Our dynamic duo, Fred and Wilma, are back for their second season!!!
Wilma - Female
27Feb24: Wilma is a banded female, black over blue 64/K. Hatched in 2021 at the Detroit Zoo. She was unnamed, so we had a Facebook contest to name her in 2023 when she arrived.
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This female comes from "Royalty". Her great grandparents are none other than Mariah and Kaver of Rochester (NY). They raised a record of 43 falcons from 2002 to 2008!!!
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Her grandmother Linn, mother of Velcro, hatched in 2007 and was banded black/green 91/V.
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Wilma's mother, Velcro (black S/64), hatched at the Yellow Pages nest site in Scarborough, ON in 2016
Fred - Male
27Feb24: Fred is an unbanded male that's back for his second season! He was unnamed, so we had a Facebook contest to name him in 2023 when he arrived.
THEY'RE BACK!!!
Wilma in Flight
(Photo courtesy of Mark Thorndyke)
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Banding day in 2023
(Photo courtesy of Mark Thorndyke)
2024 Nesting Season:
Mating Pair: Fred and Wilma
First egg was laid on March 21, 2024
Second egg was laid ~ March 24, 2024
Third egg was laid on March 26, 2024
Fourth egg was laid on March 28, 2024
First Hatch Estimation:
Falcon eggs take 33-35 days to hatch once full time incubation starts. Due to the cold/rainy days we had this year, she was incubating full time once the second egg was laid on 3/24. Therefore, we should see a hatch between 4/26 and 4/30, but we'll have to see!!!
2023 Nesting Season:
Mating Pair: Fred and Wilma
First egg was laid on March 29, 2023
Second egg was laid on March 31, 2023
Third egg was laid ~ April 2, 2023
Fourth egg was laid on April 5, 2023
First hatch was on May 8, 2023
Second hatch was on May 10, 2023
The chicks were banded at GM's Cadillac Tower on June 5, 2023:
Pebbles
Color Band: Black over Blue: 21/AE
USFW Band: 1947-33122
Sex: Female
Betty
Color Band: Black over Blue: 22/AE
USFW Band: 1947-33123
Sex: Female
We have four eggs as of 3/28/24!
Fred and Wilma looking proudly over their first egg together!
Pebbles prior to banding (21/AE)
(Photo courtesy of Mark Thorndyke)
Betty giving the MDNR the "look" (22/AE)
(Photo courtesy of Mark Thorndyke)
Fred & Wilma
Siri & General Brock
2022 Nesting Season:
Mating Pair: Siri and General Brock (both confirmed via bands)
First egg was laid on March 24, 2022.
Second egg was laid on March 26, 2022.
Third egg was laid on March 28, 2022.
Fourth egg was laid on March 31, 2022.
Siri seemed to disappear on 4/13/22 after chasing after an intruder. She hasn't been seen since. Brock tried to incubate the eggs for several days, but finally gave up on Monday the 18th. The DNR came to retrieve the unviable eggs on 4/21/22. It was a couple days later when Discovery flew into our lives.
2021 Nesting Season:
Mating Pair: Siri and General Brock (both confirmed via bands)
First egg was laid on March 21, 2021.
Second egg was laid on March 24, 2021.
Third egg was laid on March 26, 2021.
Fourth egg was laid on March 28, 2021.
First and second hatches were both on April 30, 2021.
The third hatch was on May 1, 2021.
The fourth hatch was on May 2, 2021.
The chicks were banded at GM's Cadillac Tower on May 20, 2021:
Spark
Color Band: Black over Blue: 64/C
USFW Band: 1156-267853
Sex: Male
Cruze
Color Band: Black over Blue: C/63
USFW Band: 1156-26786
Sex: Male
Lyriq
Color Band: Black over Blue: 58/K
USFW Band: 1947-33194
Sex: Female
Astra
Color Band: Black over Blue: 59/K
USFW Band: 1947-33195
Sex: Female
Deceased: June 15. 2021 at the Cadillac Tower from unknown causes
2022 - Siri, Brock and their 4 eggs. Unfortunately, Siri disappeared, leaving the eggs unviable.
