No eggs at the downtown nest this year. Possible it might be from her age. She is 14 now and might be beyond her breeding years now. So it's possible as you said Scotto that Surge the male might find a new mate to father more offspring with. Well she did produce us a lot of offsprings over many years.
Volunteers needed for falcon watch.
Last year the Fledge Watch teams collectively rescued 21 juvenile peregrine falcons from imminent mortality and gave them a second chance at life. If you would like to be a part of one of these critical support teams this June, we would love to hear from you. Please send us an email to raptor4@peregrine-foundation.ca with your name, a contact number, your site of interest and a general indication of the time you can share. We will be following up with you with further details about the site you are going to attend and the expected start date for that watch. Fasten your seatbelts and return your trays to the upright position for lift off in June!! As always it promises to be one amazing flight after another!!!
Last year the Fledge Watch teams collectively rescued 21 juvenile peregrine falcons from imminent mortality and gave them a second chance at life. If you would like to be a part of one of these critical support teams this June, we would love to hear from you. Please send us an email to raptor4@peregrine-foundation.ca with your name, a contact number, your site of interest and a general indication of the time you can share. We will be following up with you with further details about the site you are going to attend and the expected start date for that watch. Fasten your seatbelts and return your trays to the upright position for lift off in June!! As always it promises to be one amazing flight after another!!!
I couldn't see the band on this falcon, so it could be any of the three.
That would be a good pic to enter this contest Scotto.
Birds November 15, 2013 February/March 2014
http://www.photolife.com/contests.php
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.
http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/w/2013/05/sightings/a-very-noisy-morning/
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.
http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/w/2013/05/sightings/a-very-noisy-morning/