Hamilton. Lily (b/g *P/*E, ring zit op zijn kop/g/b *E/*P) ~ Ossie (bl O/8)

4 boys at Hamilton Sheraton Hotel! Some photos from today's (May 24) banding. Named after Hamilton parks, we welcome LAWRENCE (Y/50, 21 days, 535 g, red tape), AINSLIE (Y/51, 22 days, 570 g, yellow tape), GAGE (Y/52, 20 days, 525 g, white tape) and LISGAR (Y/60, 23 days, 575 g, blue tape). Wishing Lily's and Ossie's boys safe and successful fledges ???? If you would like to see more, the Hamilton Spectator, CBC and Global News are covering this banding. Cheers, Lucie


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Monday June 18, 2018 - Very sad news.... Despite the best efforts of our on-street watchers, after his early morning first flight, around 10:45 Gage came down to street level, and was struck by a car and died. This was the first time we have suffered such a loss in many years, and our hearts go out to the watchers who had to experience this sad event in person.

While this event saddens us all, we would remind all our falcon watchers that these grand birds think differently than humans, and so they will not feel the same sort of loss/grief that we do. Lily and Ossie will perhaps "look around a bit" with a vague feeling that there should be another chick to feed, but will soon accept that there are only three, and continue to feed and teach Lawrence, Ainslie and Lisgar to fly and hunt. We will continue to watch, and do our best to insure that they succeed.

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