DON MILLS/AMEXON UPDATE : I went up to check on how many hatches(2!!)and caught a feeding. Milli never looked up and kept feeding them. Snapped a few pics and Chester flew over, time to go! Milli then joined him and made sure I went down that ladder lol. Looking forward to banding
Sad news… Beautiful Ann, from 2017 Burlington hatch had to be put down… She was picked up by a wonderful man, from his work parking lot near 401 and Midland, injured. He contacted Flap(who contacted Marion and Mark) and CPF, aka Marion as well. They asked me to go pick her up and take her to Toronto Wildlife. Her injuries were severe, horrible fractures to her wrist and shoulder (maybe a car? We’ll never know) and the humane thing was done. She’s out of her agony now . RIP gorgeous girl
If you are looking at the web cam and see cables in front of the nest don’t worry its the swing Stage cables.The stage has to be set up before the long weekend to be ready for Tuesdays banding of the chicks.
Thanks to photographer Floyd Holmes Another non urban nest site has been found in Ontario. The pair has been at this wild site for at least 3 years and produced at least one chick last year. to protect the nest the location of the site is not being posted but will be reported to the ministry.
A big thank you to New CPF member Ted Duncan for these wonderful photos of the banding roof crew and Quest and Mistery!
It was great to meet our new member and a fellow falcon lover and photographer.
It’s 2 beautiful and healthy girls for MIDNIGHT and RENEGADE at the Mississauga Executive Centre! Welcome CHRISSY (855g, 22 days, (sideways) L/2, red tape) and MANUELLA ( 885g, 22 days, (sideways) M/2 blue tape). I had the honour of holding these beauties during banding 
These photos should be in order except for the first one, which I captured on the webcam after the banding. It’s mom and her girls showing their bling. Wishing our girls safe and successful fledges Cheers, Lucie
Hamilton Falcon Watch team reports
Saturday, May 15, 2021 - It has been a week since we should have seen our first chick, and it appears that Lily has accepted the fact that these eggs are not going to hatch. As the week progressed, she spent less and less time on the nest, and in the last 24 hours she hasn’t been on the eggs more than a few minutes. She has also been seen poking around the far end of the nest ledge, which is typical behavior for after nesting season.
But, it is also typical behavior for before nesting season, and there is a small ray of hope. She has been allowing Judson to come closer (left photo), and he might just be eager enough to convince her to try for a second clutch. Lily has not attempted one before, but there is always a first for everything. We will watch to see if Judson starts courting her, and bringing her meals.
But things are not (yet) smooth sailing for the falcons in Hamilton. In the past week we have observed another adult in the area, spending most of its time on the BDC building, a block away from the Sheraton nest site. We have not been able to get a close enough look at this bird, so we cannot tell if it is Ossie, healing up from a previous battle, and still willing to try again, or if in fact this is a new female that was previously paired up with Judson. There were reports, in the week before Judson’s appearance, of another peregrine pair being sighted first in west Hamilton, then up near Ancaster. We don’t know if that pair moved on, or they came here.
The three of them were seen once circling the BDC building and calling to each other, but no battles have been seen. And there was one report of a fourth peregrine, seen flying away from the downtown core. So, while we may not have any chicks this year, the skies over Hamilton are going to be interesting for a while yet! If you are downtown, keep an eye on the skies. If you see anything of note, please report it to our facebook group.
Great news from Etobicoke!! ARIA and INDIE had their first hatch this morning! There is one more egg so fingers crossed we will have another hatch in a day or so! Thank you so much to Martin Dekkers for taking these three photos - ARIA and baby, ARIA feeding baby after INDIE brought food, and finally ARIA keeping baby warm after the meal Cheers, Lucie
Great news from Etobicoke!! ARIA and INDIE had their first hatch this morning!
There is one more egg so fingers crossed we will have another hatch in a day or so!
Thank you so much to Martin Dekkers for taking these three photos
- ARIA and baby, ARIA feeding baby after INDIE brought food, and finally ARIA keeping baby warm after the meal
Cheers, Lucie
