BUFFALO AUDUBON FALCON CAM
Nesting History

The Peregrine Falcons in downtown Buffalo have a long nesting history.
In 1996, Mark Kandel of the NYS DEC installed the nestbox on the 19th floor of the Statler Building. On March 22nd, 1999 the Buffalo Ornithological Society who through a joint effort with the other two partners installed the viewing monitors in the main lobby of the Statler Building on March 15th of 2001.

The Buffalo Audubon Society (BAS) had been involved from the beginning and finally put the camera live on the internet in 2002. The website and camera have been run by volunteers of Buffalo Audubon ever since. In late 2006 and early 2007 the DEC & BAS staff reorganized the project to insure it continues to provide the general public with the excitement of watching the Buffalo falcons raise their young.

The following information is courtesy of Bill Burch of the Buffalo Ornithological Society.

Year
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
 2005
2006
2007
 2008
Nest Location
City Hall
Statler Towers
Female, origin

Wainwright, Canada
(see notes)
Hillsbourough, NB, Canada
(see notes)
?
Age of F. (yr-mo)
2-10
3-10
4-10
0-10
1-10
2-11
3-11
4-11
5-11
6-11
7-11
?
?
Male Origin/Age
?
Akron, OH - 5yrs
Egg laying began
4/26
?
4/15
3/18
3/30
4/7
4/5
4/1
4/2
4/3
4/9
3/27
3/28
Hatching began
5/24
none
5/19
4/22
5/5
5/14
5/11
5/8
5/10
5/11
5/16
5/6
5/6
Banding, date of
6/18
none
6/10
5/14
5/26
6/5
6/3
5/30
5/27
6/3
6/6
5/29
5/27
Fledged, first one
7/8
none
7/1
5/30
6/12
6/20
6/17
6/16
6/15
6/19
6/26
6/12
6/15
Eggs, # of
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
5
5
5
5
Eggs hatched
3
0
4
3
4
2
4
3
2
5
4
4
4
Sex
?
---
2f/2m
2f/1m
3f/1m
1f/1m
3f
1f/2m
1f/1m
1f/3m
1f/2m
3f/1m
3f/1m
Fledged # of
3
0
4
3
4
2
3
3
2
4
3
4
4

Notes:

The Wainwright female was hatched June 20, 1993 at the Canadian Captive Breeding Facility at Wainwright, Alberta. It was taken to Killarney Provincial Park in Ontario, where it was released August 1, 1993; 250 miles north of Buffalo.

The Hillsbourough female is a wild bird, banded by the Canadian Wildlife Service. It was hatched May 20, 1998 (approx.) at a nest on a cliff overlooking a waterway near Hillsbourough, New Brunswick, Canada. This is 715 miles east of Buffalo. The Wainwright female was killed by the Hillsbourough female on April 3, 1999 when it tried to regain the Statler nest box after it had been taken over by the latter and her mate.

The small egg clutch (2) in 2004 may be attributed to a struggle for the nest by an intruding female during egg-laying.

In 2006 the female was found injured on the sidewalk below the Statler Building. After she died, the DEC discovered that she died from Trichomoniasis. It is a fungal disease transmitted by
consumption of pigeons. .

In 2007 a new famale took over the Statler nest and made it her own.

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