Quest and Kendal - Toronto/Don Mills

[jeanne]

Beautiful pictures!!!  Thanks so much BigFrank!

[MAK]

  Thanks Frank! Kendal is an awesome mate for Quest! 

[Donna]

Thanks Frank! Kendal is an awesome mate for Quest! 

Most definitely, took her a few years to find the perfect mate. I like that she explored before settling into a relationship! 

[Bird Crazy]

Thanks Frank! Kendal is an awesome mate for Quest! 

Most definitely, took her a few years to find the perfect mate. I like that she explored before settling into a relationship! 

Well she was trying to find one as good as her Daddy, they don't come much better than that.

[margaret]

I love my TVs too. I think they are beautiful fliers.

Thanks, Carol, and BC...I'll have to visit Barf at Wild Wings.  I've been wanting to visit there anyway...

[loheron]

Maybe I don't need to sponsor Barf anymore. It sounds like he's got some admiring girlfriends out there.
Larry O

Turkey Vultures are usually just floating through the area on migration.  They may be attracted to the caches left by the Peregrines on top of buildings.  As far as I know, they are no threat to Peregrines or their young.  They are just in the wrong spot at the wrong time, when it comes to a protective Peregrine Papa.  

Personally, I think Turkey Vultures are handsome birds.  If you get a chance to visit with Barf at Wild Wings, you might change your opinion.  

Carol P.

Thanks,Donna for asking, and thank you to BF and Ann for the report and pics of Kendal with TV.  
I left work yesterday and stopped because  I saw the  ugliest thing sitting in the road.  It flew up when I passed, so of course I stopped and then saw three turkey vultures sitting in trees on the side of the road.  I pulled out my binocs and just sat and watched them.  They are big and  "big ugly".   So good for Kendal for sounding the alarm and chasing this  big, ugly TV from the nest.  
Actually, if someone can answer...how much of a threat are TVs to the nest?  I thought they were only attracted to carrion, and by the scent or gasses given off by decaying matter.  Do TVs prey on nests too?
I know our parents downtown have been subject to TVs  and given chase as well.  Can anyone inform?

I fell in love with Barf, he caught my attention!! 

[margaret]

Just checked CPF site and report says that Quest and Kendal are hard incubating their egg, and defending nest site from TVs passing through as well as the resident geese.   
I also noticed that the the CPF says "WEB CAM COMING SOON"  under the Toronto-Don Mills site!
That would be awesome if it is up and running before the egg hatches! You watchers who have been up there, would that be a cam from Harlequin's office?  Or would it be set up somewhere else? 
I think a camera was also listed as "coming soon"  to the Yellow Page site where Linn is currently  at nest.  A banner year for M and K genes!   
 

[Carol P.]

Margaret - They could definitely put cameras on the Harlequin Bldg. and point them at the ledge across the street.  Not sure what they're planning.

[margaret]

Have you been in contact with CPF?  In your opinion, do you think a webcam could be up and running prior to hatch?   (At Don Mills and at Yellow Pages site?) That would be great!

[Carol P.]

Have you been in contact with CPF?  In your opinion, do you think a webcam could be up and running prior to hatch?   (At Don Mills and at Yellow Pages site?) That would be great!

Not sure of the timing at either site.  They've been working hard on updating Rhea Mae and Tiago's camera at the Sheraton.  It looks great!   

[margaret]

Have you been in contact with CPF?  In your opinion, do you think a webcam could be up and running prior to hatch?   (At Don Mills and at Yellow Pages site?) That would be great!

Not sure of the timing at either site.  They've been working hard on updating Rhea Mae and Tiago's camera at the Sheraton.  It looks great!   

And Rhea Mae and Tiago's cam is wonderful.  It's so clear. Kudos to CPF for that improvement. 
Now to see the rest of our gals in Canada.  Our Pefas do like the Canadian shores!
Was it you who said you suspected that M and K were  of Canadian heritage?

[Joyce]

Margaret - you will probably know about the cams sooner than us.  Keep monitoring the CPF site and we'll count on you to help keep us all informed.

Just to put things in perspective...Even though we stay in touch with CPF, now is the time we minimize contact (as they have asked) because they are so swamped with so many sites to monitor.  They only have a slim few to handle all of the sites, and both gas and phone calls are costly.  Calls between US and CAN are very expensive especially with roaming charges on cell phones.  I can tell you from personal experience on our last Quest trip, that a one-day connection for my computer on roaming charges ran up a bill just slightly under $5,000.  A very costly mistake, as we watched our nestbox while in Toronto.

CPF staff put in a lot of time and even their own funds to keep things going.  Donations and contributions are virtually nonexistent during the summer months because there are no school visit programs, which sustain them through the winter months.  CPF is a labor of love, and a volunteer effort on everyone's part up there.

We may touch base by email. but we don't always hear back right away.  When Big Frank has the time, he keeps us posted on the forum, and maybe he can let us know when cams are put in place.

Joyce

[margaret]

Margaret - you will probably know about the cams sooner than us.  Keep monitoring the CPF site and we'll count on you to help keep us all informed.

Just to put things in perspective...Even though we stay in touch with CPF, now is the time we minimize contact (as they have asked) because they are so swamped with so many sites to monitor.  They only have a slim few to handle all of the sites, and both gas and phone calls are costly.  Calls between US and CAN are very expensive especially with roaming charges on cell phones.  I can tell you from personal experience on our last Quest trip, that a one-day connection for my computer on roaming charges ran up a bill just slightly under $5,000.  A very costly mistake, as we watched our nestbox while in Toronto.

CPF staff put in a lot of time and even their own funds to keep things going.  Donations and contributions are virtually nonexistent during the summer months because there are no school visit programs, which sustain them through the winter months.  CPF is a labor of love, and a volunteer effort on everyone's part up there.

We may touch base by email. but we don't always hear back right away.  When Big Frank has the time, he keeps us posted on the forum, and maybe he can let us know when cams are put in place.

Joyce

Thank you for the perspective, Joyce.   You are a master (mistress?) of understatement if you say that a 5K bill was a "mistake".  I would be incoherent!
I do check in on CPF for Quest updates, so I will keep us all apprised. 
It's time to update the Quest tee shirts!   Can it end with "happily ever after"? 
 

[Carol P.]

"Thank you for the perspective, Joyce.   You are a master (mistress?) of understatement if you say that a 5K bill was a "mistake".  I would be incoherent!
I do check in on CPF for Quest updates, so I will keep us all apprised.  
It's time to update the Quest tee shirts!   Can it end with "happily ever after"?  
 " - Margaret

We're working on it!  

and no, it wasn't me that said M&K were from Canada.  Since they were both unbanded, there is no way to know where they came from.

[valhalla]

Calls between US and CAN are very expensive especially with roaming charges on cell phones.  I can tell you from personal experience on our last Quest trip, that a one-day connection for my computer on roaming charges ran up a bill just slightly under $5,000.  A very costly mistake, as we watched our nestbox while in Toronto.
Joyce

Don't know about the local carrier, but VERIZON has been VERY forgiving about those errors in the past.  You can't triangue with the US towers in Toronto, but this is a common error.  I know when we went to Niagara Falls, we were very aware of the border, but we never hit International.  Contact your local provider - they are very good about those of us who have blond  moments.