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NY / Rochester - 2008-15

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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  ;D

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.

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