Three eggs on cam right now! 

Looks like Beauty, I see green and an 8 on the band.

!!! Egg #4 for Cass & Sante
April 04, 2013 - Mississauga - Executive Centre
Kathy Reports:

I checked a few times yesterday but she was tight to the eggs and did move off around noon but there were only 3 eggs at that time.  This morning I can clearly see 4 eggs!

   

It's going to warm up to plus 10c tomorrow they are saying so hopefully we'll get to see more eggs!  I'm sure Erin and Cass might have another but they're glued to their eggs in this cold.

She finally moved!! 

They are in a remote area on an island, it's like a marsh and it's not easily accessible by humans is my understanding.  I've seen photos of the area from outside and it's like marshes and water where the nestbox is on stilts.  I expect they will have to make arrangements to retrieve her.

I know several weeks ago there was a territorial dispute as it was seen on cam but the other pair moved on - both of them seemed fine after it.  But being so remote an area, if something did happen recently likely no one saw it.  I'll keep you posted if I hear anything.

'Eggcellent', maybe Beauty will go first 

Heartbreaking news.  It seems Renetta has passed away .  SGB alerted us yesterday to a problem and as the day wore on she laid motionless, barely breathing in the nest box.  She is still there this morning, not moving and not breathing. 

Just a tragedy and so unexpected - no idea as to why as there are no visible signs of distress or wounds at all.

Not sure if DC will be like Jack is but here is a bit a run down of what happens when egg laying starts here:

Our site - his primary site - goes first; I often wondered this past year if it would go by who his longer tenured mate was but as O'Connor is his newer mate she still has gone first this year.  Last year she did only by virtue of the fact that Angel was displaced mid egg laying so I wasn't sure.  So anyway, he spent I'd say equal time with both then as O'Connor got closer to laying eggs - he was at our site I'd say 70% of the time, feeding her and mating with her and that decreased gradually as she started laying eggs.  

Now that she's incubating, he only shows up to feed her and give her breaks by incubating.  He's now focusing more on TR Mom as she gets ready to lay her eggs.  There seems to be about 7 -10 days between first hatch at our site and the TR Site.  I'm guessing this is so he can be here more the first 10 days when it's critical for the kids to be covered and then by the time the 10 days is up - the other eggs will start hatching and he can cover TR Mom more during that time.  Whether that's on purpose or just by accident I can't say but given it's happened for the 3 years he's been running two sites - I'd say it is likely intentional if only for the fact that he can't be in two places at once and egg production takes a lot of resources and time put in.

When both are incubating the eggs, he'll go back and forth and spends a lot of time hunting and patrolling the territory.  I can't say DC will do that as he's not had the experience Jack has under his belt but worth keeping an eye out to see if it works out that way.  Be better if it does for the survival of any offspring for sure.  

As DC has been home a few weeks now and started mating with Pigott first, I'd say it's likely she will be laying eggs this week or by the weekend at least - assuming he's been keeping up with duties with her.

I believe the DEC spoke to the owner last year and they are aware. One problem will be that we won't have any way of getting them back to their nest. As far as I'm concerned if they want to arrest me for rescuing a falcon then so be it! 

You go MAK!  

Maybe there is somewhere nearby you could release them so mom and dad could find them and feed them.  As long as it's high up enough, then they could gain some altitude and be led back to the nest by mom or dad.  I know in Ohio, C&C sometimes have had to put them up in a tree - at some of the bridge sites - but at least they aren't on the ground and vulnerable to predators.  

Oh my, they are all getting down to business! Looking forward to Beauty getting down too! Thanks. Oh and Pigott!!

If Pigott lays eggs and they hatch successfully - given that the site is on private property, what would happen if during fledge one or more of the kids came to ground as they sometimes do and/or if they got hurt.  Will the watchers be allowed to rescue them?  Just curious, not trying to stir anything up.

!!! Egg #3 for Cass & Sante
April 01, 2013 - Mississauga - Executive Centre
Kathy Reports:

Finally caught her off the eggs !  It’s been a cold day and we even had some snow!  But she’s just now at 4:44 stepped off briefly and allowed us a glimpse of the third egg!

!!! !!!Egg #2 for Erin & Windwhistler
April 02, 2013 - Toronto - King Street
Kathy Reports:

Likely laid last night as she was due for one but the cold weather has kept her tight on the eggs.  She’s up now and I could clearly see two eggs!

Quest has an egg for sure! Pics to follow!

DEF just posted a photo over on BCAW too, yay Quest!  Same day as her big sister!