Toronto Sheraton banding news!

3 boys for Stormin and Chaos at Toronto Sheraton Centre!  Some photos from today's (June 5) banding.  One boy has been named.  Both Toronto Sheraton Centre and Toronto Sun are having naming contests so winners and names will be announced soon!  Welcome GEOFF (X/15, 18 days, 660 g, blue tape), TSC (X/92, 19 days, 680 g, white tape), TS (X/93, 19 days, 515 g, yellow tape).  Wishing these boys safe and successful fledges.  Cheers, Lucie 🙂

Nest site article-Maltese and Peace had 4 babies and a 5th has been fostered into their nest! 

https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/local/peregrine-falcon-pair-in-south-bend-are-foster-parents-to/article_334011d6-8f6a-59e9-862a-6776bc31eeaf.html

Letchworth and Mike

           

Nice capture from BCAW..whole family together!

No sign of her at all Kris.  I miss her dearly.  I hope she's somewhere enjoying her summer in peace.   

I do too. 

Looks like we lost one of the two eggs today.  I saw D'arcy eating one earlier but the lighting made it so hard to tell if I was seeing what I thought I saw.  I only saw one egg after she took a break later.  Given her mother never has more than 1 or 2 successful hatches I am actually not surprised as fertility issues are often passed on.

That’s too bad but they did get a late start.  Hopefully, they have 1 healthy baby and better success next year.  No signs of our Aria lately?

Someone in the nestbox is sitting very ladylike with her talons resting on the perch.

               

Banding video

http://newjersey.news12.com/story/38302273/wildlife-officials-tag-peregrine-falcon-chicks-in-elizabeth

Hi Folks,

seeing today's tweets about yet another successful banding day in Rochester brought many fond memories about the time I had been active here on RFalconCam and with the community. Unfortunately, I no longer have enough time to re-connect properly but I thought I'd drop in at least quickly with some exciting news about peregrine falcons here in Fellbach.

A couple of years ago, an investor decided to build one of Germany's highest apartment buildings (107m with 30+ floors) right here in Fellbach, perhaps 1 mile away from where I live. Unfortunately, the investors had to file for bankruptcy about 2 years ago, so we are stuck with a not even half-way finished building towering over the town. The upper floors don't even have walls and windows yet! It didn't take very long for a pair of peregrines to notice this building and to take up residence in the upper floors. This could have been a show-stopper for any further potential building activity should a new investor be found, so a nestbox was quickly built and installed on the rooftop. A day later, the falcons had claimed it as their new home and vantage point!

We were fairly certain that eggs had been laid and on May 9 two eyases could be banded. Our local newspaper asked their readers for name suggestions for the whole family and I was asked to help with picking the winning entries. Most of the names were quickly discarded as they just made fun of the building's situation, while others were simply - I don't know - "banal" like "Felli" and such. We settled on "Falco" for the male, "Perenelle" for the female and "Grit" and "Nushin" for the female eyases as we (well, mostly I!) really liked the reasoning for those names provided by the woman who submitted them: taken together the initial letters of the names spell out "Falco Peregrinus"!

If you are interested, you can check out some articles on our local conservation group's homepage (in German, but with some pictures to get an idea of the location)

Erste Bewohner im Gewa-Tower: Wanderfalken! (The falcons taking up residence)
Montage der Wanderfalken-Nestbox auf dem Gewa-Tower (Putting up the nestbox)
Beringung Wanderfalkenküken auf dem GEWA-Tower (Banding the eyases)
Namen für die Wanderfalken! (Naming the falcons)

Cheers
Baerbel

Good to hear from you! I know you don’t remember me but my husband and I met you way back in 2008 when Carol introduced us on the Pont de Rennes bridge.  Wonderful news about your Peregrines...thanks for sharing!

Video link:  https://www.facebook.com/wildlifenj/videos/10157322099572977/?t=245

And my screen captures on Flickr in no order at all:

https://flic.kr/s/aHsmkyWY1u

Thank you Bonnie, enjoyed watching the video!  So 1 girl and 3 boys for Cadence 

         Thanks for posting, Bonnie!

A message from the Department of Environmental Conservation:

On May 24, DEC staff were working carefully to band two peregrine chicks at the University at Buffalo nest box, which has been a productive site since the spring of 2009. Banding young birds in nests each year enables biologists to track productivity and populations of peregrine falcons. Upon opening the box to access the nestlings, one chick bumped the other off the edge to the ground below. This rare and unfortunate incident occurred quickly and was unavoidable. To ensure the safety of future nestlings, DEC will assess future banding efforts at this site. We regret the loss of this young peregrine.

 How terribly sad! Fly free, little one. 

Corralled!

                   

First hatch this morning, possibly two.

         

Three very fat, sassy and happy Eyases! Doesn't it look like they're grinning?  

Love this picture! 

             

Polly and Algo move to a new home and are welcomed warmly by everyone 

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/peregrine-falcons-seek-sanctuary-at-ndg-church-1.3943912