Break out the poutine, we have an egg!!!!    She got up at 6:09 and I saw it!

Lol..the big fakeout!  After an hour she decides to leave the box.  I think it will be very soon though, she and Erin are usually within a day or two of each other.  Erin laid her first one last night.  They thought the other day but it was a trick of the eye, we saw the laying last night at 6:16 pm on the cam.

Maybe she'll give us an Easter egg?!

Both at home right now, RM in the nest box 

D*!@#  Just missed it.  Had the window opened and was checking something else out.  Go, San Jose!

I noticed yesterday that at least one of the other eggs had a spot on it too so I expect we will see another hatch at least today..

San Jose..First Hatch!! Clara on cam eating egg shell right now and saw the baby quickly!!

Hatching is underway here, a pip was seen a few hours ago.  Since then Clara has refused to budge even when just offered a break by Fernando. 

Video here of the pip and looking closely to see the chick working on the pip from inside!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rZ-_1c9ug0#

Egg #2 for Cass and Sante in Mississauga this morning, laid overnight 

!!! !!Lady Millar Nesting in Ohio!!
March 30, 2013 - Niagara Falls
Kathy Reports:

Last night I received a request from our good friends Chad and Chris in Ohio to identify a female with black bands reading 45/X.   She has been discovered nesting at the Lakeshore Power Plant in Cleveland, Ohio and already has 1 egg in the nest box.

Quite amazing she chose Ohio as her mother, Diamond,  was born in 2009 in Canton, Ohio and has been in residence at the Niagara Falls site since 2010.   Lady Millar was one of two female hatchlings banded on July 8, 2011.

Will post most details as soon as they are available as events are still unfolding here.  The previous resident female here passed away last year and they haven’t yet reconfirmed the resident male.

Egg #2 tonight at around 7:15 - for K & W! 

Both at home right now, bowing in nest box and I got a good view of her egg bottom..hehe..when she bowed. 

Tiago just left but RM is still in the nest box. 

I'm glad you caught them, RM is usually first in the city to lay eggs.  I only see one there now down at the far end.  

!!!!! 1st Egg for Erin and Windwhistler is very close!
March 28, 2013 - Toronto - King Street
Kathy Smith Reports:

March 28th -2013

It looks like we are getting early Easter gifts all over southern Ontario today as it might appear that the resident adult female (named Erin)is getting ready to lay her first egg. Erin has been laying down allot on the nest bowl at the King Street nest ledge today and it would appear that she maybe egg bound and getting ready to lay her first egg. .

The resident adult male - officially named Windwhistler,,, - (a.k.a., nick-named “Spike� back in his early days when he arrived and took over the King Street nest territory, and we hadn’t identified him) has been noticeably keeping his distance from the nest ledge today.

Looking forward to some web camera pictures of her first egg.

Stay tuned……

!!! First Egg !!!!
March 28, 2013 - Mississauga - Executive Centre
Kathy Reports:

Thanks to the observant eye of DutchEagleFan for alerting me  to the first egg for our pair which can clearly be seen in the  nest box this morning!!

!!! Two Eggs Confirmed!!
March 27, 2013 - Etobicoke - Sun Life Centre
CPF Postmaster Reports:

March 27th - 2013
All of the recent activity on the nest ledge being observed proved to be something more than just allot of the usual day to day peregrine activity in and around the nest ledge. The photos tell the story!

Just as I arrived, the resident adult male - (Jack) flew in with food to the ledge and it was quickly snatched by O’Connor who was already standing at the south end of the nest ledge screaming at him to hurry up! She immediately flew off the ledge with the food in hand and hooked around to the south side of the building and out of sight. Jack was obviously taken by surprise at how quickly that his mate had snatched the food from him and flew off the nest ledge and disappeared from his view before either one of us really realized what had just happened.

A half hour passed when she finally returned to the nest ledge. Surprisingly enough, during her absence, Jack never attempted to cover or incubate the two reddish brown coloured eggs that were very visible in the nest tray. While he did jump up to roost on the edge of the nest tray itself, he seemed more concerned that O’Connor had so aggressively (and so quickly) snatched the food from him and flew off out of his sight. Equally as surprising, neither of the birds seemed interested in my presence at all.

When O’Connor finally return to the nest ledge, she screamed and howled at Jack for several minutes obviously not impressed that he had made no effort to cover or conceal the two eggs in the nest tray during her absence and/or that he had taken so long to bring in food and relieve her in the first place? She then immediately hopped back onto the nest tray and resumed incubation duties.

During my short visit, heavy dark clouds rolled in the driving rain turned to ice pellets and the wind was howling with strong guests!

On another very positive note, we are very close to being able to finally get the two new web cameras on line as we should have an internet connection sometime next week.
Stay tuned………..