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Kinderchick:
From the CPF website...
June 10, 2012 - Windsor - Ambassador Bridge
Dennis Patrick Reports:
Yesterday morning, one of our Watchers, Vicki phoned us as we were on our way to the Bridge to tell us that Twitter had landed on the street then flew from there to a fence post, no problems in the flying. Then she spent most of the day resting on the right side of the Abutment. Later on in the evening Twitter and General Brock were flying around with ease. Both Viper and Eddy were still in the nest box getting fed. All four of them can be heard when it’s feeding time. It’s fun to see the people that are walking by that are looking up to see what is going on. A lot of them do stop and ask questions and of course Dennis is very happy to tell everyone what we are doing and then we get more Volunteers.
This morning we got a phone call telling us that Viper had fledged on was on the ground in the park across the street and then in a few minutes another call to say that Eddy had fledged and was on the ground as well. Dennis jumped on his motorcycle and drove down to see what was going on. Both of them were fine.
RaptorGal:
In case my posting was to go here and not under the Radisson site, here it is again. Lets hear it for the Windsor chickettes!!
http://www.cbc.ca/news/offbeat/story/2012/05/15/wdr-peregrine-falcons-feeding.html
;) ;)
The Peregrine Chick:
If there is a webcam installed at this location this year, we will leave this thread separate, if not, then I'm going to combine the last three year's threads just to help clean up the board.
The Peregrine Chick:
2012 NESTING SEASON
Peregrine falcons mating
posted: 23 March 2012
Windsor’s peregrine falcons have been seen mating and if they don’t already have some eggs laid at the Ambassador Bridge, they will soon.
“We’ve witnessed them mating numerous, numerous times,” Canadian Peregrine Foundation-Windsor Watch co-ordinator Dennis Patrick said Friday. He’s seen the male named Freddie entice the female Voltaire with food and watched their flight displays and mating. Patrick expects there may already be eggs on the ledge of one of the concrete pillars at the bridge but doesn’t have that confirmed yet. “Everything was out of sync last year. This year it’s good. We’re right on track.” There could be chicks hatching at the end of April or early May, he said.
The bridge company and the Canadian Peregrine Foundation installed a raised nest box last year that is expected to increase the chances of a successful hatch for the once-endangered species. Patrick is hoping for four eggs and chicks this year. The peregrine pair at the bridge had three batches of chicks in the last few years. Although the nest is on a ledge under the busiest border crossing in North America, the couple don’t seem to mind.
Link to story: http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2012/03/23/peregrine-falcons-mating/
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