Saturday May 4th - 2012
More pix from this morning showing parent pefa jittery, moving around a lot, not like the usual static position seen here. Hopeful we will get lucky with Sundays visit, and get more evidence. 
Photos by Roger.
Vicki
Friday May 4th - 2012
A couple of roger’s shots from this morning. The first shot shows one of the pefas high atop a building next to the casino. The second shot shows a pefa oddly at back of aerie, but something white where the eggs are. There was a lot of mist in the gorge this morning after that really heavy rain that went through Ontario and NY yesterday. This weekend is forecast to be sunny so maybe we’ll get a better look!
We ran into Jacquie at the gorge this morning!
Vicki
May 2nd - 2012
This morning we again ran up to the falls as the weather forecast predicts rain for the next couple days which will make viewing the aerie difficult.
With the lighting conditions the pix we got are not real crisp, but it sure looks as is the parent pefa is mantling! Is there a hatch being protected from the mist? Wish we had a scope with superior power! We did not see A second pefa in the gorge.
Sage
May 1st - 2012
A big thank you to both Roger and Sage for these great shots of Diamond, the resident adult female nesting in the Niagara Falls goarge.
Roger writes:
Hi All,
Sage and I were at the Niagara Gorge today to photograph the nest. Results were ordinary with one pefa on the nest. We were at the tourist coin operated binoculars for stability of the camera. She suggested we walk down river. About fifty yards down the railing, there is a small out cropping of the railing across from two bench seats. We spotted Diamond perched on a birch tree over the river no more than thirty feet from us. We photographed her for about a half an hour during which she changed position on the branch so we could get band shots. Her left leg band was 42 black over H red with purple on her right leg. Sage says to tell you her first reading of the top number was wrong due to an incomplete view on a photo.
These are the best photos I got of her. You are welcome to use them for your group as you see fit. We will check every couple of days in hopes of catching the hatching.
Good luck,
Roger
April 29th - 2012
All quiet this beautiful sunny morning at the gorge site. We will try to get there every two-three days to determine hatch date.
There is always a rainbow near the Peregrine aerie so I’m thinking “Rainbow” as a name for one of the baby Pefas.
Vicki Kadow
April 25th - 2012
A huge thank you to Sage who submitted this great photo taken from across the gorge on the US side of a shift change in an rare opportunity when the adults were caught on camera during a shift change. Despite the distances involved, the photo clearly shows the adults both in the same frame, with the tiny brown coloured eggs exposed for only just a moment during the event.
Great shot!!
Thank you much!!
April 12th - 2012
On March 30, we have pic of empty nestbox, then on April 8, 9 and 12, full time incubation. We’re guessing probable three eggs by April 8, would mean hatching likely the week of May 8-12, banding times around June 1, with fledging third week of June.
Vicki
April 9th - 2012
A big thank you to our good friends Roger, Jacquie and Sage from Niagara Falls - New York for sending us these great photos and detailed observation report of the peregrines nesting on the retired Ontario Power Generating station in the Niagara gorge. The photos say it all! In addition, it would appear that the new nest tray that we installed has been a most welcomed addition to their eyrie!
With a long history of sucessful nesting and family rearing in the Niagara gorge, the peregrines have been producing offspring at the Niagara Falls gorge since 1998.
It appears that the Niagara gorge peregrines have once again chosen the Ontario Power Generation plant on the Canadian side to lay their eggs. We are all hopefull that the pair will be successful in hatching their eggs and raising a new clutch of young again this year.
Sage reports:
On April 9, we all watched as the second Peregrine entered the nest cavity on the Canadian side of the Niagara gorge at the eyrie on the wall of the OPG power station, then a second peregrine flew out and the other returned to their incubation activities. Sage (Vicki) Kadow, Roger Johnson and Jacquie Walters, viewing from Terrapin Point, Niagara Falls N.Y. USA..
Pic 1, taken by Roger Johnson
Pic 2, taken by Sage immediately after the shift change
Pic 3, taken by Sage a day earlier, April 8-2012
Stay tuned………..
As at March 31, Niagara Gorge nest alumni from 2008,Yankee is again at his nest at University of Buffalo with his mate BB. The pair has 4 eggs. Yankee has produced 7 young in his history at UB so far. Great to hear he is doing well.
At the Niagara Gorge nest site, there is a pair of Peregrines in and out frequently but thus far no eggs have been observed.
Thanks to local Peregrine enthusiast Vicki (~Sage~) Kadow for this information.
Recently Jean and Bob Hampson visited Niagara Falls. While there they spotted a Peregrine Falcon Bob wrote:
В ”Jean spotted it first as it flew down river. It then landed on a shed on the
roof of the hydro building. It remained there for a short period of time. We did
not see it fly away but it returned when we were closer to the shed.We believe it uses this shed as a roost quite often. We spotted it in the
same spot in January of 2011. We’ll inform you of any future Peregrine Falcon sightings we have in the
Niagara Region.”
Thanks Bob and Jean,we look forward to future reports. Bob and Jean sent us along the photos below, that give an idea of where the Peregrine roosts.
Best Regards,Bob & Jean
