Other Peregrine Projects > USA Peregrines
PA / Harrisburg - Rachel Carson Building - 2008-21
carly:
I saw the talk on BCAW about dad being MIA. It's been a particularily rough year for Tiercels, I sure hope he turns up okay. :-\
Alison:
2010 NESTING SEASON
A rare update on this site:
1/27/2010 :: Adult Male Sightings
Typically this pair of peregrines can be found spending much of their time together this time of year. The female has been seen frequently at the ledge, the male has not been spotted for some time. This male does tend to wander for long periods of time and possibly at great distances. If he is not with this female the first week in February we can speculate that something may have happened to him. In any case, web cam viewers are urged to email via the Contact DEP link to report peregrine sightings at the ledge. The male is one third smaller than the female and has been known to perch on top of one of the camera housings to the left of the orange column on the wide camera view of the ledge.
It is very unusual not to see the male here -- I only hope he is okay. Neither Lil Dad nor Mom migrates at this nest site.
Alison:
--- Quote from: carly on October 05, 2009, 18:15 ---I wonder how that female with the damaged beak made out, hopefully since we haven't heard anything she's managed to survive and maybe it has somehow grown back if that is possible? Or she will just learn to adjust to it.
--- End quote ---
There has been no news on Yellow Girl. I very much hope that she has been able to survive, but that beak injury was extremely serious. I have seen many types of beak injury; sometimes they do regrow -- it just depends on the extent of the damage to the underlying vascular bed and bone. I had a rescued bird with no more than one-third of an upper beak, which was jagged and oozing a black tarry substance (not blood). All that could be done was to give antibiotics to guard against infection, and painkillers. Over a period of time, he was able to grow about three-quarters of an upper beak. He was able to eat, preen and climb normally. We never knew what had caused this -- the vet thought it was a tumour.
carly:
I wonder how that female with the damaged beak made out, hopefully since we haven't heard anything she's managed to survive and maybe it has somehow grown back if that is possible? Or she will just learn to adjust to it.
Alison:
Someone at the nest today:
I know this is Lil Dad, because he is the one who likes to sit on the lamp
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