Gwen and I have confirmed a hatch on the Ambassador Bridge. We have watched and watched and now it is a reality. We hope to have photos this weekend. D&G
The first image displayed was sent to me by Jan’s confirmation of 4 chicks at the Sheraton Centre Hotel nest site. Feedings continue on a regular basis and the young ones appear to be doing fine.
Rhea Mae and Tiago are sharing the housework.
Well I am happy to report that Hamilton has 3 chicks. They all hatched within close proximety of each other so at times it was hard to tell.
We still have one egg left to hatch and hope to see that soon. All is great at the hamilton site.
Things at the new Nest Site proceeding as anticipated. Was away for a long Weekend, and then on Tuesday around Noon found Male back on North Side RBC Sign in the vicinity of 2008 Nest Area, but no Female. A couple of Hours later saw Female on the Large Antenna on NW corner of Doris & Shepard E. Today (May 7) all activity down in Sheppard/Yonge Area.
Bill and I were at the Bridge today from about 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. From our observation spot, we were able to get a look into the nest box with our scope. We kept watching for some little white heads to pop up but nothing was visible. I think it was Mom in the box and she was certainly restless. She did not lie still for a second. She was up and down, forward and backward, constantly on the move. Dad was on the Hamilton Hydro Tower when we arrived, but he took off towards Hamilton and did not return for a good half hour. He did a flyby of the nest box and then landed on the corner. Mom was not prepared to relinquish her duties so he took off again and landed on the face of the Hamilton Tower. When we departed, he was still there standing guard.
Sorry, no photos today (but not for the lack of trying).
8:45
Rhea fed the four little ones a small amount of food and then settled back down. In this image from the web cam, if you look closely for the four little heads.
A quick visit to the Sheraton, and I missed a feeding again. Tiago was on hand to tend to the brood of hatchlings. Still can’t get a good clear picture for a head count. I say there are four. Did not see Rhea Mae during this short time.
Here is a couple of pictures that I managed to snap
2008 has been a very interesting year at the old Scarborough Bell hack site. Throughout the entire year, there has been many peregrine visitors observed on site at the Bell building,,, all taking a interest in the old hack box. We have observed single peregrines, and pairs of peregrines that have stayed for days and weeks at a time. Sadly, individual band numbers have been very difficult to record as they have rarely given us an opportunity to get a detailed look, in addition to being too dark, too snowy or too rainy.
Throughout the winter of 2008 2009, right up to and including late February 2009, their has been an adult pair observed daily in and around the hack box by both myself and Marion, in addition to Bruce who has also kept a close eye on the site. Never have we been able to catch anything more than a poor picture, and always caught us either without our scope, zoom camera or the bins at hand, and its been raining, snowing, or late in the day and very poor light. Needless to say, the identity of these two mystery peregrines is still unknown.
What we can confirm is that both peregrines are adults, both are banded, with the adult female having a Black over Green band, and the adult male has a solid black band.
By the end of February 2009., both birds disappeared and have not been seen again since. I have attached several of the many poor photos that we were able to shoot. Sorry for the bad photos, but what would you expect fron a “point & shoot” camera.
Given that we all pass the site everyday on our way into work, we will continue to watch the site and hopefully we will have future activity to report.
These images taken off the web cam early this morning. Four mouths to feed?
While viewing the monitor at the King St. site, I viewed the male come to the nest ledge area with prey. The female knew he was there but was ignoring him. He was very anxious to take over, but she would not budge. He tried a few times. The female continues to incubate the 5 eggs.
Great photo captured off the web cam
