Other Peregrine Projects > Canadian Peregrines
ON / Etobicoke - Bloor & Islington / 2008-21
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: carly on October 05, 2009, 18:04 ---I have to say I'm not looking forward to next spring now, I know that sounds awful but the thought of him trying to run two nest sites and all the problems that entails doesn't excite me. I'm going to hope that either the TR male recovers or another male comes around before then.
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I wouldn't worry about it at this point Carly, there is no way to know if he will try to run to nests again next year or even if the two females will let him run two nests next year. Yes peregrines mate for "life" but life is until one doesn't return or can be if the pairing isn't successful. And one or both of the females may not feel he's devoting enough time to his "duties" and choose another male in his stead. And from the number of birds roaming around southern Ontario and the northern New England states, his ladies will have other choices if that is what they decide.
Going to be an interesting spring that's for sure!! :o
Alison:
What a great update, Carly! Thank you! Glad to hear things have been going well there. I do miss the cam, which used to be active all year.
Yes, Lara and Rocky did a wonderful job with their two sons, Towpath and Canal. They did such patient, intensive training with them. If only their beautiful sisters had been able to survive too, everything would have been perfect. I've been meaning to post a summary of this year's events at the nest - haven't had time yet.
carly:
I've been meaning to do an update for weeks now but I'm usually so tired when I get home and I'm glued to the panda cam now...lol! But I still check on my guys several times a day.
I haven't seen Elena since September 17th, on that day she had breakfast with both Jack and Angel and that was the last I saw of her. Hopefully she's somewhere safe and I have a feeling I'll be hearing about her again someday - she really turned into a strong, impressive female I must say!
Jack spent about 7 days glued to Angel and the nestbox for a change. They did their rebonding and in between all the echupping, they cleaned the nestbox as was evidenced by all the bones, wings and other assorted pieces of 'prey' that came flying off the ledge. For the past week though he's been here and at his other site as I've read on Mathew's site. I guess he's splitting his time evenly between both sites now. I saw him defending against something with Angel yesterday but no sign of him today at all.
I have to say I'm not looking forward to next spring now, I know that sounds awful but the thought of him trying to run two nest sites and all the problems that entails doesn't excite me. I'm going to hope that either the TR male recovers or another male comes around before then. We had enough nest site failures this year, I hope next year will be better. They haven't released any stats for this year but I can guess we had about half the eyases than what we had last year, if even that.
I've been meaning to go over on your board Alison so I can thank C&C for their wonderful photos of Lara and Rocky and the two boys. Honestly I felt such pride when i was reading about Lara trying to feed them even after they had dispersed, it reminded me so much of something Angel would do. Even though Elena obviously was doing her own hunting when she came to hang out with Angel - Angel would still stand guard over her while she was eating and chase any pigeons off the rooftop near her. Nice to see she inherited her mom's protectiveness ;)
carly:
Mom and dad both on nest ledge today....first time since the kids were little I've seen them together on the nest. ::) He's been here two days in a row now...all day...wonder what he's up to :-\
carly:
Forgot to mention I saw Angel attacking something today. I was on my way to the office after getting my lunch and I was actually worried as I hadn't seen her all morning when suddenly I heard the kacking. When I looked up she was very high up in the sky diving at another bird - it was too far to see what it was but the other bird was much larger than her. She struck it a few times and it barely flinched..which kind of freaked me out. It didnt' immediately take off either, it just continued moseying along it's way while she whirled around it kacking her head off. She followed it about a half block down the street and then she turned back and I finally found her at the back of the building on a ledge looking quite perturbed.
Not that I think she can't handle herself, I know she can but this is one of things I'm concerned about. With Jack being MIA 90% of the time and migration coming up...I'm worried that another pair will come through or another younger female and she will be vulnerable. :(
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