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Video of Roger seeing the egg for the first time... lovable
http://fauconsudem.blogspot.com/ (http://fauconsudem.blogspot.com/)

Webcam in direct: http://ornithologie.ca/faucons/ (http://ornithologie.ca/faucons/)

Congratulations on first egg!  :2thumbsup:

Oh yay! Was waiting for them!  :2thumbsup:

 :thumbsup:

3 eggs for Spirit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-QFmYGGrcY# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-QFmYGGrcY#)

Number 4 for Spirit in UDM

Jeeze, when I looked, everytime I looked, she was on the EGGS!! CONGRATS!!

Polly is alive and nesting!!!   :2thumbsup: :2thumbsup:

http://fauconsudem.blogspot.com/ (http://fauconsudem.blogspot.com/)

Excellent news!  I was half expecting to hear she was back with Roger & Spirit!

Great news, thanks. Can someone translate some of the blog? I'm curious about details! Babel isn't the best translator. Is that her on the video? I always liked Polly even though she was a bit jealous!

I've never liked Babel.  I use google translate-does a fairly decent job.
http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en (http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en)
I've also heard Bing translate is good.  

The most recent video I see is Brussels.

Traduction:
It remembers all of Polly, this girl who did not want to leave the family home last year, and who constantly disturbed her parents during their brooding... She even stole a baby, to our great confusion! And here it well is one year later, aged two, it attempts to breed for the first time at the Turcot interchange in Montreal a new nest that has just been discovered. Thanks to Sylvain Cusson who has discovered the location and spotted the pending leg of our beautiful Polly.
The most disturbing in all that, it is that its partner seems to be his brother Algo...! To date the digits of his ring that we have managed to read on our photos, but it remains to be confirmed...

I can't find the thread but didn't Annette (?) Post about babies hatching in Brussels? Is this the same nest site?

My french is rusty but here is the gist of it:

Eve starts off saying 'we all remember Polly, the juvie who wouldn't leave the nest last year and who continuously interfered with her parents during incubation last year, she also to our great distress stole one of the babies.  And here she is one year later, at 2 years of age attempting to nest herself for the first time at a newly discovered nest.  Thank you to Sylvain Cusson who discovered and read our Polly's bands.

The most troubling thing is her partner might be her brother Algo.  So far the numbers we've managed to read on his bands correspond to Algo's but have still to be confirmed.'

Oh my!! OK so she's nesting but no hatches as of yet?

Two babies in Netherland '' Beleef de Lente ''

Not yet and no mention of eggs but she has just found them so I'm sure we'll get more information now that she knows where Polly and Algo are!!  This is so exciting, I was so worried about her when she vanished like that, honestly I figured they chased her off but was afraid they may have hurt her inadvertently especially after she took the baby.  I'm so glad she has not only survived but is thriving - obviously she's able to hunt well since she's made it this far!

Oh thanks carly, good to hear about Polly "Pockets" as I called her. I hope she succeeds.

No-they posted a video of the Brussels nest on the Montreal blog-sort of what we have to look forward to in a couple of weeks...

would partenering w/ your brother be a disaster, genetically speaking?

When this question came up when Archer was with Mariah, the majority opinion was the worst case would be infertile eggs and any fertile eggs laid would very likely be fine.

In Winnepeg, the female Princess is now partnered with her son - Ivy, last year they raised 4 chicks successfully. Going back in that gene pool, there has been several instances of cross breeding and they must have good, strong genes as the line has not only continued but thrived.

 I know I've read of one case where brother and sister nested and had no successful hatches however in other cases like dearly departed James in Virginia - he and his sister were partnered for years and produced alot of offspring.  

The incest taboo is primarily cultural, at least on the scale of a generation or two, as far as I know. Inbred dogs that end up with weak hips and the like have been inbred a LOT. Of course if there is some very dominant weakness, it may be magnified by inbreeding, but in many very successful human cultures (that have no observed high rate of birth defects, etc), what we would call "first cousins" are the preferred choices of mate.

