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Sunday December 31, 2000
Marcel Gahbauer reports: The annual Toronto Christmas Bird Count was held yesterday, and both Marco and Angel cooperated by being near the nest when observers passed by their area.

Thursday December 21, 2000
Norma Pennells reports: Angel and Marco are still hanging around the nest site. Sometimes she will be on the nest and he will be sitting on top of the camera. It looks like they are guarding their territory. Angel is often seen preening her feathers.

Wednesday December 13, 2000
Christie Lazarou reports: Around noon I was walking along the wood chip path in High Park near the modern sculptures when a juvenile Peregrine flew across the path in front of me. It was chasing a crow and almost caught it. The Peregrine attempted to grab the crow with its talons but the crow dove into a tree at the last minute. The Peregrine also landed in the tree and the two were only about five feet away from each other. They sat there for a while and then the Peregrine attempted to attack the crow. The crow flew to a tree where there were three other crows in it. The Peregrine landed where the crow took off from. Again, they paused for a while and then the Peregrine made another attempt at the crow but then decided to fly off. The crows followed the Peregrine and all of them flew out of sight. During this whole time the crows weren't cawing like
they normally do if a hawk is around.

Sunday November 26, 2000
Marcel Gahbauer reports: According to Norma Pennells, both Marco and Angel are still being seen around the nest site fairly regularly. There has been on report of the juvenile peregrine in the area for close to a month, so it may have moved on.

Saturday November 11, 2000
David Pfeffer reports: At 1:00p.m. I went to the falcon watch centre. I was hoping to spot the immature falcon, but I was surprised to find both Angel and Marco on the nest box. Marco was inside picking at the gravel and hunched over while Angel appeared to be giving him an earful. I guess he wasn't bringing home the bacon! While she was doing this I noticed that she actually swallowed some of the gravel. I guess Marco had enough and waddled out of the box and flew off. Angel looked a bit surprised, but she continued vocalizing. She didn't seem impressed with his abrupt exit. She did settle down and began preening herself while she appeared to be watching something. I decided to go outside and have a look if Marco was still around.

When I got outside I actually heard the vocalizing. I then saw Angel take off and fly above the buildings while vocalizing. She then made a half-hearted attempt at a pigeon. She then started soaring and slowly made her way south. I then noticed Marco was also soaring just south of Angel. It is amazing the size difference between the two. First seeing them from the T.V. and then in the air, I am amazed at how big Angel really is. The two of them continued south and I lost sight of them.

Friday November 10, 2000
Marcel Gahbauer reports: In response to Tuesday's sighting, Diana Karrandjas has informed me that she saw two peregrines at the Etobicoke nest site today in the pouring rain. The larger female was seen first on the nest, and then on the camera (where she was also seen the previous Sunday - a new favourite perch?). The smaller male was perched on the ADP sign around the corner from the nest.

Tuesday November 7, 2000
Marcel Gahbauer reports: A brief stop at the Clarica Centre this afternoon around 2 pm allowed me to catch a glimpse of Angel standing on the nest box. Not having seen her in a couple of months, I was surprised again to see just how large a bird she is! She seemed very content just standing on the box, occasionally preening her breast feathers. Looks like she's settling in for the winter again. No sign of Marco while I was there, but he may very well still be around too.

Friday November 3, 2000
Marcel Gahbauer reports: There continues to be peregrine activity at the Clarica Centre. Norma Pennells observed Angel at the nest box for an extended period on October 28; Angel was grooming herself thoroughly. Earlier this week, David Pfeffer spotted a juvenile peregrine at the same site, but was not close enough to see any identifying features. Going back to October 21, Shireen Kitto-Powell had another observation of a peregrine in the Old Mill area - whether this is one of the Etobicoke birds or not remains unknown.

Saturday October 14, 2000
Shireen Kitto-Powell reports: A (likely female) peregrine falcon was seen hunting around Old Mill towers at about 6.20.pm this evening, chasing one ring billed gull and putting the fear of God into all the others! She rested a few times on the building (roof and window-sill) We had a splendid aerial display for about 15 minutes from our living room window.

Saturday October 7, 2000
Norma Pennells reports: Marco and Angel are still around. I saw them both on Friday and Saturday on the nest site and on the top of the nest site building.

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