Haven & Stormin have 4 eggs as of April 11th.
Armando reports there are now 4 eggs. stay tuned for hatch.
Checked the nest and there are now 4 eggs likely laid last Friday April 11th.
Stayed tuned for hatch.
Tiago coming in for his turn at incubating. Only two eggs can be seen as the others are under the physical camera and out of view.
Excited to report that Viper (hatched in 2012 to Freddie and Voltaire) now is attending to 2 eggs in her new nest in Lansing, Michigan! Thanks to the folks in Michigan who have been posting pictures and updates from their webcam onto Facebook. Here is the link to their site:
https://www.facebook.com/LBWLPeregrineFalcons
Meanwhile in Windsor, Voltaire has been staying on the nest and is keeping her eggs well cared for.
After eating one egg yesterday, Trillium laid her 5th egg of the year. So she now has 2 eggs to tend to as the first 3 have been consumed. We have our fingers & toes crossed that these 2 eggs hatch. At this point the egg survival is 2 for 5.
Viper has successfully nested in Lansing, Michigan and has laid her first egg. She successfully fledged in Windsor in 2012 and is one of the many strong, beautiful Peregrine offspring of Voltaire and Freddie.
Today at 10:30 am a banded male falcon was observed consuming one of the 2 eggs in the scrape here. I’m not sure if it was the resident male Bill, or another falcon. I can tell by the colour of the egg that it was the 3rd egg laid by Trillium (the 1st 2 laid were eaten). So the good news is that we still have 1 egg left (the 4th one laid) & she appears to be taking good care of it after the discouraging news of what has transpired today. Stay tuned.
April 15th - 2014
Well, as you can see, Old Man Winter gave us yet another kick in the butt last night and so far this morning and dropping another 2-4cms of snow on us, in addition to running the temps back down to almost freezing again. While no real accumulation happened on the road ways so far given that they were so warm from the last several days of some real spring like temps, the snow has already covered all of the roof tops and parts of the various nest ledges.
The real good protected sites are those with enclosed nest boxes, as seen here at the Duncan Mills nest site where Quest is tucked far back into the nest box well protected from the snow and wind by the nest box roof and walls.
We all awoke this morning to find the entire city rooftops covered with a light covering of white snow, high winds, blowing snow and cold yet again!!
I’m sure that we’re not the only one feeling the pain, as a quick check of all of the web cams had all of the resident adult females down tight to their eggs and in the MEC nest site case, down hard covering the Canada’s first hatchlings.
Stay tuned…
April 15th - 2014
Well, as you can see, Old Man Winter gave us yet another kick in the butt last night and today as it dropped more snow on us and ran the temps back down to almost freezing again.
While no real accumulation happened on the road ways (so far) given that they are so warm from the last several days of some real warm spring like temps, the snow has although covered all of the roof tops and parts of the various nest ledges around the city.
We all awoke this morning to find the entire city rooftops covered with a light covering of white snow, blustery snow and high winds and cold temps yet again!!
I’m sure that we’re not the only one feeling the pain, as a quick check of all of the web cams had all of the resident adult females down tight to their eggs and in the MEC nest site case, down hard covering the Canada’s first peregrine hatchlings.
Stay tuned…
