Hamilton. MCKeever & Judson.

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KIRKENDALL RETURNS TO THE SHERATON
Sunday, June 4, 2022 - Falconwatch Coordinator Marzuk Gazi reports: This morning, the chicks were in the same places they were the night before. Stipley and Delta were on the east side of the lower roof of the Sheraton. Gibson was still in the nest ledge and Kirkendall was on the highest window ledge on the east side of the Standard Life building. The parents were seen flying by Kirkendall as they had been the day before, unable to feed him as he paced near the north side of the ledge. Food was dropped at the nest ledge at 7:27am for Gibson and at 11am, Stipley was brought a meal which Delta soon joined to share. Stipley spent much of the day flapping vigorously near the south east corner of the Sheraton roof. Gibson spent much of the morning and afternoon looking over at his siblings from the east corner of the nest ledge and flapping.
Kirkendall spent much of the day pruning his down feathers, often being very vocal towards the parents. At 5:10pm, after hanging on for over a day, he finally left the ledge, flying eastwards towards the Sheraton and over to the upper roof of the Sheraton, gaining considerable elevation during the flight. A parent had flown over to the east side of the gratings atop the roof of the Standard Life building to watch the struggle, but afterwards, flew off, probably to hunt. A parent landed back in the same location on the Standard Life building soon after to dress a meal but the other parent was first to drop food on the south east corner of the Sheraton roof, at 5:53pm. Delta was first to the food, then Kirkendall flew down from the upper roof to join her. At 5:56pm, a hungry Kirkendall is seen mantling (spreading his wings over) the food to prevent his sibling from reaching it.
The other parent left the Standard Life building to feed Gibson at 6. There was another feeding for two of the three chicks on the roof of the Sheraton just after 7:30pm. After that there was no significant activity until all three chicks moved west along the south (front) edge of the Sheraton roof towards the nest and settled together in the corner closest to the nest ledge, under our cameras (photo captured early Monday morning). The two parents ended the night perched on the east side grating on top of the Standard Life building, watching over their chicks.

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I decided to look through the photo archives for any evidence that our chicks had not all left Hamilton for the winter, and found this shot from a week ago. We know they leave as late as September, but this is the latest we have ever caught one on the webcam (pictured here in between Judson and McKeever).