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Alison:
An article on the UND nest - it is fairly general and doesn't mention any specifics:

A new roost
Two falcons return to campus on the UND water tower near the Hyslop.
By Shelby Thorlacius
Published: Friday, April 23, 2010

They are the fastest creatures on the planet, reaching speeds of 200 miles per hour, and two of them are right here on campus. This year two Peregrine Falcons are nesting on the UND water tower for the first time in this university’s history.

They had previously been nesting on the “Smiley” water tower, but as we all know, it has been taken down. So, last fall their nest was moved to its new location, with hope that the birds would find it, and thankfully, they did. It was moved with the efforts of avid bird watcher Tim Driscoll.
 
The two resident falcons are named Roosevelt, a male, and Terminator, a female. They lived on smiley in 2009 as well, but before winter came, they fled. Driscoll moved their nest, and Smiley came down.

This has been the third year that Grand Forks has hosted perigrine falcons, and Roosevelt has not always been the dominating male. In 2008 Terminator had an other mate named Bear.

In 2008 while living on the smiley water tower, Bear and Terminator gave birth to a baby falcon named Ozzie. He was named Ozzie after the man who painted the smiley face on the old water tower, James W. “Ozzie” Osmundson.
Sadly, Ozzie the falcon passed away not too long after he was born. He struck an electric wire, which caused his death in July of 2008. He was the only offspring of Bear and Terminator.

More . . .

http://www.dakotastudent.com/features/a-new-roost-1.1415042

The Peregrine Chick:
When I met with Dave & Tim in January, we talked about a webcam but some locations are just not as easy or cam-friendly as others.  There is potential here but the tower does have a couple of technical difficulties.

So maybe, maybe not.  And don't know when ...  :-\

Alison:
Welcome home, Roosevelt and Terminator! I would love to see a webcam at this nest site.

carly:
Great news TPC!!  :D

The Peregrine Chick:
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 ...

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