!!! 3 fluffy chicks have arrived in K-W !!!
May 05, 2015 - Kitchener - CTV-Bell Media Tower
Lisa Reh Reports:
On Monday, May 4, Mystery and Caster were a lot more restless than usual. There were frequent shift changes and they fussed in the nest, moving pebbles around. At lunch time, one of the adults had brought a bird in and tucked it next to the adult sitting on the nest. Mystery was probably feeling (and seeing) one or more of the eggs in its “pipping” stage, which is when the chick first starts to break a hole in the egg shell using its egg tooth, which is a hard bump on top of the beak. 4 eggs were still visible when Caster came in for a shift change around 5:00 but Mystery was not leaving those eggs! Early this morning, the CTV live feed was down and shortly before 9:00, the feed was fixed and an eggshell could be seen, tossed away from the nest. While Mystery repositioned over the nest, a first glimpse of a downy, white chick could be seen wriggling in the half shell underneath it.
At a shift change at 11:00, 2 fluffy white chicks were confirmed to be hatched and a hole, could be seen in egg number 3. The third fluffy chick appeared shortly thereafter!!! Caster brought in a fresh kill and the young eyasses (baby falcons) had their first feed by 1:00. A second feed happened later in the afternoon as those young chicks sure are hungry! Congratulations to proud parents, Mystery and Caster!!!
http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=607374
(If everything goes well, banding will take place in 18-28 days. The fledge watch will start at the beginning of June. Anyone interested in joining the team, please go to the volunteer section on the main page to sign up.)
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