We have a hatch in Kitchener and banding will be booked soon. You can see the live images of the nest at
https://beta.ctvnews.ca/local/kitchener/2019/4/12/1_4377788.html
Stay tuned for banding date and further information.
Cathy reported seeing at least 1 hatchling as of May 7th. Banding has been set for May 30th at 1:00. Stay tuned for more information on this nest site as we will be checking on them again this weekend.
As of May 8th 3 of 4 eggs have hatched. and banding has been set for May 30th at 10:00 stay tuned for photos and further updates.
May 7th - 2019
As the success of the Kitcheners peregrines nesting efforts continues, a second egg has hatched today and was caught on the nest box camera.
You can see the live camera view at: https://beta.ctvnews.ca/local/kitchener/2019/4/12/1_4377788.html
May 6th - 2019
Congratulations Kitchener!
Some great news today, as the CTV nest box camera caught a first view today of the results of 35 days of incubation…. the first hatchling!
I went up Monday to check for a hatch and found only one egg, kicked to the side and the other missing. Also missing, Jenna and Chester. Was the stress from the intruder too much? Jenna too old? Environmental factors? Guess we’ll never know. But I also know that they have re clutched before… And since one egg was missing (females will eat the unfertilized egg for the calcium for a re clutch) I was hopeful. So I headed over early before work Tuesday morning and there was two adults, male banded, couldn’t see female legs.. I am fairly confident (extremely hopeful) it’s them! And before I knew it, Dad was off and mating with Mom! There is still hope for this nest this year… I will head up to check it out next week. Fingers crossed
As Usual Mississauga MEC is the First to have a hatch. Snapped this image from the web cam this morning.
