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3 generations: Spirit(2004-Hilliard Road Bridge, Ohio), Polly(2009) and Samantha(2014).

Great pics!   :2thumbsup:

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Nice! :clap:

It appears that Eole, that was with Spirit over the winter, turned out to be a 2-timer, having another nest site and hasn't been seen in a while. Recently, an unbanded tiercel named Arthurin by watchers, has been seen frequently wooing Spirit.  She laid her first egg today! A pic of him on FB today shows he has a cracked beak!

I give up on these falcons!! Too many changes and  :heart: aches!!

I wonder whatever happened to her mate, Roger, who disappeared late fall-early winter.

Too many disappearances this season!! :(

And too many fights and too many cracked beaks, too.   :(

Another Spirit' son came to visit his mother today. After Eole who was with her in the winter, Rick(E/82 2011)
came at the nest. Eole is with a female not very far the university.
The story of De Mortel is so in Montreal?

Just like young adult humans, apparently.  The kids come back home and want to live in your basement.   :happy: Seriously, though, I hope all turns out to be well in both Montreal and De Mortel.

We had a french movie called '' Tanguy '' some years ago. I dont know if it was translate in English.

It is the story of a Young man (around 30 ) that stick with his parents ............

Nicole  :devil:

Spirit's new mate, Arthurin, seems to be a good mate to her now.   :clap:

I know the feeling!! :)

Tanguy... Spirit l'a peut-être vu!   Maybe Spirit has seen it!  ;)

 :laugh:

Finally, Eole, son and mate of Spirit has found a new mate, Eve. They nest on the St-Marc Church near the "incinerateur des carrieres" where they were before.

I hope they are all happy now!  "Changes"  :o

First hatch in 2015 but ...nothing on ustream   :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te4ILCXXKos (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te4ILCXXKos)

I've been watching the pip pics on FB..so happy for Spirit and Arthurin!

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And 2 this morning!!

Such good news!   :clap:

 :yahoo:

Et de 3!!!  :yahoo: :wub:

              :congrats:    :hatch1: :hatch1: :hatch1:

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Nice!! Congrats!

3 females for Montreal!!   :2thumbsup: After all these males, it was time!!
One of them has a special caracteristic, a white talon.

Congratulations! White Talon..neat!   :2thumbsup:

Cool!  ;D

Oh my.....females!!!  :wub: :wub: :wub:

(http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r32/djweeds/6-15%20%20UdeM%20girls_zpsfyckuwxb.jpg) (http://s140.photobucket.com/user/djweeds/media/6-15%20%20UdeM%20girls_zpsfyckuwxb.jpg.html) here's the girls

E / 85 No Color Ribbon But A White Claw Juvenile-female
E / 91 Ribbon of Red Color-Juvenile Female
E / 94 Ribbon of Black Color Juvenile-Female.

(http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r32/djweeds/6-15%20white%20claw_zpsf5s1zks7.jpg) (http://s140.photobucket.com/user/djweeds/media/6-15%20white%20claw_zpsf5s1zks7.jpg.html)Juvenile Female (E / 85) White Claw.

BWF!! Awe

You can vote here for the names of these beautiful ladies:

https://www.facebook.com/fauconsudem/photos/np.1434457780326844.100000838462348/949015555149407/?type=1&notif_t=notify_me (https://www.facebook.com/fauconsudem/photos/np.1434457780326844.100000838462348/949015555149407/?type=1&notif_t=notify_me)

I read that one of Polly and Algo's babies has been injured and rescued. Depending on injury, may not fly again? :(

Only the young male has been rescued, the young female is still there for now. He is in a special center for examination. We will know more later.

I see she is still there. The young male has had his adventures..hope this wasn't his last..talons crossed.

Not easy for the falcons this Turcot Interchange!

I know Polly and Algo have had a rough time there and they have a beautiful nest box closeby that they refuse to use..go figure!

Our young females have a name now:

1. Céleste (154 votes) - E/92 (ruban noir)
2. Luna (130 votes) - E/85 (griffe blanche)
3. Éclipse (128 votes) - E/91 (ruban rouge)

Thanks Pen, cute names!!

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It was believed that Éole and his mate Ève were raising three chicks at St-Marc's church, but as of today it has been confirmed that there are actually four chicks! So despite losing his battle with Arthurin, it has been a good year for Éole.

So sad some chicks of Montreal are not banded... Turcot, St-Marc, no one.  :'(

Where did the 4th come from?? Wow!!

