NY / Rochester - 2008-15

[The Peregrine Chick]

Ty looks more like "our" birds than other eastern birds I have seen.  Actually, he looks like Trey's Dad, T-Rex, with what looks like a very full, dark black cap.  Pretty bird.

[maggieblue]

What a handsome young tiercel.  No wonder Mariah is interested in him 

[carly]

Update on Rochester site about Mariah and Tybropa, including some pictures sent by Frank of Ty when he was a juvie.  He sure is beautiful and healthy looking.

http://rfalconcam.com/imprints/

TPC: I agree, it's too early to give up on Kaver.  I just hope whatever the outcome is that no one gets fatally injured.

[The Peregrine Chick]

Just a couple of informational points for what they are worth ...

We are way too early in the season, even for Rochester, to write Kaver off yet.  The winter has been cold, give the guy a chance to get back.  And even if Mariah gets "romantic" with the new male, doesn't mean she'll stay with him if Kaver arrives back later - females have abandonned their eggs for old mates.

Young birds do better with experienced birds than when both are young, look at Lucy and Ivy a couple of years ago - they had no idea what the heck they were suppose to do with their eggs.  Two years is quite a bit younger than most of our male birds so maybe he just wants company, maybe he's going to give it a go.

Hack-released birds don't usually do any worse than hatched birds - the first few weeks after they are released are dicier, but once they are up and hunting (and yes, they teach themselves quite successfully), they tend to do as well.  We hack-released alot of birds in the first half of the Project's history and they did well - ours spread out across the prairies - and Madame, the previous female was a hack-release out of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Keep watching the birdies!
TPC

[carly]

Thanks Maggie, I'm checking daily as well.  I too am concerned about the whole situation.  On one hand, we all love and know Kaver but on the other hand we have a Canadian raised peregrine we don't want to see him hurt either.

Our CPF people here were so excited when I sent them the information.  They work so hard and dedicate so much of their free time and money to help the program.  So often we tend to hear only of them when they have had an accident or perished so to hear that one is alive - especially so soon as he's only 2 years old is exciting.  Especially in this case because they were from the hack site and they had to learn to fly and hunt on their own - so this young male's progress is bittersweet for everyone here.  It's a way of saying the work everyone does is worthwhile - we all think it is of course and we know it is but sometimes when these guys have to deal with so many challenges it's hard to see the rewards and now we have a case where all their hard work paid off so I am extremely happy and proud of all of them.

[maggieblue]

Hey Carly, Thanks for all of the great information.  I have really been wondering what is going to happen here and checking Rochester daily. Lots of drama here between wondering if Mariah is going to chose the new nest box and also the new tiercel hanging around.  Mariah and Kaver raised such wonderful offspring.  I still hope that he returns and that the young fellow knows enough to move on. 

[carly]

Heh..Frank responded right away.  This new guy with mariah was NOT Linn's mate, he's one of ours!!!  He was one of the young ones raised and released at Bell when it was still a hack-site back in 2007.  Linn does have a new mate but no ID on him yet and she's is doing well and still here!  So there is no mother-daughter swapping..going on..whew!

Now though I'm torn, I love Kaver but I don't want him to hurt our little guy either...I'm hoping if he does come back given that Tybro is only 2 years old ..he might know to run for it and not look back!  Otherwise looks like the great Mariah will be mating with a Torontonian this year!!

[carly]

Wow it's a soap opera at this site.  The new male they are saying is a fellow named Tybropa-Cree and apparently he was here at the Bell building and one person is saying it was Linn's (her daughter) mate?  So now he's with her mom??  It's all confusing and people are upset over Kaver not being back so all the posts are a jumble and I'm trying to make some sense of them.

I've sent an email to Frank and asked him if this guy was here and if he was with Lynn, because if he was that means she's either lost her new mate or something's happened to her. 

[carly]

Latest news is that Mariah and her new mate have been sighted on the new nestbox location at the Powers site.  That being said, they haven't ID'd the new guy yet - I wonder if he's Canadian?!!  Mariah's certainly outlasted a few mates hasn't she?!  Let's hope the new guy can keep up with her, she's a pistol that girl!

[carly]

Kaver is late coming back and Mariah has mated with a new tiercel  .  However Kaver has been late returning before and he's only 1 week late - there were storms up and down the east coast last week so hopefully that's what made him late.

It's going to be a fight if he does come back.  *sigh* I hate the nestbox fights, let's hope it doesn't get ugly and the new guy accepts an escort! 

[maggieblue]

Great news that Mariah is back.  I sure hope that she finds one of the new nest boxes attractive and that she and Kaver have more gorgeous offspring this year. 
It has been great that Rochester has been providing so many Quest updates with stories and pictures from people in Nantucket.  The most recent one describes an aerial "dog fight" over the beach between Quest and a smaller peregrine.  Any ideas as to what that would have been all about?  Defending territory?  Talon tag with another young falcon?  Or perhaps a male showing interest?

[The Peregrine Chick]

Wow  didn't think birds would be back this soon lol

The birds that nest of us will reach their territories before ours and will usually begin nesting before ours.  I think I remember one biologist south of the border saying it a week for every 100km.  But I think that is anecdotal rather than fact.  Not that it isn't pretty close, just that the raptors follow the food so when the food starts to move en masse, so too do their predators. But when they arrive and start nesting, I interval is probably pretty close - I know the Fargo birds are usually 3-4 weeks ahead of us.  The eastern birds could even be earlier because of the more moderate weather ... so upshot is, keep your ears/eyes open, the kids are on their way 

[eagle63_1999]

Wow  didn't think birds would be back this soon lol

[carly]

2009 NESTING SEASON

Apparently ... the Queen is back in town...woohoo!!

http://www.rfalconcam.com/falconwatch/

[bev.]

Thanks Maggie blue for the news I am a member of the Rochester site and I have not had time to check in this week.

I have followed this site for a few years now.  I sure hope Mariah and Kyver continue to have many more kids.