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Frankie Goes to Hollywood… …Um, Ok. Maybe Just Irondequoit, New York!

August 29, 2015 - Etobicoke - Sun Life Centre

Tracy Simpson Reports:

Edited and updated!

We have just received news from our friends in New York State that a falcon was photographed by Margaret Kurtz at the Medley Centre in Irondequoit that was clearly Canadian!  The band number, solid black S over 39, was placed on a bird in 2013 at the Etobicoke Sun Life nest and named Little Big Frank after one of our dear fallen comrades who was a falcon watcher for a decade at this nest site.

My phone lit up this afternoon with texts and notices requesting the identity of the bird MAK had spotted and after looking it up and sharing it with the Etobicoke team, the celebrations at seeing one of our fledglings once again as a potential breeding adult began.

Margaret found the bird on the peak of a building at the mall where it was hunting and she was able to get photos and confirm the band number.  This is amazing news and we are always excited to hear about a re-sighting of one of our own homegrown birds!  Little Big Frank was banded in 2013 as a female and it may turn out that this bird is in fact just that.  Male or female, well, Big Frank wouldn’t have minded either way.  He would have been proud none the less and should this bird turn out to be a girl, she can be thought of as “Big Frankie” and will still carry a great name forward with her.

Thank you so much to Dana and MAK for finding BF and updating us on the status of the bird.  All photos posted were taken by MAK.

Big Frankie was seen again last evening chasing pigeons very low through a parking lot. A chip off of the old O’Connor block, fearless and risk taking!