ON / Etobicoke - Bloor & Islington / 2008-21

[carly]

Got an email from Frank this morning, well late last night.  Apparently my Mackenzie  may have been spotted around the Burlington lift bridge area this past week.  Elena is still here, I see her every second day or so and I hear her in the early mornings sometimes.  I have only seen 1 boy and that was last week so they are starting to spread out and explore the world.

Dad has been around whenever there is a storm - he seems to come home and check on things.  Angel is around, I see her daily but she's not as visible as she used to be...changed her routine I guess now that she's on her own most of the time.

[bev.]

Just catching up on a  few things .
glad you are still seeing the kids. I hope things work themselves out for you. Maybe the male that was in the territory was your old male, coming back.
Has happened before. I am assuming it was a male that your guy was on the defensive.

[The Peregrine Chick]

Not sure if we will only need one more thread for this site, but that's where will start.  If we start accumulating sufficient posts, I'll split them out by month ....

[Alison]

It's good to hear you saw two juvies and Angel, Carly! Hope the other juvie is doing well too.

[allikat]

Great news Carly. There's nothing in the world like that sound is there?

Hehe..nope - it's like pure joy 

Always brings a smile to my face   

[carly]

Great news Carly. There's nothing in the world like that sound is there?

Hehe..nope - it's like pure joy 

[bccs]

Great news Carly. There's nothing in the world like that sound is there?

[carly]

I was saying to bccs last night that for the past few mornings I hadn't heard any of the kids especially my loud girl Elena and that I missed them.

Well guess who I just heard and saw screaming up a storm and scaring all the pigeons       Happy to say my girl is still here and I saw one brother on the edge of the building as well...so still around!

Angel was tucked in her corner on the back of the web cam napping and probably wishing the noise would stop...lol 

[allikat]

Let's hope that all will work out the way it's supposed to.... and hope the best for the TR male!
I do find it strange that there has been no news of the injured tiercel but as we all say, "no news is good news"...I guess we will just have to remain positive and hope that it's true!

Keep talking to Angel Carly....she might just listen to you!

[Alison]

I do hope he will be okay, not just because of the Jack situation but because he's a beautiful falcon and I'd hate to see him grounded.  Honestly I don't know much about injuries like that, but when I read that his bones were shattered in his wing..my first thought was that he'd likely never fly again.  It was more that it sounded so serious, not any knowledge on my part what so ever because I"m clueless in that department.

I will keep talking to Angel...as I don't think it's good for the survival of the species for males to run two nest sites.  It can result in multiple nest failures, lone females being vulnerable to predators or territorial takeovers and eyases dying all of which we've seen here in past situations.  Their lives are difficult enough as it is, no need to add to it.

I had read Mathew's posts, and wondered what was going on. The injured male there is a beautiful tiercel. I don't know about the injury - it depends which bones, and what someone's definition of "shattered" is. Not enough information to tell what the prognosis might be.

I agree with you about the "two nests" problem. It is too hard on the female when the male decides to control two nests. I always think of the hard time Wind had raising her babies almost on her own.

[carly]

I don't know Alison, Mathew posted that he's contacted them several times but he gets no response at all.  I do hope he will be okay, not just because of the Jack situation but because he's a beautiful falcon and I'd hate to see him grounded.  Honestly I don't know much about injuries like that, but when I read that his bones were shattered in his wing..my first thought was that he'd likely never fly again.  It was more that it sounded so serious, not any knowledge on my part what so ever because I"m clueless in that department.

I will keep talking to Angel...as I don't think it's good for the survival of the species for males to run two nest sites.  It can result in multiple nest failures, lone females being vulnerable to predators or territorial takeovers and eyases dying all of which we've seen here in past situations.  Their lives are difficult enough as it is, no need to add to it.

[Alison]

I hope everything resolves itself at this nest - I have been wondering about the injured TR male too. I hope he is doing well, but why no updates?

Maybe if you keep trying, Angel will start to listen . . .

[carly]

Yeah, I have to practice my echupping and cacking    Really I don't want a bigamous male ... I don't have the constitution for all the emotional challenges it will bring if he mates with both of them next Spring.

So we either need a new male or the old TR male recovers and they release him to his longtime mate.  I really find it strange that they haven't even released any information on the TR male and his progress...is his wing healing?  Is he okay?  Nothing...since that first report.

[allikat]

No idea.  But today Mathew is reporting 'Jack' was down at his site echupping with the TR mom and he was MIA this afternoon but this morning he was here. 

I saw dad engage again this morning with what looked like another falcon..it was weird and they were quite far but it was definitely another falcon...at first I thought it might be the TR female come into the zone but he was alarming again unless he was panicked cause she came here..lol!.  They seemed to knock talons in the air and then they separated, he came towards our building rooftop alarming and the other falcon/bird?? landed down the street on a condo tower and then took off in the opposite direction.  I ran upstairs to get my binoculars but of course by that time both had vanished.  I have no idea what to make of it at all.

I'm concerned about my Angel, she's an older gal and this would be the time a younger female might try to displace her if he's only here half the time.  Every morning I sit at the bottom of the nest ledge tower and chat to her..trying to talk her into finding a new mate...lol..she's not buying it 

That is so cute Carly!      Try an assertive falcon voice..

[carly]

No idea.  But today Mathew is reporting 'Jack' was down at his site echupping with the TR mom and he was MIA this afternoon but this morning he was here. 

I saw dad engage again this morning with what looked like another falcon..it was weird and they were quite far but it was definitely another falcon...at first I thought it might be the TR female come into the zone but he was alarming again unless he was panicked cause she came here..lol!.  They seemed to knock talons in the air and then they separated, he came towards our building rooftop alarming and the other falcon/bird?? landed down the street on a condo tower and then took off in the opposite direction.  I ran upstairs to get my binoculars but of course by that time both had vanished.  I have no idea what to make of it at all.

I'm concerned about my Angel, she's an older gal and this would be the time a younger female might try to displace her if he's only here half the time.  Every morning I sit at the bottom of the nest ledge tower and chat to her..trying to talk her into finding a new mate...lol..she's not buying it