Roosevelt was identified by his band number today -
From Tim D @ 1827 hrs
About 4:00 p.m. today a male Peregrine Falcon was perched in the UND Tower nestbox. Both Terminator and the male flew off for about 30 minutes. Terminator returned alone. After about another hour, by then Dave Lambeth was also observing, the male returned and joined Terminator on the tower railing. I think Dave got better photos than I did. This male has a black over red band that is consistent with Roosevelt (resident male from 2009). Terminator was receptive to this male and even let him fly next to her. Hopefully this is Roosevelt and he and Terminator can get down to business in the near future.
From Dave @ 2047 hrs (after he had time to check his photos!)
To follow up on Tim's message, one of my images taken tonight confirms that the male Peregrine at the UND tower is Roosevelt. The left band is black over red, 16 over A. I think we can be sure now that a nesting attempt will occur using the box on the UND water tower.
Last year, Roosevelt was first identified on Apr 4. This year, as I posted earlier, a peregrine flew by the tower on Apr. 4. We have no clue as to whether it was Roosevelt. During the past week, there have been a few indications that a 2nd peregrine was around but as far as I know it was not seen on the tower and it was not identified.
Last year, after the initial identification on Apr 4, there was a few days last year when Roosevelt was not seen (of course the tower is not watched every minute, or hour). On Apr 9 last year, Hurricane, a young male raised in Winnipeg, was identified as the bird on the tower. That bird was only seen once and a few days later, about Apr 14 or 15, Roosevelt was again identified as the male using the tower. Roosevelt and Terminator fledged 3 young, two of which we think survived to migrate south.
Way to go Roosevelt, a little late home but home at least ...
