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!!! St. Catherines Peregrine activity - A pair staying at the Holiday Inn! lol So, who are the mystery pair?

August 11, 2015 - International, National and Local News

CPF Postmaster Reports:

Tuesday Aug. 11th - 2015
A big thank you to Darcy and family for getting this observation report into us, and to Pamela Boese for the photos of a pair of Peregrines that have been hanging around the Holiday Inn on Ontario Street in St. Catherine’s Ontario. While neither of the two adult peregrines in Pam’s photos showed much of their legs, it does appear that at least one of the birds might be banded.

So the challenge is on,, can anyone get a photo of either of the birds that can identify any band numbers??

Darcy writes:
There is a pair of peregrines, I’ve seen them together on two separate days. But there’s usually only one of them, and I couldn’t tell you if it was the male or the female. And when they’re both together, they’re both kind of noisy.

They seem to like the front of the Holiday Inn on Ontario Street. It’s got a nice and high vantage point, and plenty of protection, plus it’s really close to the Twelve Mile Creek for dinner, er, wildlife. You’ve got to scan the whole front of the building to find them sometimes, every nook, corner, and ledge.

I’ve also spotted them on top of the hydro tower between the old GM plant and the hotel, overlooking the Creek.

One morning last week, I watched the bird swoop down, crash into something midair, there was an enormous poof of black feathers (about triple its wingspan wide), and then it perched on a traffic light to watch its prey, well, linger. And I know that at least one of them likes it downtown too, I just got to work while a panicked swarm of pigeons was being chased.