Do you mean this thread?
http://www.peregrinefalcons.be/nieuws_detail.jsp?lang=en&news_id=72 (http://www.peregrinefalcons.be/nieuws_detail.jsp?lang=en&news_id=72)

Inbreeding of course doesn't *create* problems in itself.  Recessive genes are everywhere, and all it takes it two copies of one to show the trait.  Dominant ones are easier to track, but recessives are forever, and the trait can show up many generations down, when two unsuspecting carriers chance to match up.  In a species near the top of the food chain, individuals getting two bad copies get weeded out pretty quickly.
Carol

Algo et Polly, les rejetons de Spirit et Rogers, nés en 2009, ont maintenant un tout nouveau nichoir à l'échangeur Turcot. C'est la compagnie Services Environnementaux Faucons (SEF), en collaboration avec le Ministère des Ressources Naturelles et de la Faune et Transports Québec (MTQ) qui a procédé à la construction et à l'installation du nichoir. Ce dernier est sur la pile J-4, soit une pile au "nord" de la pile où leur premier nid était situé l'an passé. Après une tentative de nidification ratée en 2011, on espère que 2012 leur apportera des fauconneaux en santé. Merci à Marilou G. Skelling (SEF) pour la photo du nichoir.

Algo and Polly, the offspring of Spirit and Rogers, born in 2009, now have a brand new box at the Turcot interchange. This is the company Falcon Environmental Services (FES) in collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Wildlife and Transportation (MTQ) who carried out the construction and installation of the box. The latter is on the stack J-4, a battery "north" of the pile where their first nest was located last year. After a failed nesting attempt in 2011, it is hoped that 2012 will bring them healthy falcons. Thank you to Marilou G. Skellig (SEF) for the photo of the box.

Way to go Polly!! What a nice nest too! Shouldn't there be a guard in front?  :o

Posted by Eve Bélisle at 5:40 p.m.

 :scaredblue: Wow is that just a drop off from the nest box? If so I pray the babies stay back!!!  :gum:

Amazing how we worry huh?

Not really- we're human, we have emotions and it's hard to stifle them!  :heart:

Yep!  What she said!

https://plus.google.com/photos/105852657168785204361/albums/5710947985173171665?banner=pwa (https://plus.google.com/photos/105852657168785204361/albums/5710947985173171665?banner=pwa) Polly's last nesting site.

Thanks Kris

Polly and Algo are still there!!!  I'm happy to learn that!!!  I'm a little worried with projects of demolition for this highway...

So the nest will be a no go this season, ya think? When is demolition?

Polly and Algo's nest site.

Thanks Kris

Donna, here is a link to understand the problem with the Turcot Interchange where is the nestbox

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turcot_Interchange (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turcot_Interchange)

OH thanks, no construction until July 2012, just after fledge if any! Bridge is falling apart.

You can see more of it here:  :crying: :secret2: :-[
http://www.photojpl.com/dilapidated-roads-in-quebec:-turcot-interchange/-/wT2edBbAof/ (http://www.photojpl.com/dilapidated-roads-in-quebec:-turcot-interchange/-/wT2edBbAof/)

Oh my! Looks like a BIG bridge. Kinda scary that it's dropping chunks of cement!  :o Thanks Penelope!

Connecting

Polly and Algo





From fb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WSeO_YYTG8# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WSeO_YYTG8#)  A short video of Polly and Algo, I presume

Polly!!

Algo
Polly Pockets
Polly
  :-[






Dang!!

From fb

Here is the baby of Polly and Algo: Le fauconneau est très actif (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojfgA2CqOk0#ws)

He/she is the grandson or the grandaughter of Spirit and Roger.
According to a recent documentary, we have 9 falcon's nests in Montreal and about 100 nests in the Province of Québec..

Cute! Thank you Penelope!!  :wave:

What a cute litle fluff ball.

Thanks for sharing!  How cute it is!  Polly and Algo never did nest in the box that was put up for them-preferred the ledge better.

