A Summary of Nesting in
Downtown Buffalo, NY

The Statler nest box was installed in 1996 by Mark Kandel of the NY State Dept. of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The nest video camera was installed March 22, 1999 by the Buffalo Ornithological Society; the viewing window March 15, 2001. The nest camera was put on the internet by Tony Wagner of Buffalo Audubon Society in 2002.

Original Information here is Courtesy of Bill Burch (of the Buffalo Ornithological Society).  *Thank you Bill for sharing*
We would also like to thank Joyce M., irinash, Carole D, DJ and others for their “from the ground” observations and reports over the 2007 season

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.

*kimmarie’ s note for 2005: For the first time at this nest there were five eggs (typical peregrine clutch size is 3-4 eggs). They were laid between April 3 and April 13. Two eggs hatched on the morning of May 11 and the last hatched on May 17. The fifth chick died in the nest two days after hatching, it was removed from the nest by one of the parents.

*kimmarie’ s note for 2006: For the second time at this nest there were five eggs (typical peregrine clutch size is 3-4 eggs). They were laid as follows: 1st egg: 4/9/06, 2nd egg: 4/11/06, 3rd egg: 4/13/06, 4th egg 4/15/06 and finally the 5th egg : LATE 4/18/06 or EARLY 4/19/06. The first hatch took place on Tues. 5/16, the second on Thurs. 5/18, and the third hatch on Sat. 5/20. After examing cam captures from that day and receiving accounts of that day’s event it appeared that the 3rd chick died shortly after hatching. The fourth egg hatched late Tues 5/23 or early Wed 5/24 and the fifth egg never hatched. It was recovered intact when the juveniles where taken from the nest for banding. Also the youngest juvenile was not banded due to his/her small size that day, but it is assumed that he is/was a male.

NOTE: The Hillsbourough female died October 10, 2006 at the age of 8 years. She died of Trichomoniasis, a protozoan parasite, probably picked up from an infected pigeon. Her throat closed up and she starved.

2007 NOTE: A new and apparently unbanded female arrived and nested for the first time in the Statler nest. The adult male who has joined her has not been positively identified, but most feel it is not the male mate of the Hillsbourough female.

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