ON / Hamilton - Sheraton Hotel - 2008-21

[carly]

So there will be no hatches here this year, the nest has failed.  Last week a new male showed up on the ledge a few days before the eggs were due to hatch but I think the nest failed before he came on the scene as Ossie had given up on incubating them and that's consistent with past behavior when their nest failed.

The new male is the son of Felker, who was born at this nest site in 2012 and has been nesting in Buffalo.  So the grandson of Madame X and Surge has come to his grand parents site.  His name is Judson and he was born in 2018.

He was quite on guard and spent a lot of time resting and showed no interest in nesting and/or mating with Lily.  There were reports of a pair seen outside the territory before he came on so possible he was travelling with a female.  Also another single falcon was seen nearby as well so he spent most of his time patrolling and resting.  Lily has spent less and less time on the nest and is warming up to Judson and when she's not on the eggs, they take off together for long periods.  She's 11 years old this year and he's coming up on 3 years old. 

There has been no sighting of Ossie since then, hopefully he made it out safely.

[carly]

The two kids were banded over the weekend   

From CPF FB:

CPF volunteers Anne Yagi and Mark Nash banded 2 healthy chicks at the Hamilton Sheraton Hotel today. Thanks to the Hotel for letting us in and the Hamilton Peregrine Project team for getting everything set up and ready for us. Our long time volunteer climber John Miller again did the extraction of the chicks and everyone were very appreciative of his bravery and expertise.

There was one female and one male their names and band information is listed below. The names were given by the Hamilton Community Peregrine Project

Male-named Griffin weighed 517 grams at 18 days old his Canadian black band is 15 over W
Female- named Whitehern weighed 720 grams at 19 days old her Canadian black number is Z47

[carly]

Still only 2 here as well but that's okay, 2 healthy babies is better than none 

[carly]

2 hatches here so far - they hatched overnight 

[Ciuciek]

I hope everything will be Ok here. Im a fan of this nest since Madame X and Surge times..

Pic from yesterday, Ossie on eggs.

[carly]

Lily and Ossie still the resident pair here.  Lily laid her first egg this morning.  Last year the nest failed due to the weather as they're out on an open ledge. Hoping for a better year for them this year.

[carly]

Poor lily still incubating on and off, hopefully she gives up soon.  The MNR said at our banding that 35% of nests in Southern Ontario have failed this year due to the cold, very wet Spring.  Open nest ledges have pretty much all failed in the city this year as they have nothing to protect them.

[carly]

Not looking good for a hatch here this year.  They are past due now.  Cold, wet and damp Spring may have done them in.

[Alison]

Lily and Ossie now have at least three eggs. It is difficult to tell how many, since Lily lays her eggs in the invisible corner of the ledge.

 

[Alison]

March 26, 2019

Lily and Ossie are still the resident peregrines at the Hamilton nest, and yesterday Lily laid her first egg.

http://falcons.hamiltonnature.org/

[Alison]

All four chicks hatched. They were banded on May 24, and named Lawrence, Ainslie, Gage and Lisgar. All were named for parks in the area.

Ainslie and Lisgar were the first to fledge, with Lawrence joining them in the air on June 17.

Today, there is very sad news about Gage, who was the last to fledge in the early morning of June 18. Poor little Gage really had no chance to enjoy his life in the skies. 

A sad day, but three still doing well

Monday June 18, 2018 - Falconwatch Coordinator Chelsea Decoster reports: Just before 6:00 am Lisgar joined Gage on the ledge for 10 minutes and left, watched by Gage. At 6:24 AM Gage made his first flight, to the next ledge on the Sheraton, and at 7:00 AM a volunteer watched him make a very shaky flight to the roof of Hamilton Place. He moved out of sight there; the volunteers had the other three chicks in view. Around 10.45 AM he was seen to come down close to King Street at Summers Lane and was fatally struck by a car. It was a very sad time for those who saw it and I would like to thank the people who got him off the road and waited for us to arrive.

http://falcons.hamiltonnature.org/

Articles:

https://www.thespec.com/news-story/8682362-peregrine-watchers-mourning-death-of-gage/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/gage-1-of-4-baby-peregrine-falcons-born-at-the-hamilton-sheraton-has-died-1.4713756

[Alison]

As of today, Lily and Ossie have two chicks! Don't know how many eggs were actually laid, since they are not visible on cam.

 

Ossie with his chicks in the next pic:

 

http://falcons.hamiltonnature.org/

[gran2496]

Only one chick this year in Hamilton, but a big girl weighing in at 953 grams. Her name is Ancaster.

[Alison]

After a short discussion, Chick 1 steps carefully back into the nest:

 

Two very well fed little chicks:

[Alison]

One of the chicks, still white and fluffy, made it up onto the ledge two days ago.

Chick 1 figures out how to get up on the ledge:

 

Chick 2 contemplates following, but thinks better of it: