Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton

A Few Shots of Haven

May 22, 2012 - Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton

Frank Butson Reports:

Canada Square Peregrine report May 22 2012

 

It was a hot and muggy day today and I think the peregrines felt it as much as I did. There was not a lot of activity – much the same as on Sunday.

 

I was out mid-afternoon and walked down to a store along Eglinton West. When I stopped at the light at Duplex and Eglinton I checked the nest and saw the back of a bird which I later figured to be Stormin. On my return from shopping I saw Haven fly west to Oriole Parkway area and then south. As I approached the Duplex intersection I saw Stormin fly south for a way then turn west.

 

I returned about a half hour later and Haven was on the ledge. She went for a short fly about and came back to the ledge. I missed her take off into the blue yonder but saw her another half hour later preening, cleaning and stretching on the ledge.

 

Again she went for a fly about, south in front of the condos and circled back over the mast at 2180 Yonge, over Canada Square and onto the top floor of the Rio-Can building. There she sat for twenty minutes before flying east, turning and coming back along Eglinton, over the *Gold building* at the corner of Duplex and Eglinton and then through the gap and over the cinemas at Yonge Eglinton Centre. She circled around and came back to the ledge for one minute before taking off again. I left at that point.

Lyn

!!! Canada Square Banding - May 24th - 10AM

May 23, 2012 - Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton

CPF Postmaster Reports:

Canada Square Banding - May 24th - 10AM

A Heart Pounding Pursuit

May 17, 2012 - Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton

Frank Butson Reports:

Lyn Reports:

Canada Square report 2012 May 17

A slow beginning to the afternoon’s observations. Three quarters of an hour after I arrived I heard calls but could not find the peregrine. A few minutes later I spotted Stormin leave the nest and fly to RC and settle 6 floors down. A few minutes later he flew to the fourth upright/wall on Canada Square for a few minutes before flying south and disappearing.

Half an hour later, Haven flew to the mast atop 2180 Yonge and had difficulty keeping her perch so she flew to the RC building and perched 2 floors down from the top. I was chatting to someone and watching Haven when I saw her fly off the perch and head towards Canada Square. I thought she was going to the scrape. Not so. She went into a stoop and focused on a pigeon flying towards the TTC garage under the black building. Heart in mouth I watched as she sped towards the wall, chasing the pigeon. The pigeon escaped and at the absolute last minute Haven realised where she was and pulled into a steep climb as she turned away from the wall. My heart was pounding. That was a really close shave!!!!

She flew up over Canada Square and then higher and circled lazily over RC three or four times before disappearing to the east.

Half an hour later when my heart was in a normal rhythm again I spotted Stormin with a food parcel on the RC building 5 floors from the top. Two minutes later, he flew to the nest ledge and two minutes after that he was off again. He flew north around Canada Square and down to the mast at 2180 Yonge and then back up the west side of Canada Square to the NW corner where he sat for a few minutes before flying to the SW corner of the same building. He was in full sunlight and seemed to be enjoying it. Haven flew off the nest over 53 Division with the remains of the food parcel then circled back without the food. Stormin had, in the meantime, flown north around Canada Square and disappeared to the east. When Haven flew back she followed part of his route but came back over Canada Square and then to RC where she briefly perched 3 floors down from the top. A couple of minutes later she flew to the nest ledge and disappeared from sight. Stormin had not returned so I left.

Watching Haven chase the pigeon was practise for those heart stopping moments when the eyases fledge!

Lyn

!!! Canada Square banding has been scheduled for May 24th at 10AM!

May 16, 2012 - Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton

CPF Postmaster Reports:

Canada Square banding has been scheduled for May 24th at 10AM!

Hot Day…Adults Play

May 15, 2012 - Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton

Frank Butson Reports:

Canada Square report, Tuesday, 20120515.

I had a lovely two hours today watching the peregrines.

When I arrived there was no-one about but twenty minutes later Haven popped onto the south side of Rio-Can, Three minutes later she flew west and then returned over 53 Division and onto the nest ledge on Canada Square. Several minutes after that she flew off the nest over Canada Square, over RC, over the gold building at the corner of Eglinton and Duplex, to the west side of Canada Square where she hovered at a window three floors down from the nest ledge. She surprised the heck out of the chappie at the window!!! I wonder if she saw him as a *human near her nest* and *warned* him off? She did not actually touch the glass and her flight to the window, although swift, was not perilously so. That done she flew out (away from the side of the building) then up and back to the nest ledge. Two minutes later she walked to the edge and then disappeared again to the scrape.

