June 19, 2013 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
Harry Crawford Reports:
Day 5 - morning shift.
I started out the morning thinking that I would be looking for Felix.
City Hall was my first stop and I found one bird on 390 Bay and one
on 130 Adelaide. I next confirmed that they were the adults so I
went looking for Felix. Nothing was visible in the 2 trips to the
43rd floor of the Sheraton so I concentrated in and around Bay and
Adelaide. One of the adults moved to KPMG and the other to the
west side of Scotia Plaza. They showed no signs of concern and were
content to sit and wait and were visible most of the morning.
Later, I met up with Linda and she said that Tracy believed the male
on the ledge was Felix [white tape]. Early afternoon, Terry sent us
a photo clearly showing Felix standing on the nest box. Yesterday
must have been our second male’s fledge, Welcome [green tape]. I did
a couple of ground searches as well, just in case. Time will tell.
Posted on June 19, 2013 2:56 pm
June 18, 2013 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
Linda Woods Reports:
Yet another very quiet afternoon evening. Felix disappears and has not been seen. Very to no activity in the area and nest ledge from both Rhea Mae and Tigao I guess Rhea Mae knows where he is and is tending to him. Welcome and Gurdy were only feed once this evening at 9p.m. just in time to go to bed. After the food drop the adult went to sit on the letters on the Hotel and the two remaining juvies went out of view.
Many trips to the Club Lounge to scan the roof tops of near by buildings for the adults, which may have given us an indication of where Felix may have gone. Both Rhea Mae and Tiago remained elusive this afternoon and evening.
Hopefully Felix will make an appearance at daylight.
Posted on June 18, 2013 10:30 pm
June 18, 2013 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
Harry Crawford Reports:
Day 4 - morning shift.
The early morning rain seemed to slow the chicks down. Even when
the sun came out, there was very little flapping and running on their
ledge. Mom went in around 10:15 but I couldn’t see if she had any
food. The chicks disappeared from view for about 45 minutes after
mom left. Perhaps all the maintenance and construction in the area
may be having an effect. We are monitoring this.
Posted on June 18, 2013 1:44 pm
June 17, 2013 - Toronto - King Street
CPF Postmaster Reports:
Attention all fledge watchers and peregrine enthusiasts! The fledge watches have started and we need your help!
June 17th - 2013
As some of you may be aware, we are currently eyeball deep in 7 different fledge watches that are now running simultaneously, and needless to say, we are incredibly stressed for manpower to cover all of the fledge watches. Never in the 17 years that we have been running fledge watches have we ever had this many fledge watches occurring all at the same time.
This in addition to having so many nest sites to deal with where the hatches have all happened within such a short period of time, thus having all of the young fledge at the same time.
While the season has only just started, we have already rescued and saved 9 fledglings from the ground and returned them back to the rooftops and nest ledges back to their parents care.
That being said, we need your support to join us in the streets at one of many nest sites here in the GTA.
You will see members of the fledge watch team in the streets at the following nest sites:
Please bear in mind that we are limited in volunteers currently at some of these sites and you may have to do some searching for us as some of these sites have vast areas to cover.
Please join us and help us help your young peregrines make it through this challenging time.
Ongoing fledge watches:
Toronto Sheraton Centre hotel nest site - downtown Toronto - Bay & Queen
MEC nest site -1 Robert Spec Parkway - Huriontario and Hwy # 403 Mississauga
225 Duncan Mill road nest site - Don Mills
ICICI nest site - Don Valley Parkway and Eglinton Ave East, Toronto
Etobicoke Sun Life centre - Bloor & Islington - Etobicoke
18 King Street nest site - Victoria Street & King Street - Downtown Toronto
Canada Square nest site - Yonge & Eglinton - Toronto
Kitchener CTV - King Street - Kitchener Ont.
William Osler Hospital - Hwy # 27 & Humber Valley Blvd - Starting June 20th
Starting end of the week: June 22nd:
Scarborough Yellow Pages - 325 Milner Ave & Progress Ave
Posted on June 18, 2013 2:27 am
June 17, 2013 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
CPF Volunteer Reports:
It was pretty much a quiet day today with no new fledges and Felix was very content to stay put. This evening there were a few episodes of “running of the gulls” by Tiago. Flight lessons by both Rhea Mae and Tiago, a few times this evening, but the kids were not really excited about leaving. Food was brought to the ledge at 7:00p.m. and again at 8:45p.m. and all was quiet at 9:30p.m.
Posted on June 17, 2013 10:06 pm
June 16, 2013 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
Linda Woods Reports:
Day Two of the watch greeted Harry with heavy rain. Not a lot of activity with the damp morning. The rain broke around 12:00 noon, to discover that Felix had taken his first flight just after 11:30 am. He was found on the upper level of the Opera House. He stayed there for a long time. The adults were stooping him trying to get him to move, but no way. Rhea Mae finally gave in and brought him a small morsel of food.
