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State Capitol - 2010 / 19K & Alley
Alison:
According to the site, the eggs were expected to hatch during the second week of May. It's hard to tell what is happening in this nest.
Alison:
I think the falcons are still Alley and 19/K . . . I've been watching them since they raised Pioneer.
Incubation is continuing:
The Peregrine Chick:
Hmmm, haven't heard from my contact yet (may need to email again) but that sure does sound like it could be Alley and 19/K doesn't it ...
Alison:
An article on the Lincoln falcons today, but no indication of who the parents are:
Capitol falcons produce eggs
By David Hendee
LINCOLN --- A pair of peregrine falcons has produced eggs in a nest box outside the 18th floor of the State Capitol for the sixth consecutive year.
FalconCam, a video camera mounted atop the capitol provides streaming video of the nest box and may be viewed at OutdoorNebraska.org. Streaming video also is available on a television in the capitol rotunda at the peregrine falcon display.
After observing mating and apparent egg-laying via the webcam, Joel Jorgensen, nongame bird manager with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, checked the nest box Monday and counted four eggs. The pair had four eggs each of the last two years. The eggs are expected to hatch about the second week of May.
In 2005, the pair raised one chick that was named Pioneer via a contest. In 2006, Willa, Bess and Sterling, named for Nebraskans Willa Cather, Bess Streeter Aldrich and J. Sterling Morton, fledged. In 2007, Boreas, Notus, Eurus, and Zephyrus, named for the four wind gods from Greek mythology, fledged. The pair laid eggs in 2008 but was unsuccessful in raising young. Last year, Nemaha, Niobrara, Calamus, and Platte, named for Nebraska rivers, fledged. If the pair raises young again this year, the naming contest will be renewed.
http://www.omaha.com/article/20100421/NEWS01/100429901
The Peregrine Chick:
I'll see if I can perhaps find my old contact for this site, maybe I can get them to divulge the identities if they have them ...
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