I think you are referring to Achille, Polly and Algo's son and Amazone's brother?

Achille has recovered and has been released.

July 2 2015

News of Achille (Polly and Algo's son)! Thanks to the great care he received at the UQROP clinic, he has been released in the area of the Turcot Interchange. He was seen today with his parents and his sister, and it seems that the whole family is doing well so far. More news and a complete report from Richard to come.

And from Richard:

The report is as follows:

Achille, the male juvenile who had a collision with a window on his second flight, one day after having fledged, was rescued and sent to the UQROP clinic for birds of prey as a precautionary measure, and after detailed examination, it was noted that the juvenile had a weakness in his left wing.

He will stay at the clinic in the company of a male foster parent, who will feed and care for him until he has recovered.

Once it had been determined that the juvenile was in good shape and able to fly again, a release was carried out by SEF in the area of the Interchange.

The release was not made public, at least in part for the safety and wellbeing of the bird.

Achille has been flying well, and playing with his sister.

Special day in Montreal!
Spirit and Arthurin have another girl... a young female found in a city at 3 hours from there. Impossible to find her parents there. She has been released at the university yesterday and all is well, they have adopted her.
The story here: http://fauconsudem.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/une-fille-adoptive-pour-spirit-et.html (http://fauconsudem.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/une-fille-adoptive-pour-spirit-et.html) Sorry, it's in french.

Great story, Penelope..thanks for sharing!  I did a Google translation:

An adopted daughter for Spirit and Arthurin
While our three young females, Celeste, Luna and Eclipse, have fun and discover the joys of flying know, life is not always so easy for young peregrine falcons.

On June 23, a young female was on the ground on Lajoie Street in Trois-Rivières. She can only assume that time was in its first flights, good Samaritans found her and contacted UQROP to what to do. A search was conducted to find his parents and potential nest, but unfortunately the nest site could not be located. The bird was sent to the clinic UQROP June 26, where he was found to have no injuries except for a few broken tail feathers (central tail feathers). These broken feathers were extracted to allow new push. In the days that followed she recovered from her emotions and regained strength. By cons, given her age, she was not able to be released on her own without assistance because it has yet to learn to hunt. There are some options for birds in this situation, the best is to get adopted by experienced adults who can teach him the basics of life of urban hawk .... I quote the words of Guy Fitzgerald clinical birds of prey:
"I've already made this intervention successfully in the past. There is a period of time (a few weeks after fledging) where parents are receptive to accept new young people in their group and they are the best school of life for a young peregrine falcon. (...) it is not a foolproof technique. The bird could smash in a window or get hit by a car, but is a calculated risk. Even birds hatched on the site live or die with such hazards. "
Following an evaluation of potential sites, it was decided to release the new girl with the group of UdeM, as it is about the same age as his adoptive sisters. Spirit has much experience as a mom, and we saw qu'Arthurin is doing very well also, so there is no doubt they will be able to add another beak to feed. And the University campus offers a relatively safe environment compared to other places.

She was released yesterday around noon (Wednesday), and the date it goes well, no aggression on the part of members of the adoptive family. She does not wear colored ring, only a gray ring on the left leg. The first to find a name will be given to people who have found. Watch Facebook page falcons UdeM for daily news and photos!

Thanks Kris G!

Very cool!  :2thumbsup:

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How awesome, she's in good Talons!!! Thanks Pen and Kris!!!  :2thumbsup: 4 girls......yikes!!

Four sisters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t2abPn3iRc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t2abPn3iRc)

The new ("nouvelle" on the video) young female has been named Marie.

They are beautiful!  I hope they had all eaten their fill before the prey fell off the ledge.  :) Thank you for posting, Penelope.   :2thumbsup:

Neat video-merci Penelope!  :2thumbsup:

I hope everything goes well for Marie and her adopted sisters. So far it looks as if she is being accepted, which is great.

First fledge at St-Marc

One of Éole and Ève's chicks at St-Marc's Church has fledged, probably a female. She is currently safe and sound on a balcony.

There are a couple of great photos of the fledgling on the Facebook page.

http://youtu.be/mNYLzRrEazw (http://youtu.be/mNYLzRrEazw)

Still a juvie home?? Wow, what's with the mesh?

Update:

I think he was stuck in there:

Shortly after with the help of the mtq
Agents of the mffp and firefighters
Of Montreal, an intervention to been done
To help him out of his unfortunate
Situation.

