We will be banding the baby falcon chicks on June 11th.
Stay tuned for pictures and banding information.
Hi everyone,
Here is an update on the peregrines: We have, as of this morning, Tuesday May 20th, 2014, 4 chicks in the nest. ( Pictures attached). So..I think it is fair to say that what looked like egg shells on Friday, likely was. Therefore I think the hatch started on Friday May 16th, 2014.
All seems to be well on the nest ledge. 
Barb reports
Armando noticed some egg pieces around the nest on May 16th, but we haven’t been able to photograph the chicks yet to confirm.
At 3:30 this afternoon I got a call from Mr Brian Maltman who has an office at 10 Milner Business Court. across from the Yellow Pages nest Brian said he had some bad news for me and that a Peregrine Falcon hit his 7th floor office window very hard and that although he had gone down to see if the bird was alive and might need help he found the bird had died likely on impact.
Well fearing that it was Lyn or Ruben I asked Brian to pick up the poor bird and hold him/her until I can get someone to come out to retrieve it and he said no problem he would do that for us.
I called Kathy Smith to go out to pick up the bird and she went out right away. She brought the bird to me and we knew right away that not only was it a Canadian produced bird but it was a yearling or sub-adult.
I took a look at the banding records from last year and found that it was Hurricane Hazel who was hatched at the Mississauga Holcim Cement Plant last year.
The poor bird came home from his winter migration to eventually find himself in the wrong place at the wrong time and paid for his mistake.
It’s always sad when we loose one and I can’t absolutely confirm that Lyn & Ruben had anything to do with it but if I was a gambler I would put my money on that for sure.
This is nature and we have to except the good and bad this is why it’s called wild life just think of all those who have survived with the help of their human friends and calibrate in the knowledge that there are Peregrine Falcons at all!
Keep watching as the 2014 hatchlings will if all goes well be here soon and the banding of the chicks at Holcim and Milner is coming up.
A big thank you to Brian for keeping an eye on the falcons and for calling us so quickly.
Marion
still no chicks. Here is the latest photo from Armando.
Barb
Armando reports there are now 4 eggs. stay tuned for hatch.
April 8th - 2014
Great news today in that Barb from Holcim has confirmed after speaking with Armando, that the Holcim peregrines have in fact laid two eggs so far. Given that the eggs were visible and the report was short and sweat without any further details, we suspect that full time incubation is not yet underway but should be in a day or two. The temperatures have finally become a little more seasonal and it might appear that spring like conditions are here to stay!
Stay tuned for further updates………
The photos that I took on April 2nd visit at the Holcim Cement nest site of Caspian and Storm.
Enjoy!
Yesterday I was out delivering Project School Visit in Clarkson and had time between schools to stop by and visit the Holcim nest site for a check on Storm and Caspian. When I arrived, Storm was on the top of the east silos and had prey he was plucking. I was able to quickly confirm his band number before he was off and over to the ledge with the food. As he sat on the corner with his gift, his female stood up and waddled over to accept. He flew to a railing out of my sight and she flew to the buildings next to Avonhead Road to eat. It took her a while to consume her meal and she looked half asleep as she went along. Egg lethargy was quite apparent in this girl. I again got lucky and was able to confirm Caspian as the resident female while she snacked away. She finished her meal and disappeared into the ledge on which she ate and it wasn’t long before Storm was in and the two mated. He then flew up to the nest ledge while she maintained her position on the lower silos.
They were both off of the ledge for over 30 minutes and with a steady stream of Turkey vultures flying overhead I feel confident in saying that they don’t have eggs yet but they are oh so close.
Pictures to follow.
This posting is a little late in coming but important nonetheless. Thanks to Margaret, one of our sharp eyed MEC watchers, for the check in on Storm and Caspian at Holcim. On January 28th, she managed to catch the pair at home!! Thank you so much for the update Margaret!!!
