Other Peregrine Projects > USA Peregrines
NY / Rochester - 2008-15
carly:
Yes that is good news Maggie, someone with that much experience will certainly take good care of our Queen.
And those watchers, wow! Can you imagine putting yourself between 2 attacking falcons and Mariah..! :o
maggieblue:
It was comforting to read that the DEC folks are making sure that Mariah receives the best possible treatment. The update this morning says that they are going to take her to Syracuse for treatment by a veterinarian with 30 years of experience with Peregrine falcons. The Queen of the skies deserves the best. It was wonderful that there were two experienced watchers who knew what action to take when she was on the ground and still under attack. Kudos to them.
carly:
They confirmed that both attacked her TPC, in fact the 2 watchers saved her life after the second fall and stood between Mariah and the 2 attacking falcons as they would not cease their attack of her.
I cant' help but wonder if the 'turncoat' was involved with this other female all along. I bet he was running back and forth between them and Mariah seemed hesitant at first to get involved with him - good instincts!!
She did take food from the rehabber last night which is good but they are concerned that she may have internal bleeding due to her feces being black and runny they said. She has 3 wounds, one deep one that requires moving her to Syracuse this morning for possible surgery. The DEC is taking over her care as of today. She is standing on her own they said and they are also treating her with antibiotics for something called 'bumblefoot',
The only good thing about this is that if Mariah doesn't go back, at least now one of her kids can reclaim the area in the future...and I'll be cheering them on!!
The Peregrine Chick:
Forgot to ask ... has any of the Rochester spotters confirmed that Nobo was involved in the actual conflict? Or was he just there? Battles may be between the same gender but that doesn't usually mean that the other mate just sits there unconcerned or uninvolved. They may not actually fight with the other gender but they frequently are knee-deep in it ...
Dennis and I watched our West Winnipeg male (Ivy) take off after an interloper that turned out to be female. When his female arrived she lit into the interloper female but he was right there. Without watching carefully, it would be hard to tell who was actually fighting and who was egging it on. When the West Winnipeg birds reappeared, she arrived first, followed by him a minute or two later.
The Peregrine Chick:
Not to be a dark cloud, but not all birds can be education ambassadors, they simply do not have the temperment for it. Older wild birds can be hit/miss. And peregrines as a species are kinda snotty.
Brighter cloud - if she is gravid, even after this fight, she may lay viable eggs. If she is recovering from injuries that aren't neurological or involve her feet, she could still incubate if she is willing to take food from humans. If not, I imagine the eggs could be pulled and incubated. They could be returned later to her to brood/foster if they can keep her on dummy eggs until they are hatched. But again its all dependent on her taking food from the rehabbers. With a great deal of good fortune (and if the Project thinks it is best) she could raise the chicks to fledging at which point, she and they (if she's ready) could be hack released from a location away from any/all resident pair(s). By that point, most of the nests will be in a similar state. Then everyone will be involved in hunting for and teaching the fledglings and hopefully not particularly interested in looking for trouble. Then its migration out of the area for everyone and we all wait for next spring.
This is just a possibility - I have no idea what the Rochester/New York experts can/want/will do. Nor do I have any insight in Mariah's condition or prognosis from the Imprints note. And I don't know if Rochester/New York has the infrastructure (i.e., a safe hack site, secure breeding facility, etc) or the manpower. Basically, this is just my first thought of a possibility that might keep everyone out of trouble and work if Mariah actually lays eggs ...
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