Happy 2012 Falcon Watchers
January 08, 2012 - Burlington - Lift Bridge
Sue McCreadie Reports:
Bill and I spent a couple of hours at the Lift Bridge this afternoon. It was +2 degrees Celsius in the sun. When we arrived around 12:30pm, both Cirrus and McKenzie were sitting in the sun on the cables close to the nest box. We took a walk out the pier to look at the hundreds on Long Tail Ducks who are wintering in and around the canal. When we turned to walk back, I noticed that both bird were gone. I stopped and asked a young man if he had seen where the Peregrines had gone. He said they high tailed out of there towards Burlington. We watched for a while and out of nowhere Cirrus appeared and landed again on the wire. A few minutes later McKenzie arrived, landing on the old nest ledge and was chirping to beat the band. I guess he was wanting Cirrus to serve him lunch. Cirrus made one feeble attempt at hunting while we watched but then she settled down again on the wire in the sun.