Achilles is out by himself some
Minutes after the intervention during
That we were all busy
Discuss.

He is perched on a few seconds
The drain pipe under the heat exchanger to go
On the side of the centre gadbois and Christian
Fritschi who had come to monitor Achilles
With me took a photo while me
I was talking to one of the agents of the fauna.

In short he got away with over
Afraid of evil, and I hope
He won't make the same thing
Has a place where no one can
Help him.

A big thank you to Mr. Duclos of the mtq, mm. Ready
And Beaulieu of mffp and the services of
Fires of the city of Montreal for their
Help.

Thank you also to Christian frischi
For the photo of Achilles.

(R. D.) 15/09/2015

(http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r32/djweeds/9-15%20%20Montreal_zps8yzd6msi.jpg) (http://s140.photobucket.com/user/djweeds/media/9-15%20%20Montreal_zps8yzd6msi.jpg.html)  No wonder Polly fed him through the wire!! Smart girl!!

Wow!!! the mtq agents of the mffp and firefighters of Montreal? What important falcon this Achille! 

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I wonder what that mesh was for.  :confused:

Caught a momentary bonding session at the nest today. The female was Spirit, but the male was not Arthurin. This male was banded, while Arthurin is unbanded. I am pretty sure that the male at the nest today was Éole.

(http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa393/falcoperegrinus1/November%202015/montreal-nov-15-1a_zpsjawwf2ev.jpg) (http://s1195.photobucket.com/user/falcoperegrinus1/media/November%202015/montreal-nov-15-1a_zpsjawwf2ev.jpg.html)

He left, and Spirit stayed to do some work on the nest. Now eleven years old, she looks really good.

(http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa393/falcoperegrinus1/November%202015/montreal-nov-15-6a_zpshkw3kplc.jpg) (http://s1195.photobucket.com/user/falcoperegrinus1/media/November%202015/montreal-nov-15-6a_zpshkw3kplc.jpg.html)

(http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa393/falcoperegrinus1/November%202015/montreal-nov-15-7a_zpszvvcazws.jpg) (http://s1195.photobucket.com/user/falcoperegrinus1/media/November%202015/montreal-nov-15-7a_zpszvvcazws.jpg.html)

On FB, they said this was Eole, who was with Spirit last winter before Authurin came on the scene.  Eole successfully nested with a female at another location last nesting season so why he's back here is strange.  A female named Eve (who nested last season with a male named Aeolus) was seen with Eole in this box a few days ago.  Strange happenings there.  :stupid: Isn't Eole also the son of Spirit and Roger? 

You are right, Kris. I did not have a really good look at the bands, but I am about 99% sure it was Éole. My pics are from yesterday.

It was posted on FB that Éole and Ève were both in the nest two days ago. Spirit returned, and told Ève to leave. There was no battle, and Ève left immediately.

Éole and Ève raised four chicks this year at l'Église St-Marc. Éole had returned there after being displaced by Arthurin. Éole is the French form of Aeolus; Ève was his previous mate, and he went back to her.

Éole is indeed the son of Spirit and Roger.

The question might be, where is Arthurin? I had not seen anyone at the nest for a while, and the cams were down quite a bit. Spirit was at the nest again this morning.

Mother and son. Not unheard of in nature, I know, but also not good.   :o

I thought it was Eve that had nested with Eole this past spring but got confused when they threw the name Aeolus into the mix..lol!  I really liked Authurin with Spirit..he was a good mate.  Maybe he migrated and Eole came to keep Momma company for the winter like last year?

I like Arthurin too; once Spirit showed him how to incubate, bring her food, etc., he did a really good job. I was hoping that someone else might have seen him at the nest recently. You may well be right that he could have migrated. Spirit does not come from a migratory family, but since Arthurin is unbanded, we have no idea where he came from or whether he migrates.

Hope to see him this spring.

Polly and Algo checking out the nest box that was installed for them but never used..hope they like it!

http://youtu.be/kEAqkPqEdz4 (http://youtu.be/kEAqkPqEdz4)

Thank you for posting that, Kris! It's really good to see Polly and Algo at the nest box. I hope they will accept it this time around. It would be so much safer for eggs, chicks and parents, and so much better for protection from the elements.

I hate where they nest now so it would be great if this works out!

I love that nest, side perches for mom and dad to watch over the babies!! Very cool, hope they use it too!!