A Very Noisy Morning
May 21, 2013 - Burlington - Lift Bridge
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.