The view from the peregrine falcon nest at CTV Kitchener

CTV Kitchener’s falcon cam is now live! Tune in anytime to watch the young falcons as they hatch, grow and eventually learn to fly.

Please note this is a live unedited nature channel and feeding time in the peregrine nest can sometimes be graphic. 

Two baby falcons are now living high above the CTV Kitchener studios, after a second egg hatched on Tuesday May 10.

On Monday May 9, our Falcon Cam captured the first hatchling moving around in the nest, on Tuesday another chick joined it.

The babies are right on time. Experts CTV Kitchener previously spoke to expected the eggs to begin hatching in May.

Peregrine falcons have been nesting in the transmission tower at our station on King Street West since 2012.

Four eggs were initially spotted in the nest in April, including the two that eventually hatched.

Mark Nash of the Canadian Peregrine Falcon Foundation said it’s an exciting time but there’s also reason for caution.

“The young fledglings starting to take their first flights typically don't do very well on their maiden voyages,” Nash said. “And it's kind of surprising to many people, given the peregrine falcon is the F-16 jet fighter plane bird of the sky, by far the fastest animal on this planet. This bird, in an adult capable form, can achieve diving speeds in excess of 300 miles per hour.”

The baby peregrine chicks were banded on Wednesday June 1. It’s a way for the Canadian Peregrine Foundation and Environment Canada to monitor the species by tracking migration patterns and survival rates.

The bands will also allow falcon watchers and experts to keep track of the pair once they take flight – expected in mid-June.

Both the young falcons are female and have been given a clean bill of health by Environment Canada.