Lucie checked the Burlington nest site today May 25th after the Port Colborne banding and saw 2 chicks on the nest.
We plan to start the fledge watch on Thursday July 7th. There is only 1 chick this year and it was not banded but we hope to band it if it comes down to ground and needs to be rescued. Mark did a spot check on the site and Lyn is as aggressive as ever and the chick was lying down sleeping. Lyn’s screaming woke up the chick and Mark was able to get a quick photo before she drove him off the roof. The chicks looks like it my be a male I plan to call Piper after one of the new Kitchener fledge watchers, it is also the name of a small airplane.
St Mary’s Cement banding day.
2 males produced this year. Thanks to the wonderful staff of St. Mary’s Cement we were once again able to band the chicks.
612 grams band number 32 AW named Knocks with blue tape and 580 grams 33 AW with red tape named Socks. Both names provided by the staff.
SPOT CHECK DON MILLS/AMEXON : I went over yesterday to make sure that the fireworks didn’t bother Sam . He flew in from the east, did some amazing hovering!! Then he was off… I was going to leave but saw a parent off by the condos across the DVP (highway).. Saw Sam fly out for a transfer.. Couldn’t tell if he got it.. Both disappeared then saw parent on lower roof of the condos looking down. Looked with bins, found him! He was on the outside of the glass balcony. At first couldn’t understand why he didn’t leave and then realized that he had his meal!! And wasn’t giving it up either. Stayed there and ate… Until the owner of the condo came out chased him off with a towel!!! Watched him fly off… And lost him. I stayed as long as I could but had to go….. I called Sally and we went back last evening. As we were driving up we stopped at a parking lot across from the condos and as we just got out of my car… We saw Sam chasing a parent! Yay. We drove over to the site and just arrived to see him chase a parent off the letter lol. Good job Sam! He tried for another transfer but I’m afraid the daycare below is going to find a yucky package on Monday!! We left him high on a ledge and headed over to see how the fab four was doing….
SPOT CHECK DON MILLS: TUESDAY JUNE 28TH: After watching Sam for a short while,since he wasn’t doing much, we decided to head over to check on the boys! As we were driving past the old Thales building, we saw a juvie fly in from the east, miss a landing, turned back out and back–nailed it!! And it was Nitro!! We continued only a short bit when we heard more juvie cries and yep there on the other side of the building were his brothers!! And Nitro joined them and the fab four were all together! We watched until it was dark and the boys stayed there for the night. Sure great to see them.
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COOLER DAY, MORE FLIGHTS
Monday, June 27, 2022 - Falconwatch Coordinator Marzuk Gazi reports: For most of the morning, the chicks were seen on the roof of the BDC building, as well as Fairclough, Stelco tower and Standard Life, spending very little time on the Sheraton. An adult landed on the nest ledge at 6:54, and a chick landed on the next ledge over. Within seconds, they both took off again (photo). The chicks were seen flying impressively during the morning and afternoon, two of them often practicing their talon touching and playing tag with each other in the sky, while a third lagged behind. By 1:55, all of the chicks had been spotted, three on the north facing edge of the BDC roof and the last one still on Homewood. There were a couple of feedings, with one at 3:10 on the east side of the roof of Standard Life in which Mckeever was seen helping her chick eat and then finishing the scraps herself.
The impressive flights from the chicks did not stop. They were seen spending a long time in the air, sometimes circling above downtown, and other times chasing each other closely and continuing to practice their talon touching. A chick, thought to be Auchmar, spent most of the evening on the Northeast corner of the Standard Life building, not joining in with most of the flights. By 7:00 the chicks had all moved over to Standard Life. At 8:30, two chicks took off, and landed atop the crane being used on the construction site to the southwest of Standard Life. They then flew off to BDC. At the end of our watch for the day, all four chicks were on BDC, with a parent watching over them from the Southwest corner of the Fairclough roof
Lucie Kirchknopf reports:
On June 10, I posted about a new nest site at a private condo in Mississauga. This is home to AINSLIE (Y/51), a 2018 hatch from Hamilton Sheraton Centre. He and his unbanded mate have two kids and I’m happy to report that both kids look great and are flying well. I managed to find them at a retirement residence just up the street .. not a surprise since both parents like to hang out there.
All good!
Cheers, Lucie
Lucie Kirchknopf reports:
Wonderful news for HAMILTON SHERATON CENTRE!! 2018 hatch, AINSLIE (Y/51), has popped up in Mississauga and set up house at a condo with his unbanded mate .. and they have two kids!
AINSLIE, along with his brothers, was named after parks in Hamilton. Sadly, we lost GAGE and LAWRENCE. After losing mom, LILY in January, it’s heartwarming to see her legacy continue.
As the nest location is a private residence, I’m not sharing that info at this time.
