yesterday, Sunday june9 Peter an d I went down as we had not heard or seen male and no food since early morning
here is report ... Well, i left with a pillow and took muscle relaxants and my pain killers and headed down to Bell. Emyrauld took notes and watched cam at home and I am so glad my friends here came through also things were off today. I had not heard male and female kept getting of f kids and going to ledge and back. no feed had been had since early in morning. so I was concerned if we had 2 falcons still. I think we have all learned that we cannot take things for granted. my times are approximate as I was looking and then writng
Well we got there at about 3:30. There was a falcon on the ledge and true to form, it would go in and then back to ledge. We did not start taking picutres till later as we were too busy scouring area for falcons. Lots of pigeons and gulls - then this one , from E notes, it was female, started to fly around the building an dthen out south a bit and then back to ledge, then inside and up on ledge again. and then flew off and flew around area and then soared above us and then was off out north and out of sight
3:40pm -then we saw another falcon flying and land on ledge( this had to be male) We are sure we have 2 now ( as we did not see one that flew way out north return)Then this falcon went inside.it is the male
3:50pm - m came on to ledge and then went back inside
3:51pm - back on to ledge again
3:54pm- we now see a falcon flying and soaring above the Epcor building a bit to north of Bell .I t was great to see it flying and soaring and then it soared behind Bell and then above Bell and then flew onto ledge from southwest( female) . We now see male to left of it also. ( E reports talking between falcons at that time)
3:57pm - She flew off and headed south and went out of sight between tall buildings
other falcon (M) flew off and went around TD building and then out east a bit and then back and I lost sight of it at TD building. But no one returned to ledge. So we waited. rain and all. We have 2 falcons. no aggression, comfortable with each other
We had a guy from bus depot try to hit us up for money. Unlucky him, I was in no mood today. I would have bought him lunch but not given money. Funny how they just want money, no food.
About 4:15pm falocn flies in with prey in talon, lands on second ledge over and then takes off again and flies around building, to east of Bell and then around back of Bell and back up to ledge of Bell and inside. We know that this was Female. so male is around TD building somewhere And I heard him on ledge jsut a bit ago. so all appears well for now
I think this male is new this year and is young and is in training. I have never seen him feed yet but i f you look back, you will see a video of him doming in with food twice while female was there and want to fee d chicks. He is a cutie. I thin k we just had 2 chicks at the time
Pictures coming.
I could use a little less drama this year and I do not think I am going to get it. And yes , all got fed well. Little one got fed towards end of feed. he shou d be O.k. no wbut I will continue to monitor Female here just chups and male has more of a whine. Female has white tip on tail feathers
