[!!! Sheraton Hatch?]

!!! Sheraton Hatch?
April 30, 2011 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
Linda Woods Reports:

Yesterday Zoe, captured an image from the web cam with evidence that we may have had a hatch.

Small fluffs of down can be seen in the image. I visited the nest site this morning with a quick look through the view port. Only a few fluffs of down remain, and what appears to be small fragments of egg shell. Keep checking the web camera and perhaps someone will witness food come to the nest tray.

All 5 have hatched now...wow..she's awesome 

Great video Frank!  I'm so glad everyone arrived safely and is enjoying the day with Quest and Kendal.  How wonderful of Harlequin to provide a suite - they are amazing in their support!! 

Bet she remembers you too. She'll tell Kendal see there is my fan club told you I was famous.

After seeing the photos of the nestbox install and hearing Mark describe Quest as preening - I can imagine her saying 'don't worry - see they even put in a nestbox for me, these humans love me' 

I hope you packed umbrellas, nice out now but massive rain system moving in later.  Hopefully it holds off for the bulk of the day.

Drive safely.

Very happy to hear Kendal has caught on so quickly!  With a nestbox, both parents incubating and so many people looking out for them...they stand a good chance at having a successful year! 

Have fun visiting tomorrow, we'll expect lots of pictures 

[!!! Another Egg for Quest and Kendal!!!]

Breaking News from Tracy just posted on CPF..another egg!!! 

!!! Another Egg for Quest and Kendal!!!

April 23, 2011 - Toronto - Don Mills
Tracy Simpson Reports:
I am currently on the phone with Bruce Massey who is on-site at 220 Duncan Mill Road and he was pleased to see, mere moments ago as she stood up, that there is another egg resting beside her current one.  A few minutes later, Kendal arrived with food and landed on the ledge containing the nest tray.  Quest remained on her eggs in the nest tray, not getting up for a snack, as this male is providing a great deal more food than she needs.  Kendal has since left the nest ledge and stashed away the food for later consumption.  From the vantage point that Bruce now has, he can see that there is actually two pieces of food tucked away!!  One thing is for certain, Quest will never go hungry with Kendal on the scene!!!

First photos and article just posted by Mark!!!

http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/w/2011/04/sightings/here-comes-the-first-photos-april-15th-to-april-22nd/

Too quick Carly!! I was just on the phone being told the post was made LOL. Quickdraw Carly! So now you all know the rest of the story!

 I had a separate window up with the page and kept hitting 'refresh' 

CPF update just went up    Excellent post by Tracy detailing everything we wanted to know, wow...!

http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/w/2011/04/sightings/update-for-quest-and-kendal/

And the intruding female hasn't been seen lately.

I was relieved to read that 

Thanks Donna!  Wow..what a gorgeous nestbox - nice and spaceous, good job Tracy!!!   

would partenering w/ your brother be a disaster, genetically speaking?

In Winnepeg, the female Princess is now partnered with her son - Ivy, last year they raised 4 chicks successfully. Going back in that gene pool, there has been several instances of cross breeding and they must have good, strong genes as the line has not only continued but thrived.

 I know I've read of one case where brother and sister nested and had no successful hatches however in other cases like dearly departed James in Virginia - he and his sister were partnered for years and produced alot of offspring.  

Not yet and no mention of eggs but she has just found them so I'm sure we'll get more information now that she knows where Polly and Algo are!!  This is so exciting, I was so worried about her when she vanished like that, honestly I figured they chased her off but was afraid they may have hurt her inadvertently especially after she took the baby.  I'm so glad she has not only survived but is thriving - obviously she's able to hunt well since she's made it this far!

My french is rusty but here is the gist of it:

Eve starts off saying 'we all remember Polly, the juvie who wouldn't leave the nest last year and who continuously interfered with her parents during incubation last year, she also to our great distress stole one of the babies.  And here she is one year later, at 2 years of age attempting to nest herself for the first time at a newly discovered nest.  Thank you to Sylvain Cusson who discovered and read our Polly's bands.

The most troubling thing is her partner might be her brother Algo.  So far the numbers we've managed to read on his bands correspond to Algo's but have still to be confirmed.'