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!!! K-W peregrines have laid their 1st egg! Just in time for Easter !!! March 22, 2016 - Kitchener - CTV-Bell Media Tower
Lisa Reh Reports:
At around 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 22, the K-W’s resident peregrine falcons have laid their first egg!! The pair have been very active for the the last month, courting around the Sun Life tower and have moved back into the nest box at the CTV tower across from Grand River Hospital. The winter has taken a toll on the nest box with the back door getting blown open and a squirrel had moved in. Thanks to Matt from CTV for securing the door! On March 9th, Janice reported that the adults were very active, flying up to the 19th floor balcony at least 10 times. On March 10th, at 6:30 p.m. one of the adults flew overhead to the CTV tower and landed on the tower opposite the nest box. A few minutes later, a squirrel headed up the middle of the tower, took one look at the falcon sitting there and turned around and went straight back down!
The falconcam at CTV is hooked up but is not live yet. You can see the report of the first egg here:
http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/video?clipI ... tPageNum=1
Posted on March 23, 2016 11:18 pm
Observation for Kitchener - CTV-Bell Media Tower
Taken from CPF report and brought over by tsusan

The falcon pair here are Castor (the original spelling, but I've also seen it spelled Caster), and his mate, Mystery. Castor is banded, born near Cleveland, Oh. At the Acellor Mittal plant. His parents were Flash and Jersey.
Castor's bands : Black 16 over Red B. (as described in the March 26, 2015 CPF report for Kitchener)

What large bird died in that box? Goose, Heron, Eagle???
They could have cleaned the box a little when they closed that door . . .

!!! 2nd egg laid in KW and CTV falconcam is live !!!
March 24, 2016 - Kitchener - CTV-Bell Media Tower

Lisa Reh Reports:
An ice storm moved into the region on Wednesday bringing with it snow and freezing rain. The webcam is now live and Mystery could be seen hunkered down amidst a pile of seagull feathers. The nestbox and feathers are covered in snow and ice. Just after 5:00 p.m., Caster came in switched places with Mystery to reveal a 2nd egg! The parents are diligently keeping the eggs warm in this ice storm.

For live coverage of the falcon family:

http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/mobile/back ... -1.2313835


Posted on March 24, 2016 11:47 pm
Observation for Kitchener - CTV-Bell Media Tower by Canadian Peregrine Foundation

Took a peek at Mystery, carefully sitting on her eggs amidst numerous sea gull feathers. I was hoping that I might catch a glimpse of the eggs, to see if there were 3 by now, but she did not accommodate me.

CPF reports a third egg for Castor and Mystery!

I see on CPF that they plan to install a web cam at another nest, which is at Oshawa Lake Ridge Hospital. The resident adults are Simco son of Haven and (Stormin?), and Alfrieda, who is from Buffalo! Not sure which nest in Buffalo, just thought that is neat!!

According to the headline on the cam page, Castor and Mystery have 5 eggs!

Five it is, I caught an exchange early this morning

Thanks, DEF !!

Visiting Peregrine Falcon stopping by for breakfast in Northern New Jersey.fb

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1799703 ... 424197838/

Michael Girone wrote:


Toronto - Don Mills and Eglinton - Amexon
http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/w/20 ... y-healthy/

this will be a new cam north of us. I do nto have time to monitor it but this is where Do1 at weber came from. And also the female is one Peter and i rescued at WEber in 2014.

one of the men from agrium has contacted me with pcitres of her. And I know they hope I can monitor but I am run ragged here.

This is the nest Bev has included in her Univ. Alberta Edmonton Agrium thread. Yesterday she posted that you could smell the smoke from the Fort MacMurray fire here.

Kitchener:
All five eggs have hatched!!!
This means LOTS of food, BIG prey . . . . . but please, do not dump it on the eyases Mom . . .