Around 6:30 he took off for a second time and landed on the roof area on the south east corner of Richmond and York St. I guess he didn’t like the view from here as he took off again and went out of sight. After scouring the area numerous times, it was time to sit back and wait for him to pop his head up. By 8:30 p.m. , Hotel security was informed that the little guy was missing and please call should staff come across him. Well it wasn’t 1/2 hour after that conversation that CPF was called. Sheraton Hotel has a interloper lounging at pool side. It was Felix, confirmed by the band number and the white tape. He was fine, but a little upset that his lounge time was over and it was time to go back to the nest ledge.
He checked out fine no worse for wear and returned to the nest ledge at approximately 9:45p.m.
Many Thanks to Mitchell of Sheraton Centre Hotel Security for his assistance. His first time seeing a peregrine.
Gurdy and Welcome had a quiet day on the ledge, not a lot of flapping. Food was delivered a few times, but not sure if it was a snack or full meals.
Posted on June 16, 2013 10:47 pm
June 16, 2013 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
Tracy Simpson Reports:
Banding Day - June 4th - 2013
On Tuesday June 4th, we had the honour of banding the three young ones produced by Rhea Mae and Tiago at the Toronto Sheraton Hotel. Normally this banding is quite an affair with lots of visitors, dignitaries and press but this year was to be different. The hotel was packed, all rooms busy and all of this concurrent with a major upgrade project going on. But still Starwood was amazing and quite excited to have their youngsters banded. The support from the Toronto Sheraton Hotel has been nothing short of outstanding and they are such amazing hosts. The three chicks were extracted and brought down to a suite for banding amongst an intimate crowd of hotel staff, OMNR Economy division staff and CPF volunteers. Mark Heaton of the Aurora District OMNR banded each chick in turn and what a feisty bunch they were!! All three take after their parents and were ferocious little things even at their tender ages and gave us all a run for our money. Apparently Felix tried to beat everyone up during extraction and Welcome and Gerty were a fistful of “Don’t do that!! Cut it out!!” Your Toronto Sheraton family this year is;
Welcome 625 gram male 24 days old W/63 Green
Gerty 890 gram female 24 days old Y/66 Yellow
Felix 655 gram male 26 days old W/64 White
The CPF was so pleased to be able to band these young at the Toronto Sheraton again this year and we heartily thank Starwood and the Toronto Sheraton Hotel for the opportunity to do so. We would also like to thank Mark Heaton of the Aurora District OMNR for banding the threesome as well as the staff from the OMNR Economy Division for attending and assisting us. This thank you would not be complete without acknowledging the hard work and dedication of the CPF volunteers who helped pull it all together and will look after these young once they reach flight age. The folks include Mark, Marion, Linda, Harry, Bruce, Rosalind, Zoe and the local community supporters. Thank you to everyone for another great banding and another successful nesting season!
Pictures to follow.
Rheamae stood her ground and had to be nudged off the tray in order to collect the chicks for banding but all 3 were collected By Mark Nash of the CPF and Mark Heaton from The Ministry of Natural Resources without incident.
The 3 chicks were weighed and banded and given back to mom within 30 minutes. Mom was completely calm as the first chick was placed back on the nest, made no move at all as the second was given back to her and still sat quiet as the last chick was sat in front of her then she made her move and rushed the hatch as if she knew all 3 were back and now it was time for a little pay back. Mark Nash quickly shut the hatch just in time and it was done. Mom sat there glaring at the hatch door for a few more minutes before she went back to her chicks and checked them over, satisfied all was well everything went back to normal.
Posted on June 16, 2013 5:46 am
June 15, 2013 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
Linda Woods Reports:
Harry opened Day One of the Sheraton Fledge watch early today. He was greeted by much de-construction noise adjacent to the preferred watch location. Occasional flapping and running of the ledge both through the day and evening although nothing to get too excited about. Adults were seen flying in front the nest ledge but no real “touch and go”.
It looked like a morsel of food went into the ledge around 7:30 p.m. and by 8:00p.m. they all appeared to settled down for the night. The adults had not been seen since and could not be located, so I guess they were out of sight from us and the juvies. Felix, the young male is approx. 36 days of age tomorrow. Rain expected tonight and in the early morning then clearing skies.
Posted on June 15, 2013 9:22 pm
June 02, 2013 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
Linda Woods Reports:
Not too often are we able to capture an image of the entire family together.
Looks like Tiago is having left overs.
Posted on June 2, 2013 4:24 pm
- Toronto - Sheraton Centre
Linda Woods Reports:
Looks like a female chick to be the first out of the nesting tray. Going to be a hot, humid day. Stay cool!
Posted on May 30, 2013 9:15 am
