!!! Chessie photographed in southwest Caledon! November 2014 through January 2015.
January 17, 2015 - Etobicoke - William Osler
CPF Postmaster Reports:
January 17th - 2015
A big thanks to Bill Newhook who sent in some of his photographs of a pair of peregrines that he has been watching for the past few months, starting out in November of last year out in Caledon Ontario. The serious of his most recent photos taken of the two peregrines this month in January, yielded some good identifiable views of one of the birds leg bands.
After a closer look, he discovered that one of the peregrines was banded, and a quick check of the nest site database and a reconfirmation with Tracy, and the Black 49 over Green AD band number turns out to be non other than Chesssie, the resident territorial female from the William Osler Hospital in Etobicoke.
You may remember, that Chessie is a 2011 peregrine, produced at the Buffalo Central Terminal nest site in Buffalo New York USA. Unfortunately, her travelling companion didn’t give any identifiable views of his legs, so we have no idea if he is banded or not, and as such, we have no idea of his history or origin.
Bill writes:
I photographed this banded bird Saturday, January 17th, 2015 — in Southwest Caledon - on Torbram Road and just north of Old School Road. I didn’t notice the bands until I was able to download my photos and get detailed close-up views on my computer.
I saw the PFs Nov. 5 & Nov. 29, 2014. Between these dates I saw two PFs flying together. The size difference made it clear I was seeing male and female birds.
Location: North east corner of Dixie and Old School Road - west of Bramalea Road, Caledon ON. The land is open farm field with farm buildings and small copses of trees. Presently, corn is being harvested in the area. RTHs and NHs are quite common.
I hope this helps,
Bill Newhook