Siri - Female
Siri came to the nest in September of 2020. She disappeared during the nesting season of 2022.
Color band: black/red 74/X
Hatched in 2019 in Statler City, Buffalo.
General Brock - Male
General Brock is the second male to nest in the Warren nest, coming on board in 2015, after Magellan.
Color band: black 22/V
Hatched in 2012
Banded at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor on May 18, 2012
Fish and Wildlife band: TBD
May 2, 2021, the entire family: Siri, General Brock, and four chicks!
2021 - Our two females, Lyriq and Astra
Isabella & General Brock
2020 Nesting Season:
Mating Pair: Isabella and General Brock (both confirmed via bands)
First egg was laid on March 15, 2020.
Second egg was laid on March 17, 2020.
Third egg was laid on March 19, 2020.
Fourth egg was laid on March 21, 2020.
First hatch was on Earth Day, April 22, 2020!
Second hatch was on April 23, 2020.
Third hatch was on April 24, 2020.
Fourth egg was accidentally pulled out of the scrape on the 23rd and did not hatch.
The chicks were not able to be banded this year due to COVID-19. We believe there are two females and one male. Unofficial names are as follows:
Bolt
Sex: Male
Fledging date: May 31, 2020. Bolt ended up on the ground on June 1st and was taken up to the roof and re-released.
Firebird
Sex: Female
Fledging date: June 6, 2020. She ended up on the ground once but made it back up top.
Nova
Color Band: Black over Blue: 54/K
Sex: Female
Fledging date: June 6, 2020. She probably followed her sister but ended up on the ground and was not interested in flying at all. She was taken down to Dave Hogan's "flight school" for rehabilitation and then will be re-released on the roof. Nova was banded and re-released successfully on June 19, 2020.
2019 Nesting Season:
Mating Pair: Isabella and General Brock (both confirmed via bands)
First egg was laid on March 21, 2019.
Second egg was laid on March 23, 2019.
Third egg was laid on March 25, 2019.
Fourth egg was laid on March 27, 2019.
First hatch was April 28, 2019.
Second and third hatch were on April 29, 2019.
Chicks were banded at GM VEC East on May 20, 2019:
EVie
Color Band: Black over Blue: 47/K
USFW Band: 1947-33-183
Sex: Female
- EVie fledged and then completely disappeared. We were never able to locate her after that.
Zora
Color Band: Black over Blue: 54/C
USFW Band: 1156-26-776
Sex: Male
Deceased: July, 2019
- Zora was reported to have been hit by a truck on Van Dyke, but we never could locate him. Weeks after this report, he was anonymously dropped off to Dave Hogan, our falcon rehabilitator. He was very damaged, unable to fly, and couldn't be placed in any educational programs. He had to be euthanized in July of 2019.
****Please note: Harboring an endangered species is ILLEGAL. If you find an injured Peregrine Falcon, you MUST surrender it to the MDNR or to a licensed rehabilitator within 24 hours!
Blaze
Color Band: Black over Blue: 48/K
USFW Band: 1947-33-184
Sex: Female
- Blaze was grounded and taken to rehab. When she returned to the nest, Isabella rejected her. She was taken to the DTE Power Plant in Monroe where another female peregrine adopted her.
- She was captured and released at Holiday Beach on 9/27/2019.
2018 Nesting Season:
Mating Pair: Isabella and General Brock (both confirmed via bands)
Produced 4 eggs, first on March 22 and the last one laid on March 30, 2018
All four eggs hatched between April 30th and May 2nd, 2018. Chicks were banded at GM VEC East on May 23, 2018:
Sky
Color Band: Black over Blue: 49/C
USFW Band: 1156-26-796
Sex: Male
Regal
Color Band: Black over Blue: 48/C
USFW Band: 1156-26-771
Sex: Male
- Regal was captured by Chris Balkwill at Windsor Airport and released near McGregor on October 1/2018.
- Regal was identified to be nesting at Wayne State University in Detroit Michigan in 2020. He is paired with an unnamed female (either Unity II or Aura) that was hatched in 2012 out of the University of Toledo. They hatched three chicks in 2020.
