first egg hatched?  He just looked and circled and looked and wondered how his red little egg turned into a squirmy white creature that shouted at him.   

It's a flood here too Carol and it didn't rain! 

Hahahaha!  We may need to build an ark.  

[Kris G.]

CPF update just went up    Excellent post by Tracy detailing everything we wanted to know, wow...!

http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/w/2011/04/sightings/update-for-quest-and-kendal/

What a fantastic detailed report!! Kudos to everyone who made this all possible for Quest and Kendal!

[rssport]

This is Great News. Never thought it could be pulled off especially after the first egg.
Too all involved THANK YOU. You did good.

[BIGFRANK]

Latest CPF Post
Kendal’s Banding Day 2009
April 22, 2011 - Toronto - Don Mills
Frank Butson Reports:
Here is a link to a short video clip of Kendal being banded at 18 King St in downtown Toronto. Marion Nash,of CPF is recording information in the video,while Mark Heaton from the Ministry of Natural Resources bands Kendal. Enjoy!

Kendal Gets Banded.

[Donna]

Latest CPF Post
Kendal’s Banding Day 2009
April 22, 2011 - Toronto - Don Mills
Frank Butson Reports:
Here is a link to a short video clip of Kendal being banded at 18 King St in downtown Toronto. Marion Nash,of CPF is recording information in the video,while Mark Heaton from the Ministry of Natural Resources bands Kendal. Enjoy!

Kendal Gets Banded.

Thank you BIGFRANK, that was cute. What a squawker!

[jeanne]

Rochester Falcon Quest getting banded

[dale]

she's a squirmer AND a squawker. Thanks, Jeanne and BigFrank!

[Donna]

Thank you jeanne!

[Bird Crazy]

Just curious you say Quest was a big girl. Was she bigger than Callidora? (cause Calli seemed huge)

[anneintoronto]

Obviously not news, but a good photo and nice write-up in the Toronto Star...  I'm glad that things seem to be going smoother now.  Hard start for new parents!  Can't but wish Quest and Kendal all the best!!

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/979179--harlequin-falcons-settle-into-love-nest?bn=1

Anne in Toronto

[MAK]

      Boy did I miss alot today! Such a great job by EVERYONE involved! I really can't wait to go to Toronto on Monday and see our   STAR   and her marvelous mate!!!    Thank you,thank you, thank you!!!   

[valhalla]

Wonderful news!   

I can't help but wonder just how LITTLE we know about these birds.  Take Quest for example, she flies to the Vineyard, spends the winter on the Cape, makes a quick trip to NJ, heads back east for a bit, goes "home" to Lake Ontario, spends time window shopping around the Lake, and ends up on the other side of the Lake from "home".  She really didn't wander very far, nor very much, as she ended up pretty much not to farm from where she started.  As for Kendal, he grew up just down the road!  Toss Rhea Mae into the mix, too.  Fascinating!   

[BIGFRANK]

Hi Janet,Peregrine's certainly are amazing. Peregrine means wanderer. Over the course of 5 years,CPF satellite tracked Peregrines. Some never left the general area they began in,others flew all the way to Columbia and back to Toronto. Most birds of prey wont fly over huge bodies of water,so we couldnt figure out how our Peregrines were sending hits back,from out in the ocean around the gulf area. We later learned they were landing on oil rigs to hopscotch across. Tracking,webcameras and whatever new technologies are to come continuously teach us more and more. Its what makes it all so fascinating. If you and others,have time have a look at CPFs Project Trackem.
http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/trackem.html
Did you realize Mark Nash of CPF was in Rochester to help the team attach Quests tracking device? Just one more great connection CPF and the "Rochester gang" have.