Then, finally, Stormin flew in and Haven came to greet him (chuk chuk) and they both disappeared before Stormin flew out and onto the last *upright/wall* on Canada Square. Fifteen minutes later Haven left the nest and flew to the east side of Canada Square and did a turnabout over the top of the building, down the west side and through the gap to the condos across Yonge. A minute after that Stormin left his perch and headed south over the black building above the TTC garage, did a quick turn and flew to the north end of Canada Square and then to the condos.

Haven came back again, flying up Duplex, north of the apartment building into the gap over the YE Centre back down Duplex, circled Canada Square and then over 53 Div. She reappeared and flew to the railing on the balcony below the nest where she did a balancing act as she turned to face outwards. She then flew out over the black building, around 2180 Yonge, over Canada Square and landed on the south face of RC.

Six minutes later she flew to the top of the black building where I saw her join Stormin, who was eating. She said thanks for the meal and promptly took the food from him. He stood there looking at her for a minute then walked a few steps away and cleaned his beak on the side of the building. Four minutes later Stormin flew to the nest ledge.

When Haven had finished eating some eight minutes after Stormin left she flew east, turned and went straight to the nest. Shortly thereafter she left the nest ledge, flew over Canada Square, over Eglinton and over RC three or four times before returning to the nest ledge and disappearing. Two minutes later Haven was off the nest ledge again, flew south and then back over Canada Square with Stormin. The two of them then flew to one another, with one another and away from one another for the next eight minutes. They were all over Canada Square, RC, the apartment building on Duplex before Haven flew back to the nest ledge and Stormin flew onto the roof. After a while Stormin flew to the RC building and sat for three minutes then flew to the Bell building across Yonge where he settled on the southwest corner and tucked into something. He flew east after that, then turned and came back to the nest ledge with a food parcel. Haven met him at the edge and flew off with the food parcel. She landed on top of the mast above the Hydro building at the corner of Duplex and Eglinton. When she had finished eating she flew to the nest ledge and Stormin flew to his roost on top if the fifth *upright/wall*. Then I left.

There was a tremendous amount of flying today and I am not too sure what it was all about but it was very good to see the two of them *play together* for a few minutes.

Lyn

Always Something To See

May 14, 2012 - Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton

Frank Butson Reports:

Canada Square report 20120514

I arrived at 3:51 pm and no-one was about. Fifteen minutes later Haven came circling in from the east over Eglinton Ave. She continued circling over RC, westward and then up Duplex Ave. She called three times and then flew west out of sight. That was it for 29 minutes. I missed Haven’s return to the nest so I don’t know if she brought in any food. I did see Stormin leave and fly to the south west corner of Canada Square where he sat under the railing one floor below the scrape level.

Four minutes later I saw Haven do that *fluttery/jump thing* to the far end of the scrape ledge and then back to the scrape area. Not sure what that is all about! Stormin in the meantime was just enjoying the sun. He faced into it then turned and sat with his back to it. After that he turned sideways on and stretched a wing, stretched a leg, had a scratch and sat some more before flying off 21 minutes later, somewhere up Yonge St.

An hour later he returned, sat on the ledge below the scrape level and three ledges over was there for all of two minutes then soared over Canada Square and again disappeared up Yonge St.

Lyn

The Adults Are Active

May 11, 2012 - Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton

Frank Butson Reports:

Canada Square report, Friday, 20120511

When I arrived there were no peregrines and there was no action. I settled down to wait. Six minutes later Haven had me flummoxed as she ran to the right on the ledge as far as the wall and then back again to the scrape area. Two minutes later she flew off the nest ledge to the middle *upright/wall* of Canada Square where she sat for minute before flying to the Rio-Can building and sat there for half a minute, four floors from the top. After that she flew back to the ledge and disappeared.

Half an hour later Stormin flew onto the rooftop of Rio-Can at the SW corner. Three minutes later he flew to the top level of the apartment building on Duplex Ave where he sat for a minute before flying up Duplex in front of the apartment building. He flew north and then turned back and then flew by the same building a couple of times before disappearing.

Haven popped into sight on the ledge again and was *busy* - sorry could not determine what she was doing, it did not look like feeding. She was away from the scrape area. Stormin in the meantime had flown south to 2180 Yonge but on the west side and then back up to the top of the concrete wall on Canada Square where he sat for a minute. He made another *fly by* of the apartment building then flew over Duplex Ave and west to disappear from view. He was gone for almost an hour. He returned to the nest ledge and was greeted by Haven (or greeted her) at the edge and she turned and disappeared from view.

