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NY / Rochester - 2008-15
Alison:
The resident female at Rochester is Beauty, born in Pittsburgh in 2007. She is banded black/green 81/Y, and is a daughter of Dorothy and her former mate Erie at the Cathedral of Learning nest.
The resident male is Dot.Ca, born at the Etobicoke, Ontario nest in 2010. He is banded black/black 13/Y. He is known as DC.
The Peregrine Chick:
2015 NESTING SEASON
GCG has been tracking some of the US nests and found this neat Facebook post on the Canton Ohio peregrine site about hatching in response to the recent hatches at Rochester.
Photos from the RFalconCam Facebook Page / Rochester, New York
(Nominee for best newly-hatched chick photo in my humble opinion)
From the Canton Ohio Peregrine Facebook Page
At Rochester, NY, the cam can zoom in, and here we can see how the chick inside the egg has to break the eggshell all the way around the end, from the inside. What a mighty struggle it is!! Imagine being doubled over and using your thumbnail to crack the shell, all the while slowly turning inside a cylinder, with no room to stretch,only a tiny space for your thumb to hammer away enough to hopefully break enough of the way around the end to finally push off the cap piece to be free! Gives me claustraphobia thinking about it!! Quite the amazing endeavor!!
Thanks for passing these along GCG!
burdi:
2014 NESTING SEASON
Those who enjoy fireworks might want to click on “Rfalconcam” live streaming now, as they turn at least one of their cams to the fireworks at 10:00 pm, but they are 1 hr ahead of us. Sorry I just remembered now, have been busy lately.
http://rfalconcam.com/rfc-main/streamView.php
carly:
Egg #3 for Beauty and Archer this morning! Archer has also been seen mating with his other wife now they've confirmed! Looks like Jack has a buddy!
Kinderchick:
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on April 09, 2011, 22:29 ---...so long as they don't freeze, they can last a surprisingly long time!!
--- End quote ---
Thanks for clarifying this, TPC. :) I didn't know that.
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