The Hamilton Community Peregrine Project (HCPP) is pleased to advise that at 14:15 today, Sunday, March 29, 2008, the first egg of 2009 was seen clearly in the Sheraton Hamilton Peregrine Falcon nest. Peregrines typically lay two to four red-brown eggs at alternate day intervals, so by Tuesday we hope to see another. The female, Madame X, has laid four eggs in the Sheraton nest each season since she started her breeding career in 2001. The male, Surge, is back for his fourth year at the Sheraton. The adults will share the responsibility of incubating the eggs for 30 to 35 days.
The progress of the birds can be followed on the HCPP web cam at: http://falcons.hamiltonnature.org/ HCPP has a television monitor and information station set up in the Jackson Square shopping mall. The Sheraton Hamilton and Jackson Square are located just east of the corner of King St. West and Bay Street in downtown Hamilton. We will post an update to ONTBIRDS when the first chick is hatched, around Mother's Day. Mike -- Mike Street Ancaster, Ontario, Canada mikestre...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
