[!!! We have a hatch at the Scarborough nest site - so far at least two chicks!!]

!!! We have a hatch at the Scarborough nest site - so far at least two chicks!!
May 24, 2013 - Scarborough - Yellow Pages
Mark Nash Reports:

May 24th - 2013

Hatch - May 17th - 2013
Congratulations Petra, you have a hatch!!
Finally able to get back to the Scarborough nest site to check up on the love-birds and I’m delighted to report that there has been a hatch!! Arrived just a right time, in the middle of a changing of the guard and was able to take a few quick photos of the resident adult female - Linn and her new hatchlings!

Although I can confirm that there has indeed been a hatch (and we can see at least two young hatchlings - aged at approx. a week old as of this date when the photos were taken), we can only see two hatchlings of them so far. As you can see in the photo where Linn is brooding her offspring, she has tucked them underneath a six plus inch overhang on the nest ledge that makes it virtually impossible to underneath it, regardless of the angle.

We know that there were four eggs, although none are visible during this visit. At this point, we can only guess just how many hatchlings there are until they get a little bigger or more mobile.. They we’re all huddled together in very tight condensed pile, all tucked inn under the overhang as you can see by the photos.

So at this point given the size of the hatchlings, they are looking to be about 8 days old as of Saturday May 25th, making a hatch date of May 17th - 2013

Enjoy,,,, more to come…….

Some nice photos attached to the report on Striker as well.  His mate Midnight was born in Canton, Ohio and is the daughter of Mystic and the late legendary Maverick.  Her sister Moxie is nesting at the Fort Wayne Indiana site.

[The resident male in downtown Brampton with Midnight is none other than Striker, banded solid black 97 over Y with blue tape that is still visible, who hatched in 2011 at Yellow Pages to Linn and Rueben.]

Holy moly, Striker has displaced Milton and is Midnight's new mate!!

The resident male in downtown Brampton with Midnight is none other than Striker, banded solid black 97 over Y with blue tape that is still visible, who hatched in 2011 at Yellow Pages to Linn and Rueben.

http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/w/2013/05/sightings/brampton-nest-has-failed-and-a-new-male-discovered-its-striker/

You can see the pip and inside to white fluff in this shot just now as B left:  Easier to see if you go to archive and blow it up full screen.  Cracks around pip as well.  Talons crossed.

Speaking of Hamilton:

7:48 and finally a feeding. Still only 1 chick and I don't see any visible pips from this view at all 

At least the one chick looks healthy though.

Nice pip on left egg there clearly visible if you enlarge the photo in archives and can hear baby cheeping from egg!

Thank you Donna.  Some nice photos of Frank being posted on his Facebook page this morning from his trip to Africa - he always talked about it- every fledge watch and he longed to go back there and visit.

I can see another large pip in one of the front eggs so this one will have a sibling by tomorrow!

EGGSHELL..WE HAVE A HATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On Day 31 from penultimate ..First Hatch Hamilton just now for Madame X and Surge!!!  

 

I hear you screaming Carly!!   

She's unbelievable!!  A few people wrote her off due to age and being late this year but look at her!!! 

On Day 31 from penultimate ..First Hatch Hamilton just now for Madame X and Surge!!!  

 

Hearing crunching noises & occasional peeps

 

[William Osler Has Four!!!!]

William Osler Has Four!!!!
May 22, 2013 - Etobicoke - William Osler
Tracy Simpson Reports:

This news just in from Ross Bartlett at the William Osler site.  Chessie and Hurricane have four young in the tray!!  Congratulations to the great folks at William Osler and thank you so much for your incredible support of the pair.

 

 She's got her mama's fierce look! 

[A Very Noisy Morning]

Holy hanna, Mac has some big kids!! 

A Very Noisy Morning
May 21, 2013 - Burlington - Lift Bridge
Sue McCreadie Reports:

Today was the first banding day in Ontario.  Given some changes to the protocol at the Lift Bridge, things were handled a little differently today.  At about 9:30 this morning Clare from the Lift Bridge accompanied Mark Nash from CPF to the nest box in the tower.  The board was placed across the opening and the little ones extracted.  They were brought to the garage in the parking lot for banding.  Anne Yagi and her assistant Karine Beriault from the Ministry of Natural Resources did the honors.  I’m really happy to report that we have 4 very healthy and VERY noisy baby peregrines.  The noise in the garage was unbelievable.  Cirrus and McKenzie did not take too kindly to being separated from the kids.  Within minutes of the young being put back into the nest box Cirrus was there to check on them and to inspect their new jewelry.

 

The details are as follows:

Lancaster:  Male - 702 grams - 25 days old - black band 90/Y with yellow tape

Isabelle:  Female 974 grams - 25 days old - black band S/26 with red tape

Sarah: Female - 1014 grams - 26 days old - banded band S/27 with green tape

Hadfield:  Female - 987 grams - 26 days old - black band S/28 with blue tape


Many thanks to Ann and Karine from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Lee Chan, Clare, John and Todd from PWGSC for their assistance today.


Photos will follow shortly.