Stormin flew to the southwest side of the Rio-Can building again, six floors down, then to the southeast side where he sat for a few minutes. Haven left the nest ledge and flew to the Rio-Can building then flew over Stormin and around the east side out of view. A minute later Stormin flew to Canada Square, onto the nest ledge and out of sight. Haven in the meantime had circled the RC building and was gone again. About five minutes later Haven did a *fly by* of the apartment building up Duplex Ave and then back down to the SE corner of the RC building. I missed the changeover but did see Stormin leave the nest ledge and fly to the RC building. I left and he was still sitting on the south face.

Lyn

!!! 3 hatchlings as of today, and a banding date has been confirmed!!

May 10, 2012 - Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton

CPF Postmaster Reports:

Some good news all around today from the Canada Square management group. We have been told that a third hatchling was present on the nest ledge today!
Congratulations Canada Square!!

In addition to this good news, we have also worked out and confirmed a banding date for the hatchlings!

The banding date has been confirmed for Thursday May 24th!!
Good news all around!!

!!! We Have A Hatch

May 08, 2012 - Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton

Frank Butson Reports:

May 8th - 2012
Bruce was up to check on a hatch today. See attached photo by Bruce. We can confirm that one of the 2 eggs has hatched. Congratulations to Stormin and Haven and of course surogate parents at Canada Square!

Lyn has sent along this update with more observations of todays visit.

Canada Square report 20120508

 

Neil, of Northam Realty and Bruce, CPF volunteer both agree that there is at least one hatchling. I saw a little bundle of white fluff and egg shells Photos by Bruce attached

 

Later on when I was on my usual perch I saw Haven fly around Rio-Can and Heart & Stroke. She then flew behind the Condos way south and back, high, in front of the nest on Canada Square. She flew behind Rio-Can again and then over the Police Station. Stormin left the nest and flew in her direction. As he crossed Duplex he dropped a huge feather! Five minutes later Haven flew to the nest ledge and shortly thereafter Stormin followed and disappeared from sight. A minute later Haven flew to Rio-Can perched briefly before flying to the middle of 2180 Yonge where she perched on the top window ledge. She then flew along the side of the building and disappeared from view and then back to the top of Rio-Can. She ignored the two high flying gulls, waited for them to disappear and then flew to the nest ledge with a food package. One minute later Stormin flew off the nest ledge to Rio-Can and perched seven floors down. A minute later he took off and I did not see him again for half an hour when I spotted him eating on the ledge below the nest. A minute after that he flew north of the apartment building, with a food package, circled back, all the while gaining height, and landed on the ledge on the south west corner of the building. He ate a little more then flew north, gained more height circled back over Eglinton Ave turned north yet again and disappeared from view.

I saw no more action for an hour and so I left. As I walked in front of the Rio-Can building I checked, as I always do when I have seen the peregrines perched on the building, for *food remnants* on the sidewalk. I was in luck today as I found what I believe to be the head and feathers of a blue jay.

 

Lyn

Hatch or No?

May 07, 2012 - Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton

Frank Butson Reports:

Lyn Reports:
Canada Square Peregrine report 20120507
I saw Stormin fly onto the nest ledge and disappear to the back. There was a bit of vocalizing and he then flew out and up to the top of the furthest *upright/wall* south of the nest.
Ten minutes later Haven flew out and joined him. She appeared to have a quick bite to eat, flew to the middle *upright/wall* and then back to the the furthest one before turning and flying right back to the nest ledge. She was off the nest for just a minute.
When she was back on the nest ledge I heard her give her *chuk-chuk-chuk* call and disappear to the back.
A minute after that Stormin called and flew to the nest ledge. A minute later he flew off the nest ledge and landed one ledge over on the ledge below the nest height. He appeared to be eating something and called again.
There were a couple of more calls and then he flew onto the nest ledge and disappeared to the back. Three minutes later he flew off the nest ledge and onto the middle *upright/wall*. When I left an hour later he was still perched in the same spot all puffed up against the cold and the wind.
This behaviour seemed a little different from usual. I did not see food going into the nest ledge but did not have the binoculars up when they flew onto the ledge. Bruce will check on them tomorrow to see if there may be a hatchling or not.

Lyn