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PA / Harrisburg - Rachel Carson Building - 2008-21
The Peregrine Chick:
And for those who like to follow nests on social media - Lil Dad & Niecey have their own Twitter Page - www.twitter.com/FalconChatter
The Peregrine Chick:
Oh I am a little interested in this one ...
According to early contributions on this forum, W/V is black over red, named Lil Dad. He hatched on Walt Whitman Bridge in Philadelphia in 2003, and first came to Harrisburg in 2005. What makes it interesting is that in the Midwest there is also a black over red W/V bird, a female named Aerial that was banded in 1994 in Detroit Michigan. No word if she survived her first year or ever nested and she wouldn't have survived this long in the wild but back in 2003, she could have still been around somewhere - we have more than a few 10 year old birds. And Harrisburg is only 560km/350mi from Detroit. Does make one pause long enough to realize that band numbers alone sometimes aren't enough to be sure who's who. Size, location, age all play a part.
Niecey's band (black/green 48/AE) on the other hand is a reflection of the number of birds being banded and attempts to not have two birds with the same bands at the same time - the double-barrelled top/bottom band numbers are relatively new ... less new out east, than here, but we got our first shipment end of last year. Still have some of the old bands so they won't turn up on Manitoba birds for a few years yet. And for those wondering who she is - she is a 2009 hatch from the Delaware River Bridge and she's been the Harrisburg resident female since 2012.
(thank you to those who posted this information on the archived Harrisburg thread)
RCF:
--- Quote from: GCG on March 08, 2020, 16:18 ---I was able to see the band close up, of the female at this site. One of the cams is a view inside the box showing the scrape. She was laying in it as if sitting on an egg. After she got up and walked around, no egg, but afforded me a view of her band on her left leg. it is black 48 over green AE. Can anyone identify her from this info? ??? TPC?
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Her name is Niecey, I don't know where she comes from. :)
GCG:
I was able to see the band close up, of the female at this site. One of the cams is a view inside the box showing the scrape. She was laying in it as if sitting on an egg. After she got up and walked around, no egg, but afforded me a view of her band on her left leg. it is black 48 over green AE. Can anyone identify her from this info? ??? TPC?
GCG:
The pair at this site just "bonded" again. One of them is again in the scrape. IMHO an egg will soon appear. If not today, but in the next few days. A lot of time has been spent in the scrape.
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