May 18/23 Hamilton Banding Day
May 18, 2023 - Hamilton - Sheraton Hotel
Marion Nash Reports:
Great day to band the chicks. All 4 chicks were in good health no signs of Avian Flu or any other illness. there were 3 boys and 1 girl.
The Hamilton team chose names of Hamilton communities for their chicks the female named Delta immediately got the nickname of Delta Dawn;)
There were 2 new climbers this year Jesse and Ryan who did a great job extracting the chicks for their first banding day climb and extraction 2 very keen and brave lads. A big thank you to both of them.
The Hamilton Fledgwatch team as always had everything ready for an efficient, safe and successful banding and we are so grateful to them for continuing to support the banding of Hamilton’s Peregrine chicks a job well done.
Thanks goes out to the Hamilton Sheraton Hotel for being such a wonderful and supportive host!
We wish the Fledwatchers the best of luck for 2023.
Here are the names and weights of each chick.
Kirkendall male 592 grams
Gibson male 570 grams
Delta female 753 grams
Stipley 577 grams.
The chicks were younger at banding this year 18 and 19 days old so the weights were lighter than they would have been at the usual age of banding in Hamilton of 21 to 23 days.
