One shot of the extraction crew.
Great job guys thanks so much!!!
2 chicks banded successfully thanks to the great folks at Beachville Quarry and Carmeuse and CPF’s volunteer Master bander Anne Yagi.
There was 2 female chicks this year, good thing since we have had more boys than girls so far in 2019.
We were able to get a lift up to the nest thanks to the Beachville guarry’s lift operators extracted the chicks without issue band the chicks and get them back to Mom and Dad. Both chicks were a very good weight and were quite healthy. CPF Volunteer Lucie Kirchknoph assisted at the banding table for the first time and was very happy to have had the opportunity to help the birds she has been watching for so long.
here is the band information for 2019.
Female named Grace 909 grams Canadian black band Z over 42 Blue tape on the silver band
Female named Rosie 959 grams Canadian black band Z over 43 Red tape on the silver band
Hope they do well and stay aloft.
Looks like the year of boys! most sites that have had more then 2 chicks have produced more boys and Windsor is no different.
We would like to thank the great folks at the bridge for getting us up to the nest using their lift truck and for giving us the space to set up our banding equipment. I would also like to thank fledge watch volunteer Steve for the use of his tent and Bob for the tables needed.
Paul will in contact with all the fledge watch volunteers as the watch will be starting very soon.
Here are the band records and names. I will post more photos as soon as I have them.
1st chick Male 690 grams named Juno in honor of the 75 anniversary of D-Day W over 97 Blue tape
2nd chick Female 1050 grams named McKeever in honor of Kay McKeever of the Owl Foundation Z over 44 Red tape
3rd chick Male 679 grams named Taz named by one of the Windsor fledge watch team 09 over AW Yellow tape
4th chick male 670 grams named Screech named by Bridge staff 10 over AW White tape.
Stay tuned for fledge watch updates.
Day 2 fledge watch! Well, not one flight by our babies!! RZ stayed put on his ledge and his siblings stayed put on the nest ledge! Matrix(green) proudly sat, lay down, flapped on top of the nest box and did a ton of wingersizing. RZ also did quite a bit of practicing…practice does make perfect right?
But we have never seen/heard so many alarm calls by the parents!! I stopped counting at 10…poor Dad especially–he answered every call. We don’t know what was upsetting them so much but we sure hope whatever it is, goes away soon. Not sure what tomorrow will bring–it is calling for thunderstorms and a lot of rain, so kinda hoping everyone stays put again lol. Many thanks to Bob, Sally & Lucie for joining me today
I stopped by last night and little RZ was on the retaining wall, looking out at a big new world!! Fledge watch began! I arrived this morning to find him still on the wall, above the nest where his brother and sisters were chilling. He hopped, ran and did a little flight along the wall to the other side and there he stayed all morning. He got fed(his siblings did not, and boy did they complain lol) by Dad and was feeling pretty good. Dad did a great job today–there were 4 alarm calls and he dealt with them all as well as hunting. It was during one of these calls that I lost sight of RZ. This happens when there is only one person on fledge watch, you look away for a second, and look back and they are gone. Now at first I thought he had jumped down on the roof, it was nap time and quite hot up there. I saw Mom fly over the roof and to the nest box, so thought all was cool. Sally joined me about then. We saw Dad fly over the roof as well. Then Bob joined us. As time went on, I had a sinking feeling..But , as I always say, watch the parents! And we followed Quest, and heard that wonderful juvie scream, I ran over and there he was–on the next building over!! He lost some height but he was up! Yayyy. Well done RZ!! And there he was when we closed the watch at nightfall. Thanks to Sally and Bob for the help….Who will join RZ in the sky tomorrow?? Stay tuned….
It’s 3(!!!) eggs for Jenna and Chester!!! My son and I popped up this afternoon to check and Dad was on the eggs, so he left as soon as I popped my head over! Gave us a nice view of 3 beautiful eggs. Hoping for a hatch in the next week!! Fingers crossed!
Well, we’ve had our first rescue!! Don Mills : RZ came to ground this morning! Think it was a slip and fall, or a bump and fall?? He ended up on the sidewalk where he was found by a construction worker (lots of construction going on there), who scooped him up and placed him by the building. Security called and, as I was only 10 minutes away, I headed over. He was scooped and in the crate before he knew what was happening! Mark met me there and after a quick check over(he was nice and fiesty!), we put him up on the roof! It has a nice retaining wall, as you can see in the picture, so he is safe. Mom and Dad will feed him there and before you know it, he’ll be up and flying!
Evening update: I went by to check on RZ this evening and that cheeky little guy was up on the retaining wall, checking out a whole new world!! Quest came in just before dark and gave him, and then his siblings, a good feed. Bob and I stayed until dark to make sure there were no more slip and falls. Fledge watch has officially begun!!
June 7th - 2019
Despite the fact that the pairs first clutch of eggs had earlier failed,,, there is no reason to stop trying,, and so it is for the Scarborough Milner nest pair!
Today’s check-in visit yielded some very good news indeed with presence of a second clutch of 4 eggs!!
Yeeee gads …. we’re going to doing fledge watches and bandingss all summer long!!!
Stay tuned, as it would seem that Linn and her mate is not quitters!!
Here are a few shots of the banding day.
Unfortunately we were not able to safely extract the chicks from the ledge for banding today. Mom had brought in food and coaxed the chicks out of the nest and down the ledge to be fed. They were just too far down the ledge for us to reach and the slanted ledge is not safe for us to climb out onto to grab them.
We will have to band chicks if and when they come to ground at fledge time.
