Update on the Peregrine Falcons in downtown Pontiac, Michigan. I know this
is not in Ontario, but birds don't see national borders, and most important
I think you will find this interesting. Our intrepid Peregrines had a
successful nesting in the hack box at the AT&T tower. They had spent the
entire winter and then set up housekeeping in the hack box this spring. We
watched first one fuzzy white head begin peaking out, then a second, followed
by a third. On Monday the last born left the hack box, a male, took off
on his first flight.
There are two females and one male and all are doing well. Please be
aware that if you go to see the birds that they are frequently on the Pontiac
Osteopathic Hospital (POH). This can present some problems with the
hospital security guards. There are numerous federal laws protecting the privacy
of patients and some of the guards seem to think that anyone with a camera
and/or binoculars must be violating these laws. I work at the hospital and
have done my best to educate them about birders, but even after you tell
them you are there to see the birds they may tell you to leave. Please just
quietly cooperate as it will create more problems if you do not and we
wish to respect the patients rights.
Carl A. Pascoe & Rachel A. Powless
Native Territories Avian Research Project (NTARP)