Bruce and Lucie have been out on the fledge watch at Mississauga MEC this week and though the chicks are out on the ledge now and doing lots of wing flapping there is no fledge yet should be soon.
Banding day for Raptorette’s chicks
2 males and one female- Male 1 (Storm), female Madison (named after the county located in, and male 2 (Sky)
Nice photos of the chicks and Raptorette
Thanks Jeff!
Marion
DAY TWO FLEDGE WATCH DON MILLS : No fledge but there were contributing factors . Sally and I drove up to find something going on in the parking lot across the street from the nest… A pop up 2nd dose moderna drive through clinic! Well, all Sally had to say was that she hadn’t had her 2nd dose moderna and we were in line! Kids were fine.. So in no time, she was done! She called her husband… Done! I asked if my son could get it… Done! And then we settled in to watch… But Quest and Mystery were eyeing the goings on, so with that, the very windy, hot conditions, they wisely decided to feed those kids and afternoon siesta started early! It was so hot, not alot going on up there! Mark, Marion and Bob joined us late afternoon. I had to go but Marion reports that kids were fed at 6 and 820…and went to bed happy again tonight! Maybe tomorrow?? We have days of very hot weather ahead…
Only 1 chick a male at 680 grams this year. There were 2 eggs laid but only one hatch the other egg was missing likely It was infertile and disposed of by Mom. The Boy was named Colonel Sam.
We were shuttled in by Don Baron and 2 of his electrical engineers through service areas along many corridors, elevators, up a flight of stairs, and down other stairs to avoid patient’s wards. I am so glad we had them to guide of or we would have gotten hopelessly lost lol.
Alfrieda the adult female who was hatched in Buffalo in 2016 was there defending the nest and chick the entire time while dad was spotted soaring high but did not come down to see what was happening.
Eva Bobak from the OMNRF extracted the chick from the back of the nest box while Mark Nash from CPF distracted Alfrieda at the front of the box.
The chick was brought in through the access hatch to the mechanical room where Mark Heaton and Eva Bobak weighed, banded, and checked Sam’s health.
All went well and Colonel Sam is a very healthy chick. Of about 27 days old.
As you can see Lucie took some photos from outside looking up at the nest as well. She spoke to many people watching the extraction from outside who were very interested and wanted more information about Oshawa’s falcons.
Thanks to Don and his staff, Mark Heaton and Eva Bobak, and Lucie Kirchknoph we have yet another successful banding day.
Cheers
Marion
These photos give you a sense of what a tank Louise is. Born at Canada Square in 2016 to Haven and Malik, Louise showed up on the radar several times before settling down in Chicago. We look forward to more photos from the banding of the chicks this year of this absolutely gorgeous pair. Tank! Like mother like daughter.
FLEDGE WATCH DAY 1 DON MILLS: No fledge today! Fairly quiet day-lots of wingersizing, preening, whining at Mom for food! Parents are cutting back the portions to help them get ready to go! Big alarm call and parents were diving over the nest building roof–sure quieted the kids down! All was good half an hour later. There was only one small package delivered at noon but nothing else while I was there. I was joined by Sally early in the afternoon and we enjoyed watching the kids. Then we were joined by Mark, Marion & Bob late afternoon. A turkey vulture ventured near and the kids started the alarm calls–cute! Learning from their parents! I had to leave by 530 but Marion reported that Dad brought food at 7:15 and Quest spent the next half hour feeding the hungry kids! And then, not long after, Dad brought another feed! So the kids got stuffed and went to bed happy! A good day.
Banding day for her 3 chicks is tomorrow. Photo May 21st.
Very healthy 2 girls and 1 boy for DR. JANE (black/red 32/Z, 2014 hatch from Toledo, Ohio, daughter of Belle and Allen) and her not-anywhere-to-be-seen mate.
SANTA MARIA (f, 936g, 26 days, Z/56, red tape)
CLEMENTO (f, 865g, 25 days, Z/57, yellow tape),
CACCARIO - accent over the second A (m, 636g, 26 days, 27/AW, blue tape)
We would like to thank Kara and all the wonderful staff at St. Marys for hosting this social distancing banding and sharing in our excitement!
We wish our beautiful kids safe and successful fledges! Cheers, Lucie
The Falcon Fledge Watch will start this Friday June 4th after 5PM. Anyone withing to help out we will be there by 5PM.