Yes Kris G, they have prefered the ledge this year but the Turcot Interchange will be pulled down next year or the year after. They will build a new Turcot Interchange.
It seems that Polly and Algo have a "Piggot" too. There is a sub-adult there. Watchers have named her Shirley, she is unbanded. And Algo is very interrested... :  :bow: crying:

I knew about Shirley through postings by Richard Dupuis on BCAW.  Another 2-timer.  :(

Wow, these falcons like their women huh? I'm so glad Polly and Algo have a baby. Quite a small area for him to test his wings or her!! Very very cute, thanks!!

regret to inform you that there have been deaths reported from juvenile to the Turcot Interchange. From the information I have for now
every reason to believe that he died of natural causes.

When I receive more details, I will let you
part.

Algo and Polly are still present but somewhat
silent

Translated from french. This was their only hatch and they lost it so early. So sad for them. Hope they find out the cause. :(

 :crying: That's a real shame!  :(

Poor Polly, she wanted to be a mama so badly.   :( :crying:

Ok, so what is the original webcam topic for Poly and Algo? If there is one, this topic will be merged into it. If there isn't, then this topic will be moved to another board because it doesn't mention a falcon web cam.

Oops sorry Shaky, it should be with the Montreal Falcons. That's where all the Polly news is under. I don't think Polly has her own Cam at this time. You can merge it into there. Thanks

It's under "first egg in Montreal for Spirit" but that should be changed too to Montreal Falcons.

Yeah that one! Thanks Kris

The topics have been merged.

Hello,

...... :-(

I received an e-mail last Wednesday telling me there was
a problem at Turcot, no signs of the juvenile.

I went for a quick visit at the end of the day to
see one off the adult staring at the nest and
no sign of life at the nest. But these are
situations that we've seen before so I was
not exactly sure that something happen
to the juvenile.

When I arrived Thursday morning at 6h00 am Polly
was at the nest just staring inside and out for more
then a hour but at that point I knew something was
wrong, the juvenile should have been already up and
asking for food.

When Polly move I finally saw part of the juvenile
not moving not far from the edge of the nest.

Polly gave the impression that she didn't know why
the juvenile was not giving any sign of life.

You can see a photo here:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/1170 ... 6421445186 (https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/1170 ... 6421445186)

After talking with a friend of mine who saw the juvenile
Monday, chances are that he died of natural causes.

Like I wrote on F.B. I'm waiting for more details.

Since this is a natural nest, the falcon have chosen
themselves to nest there without any human intervention,
it' s possible that we never know what happen.

The people who were hired to keep an eye on him
were supposed to intervene just in case of a problem
with the workers and, or the work that needed to be
done to the structure.

If the falcons would have use the nest box,
it would have been a different story.

When Polly arrived at the nest, you can see
that she's touching the juvenile with one
of here feet here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUaZWXhCT4Q#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUaZWXhCT4Q#ws)

You can see her lying next to the juvenile here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3_yomLkQkU#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3_yomLkQkU#ws)

As for Roger and Spirit the latest news
is telling me also that's the end of there
nesting season.

So unfortunately...it's not a good year for either
couple of Roger and Spirit or Algo and Polly. :-(

What can I say.....life goes on...I hope things get
better with both family next year.

Richard D.

R.I.P.

posted by Richard Dupuis on BCAW

Roger & Spirit from fb   :2thumbsup:

http://youtu.be/8-lcVnz_Clw (http://youtu.be/8-lcVnz_Clw) from Nov 13  Spirit

Algo  from fb

It's hard but we must take the good with the bad!  :'(

http://youtu.be/rXeGls1RkxY (http://youtu.be/rXeGls1RkxY)  Looks like Polly caught herself a.....?

Head looks like a goose...canada goose or one of it's smaller relatives...hard to say

I say Canadian Goose. Cool video Donna!  :thankyou:

yeah, I say it's a Canada, too. That's wild.

That's a meal that keeps on giving!  :knifeFork:

Awwwww, Maaaaaaan! REALLY big "Ick"!!!

Quacker   :whistle:

Wonder if the poor thing got its feet frozen in and starved to death  :(

http://youtu.be/3QpQ0Fuv8DE (http://youtu.be/3QpQ0Fuv8DE) They call him/her the "Peeping Pervert Falcon" at Montreal University.

I can't believe it stayed there with a human so close.  :good post: :thanx:

I can't believe it either.  They opened the window and the bird never left.  I hope it is okay.

