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MI / Port Huron - 2010
The Peregrine Chick:
Here's a great banding video of the event ... not up-close and personal but you get a great look at just how protective and agile Tonga and her mate are defending their offspring from the brightly-coloured humans.
From the Times Herald - Banding baby peregrine falcons at Blue Water Bridge
Alison:
Voting is now under way for names for the chicks at the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron.
Vote for your favorite baby falcon names
These are the finalist names chosen by MDOT for the peregrine falcon chicks born this spring at the Blue Water Bridge. The names were nominated by readers at thetimesherald.com over the past week. The polls below will stay up into Tuesday morning. After that, the names will be used to christen the falcons when they are banded Wednesday morning. Remember to tell your friends and family to vote. And remember to vote for both your favorite boy and girl names.
State biologists don't know how many birds need to be banded yet because they haven't gotten too close to the nest yet. And they don't know the genders of the three or four fledglings yet. The readers who first suggested the winning names will share a cash prize.
Kinderchick:
--- Quote from: Alison on May 26, 2010, 19:47 ---What interested me about this story is that there was a photo of the female, with her name given as "Tonga".
I remembered that years ago there was a juvie named Tonga from an Ontario site. I thought it was Mississauga, so did a search, and found her. She was born in 2003 at the Mississauga nest, banded black/black 85/H.
And she is the female at Port Huron!
--- End quote ---
Great researching, Alison! :D What a beautiful looking peregrine, "Tonga" is!
carly:
Great news about Tonga, thanks Alison! We're taking over I tell you!! ;D ;)
Alison:
I believe the male at Blue Water Bridge is unbanded.
Information from 2008:
June 5, 2008
Wednesday, June 4th. We had a successful banding event today at the Blue Water Bridge site. Confirmation that the female (all black band 85/H) is the same female as the previous three years, Tonga was born in 2003 in Ontario and arrived at the Blue Water Bridge in 2005 when MDOT placed a nesting box under the bridge. She has produced 12 peregrine chicks in the four years (8 females and 4 males). The male is unbanded and has been her partner for two years, replacing the original male Dubya (origin Wisconsin). We banded three chicks (2 female and 1 male), all three appeared to be healthy (approximately 30 days old).
http://macombaudubon.net/Falcon_Page_2008.htm
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