[female]

Names for the eyases: They are Native American names.


The female (silver band) is Cholena (it means bird)
The male (red band) is Chayton (it means falcon)

We had a Chayton, wonder if he's still out there? Aafke named him!

[Have a great day!!]

Have a great day!!

I posted this yesterday under UMass Lowell Falconcam 2016-should be merged

I did a search first but it didn't come up!! Sorry!

[Kendal]

Don't know how I even found this! Just came up on a page, not related!! 

Kendal 

RM feeding her singlette!!

!!! The new male “Mac� is caught on camera feeding his adopted chicks!
May 28, 2016 - Toronto - Don Mills

Marion Nash Reports:

Saturday May 28th - 2016

Marta took a snapshot today of the new male Mac as he’s been nick-named, feeding the chicks and you can see the entire family in this shot!

This is what we have been waiting for! It appears that Mac, the new resident male at the Duncan Mill nest site has finally stepped up and is now feeding his adopted hatchlings, (as we know, Mac replaced the resident adult male Sky sometime after the eggs hatched), and although Mac has been providing food to Quest all along,, - remembering that he is still very much in courting mode,, this is the first evidence of him actually feeding the chicks. It does appear that Mac is under a very watchful eye of Quest as seen in the photo, with Quest standing just beside of the event obviously ready to jump in should things not go right.

It will be interesting to see if Mac will carry on with the fatherly duties, as it is the male that does most of the flight and hunting training with the fledglings!
Stay tuned……….

http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/w/wp-content/plugins/post-gallery/thirdparty/phpthumb/phpThumb.php?src=http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/w/wp-content/plugins/post-gallery/uploads/2016/05/1464452714_Mac.jpg&w=1024&h=1024&zc=0  The pic!! 

!!! Niagara Falls - 2 hatchlings observed!
May 30, 2016 - Niagara Falls

CPF Volunteer Reports:

May 17th - 2016
A huge thank you to Jacquie from the New York Department of Environmental Conservation - (NYDEC) for sending in some of her observations and photos clearly showing that the Niagara Falls peregrines have had a hatch!! Great shots indeed given that Jacquie has been shooting from the USA side with some incredible distances involved!! Great shots Jacquie!!!!

Sadly, as you know, the Niagara Falls Park Commission will no longer allow us to access the site to band the hatchlings, sighting unsafe roof conditions??????
I guess only a huge bucket of money and a dare-devil act has the power :-(

Jacquie writes:
Hi All,

I just wanted to give you guys a quick update on the Niagara Falls nest site. The top of Terrapin Point on the US side had been closed off for construction, but I finally got a chance to access it when they opened it back up recently. I was there on May 17, and spotted both adults at the box. The female was sitting on the nest and the male was perched on a pipe next to the nest. She flew off, revealing two recent hatches underneath her. It’s pretty far away to age with complete accuracy, but it looked like two 2-3 day old chicks and at least one (possibly 2) eggs. The female came back in with a prey item and fed the two little ones. I was able to see that she is banded, and presumably still “Diamond�, but I could not get a look at the male’s legs to see if he was banded or not. I know last year “Duncan� showed up, (replacing the non-banded Onyx?), and he had been our resident male at the South Grand Island Bridge nest site. I just banded the South GI Bridge nest and both the adults were non-banded, so maybe Duncan is still the male at Niagara Falls.

Hopefully, someone with a really good lens can get a look at him at some point.

I attached a couple photos for you. They were digiscoped, so not excellent quality.

Hope your Peregrine season is going well. 

Jacquie

I'm good with 1, not that RM cares what I think!! 

Good news from a falcon friend on the ground - Craig just called Jody from downtown. He just witnessed a mid-air food transfer from Clara to Haley !!
Haley took her prey to the MLK Library, Zephyr following her - Clara is perched on the front corner, standing by. Haley eating her prey, Zephyr attempting to get close for a bite. Fernando came to land on the metal overhang on the next highest point on the building, he has a full crop. Flew & Craig said maybe to get another prey portion for Zephyr.

From FB

E7 has not been seen at the nest since Tuesday. At 121 days, it is normal for the juvenile eagle to venture out further into the area and eventually leave the nest for good. With the fundamental skills for survival learned, we hope E7 will fly high & free for many years to come.

http://www.dickpritchettrealestate.com/videos.html?video=ruq3dgugwJ4 His last  visit!! Hope all goes well!!

http://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/2016/05/27/shes-a-healthy-girl/?platform=hootsuite

At today’s banding we learned, first and foremost, that C1 is a healthy female and Hope and Terzo are devoted parents.

Kate's Blog

Banding was today!! Not sure what yet!!  

Ticker update;

There were 2 eyas and 2 unhatched eggs.

One female: 91/AX, green/black on left leg; silver USGS band on right leg
One male: 54/AX, green/black on left leg; silver USGS band on right leg covered with RED electrical tape.
They should fledge in about 10 days

OK, 2 is good!!

!!! Burlington Lift Bridge nest site - down from 5 eggs to 2,,, and no hatch as yet!
May 25, 2016 - Burlington - Lift Bridge

Mark Nash Reports:

May 25th - 2016

Sorry for the late update, but we have been out of the office and on the road at bandings for the past six days and not getting much office time as a result. As you might expect,, we are back into 12 plus hour days with the many bandings.

A big thank you to the great folks down at the lift bridge and the PWGSC for being able to do some of the close monitoring for us this season,, and for the photo updates that they have been able to sent into us.

Sadly, it would appear that the pair are now down to two eggs, from the original five eggs that they originally laid. Last week, the resident adult female kicked out two more eggs and later ate them,, leaving the last two remaining eggs.

While the pair are still down into hard incubation of the two remaining eggs, it might appear that a hatch will not be a given. Only time will tell.
The attached photo, shows the resident adult male attending to the incubation duties with his Black Canadian recovery band clearly visible.

Stay tuned for more updated news as it becomes available…………………

Meet the kids: Pics by Ann B  

Achilles

Marta

Geddy

Jet

[New female at Lift bridge]

http://www.thespec.com/news-story/6690814-hamilton-peregrine-chick-is-a-female-and-her-name-is-ancaster/

Hamilton peregrine chick is a female and her name is Ancaster!

Ancaster weighed in at a hefty 953 grams to the delight of a few dozen onlookers at the event put together by the Hamilton Community Peregrine Project, an offshoot of the Hamilton Naturalists' club.

That's more than 200 grams heavier than the two chicks — Barton and McMaster — that were born on the ledge last year. "What a Miss Piggy," shouted one enthusiastic volunteer.

Before Lily and Ossie took up residence at the Sheraton, the space was used by Madame X and Surge. But in January 2015 Surge was found injured near the waterfront and died about two months later when efforts to bring him back to health failed.


P.S. http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/w/2016/05/sightings/new-female-at-burlington-lift-bridge/

New female at Lift bridge