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State Capitol - 2014 / 19K & Alley
Alison:
It was very sad to lose the Lincoln chicks in such a terrible storm. In fact, Alley and 19/K lost three chicks this year; one of the first two chicks who hatched lived only a short time.
The same storm also took the lives of the two chicks at the University nest in Terre Haute, Indiana. It was very sad to lose these chicks, too, since this was only the second time chicks had hatched in the area in the past 50-60 years.
Alley and 19/K were not seen at the nest for some time, but recently both have been spending time at the nest once again.
I would like to confirm that this is Alley; certainly looks like her to me, but she is listed as having a black band on the left leg, while this bird has a black band on the right leg.
A closer look at the band; since Alley is ten years old, the band is worn and scratched, but I think I can see A/*Y. What do you think, TPC?
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: Kinderchick on June 05, 2014, 08:30 ---I wonder if Alley & 19K will be able to have another clutch this year? Or is it too late in the season? ???
--- End quote ---
Not too late in the season chronologically, but biologically too late for them. The chicks were almost banding age so 1/2 way between eggs laid and chicks being independent, that's a lot of resources expended by the adults to get them this far and they are hormonally set up for teenage chicks, not the start of the breeding cycle. If the eggs had been lost up to perhaps half-way through incubation the pair could re-nest but then it would depend on the birds themselves.
Kinderchick:
I wonder if Alley & 19K will be able to have another clutch this year? Or is it too late in the season? ???
Moonstar:
Just so sad.
The Peregrine Chick:
Storms Claim Capitol Peregrine Falcon Chicks
Posted by: Jerry Kane June 4, 2014 in NGPC News
LINCOLN – The severe weather that wreaked havoc across much of Nebraska on the evening and night of June 3 also appears to have claimed the two peregrine falcon chicks atop the Nebraska Capitol building.
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission provides live streaming video of the nest box, and many falcon watchers awoke to find it empty early June 4. Game and Parks and Capitol staff, along with personnel from Fontenelle Forest’s Raptor Recovery, found the bodies of both chicks early June 4. One chick was discovered on the second floor roof and the other was found on the ground; both appear to have died instantly.
“Based on the evidence, it appears the chicks were simply blown out of the nest box by the severe weather,” said Joel Jorgensen, Game and Parks’ nongame bird program manager. “This is obviously an unfortunate and sad outcome, and we are disappointed.”
News media reports state that winds in Lincoln exceeded 70 miles per hour during the storms.
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