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Midnight Browsing at Shoppers World in Brampton

January 07, 2013 - Brampton - Courthouse

Tracy Simpson Reports:

The new female identified recently in Brampton, Midnight from Ohio, has been seen regularly hanging out behind the Shoppers World plaza at Hwy 10 and Steeles where a sizable flock of pigeons roost.  I have seen her there several times over the past week and today she gave me a show stopping flight demo!!  She was roosting on the top of a building and then went from roost to pursuit in 10 seconds flat!!  I grabbed my camera and had no time to adjust for lighting.  Take the picture!!  Wait…  …put car in park…  …OK now TAKE THE PICTURE QUICK!!!  I was able to snap a few shots of Midnight amongst a chaotic swirl of pigeons and I was amazed to see that she was not successful in singling one out.  Merely browsing I guess.  Sightings have been reported over the past month of the unbanded female in the area but I have yet to see her around.  She may have found a location that I have yet to discover.  I will be back again to look for Milton, the resident male, and follow up on the progress of who is who, where and when as we head towards nesting season in Brampton.