ON / Etobicoke - Bloor & Islington / 2008-21

[carly]

Well I saw dad's black band today but he was in the shade so no go at reading it...and new glasses aren't in yet so couldn't see it clearly..grrrr..!!  He's a beauty though, he's very much darker than mom is!

The young are doing well today, it's a balmy 20 degrees today so they are just hovering over them today and let them lay in the open.  The window guys have moved over 1 building so they are much more relaxed now that they can't see them!

I cant' believe how big they are now    When they get hungry, all three of them peck at the egg now..lol 

[bev.]

thanks CArly.
 These guys are elusive with their bands.

[allikat]

Great updates Carly...thanks again for keeping us posted!

[carly]

Day 9 and Mom has started hunting as of today!  Dad stood guard for about a half hour while she went hunting and she came back in with quite a large sized pigeon!  She defeathered in the nestbox which is not usual for her at this point however the guys are on the roof next door AGAIN!!  Earlier when they stepped on the roof both parents were agitated, mom practically threw herself over the chicks while dad stood guard right beside her until they left.

The three are quite large now and very active although once this pigeon is done they will no doubt be stuffed and have a very nice long nap!!  I had my binoculars down with me as I wanted to check their legs...no bands on mom as was expected.  Dad was being very coy and wouldn't show me his legs at all - he stood with his back to the camera!

[allikat]

Oh I hope this cam is fixed soon!  I want to see!

[carly]

Happy 1 week B-Day little ones    Too big for mom to cover now, she is standing over them and shading them from the sunshine.  Little Missy Troublemaker is visibly bigger to me than her siblings now and will not sit still, she was even pecking at the egg!!!  She's going to try my nerves like her older sister Screech did last year!!  She's all over the nestbox, waddling right to the corners and of course mom is busy preening!!  I was down there yelling at the monitor for her to pay attention before little miss wiggle worm goes tumbling out the nestbox...   The other two are dozing away peacefully!  Just waiting on the window washer dudes next door to come and disrupt the day again   

[carly]

Frank must finally have gotten his PC fixed as he posted a blurb on Emma's visit to the site and 3 photos.  The back of me with my backpack is photo 3...who knew 

[carly]

Neither can I  .  The cam has been down for 2 weeks now and no ETA on when it's back up online.  The only way to see the nest now is for my invisible plane to come get you and fly you here so you can watch the live feed in the lobby of my work building.

But when it does work, this would be the link:

http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/w/c/sightings/etobicoke-sun-life-centre/

[bccs]

Hey Carly, I can't seem to get a web that works for Etobicoke. Any suggestions?

[allikat]

Keep up the great work Carly!  Thank you so much for all of these updates!

[carly]

Window washers again, parents are extremely upset and going nuts take dives at the roof tops.  Lot of views of the three wee ones as result, all three mobile now and scooting around the box..even saw some little wings come up for the first time 

[carly]

Morning feed:  It's a balmy 6 degrees here this morning so Angel was keeping the young covered this morning as best she could.  The three are getting too big for her to cover completely so three bums were sticking out and an egg!  Later on I went down and they were all alone while mom went for a break and dad flew in and gave them a nice long second breakfast.  This is unusual as she almost always zooms right back in and grabs the food from him and does the feeding herself but perhaps this morning she needed to stretch her wings!  All three were quite hungry and fed very well, once the meal was done they all snuggled up together in a little teepee and started to doze.  Dad left and mom flew in a few seconds later and proceeded to try and cover them up to shelter them from the cool air.  And that is how I left them. 

[allikat]

Excellent news!  Again Carly, thanks for the updates!   

[Alison]

It's good to know the three chicks are doing well. Thank you for the updates, Carly!

[The Peregrine Chick]

Funny thing about gender numbers in clutches over the years, our ratio is almost the same male to female since our first hatch in 1989, usually not more than about 5 birds either way.  It would be interesting to see what is the ratio for Ontario - Angel & Marco may be been working very hard to keep everything in balance!