Quest and Kendal - Toronto/Don Mills

[Dumpsterkitty]

I emailed CPF, of course...just got an answer...

Yes, we have been watching them very closely indeed.  I was up to Harlequin last week and spent a few hours documenting their progress and snapped some photos.  Our provincial wildlife resources gave them the permits that they need to remove the nest box so that they can carry on with the repairs.

There are several steps in the work with three different contractors and three different trades involved.  Each ledge is prepped, (scraped and sanded, then brushed off).  Then the mortar is applied to the entire ledge, (base, sides, back/rear, and above under the overhang/roof).  This must be allowed to dry before the sealer coat is done,, (another step).  Then we’re told that the aluminum contractor comes in to clad various parts of the ledges with aluminum cladding. (Not quite sure just what they are cladding), but this contractor will not come in until all of the mortar and the sealer coating is completed.

The nest box was to be taken to the roof and will not return until the aluminum work is completed.

They must have been in very early, as we noticed that the nest box was gone by 9am. 

[Donna]

Oh well, hope it's done soon!

[glothom]

Thanks for the information about Q & K's NB. I hope they are able to finish the jobs soon. Even though the NB is on the roof now, I don't want Q & K to get confused, or upset or feel they have been evicted!

[MAK]

Thanks for the information about Q & K's NB. I hope they are able to finish the jobs soon. Even though the NB is on the roof now, I don't want Q & K to get confused, or upset or feel they have been evicted!

  Glo! 

[Dumpsterkitty]

 

Is it just my eyes or did Harlie leave a permanent record? 

[Donna]

 

Is it just my eyes or did Harlie leave a permanent record? 

Harlie needs to come back and sign it: "Harlie was here" 

[Donna]

Hopefully, the sealer coat.

[Donna]

  Hope they get this done soon so Q and K don't think the nest is gone.

[Donna]

  More post Mortar??? How many coats are these guys doing? This is the 3rd so far.

[Kris G.]

  Hope they get this done soon so Q and K don't think the nest is gone.

I was thinking the same thing!

[jeanne]

  Hope they get this done soon so Q and K don't think the nest is gone.

I was thinking the same thing!

This makes me very very nervous.  Probably because of what happened at our nest removal at Kodak.  I hope they finish this soon

[MAK]

It worries me too! I can't even believe they removed the nest box!! UGH!!! 

[Dumpsterkitty]

I think it will be fine as long as it's back before winter is over.  And I suspect it will be sooner than that.

We are talking about Quest who started her first scrape in the crumbling concrete dust on that ledge. She doesn't discourage easily.

[Donna]

She is hanging out on a building nearby, she sees everything! 

[Donna]

!!! Mortar work on the south building elevation is almost completed!
October 12, 2012 - Toronto - Don Mills

CPF Postmaster Reports:

Friday Oct. 12th - 2012
At the close of today, it appears that the final mortar work to be completed on the south building elevation (the same side of the building where the peregrines have been nesting for the past two years) is the nest ledge itself.

Observations gathered have shown that the contractors doing the work are very quick indeed, as they were able to complete a single section - (top to bottom, end to end, side to side, inside pillar to pillar including the back wall above and below the windows, overhang and ledge base) in less than two hours! This included the time needed to return back to the ground level to get more mortar and return back to the ledge to finish!

Its nice to see that the building management has agreed to hold off doing the actual nest ledge repairs until the very last.

We can expect to see the nest box temporarily removed from the nest ledge so that the contractors can complete the necessary repairs.

Stay tuned……….

http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/w/2012/10/sightings/mortar-work-on-the-south-building-elevation-is-almost-completed/  pics here


!!! Nest box removed to facilitate ledge repairs.
October 15, 2012 - Toronto - Don Mills

CPF Postmaster Reports:

Monday Oct. 15th - 2012
As we have been expecting, the nest box has been removed from the nest ledge at the 220 Duncan Mill Road nest site to facilitate the ledge repairs.

By 9am this morning, the nest box had already been removed from the nest ledge in an effort to facilitate the mortar work needed to be done on the nest ledge itself. Over the past two months, the building has been under construction with repairs needed on all elevations of the building.

Quest was observed late morning in several “fly-byes’ obviously reviewing the situation. At no point were the workmen stooped during the mortar application and it appears that all went well.

The next serious of camera screen shots, (thank you again Nona), shows one of the workmen doing the mortar application, and in a final shot, the entire nest ledge having been completely mortar finished. Now of course the drying process.

By days end, it would appear that almost all of the ledges on the south elevation have been mortared and this part of the work is almost completed.
Stay tuned……..

http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/w/2012/10/sightings/nest-box-removed-to-facilitate-ledge-repairs/ pics here