Sunday, April 27, 2014

5 C / 41 F

Sunny, clear and windy

1:00 to 2:30 PM

Photos copyright of Bill McCreadie

 

Well, if I were a betting woman, I would bet that we have a hatch at the Lift Bridge.  Cirrus was very active in the nest box this afternoon.  Up and down, up and down, and at times, her tail was hanging over the edge of the box.  This is the first day that we have actually been able to see her in the box. 

Mackenzie is up to his old tricks of hunting the pigeon holes when the bridge is open for a full lift.  It is so amazing to watch him at this.  He looks and looks into the various holes until he finds one that looks promising.  Then it is a dive in to see what he can bring out.  Unfortunately, Bill lost sight of him and we don’t know if he was successful.

This afternoon we found Mackenzie hanging out in the Hamilton Hydro Tower.  He was very alert and watching all that was going on around him.  All of a sudden, like a shot he left the tower and the next thing we know he was attacking a poor Gull that I guess, just got a little too close.  The Gull screamed and made an abrupt turn and was out of there.  Mackenzie made a quick check of the nest box and then landed on the front face of the Hamilton Tower.  All was quite when we left.

 

If there is a hatch, now we wait to see how many little white heads will appear.

 

 

Mackenzie goes shopping.



Mackenzie misses.

Mackenzie misses again.

 

 

 

Monday, April 14, 2014

10:00 am

20 C / 68 F

Overcast Skies

Very windy from the S 30 km per hour, gusting to 60 km per hour

Photos copyright of Bill McCreadie

As incubation continues at the Lift Bridge, things are pretty quiet.  If you’re lucky, you may see a shift change in the nest box and that is about it.  We expect a hatch fairly soon, and then the action will start. 

 

While we wait, although not at the Lift Bridge, but very close by, Bill photographed this beautiful American White Pelican.   We had read a report that an adult American White Pelican was hanging around the islands off of Canada Centre for Inland Waters (CCIW).   So Bill left this morning in search of this rare find and he was not disappointed.  The water is quite low just now and Bill was able to get quite close and got these beautiful photos. 

 

 

 

 

Monday, March 31, 2014

 + 2C / 36F
10:00 am
Clear with blue skies
Photos copyright of Bill McCreadie

As incubation continues, things get pretty quiet at the Lift Bridge.  Cirrus spent most of the time in the Hamilton Hydro Tower.  Mackenzie was nowhere to be seen so he was on incubation duty.

Although the Peregrines are pretty quiet during incubation, there is still always something to see at the Lift Bridge.  There are a few Red Breasted Mergansers still hanging out in the canal.  Yesterday they were feeling rather amorous and we watched the males display for the affection of the females.  How beautiful they are!

 

While this photo was not taken at the Lift Bridge, I decided to share it as I thought it amazing to be able to see something like this just down the road from home.  

 

What a beautiful day to be out and about.