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Chester and His Lady in the East Ledge at ICICI

April 07, 2013 - International, National and Local News

Bruce Massey Reports:

Another stop on my rounds today was at the ICICI nest site at Don Mills and Eglinton to check in on Chester and his lovely lady.  Upon arrival, Chester was sitting on the west side on top of the security camera arm and it wasn’t long before he was off.  We checked in with security and waited around for Chester to return.  Seeing as it looked like he was on a hunt, he would be returning soon with food for his lady and the nest ledge, if she was in fact in there, would be confirmed. 

It didn’t take long before Chester returned and announced his presence before flying right into the eastern ledge into the back left corner.  He emerged from there after only a moment and the female now appeared on the edge.  She flew off the ledge and over to the De Beers north sign and waited for Chester for mating.  At the last minute, he veered off when he realized there just wasn’t enough room for the two of them up there and he flew back over to the roof of ICICI.  He was off again fairly quickly to the southwest and the female remained preening on De Beers.  It would appear that if they don’t already have an egg, one is on the way.  I would bet there is at least one as the female was in and out of sight for the first 30 minutes we were there.

All photos by Tracy Simpson