It is full cropped and at night, so may be part of why it didnt take off. I believe there is  a screen there too. Probably getting some heat through the window as well.

From fb

Spirit, Montreal. Every nigh she comes and take a look through the windows of the student resident bathrooms at the university. Pictes are made by one of the students, Léaw Roy :)

 :o  Stalker!  :laugh:

 :foxbinocs:  :2funny:

What a cutie-- and a stalker ;D

"Let's see how you like it when someone waits around to capture a 'poop shot'!"

                          :2funny:

  :spit:   :rofl:

Polly from Feb 10, 2013


FB

 :clap:  Long time no see!   ;D

Looks like they might not use the nest box again that was put up for them last year.

Good news: Spirit and Roger are came back to Université de Montréal.  :wub:

But bad news for Algo and Polly. more for Polly: Sherley is came back. Is Algo like Dotca?  :o

I think he is!  I saw a video where he was mating with Shirley and Polly and Algo have eggs!  :o

First egg for Spirit and Roger!

From the blog: I translated it from the French.

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

The first egg of 2013

It is apparent that without the cameras inside the nest box, it is difficult to know exactly when egg laying took place, how many eggs there might be, etc. But by observing the comings and goings of the two falcons, one can still have a good idea of the important dates, like the laying of the first egg, hatching, etc.

Today, we saw the first sign that an egg has been laid in the nest box. In fact, until now, Roger had not been spending more than a few minutes at a time at the nest box, even when Spirit was not there. Since we had cameras inside the nest in previous years, we have seen that as soon as the first egg has been laid, Roger stays in the nest box to incubate it during the times when Spirit is out of the nest. So, this afternoon, there was Roger spending 30 minutes at the nest, and here is the video captured by the motion detector connected to the telescope in my office:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-QSZBx2rVw# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-QSZBx2rVw#)

This is an indication which does not lie! It is likely that the first egg was laid in the morning between 7:20 a.m. and 12:40 p.m. Why not before 7:20? Because Roger went to the nest box around 7 a.m. after having delivered breakfast to Spirit, but he only stayed for a few minutes. Spirit returned to the nest at 7:20 after she had eaten and did not reappear until 12:40, in spite of visits by Roger, who probably wanted to mate, or simply to make sure that everything was going well inside . . .

Spirit and Roger have made us become accustomed to an early first egg in 2010 and 2011. On the contrary, in 2009, I had estimated the arrival of the first egg around the first of April. If this goes in the same way as in previous years, Spirit will lay three more eggs (one each 48-60 hours). We count 33 days of incubation from the time of arrival of the third egg, which gives us a hatch date around Mother's Day, if all goes well . . .

How will we know if there is a hatch? While the falcons sre in incubation mode, they never eat in the nest box. When the first chick emerges from its shell, we will see food brought into the nest box for the first time to fill the tiny, hungry beak! Let's cross our fingers that everything will go well from now on.

 :thumbsup:   :clap:   :clap:

 :star:

The peregrine falcon was seen yesterday at 5935 Côte-de-Liesse on the 6th floor of the school Vanguard! According to the information I have obtained, it would be ringed with a red ring / black, it is therefore possibly of the eastern United States ... keep your eyes open if you go there!

From Google translate

What a little cutie!  :heart:

http://blogues.radio-canada.ca/rive-sud/2013/04/30/faucons-champlain-pont-travaux/ (http://blogues.radio-canada.ca/rive-sud/2013/04/30/faucons-champlain-pont-travaux/)  Check out the video!

Just putting this under this thread.

Preventive removal falcons of the Champlain Bridge!

They removed the eggs and hope the pair will nest in another location with a nest box.

OK, it's the same thing I posted here! Guess their not protected at this site!  :(

As per the article, they removed the eggs and placed them in an incubator.  They've put in 'dummy' eggs for the falcons.  They dont' mention if they will return the hatchlings to them once the eggs hatch - they could move the chicks to the nest box once hatched and the parents would find them.  I know that's been done out in Edmonton in the past quite successfully.

