A big thank you to New CPF member Ted Duncan for these wonderful photos of the banding roof crew and Quest and Mistery!
It was great to meet our new member and a fellow falcon lover and photographer.
It’s 2 beautiful and healthy girls for MIDNIGHT and RENEGADE at the Mississauga Executive Centre! Welcome CHRISSY (855g, 22 days, (sideways) L/2, red tape) and MANUELLA ( 885g, 22 days, (sideways) M/2 blue tape). I had the honour of holding these beauties during banding 
These photos should be in order except for the first one, which I captured on the webcam after the banding. It’s mom and her girls showing their bling. Wishing our girls safe and successful fledges Cheers, Lucie
Hamilton Falcon Watch team reports
Saturday, May 15, 2021 - It has been a week since we should have seen our first chick, and it appears that Lily has accepted the fact that these eggs are not going to hatch. As the week progressed, she spent less and less time on the nest, and in the last 24 hours she hasn’t been on the eggs more than a few minutes. She has also been seen poking around the far end of the nest ledge, which is typical behavior for after nesting season.
But, it is also typical behavior for before nesting season, and there is a small ray of hope. She has been allowing Judson to come closer (left photo), and he might just be eager enough to convince her to try for a second clutch. Lily has not attempted one before, but there is always a first for everything. We will watch to see if Judson starts courting her, and bringing her meals.
But things are not (yet) smooth sailing for the falcons in Hamilton. In the past week we have observed another adult in the area, spending most of its time on the BDC building, a block away from the Sheraton nest site. We have not been able to get a close enough look at this bird, so we cannot tell if it is Ossie, healing up from a previous battle, and still willing to try again, or if in fact this is a new female that was previously paired up with Judson. There were reports, in the week before Judson’s appearance, of another peregrine pair being sighted first in west Hamilton, then up near Ancaster. We don’t know if that pair moved on, or they came here.
The three of them were seen once circling the BDC building and calling to each other, but no battles have been seen. And there was one report of a fourth peregrine, seen flying away from the downtown core. So, while we may not have any chicks this year, the skies over Hamilton are going to be interesting for a while yet! If you are downtown, keep an eye on the skies. If you see anything of note, please report it to our facebook group.
Great news from Etobicoke!! ARIA and INDIE had their first hatch this morning! There is one more egg so fingers crossed we will have another hatch in a day or so! Thank you so much to Martin Dekkers for taking these three photos - ARIA and baby, ARIA feeding baby after INDIE brought food, and finally ARIA keeping baby warm after the meal Cheers, Lucie
Great news from Etobicoke!! ARIA and INDIE had their first hatch this morning!
There is one more egg so fingers crossed we will have another hatch in a day or so!
Thank you so much to Martin Dekkers for taking these three photos
- ARIA and baby, ARIA feeding baby after INDIE brought food, and finally ARIA keeping baby warm after the meal
Cheers, Lucie
chicks hatched at ADM Mills Port Colborne sometime yesterday or early this morning. Still, 2 eggs are not hatched yet.
We received a report from CTV Kitchener that there are no Peregrines nesting in the Tower this year. However, we just got a new report that there is a new Kitchener nest. Because it’s a hospital we won’t be banding the chicks this year due to COVID-19 risk assessments. We will also not be banding at the Oshawa or Etobicoke hospitals. Hopefully next year! See report below.
Hi,
I’m not sure if anyone has contacted you about this yet. There is a falcon nest with 4 babies that hatched about a week ago. The location is St Mary’s General Hospital in Kitchener on the ledge of the 9th floor just outside the laboratory window. Please see attached some photos and a video (sorry for the poor quality).
-Gabe Rose
A twist, Becquerel has a new gal. this female is not banded
