Date: 04/06/2012

Number: 1

Submitted by Don Davis:

In recent years, long after DDT was banned, the populations of hawks and eagles have rebounded, and each year in many North American cities, peregrine falcons - the world's fastest bird - are nesting on skyscraper and tall office building ledges. In Toronto, one pair - Quest and Kendal - have set up nest in a nesting box built after their first nesting on a Toronto office building ledge. This photo with article shows 3 eggs. The building belongs to the Harlequin Enterprises, that publishes paperback love story novels!

http://bird.biosci.uwm.edu/webcam/birdcam/

Nest Location: On the uppermost ledge of a highrise in the East York area of Toronto near York Mills Rd. and Don Mills Rd. (at Duncan Mills Rd.), across the street from Harlequin Enterprises.

Kendal (Resident Male in 2011, 2012) - 2009 hatch from the 18 King Street, Toronto, nest site; banded 33/Y. Returned from migration on March 16, 2012.

Quest (Resident Female) - 2008 hatch, the largest female in the group of five eyases hatched on top of the Kodak Tower in Rochester, New York. Offspring of Mariah and Kaver. She was later fitted with a transmitter.

Toronto, ON

Latitude: 43.7 Longitude: -79.4

Observed by: Donald A.
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