Manitoba Peregrines > State Capitol, Lincoln, Nebraska
State Capitol - 2014 / 19K & Alley
Kinderchick:
Wonderful news that 19K was rescued & released unharmed. :D
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: RCF on September 27, 2014, 16:23 ---Peregrine Falcon after hours rescue
Joel Jorgensen rescued 19K who was trapped on the 14th Floor observation deck on the Capitol Building on Friday. 19K was unharmed. :)
Article with photos at this link.
http://neblandvm.outdoornebraska.gov/2014/09/hours-peregrine-rescue/
--- End quote ---
Well done Joel! 19/K and Alley have been a great pair over the years, hate to break up a winning team before their time!
RCF:
Peregrine Falcon after hours rescue
Joel Jorgensen rescued 19K who was trapped on the 14th Floor observation deck on the Capitol Building on Friday. 19K was unharmed. :)
Article with photos at this link.
http://neblandvm.outdoornebraska.gov/2014/09/hours-peregrine-rescue/
The Peregrine Chick:
As for Alley and 19/K being back in the nestbox, that isn't particularly unusual. After their chicks have fledged and are on their own, the resident pair renew their pair bonds by going through what looks like courtship behaviour - bowing and food exchanges even scraping in the box. Looking at when they lost their chicks and the age of their chicks, I would suspect that their hormones are now at post-fledging, chicks-are-on-their-own levels which could be why they are back at the box this early renewing their partnership.
The Peregrine Chick:
The standard in the US is for the coloured band to go on the left leg, we haven't always been so consistent - sometimes by accident, sometimes on purpose. Alley is one of "those" - black band on right leg. Makes it easy to tell her from 19/K who's coloured band is on his left leg.
And yes, Alley's band is A over a sideways Y - that is partly how she got her name - her band number and that her favourite roost spot after fledging was only properly from a particularly nasty back lane or, drum roll please, alley. Not all of the names I give the peregrines involve hours of sober reflection and research, some just happen.
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