ON / Etobicoke - Bloor & Islington / 2008-21

[carly]

Lol..thanks Alison, much appreciated!  I cant' see your pic either as they completely ban any photos stored on those sites..all I see is a red x at work    but I'm sure it's great!

Thanks for posting it as I just wanted everyone to see my girl's eggs 

[Alison]

In the meantime, here is a pic of the four eggs. She was back on them immediately. I'm sure Carly's pic will be a better one.

[carly]

Finally got a good shot of all 4 eggs in the nestbox but not allowed to access photo storage from work so will have to email to my home addy and I can post this evening ...

[carly]

Some excitement here at the moment..2 Canada Geese just flew into the territory and landed on top of the Bell building across the street.  Mom started yelling, dad is circling the air frantically alarming.... the Bell building has some huge puddles on it's roof so that seems to be what the geese are looking at..but parents are not happy!  I have a birds eye view from the window ...

Well that was cool, even the pigeons were upset over the geese.  The geese have been persuaded - I guess with all the sqauwking from both dad and pigeons - that perhaps this is not the place to puddle jump...

[Alison]

Thank you for the update, Carly! Four eggs - that's great! I haven't been able to catch her off the eggs yet on the cam.

[carly]

I know!!  I guess that explains why I thought mom vanished the past 4 or 5 days, she was there all along sitting tight!!  I suppose it's good that I can't see her from the ground even with binoculars in the box, probably keeps them safer from predators.

Still cant' believe  I missed the whole thing, here I was trying to spot the signs of a first egg and totally missed the boat..

[maggieblue]

It's a full clutch!!!! 4 eggs!!!  Saw mom and dad switch over on the live cam in the lobby downstairs just now!!!  It's a huge 40 inch screen so I got a clear view and was to count while they did the switchover!!

Whoohoo Carly    They were quick off the mark.

[carly]

It's a full clutch!!!! 4 eggs!!!  Saw mom and dad switch over on the live cam in the lobby downstairs just now!!!  It's a huge 40 inch screen so I got a clear view and was to count while they did the switchover!!

[carly]

There are at least 2 eggs Maggie, possibly 3..image was blurry but I definitely saw 2 eggs!!  Either that it was the longest single egg in the world! 

[maggieblue]

Darn it, I keep waiting for her to stand up and after the refresh she is sitting facing another way and I keep missing it...lol..show me some eggs mama!!

Ack she heard me, blurred image but could be 2 or 3 under there!!

Yippee that the cam is back on    Now if mama would just cooperate and let us see what is going on 

[carly]

Darn it, I keep waiting for her to stand up and after the refresh she is sitting facing another way and I keep missing it...lol..show me some eggs mama!!

Ack she heard me, blurred image but could be 2 or 3 under there!!

[carly]

Etobicoke cam is up now!!  Mom on the box...woohooo!! 

[The Peregrine Chick]

Takes a week to get reacquainted if an established pair, more if a new or relatively new pair.  Then a couple of weeks to "cook"  the eggs before laying.  The birds will do what they want in the time they want.  I've had birds hatching out in June, flying in August that have done very well, so they have plenty of time yet!

[eagle63_1999]

They will decide when to lay eggs, don't worry until there is something to really worry about.

[carly]

Well poo, I just spent a half hour running around the streets to get a view of the ledge.  Expected to see mom on nestbox but only 1 falcon for the past 2 days   And she/he tucked in corner on top of web cam hiding from the wind chill.  Last year by this time they had 2 eggs    I'm concerned cause I don't see 2, for the past few weeks they've been velcroed to each other and now only 1.