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!!! Kitchener CTV / Bell tower - peregrines back in the CPF nest box…. eggs eggs eggs!!!!!
March 29, 2019 - Kitchener - CTV-Bell Media Tower
Marion Nash Reports:

March 29th - 2019

We have just received some great news from our friends at the Kitchener CTV studio…

A delightful surprise and very good news indeed has just arrived via e-mail late this afternoon that the Kitchener peregrines have once again returned to the Kitchener CTV / Bell tower and the CPF nest box and it has been confirmed that the peregrines are currently down hard involved in FULL TIME INCUBATION duties on eggs!!

this is in ontario

this is in ontario

weber april4

one adult home tonight. think female. it was dark we had checked earlier and saw no one.

I have a bit of update tomorrow evening.

we have 2 home. will have to try and get Id

Hello All:
Well, i have good news, and tragic news I am afraid. I have falcons back at the Nutrien facility. I cannot confirm who Did the deed but i have a sneaking suspicion it is Charlotte back again, based on the brutality of tonight's event. After a brief but ruthless fight, N15 fell to the ground, dead. Who is N15?

-Dale

will ask gord

could be male because n13 was a male from weber in 2016
maybe bill did this, or a new male. but then again maybe it is a female

The verdict is in. N15 was a female from Alberta Enviro Fuels. Charlotte is again the culprit. For those of you that recall, Charlotte killed another female here last year.

do we have a positive ID of Charlotte. RFO falcon.
may be another female.

Not yet-without the cameras running through ACA, it is hard to keep an eye on everything. Once we get a look, we can see if K14 is our girl again, or not.

thank you

nutrien cam up this morning May1. no history so will do what I can
11:14am
no sign of falcons or a scrape

Nutrien may1

at about 1:30pm , male entered by box followed by female. not Charlotte, a red banded female. and not b ill as male has bands.
she does look a bi t eggy but not sure. stay tuned

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL688o2xrv8

nutrien. may3

so we are waiting here to see if falcons nest. so it was unlikely that it was Charlotte that fought with other falcon that found deceased, as a red banded ( which usually means captive bred) female entered box the other day, may1. visits have been sparse.
here is video of last nights visit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tfFO72ClM8

male has black bands

I forgot to hit record early morning but I think male was in briefly.
I am waiting to see if RFOfalcon wants to report about yesterday with ravens nest. If he does not , I will come back and report

fingers crossed here. we have snow in our area, do not know about red water
I have theories but will wait a bit

nutrien may 3

I will be back with a log report , video etc later but we are in battles here. it is late but turf has not been decided yet

nay4
and we have an egg ( red bands) but we have battles with females . will explain all later.

nutrein may4 overall report till tonight part one

Tuesday april23- RFO falcon reported an aerial fight which resulted the death of a female.( 2016 bird, this mentioned earlier)) we do not know not who else was in fight. in my opinion , it was not Charlotte as REd band female was around at that time( obvious by her laying an egg early this morning)

may 1-
- cams finally went up and I know we missed a lot
1:30pm - 2 at nutrien( banded male and a red band female( so not bill or Charlotte)
male

vidoe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL688o2xrv8

may2-
male was in , in the morning
RFO falcon sent me a message with picture of a nest on one of their other towers. It was a ravens nest, and Peter and I felt the bird in picture was a raven. Now I have never seen a falcon lay eggs in a ravens nest but they would if they had to. so fo r safety reasons , nest was removed , but no eggs of either species were in nest

so after 4pm - we had the male and female come in briefly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tfFO72ClM8

may3
male was in once in morning

3:23pm- male came in and red banded female came in screaming, Male left( something must be up)
- the red banded female stayed , scraped a few times and then Whoa.
- she went into defense position, lunged at an intruder and then was in back of box, other female entered and red banded female rushed out.
- Female that came in after her was out quickly

here is long version showing red band in nest for a bit before intruder comes in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DW_ZEmzuM0&t=312s

shorter version of the intrusion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlaoJO5FLWw

what a mess (we do not know for sure who intruder is but think it is Charlotte by head markings. ) Our red band female has similar head markings on one side, but is of different build) so I suspect Charlotte has been back for a few days or just came in yesterday. but that is a guess
male was in briefly a bit later

6:31pm - male in and left at 6:41pm
7:57pm - male in and out
21:53- red banded female in

here is video of her coming in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=butf2XdAPow

22:32pm - she slept and I put on recorder as did my friend
Sometime between 11:45 and 12:30pm - an egg was laid. she was in back left corner after that.
may4th

1:43am- she was chased out by another falcon( I cannot say for sure who)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAW0TNRKcvc

male in at 5:09 and left at 5:14am - this is when I first saw egg but got time line of when laid ( between my friend and I). he scraped and looked at egg


male came back in a few more times in morning but could see someone outside in shadows


11:21am- male was in and out in 1 minute
this was last I saw of anyone there till this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaWIBTw ... e=youtu.be

raven takes egg. male comes in 10 minutes later, I did not see him , my friend did

So , for them to be out of sight of egg, a lot must be going on away form nest.This is nature, not a fairy tale. Like it or not, these territorial disputes happen. This is a corridor for falcons . I am torn with my feelings but I just want things settled in best way possible. No more fatalities if possible. It is a wait and see.

3 eggs




since ACA has fooled around with al their cams, it is hard to put recorder here as it buffers . but will do best I can. Wish they would leave well enough alone. especially in middle of season