Sierra
Color Band: Black over Red: C/36
USFW Band: 1947-27-599
Sex: Female
Vette
Color Band: Black over Red: C/35
USFW Band: 1947-27-600
Sex: Female
2017 Nesting Season:
Mating Pair: Isabella and General Brock
Produced 4 eggs, unsure of events, but no chicks remained as of 5/9/2017.
2016 Nesting Season:
Mating Pair: Isabella and General Brock
Produced 4 eggs, one hatched and was banded at GM's VEC East in Warren, MI on 6/9/2016
Caddie
Color Band: Black over red: 87/U
Sex: Female
Hatched May 19, 2016
2015 Nesting Season:
Mating Pair: Isabella and General Brock
Produced 4 eggs, 3 hatched and were banded at the "new" GM Building in Warren, MI on May 26, 2015:
Sonic
Color Band: Black over red: 85/E
Sex: Female
Hatched approximately May 3, 2015
Dino
Color Band: Black over red: 16/P
Sex: Male
683 grams
Hatched approximately May 3, 2015
Chevy
Color Band: Black over red: 22/P
Sex: Male
685 grams
Hatched approximately May 3, 2015
Isabella - Female
Isabella was the first female to nest in the Warren nest since 2013.
Fish and Wildlife band: 1907-02817
Color band: black/red 74/X
Hatched in 2011
Banded at the Port Sheldon JH Power Plant (now Consumers Energy Campbell)
Ottawa County, MI on 05/23/11.
As of September, 2020, Isabella hadn't been seen for several weeks.
General Brock - Male
General Brock is the second male to nest in the Warren nest, coming on board in 2015, after Magellan.
Color band: black 22/V
Hatched in 2012
Banded at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor on May 18, 2012
Fish and Wildlife band: TBD
Isabella in flight
Photo courtesy of Mark Thorndyke
March 19, 2020 - a view into the nest box with three eggs. Will she lay one more? (Yep!!)
A view into the nest box showing the four 2019 eggs.
Me trying to coax Vette into a crate for rehab when she fledged before she was ready.
Sierra from 2018 hatch
2014 Nesting Season:
Mating Pair: Isabella and Magellan
Magellan (Deceased: September 2, 2014)
Produced 4 eggs, 3 hatched and were all banded at the former Campbell Ewald Building in Warren, MI on June 6, 2014:
Warren
Fish and Wildlife band: TBD
Color band: black/red 70/U
Sex: Female
Hatched in 2014
Flash
Fish and Wildlife band: TBD
Color band: black/red 69/U
Sex: Female
Hatched in 2014
Lenney
Fish and Wildlife band: TBD
Color band: black/red E/04
Sex: Male
Hatched in 2014
Deceased: November, 2015 at Windsor, Ontario Airport
2013 Nesting Season:
Mating Pair: Isabella and Magellan
Produced 3 eggs, 2 hatched, only one banded at the former Campbell Ewald Building in Warren, MI on June 5, 2013:
Amelia
Fish and Wildlife band:
Color band: black/red 98/W
Sex: female
Hatched: May 14, 2013
Banded at the (former) Campbell Ewald Building
Deceased: July 27, 2013
Unnamed Chick
Never banded
Sex: Unknown
Hatched: May 15, 2013
Deceased: May 24, 2013
Isabella - Female
Isabella was the first female to nest in the Warren nest since 2013.
Fish and Wildlife band: 1907-02817
Color band: black/red 74/X
Hatched in 2011
Banded at the Port Sheldon JH Power Plant (now Consumers Energy Campbell)
Ottawa County, MI on 05/23/11.
As of September, 2020, Isabella hadn't been seen for several weeks.
Magellan
Magellan was our first male falcon that helped produce our first batch of chicks!!!
Fish and Wildlife band: 1126006700
Color band: black/red *W/*A (meaning sideways W over sideways A)
Name: Magellan
Sex: male
Hatched: 2011
Banded at the I-90 Bridge in Cleveland, OH on 05/24/11
Deceased: September 2, 2014
With permission from the DNR, Magellan lives on in a diorama inside the Cadillac Tower.