OH / Columbus - Rhodes Tower - 2008-16

[Kinderchick]

...mom's got the chicks backed up against the wall - she seems to be inspecting the bands...

Guess she wants to see just exactly what did happen to her chicks! Also, probably a very good thing that she was SO mad. She demonstrated that she is good at protecting her nest!

[Moonstar]

Did anyone happen to capture/copy (or whatever the term is) any of the banding an place it on you tube?
I guess I can check when I get home.  Can't watch any camera's here at work except for Edmonton.

[jadoo]

...mom's got the chicks backed up against the wall - she seems to be inspecting the bands...

[jadoo]

..chicks are back in the box;  there is a very P.O.'d mom on the ledge, glaring at the door, daring anybody to come out again...the chicks are all calm now, or maybe they're just afraid to utter a peep (Mom is REALLY mad)...clever use of an umbrella by the natural resources guy, to keep the parents off of the banders...

[jadoo]

...pretty angry chicks...

[jadoo]

...they are banding RIGHT NOW on camera...

[jadoo]

...good names!  The chicks are currently outside the nestbox, and are being fed;  going to be harder to watch them now that they are wandering more, but they have still been coming back inside the box on occasion...

[Kinderchick]

Banding day is tomorrow and the chicks have been named Spirit and Swoop 

I like those names!

[carly]

Banding day is tomorrow and the chicks have been named Spirit and Swoop  Banding is at 10:00 am and will be shown live on the web cam.   

http://ohioperegrinefalcons.blogspot.com/2010/06/names-are-chosen-update-on-banding.html

[allikat]

I'll have to read on the blog when they are thinking of banding! 

[jadoo]

...Monday morning, chicks were fed about 20 min's ago, they are getting BIG, and you can see some of the adult(?) feathers just beginning to show....

[jadoo]

...looks wet & rainy outside the nestbox today (probably much like Winnipeg this morning.)  Both chicks in the nestbox, warm & dry (ok, dry at least, i don't know what the temp is in Columbus)...

[jadoo]

...dad popped in for a visit a few minutes ago, woke up the sleeping chicks, chattered a bit, then left - no food, nothing.      Chicks are sleeping again.

[Kinderchick]

...I'll also mention that Trooper brought in a food package that was HUGE - looked to be about 1/2 his size.  Wow!  

Well then, I guess he either "comes by his name honestly" or "he is trying to live up to his name!"  What a "Trooper" he is!

[jadoo]

...both chicks have been making brief forays out of the nest box, under the watchful eye of Scout - there was a great shot of her right in front of the nest box cam, looking (it seemed) right at the camera - actually she was watching the chicks maneuver around;  chicks are now flopped, sated, in the nest box, with the remains of a meal between them.  I'll also mention that Trooper brought in a food package that was HUGE - looked to be about 1/2 his size.  Wow!