Lucie has been checking on the chicks daily for the last week. The chicks are getting ready perhaps a fledge in the next couple days.
It was raining just before the banding and the chicks were a bit wet and they had just been fed so the crops were just bulging full so the weight of the chicks are a bit over the real weight.
It was very hot by the time John Miller started the climb over the edge and repel down to the nest and Mom and Dad were on high alert stooping and yelling at him. John was able to quickly catch up the chicks and inside the building they were quickly banded and returned before both john and mom and dad got too over heated darn this climate change makes things a challenge sometimes.
2 chicks this year a girl and a boy.
the Boy named Logan weighed in at whopping 720 grams his band number is C over 19 and has blue tape on his silver band. The girl Flynn was a 835 grams a good weight for a girl her band is 05 over AB with red tape on her silver band. they are about 23 and 25 days old today.
When I arrived this morning, I found Nico still on the roof but Bluey had joined his sister on the nest ledge! So he has officially fledged! Quest came in with a nice package and stuffed Bluey. Sydney wasn’t interested so I believe she was fed earlier. It was a damp, muggy day, not good for flying unfortunately. And it kept raining on and off all morning. Quest flew up and sat with Nico during the hardest rain. Sally joined me in the afternoon. We watched a ‘hangry’ Nico go back and forth on the roof then nap, repeat. Sydney and Bluey did some lovely beaking, flapping, up on the box etc but no further flying by the time I had to leave. Mark, Marion and Bob joined us before then and we all got to see Nico finally get fed, by Mom.
The Kitchener peregrines have moved from the CTV tower to St Mary’s Hospital. Fortunately the nest was discovered in time to band the chicks. Here is the banding information.
4 chicks 3 males and 1 female
they were named by the hospital Compassion, Discovery, Care and Faith. The Kitchener fledge watch team is on it and will be making sure the chicks are monitored and rescued when needed.
Both chicks on the nest tray this morning.
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…