Si le couple de faucons s’adapte à son nouveau nid, les œufs seront remis à leur place. La décision sera prise d’ici les prochaines semaines. Mais s’il ne s’y habitue pas ou s’il délaisse les faux œufs pour en pondre d’autres, les véritables œufs resteront en incubateur jusqu’à leur éclosion. Puis les bébés seront confiés à un autre couple de faucons, qui les adopteront.

If the couple adopt their new nest the real eggs will replace the dummy. If dont, the eggs will stay in incubator till hatching and placed in another nest to be adopted by an other couple.

Here in MTL we will have for many, many, many years of demolition and construction of the «« échangeur Turcot »» and a new Champlain bridge. They announce 2020 !!!!!!......... I bet 3 to 5 years more

That's wonderful Nic, thank you for providing the explanation!  I hope they take to the new nest box and accept it!  

ps: I need to brush up on my french too!  :paperbag:

No problem Carly.
Nicole

I hope it works!  :pray:

From the blog today; I translated it from the French. It's great news that Spirit (born in 2004 at the Hilliard Road Bridge nest in Cleveland) and her unbanded mate Roger have at least one chick!

Sunday, May 12, 2013

First hatch(es) of 2013

What good news on this Mother's Day 2013! Looking at the cameras this morning, I observed the first bringing of food to the nest. That is a sign that there is at least one little chick to feed, because before hatching begins the adults never eat in the nest . . .

Here is a video of what took place:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BtIAwqYknRs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BtIAwqYknRs)

I saw this on FB-great news for Spirit and Roger!

Yep I'd say it's a good bet that there's youngins in that nest box!  :thumbsup:

 :clap:   :clap:   :clap:

Trifecta!!   :clap:

 :thumbsup:

They remove 3 eggs from Pont Champlain. The mother was very angry.
They look Inside and only one have a fœtus.This egg was place with 2 others in a nest of falcon in captivity and it was accept by the female. She cover the 3 eggs almost instantly

We are now waiting for hatch

Nicole

Why did they remove them Nic? Are they past the hatch date?

The nest was built in the middle of a construction area.

Video (in French)

http://www.lapresse.ca/videos/actualites/201305/13/46-1-pont-champlain-des-faucons-trop-pres-des-travaux.php/eeb4b20700954e7baf006d8aa902df3c (http://www.lapresse.ca/videos/actualites/201305/13/46-1-pont-champlain-des-faucons-trop-pres-des-travaux.php/eeb4b20700954e7baf006d8aa902df3c)

Interview in english here: http://www.cbc.ca/player/Radio/Local+Shows/Quebec/Homerun/ID/2383175758/ (http://www.cbc.ca/player/Radio/Local+Shows/Quebec/Homerun/ID/2383175758/)

  Algo with Blue Jay

from fb

Wow what a clear pic!  :flash: :thanks2:

Too clear!  :(

Aww Donna-there's carnage everywhere for your sensitive eyes!  :blindfold:

Polly!

Algo

from fb

  OMG, this is Polly!!!  :o

from fb

Who? That falcon or the prey?

Polly is the Falcon Annette.

3 boys U of M





No names yet as they are having a contest.

 :2thumbsup:

3 more falcons banded in Montreal, Place Victoria: 2 males and one female.

 :clap:

I need your help to find one of our birds of prey that escaped during a training session on August 8 to 18h. The bird cut the rope that was attached to leather straps to his feet. If you see it will be easily identifiable by leather straps United a metal drum that hang at the end of his legs during the flight. She was spotted heading to the industrial park on Maples near Cadieux Blvd Gérard-Valleyfield. Her name is Phoenix and it is a hybrid falcon Gyrfalcon / Sacre. She wears a ring with the identification number LMONTCAN 10,204. Please circulate quickly made ​​to allow me to locate as soon as possible and call 450-601-0204



Posted on their site!

http://youtu.be/FZi951KklyU (http://youtu.be/FZi951KklyU)

Algo eating, Polly in the distance screaming for some. He said "NO" and left.

Aww, she got one tiny morsel!  :thanks2:

  Polly

Algo

Algo

  Just hanging

That's quite the fierce look on that 1st pic of Algo,  :scaredblue:

Algo & Polly on Christmas

from fb

Laying low literally!  :gum: