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MA / Amherst - 2015-19

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Alison:
This nest was in turmoil earlier in the year. The webcam was not active until early April. According to the site, there was a new pair at the nest, both unbanded.

However, the first bird I saw at the nest was banded. She is Canadian, born in 2013 at Sorel, Quebec. She has a black/black band on the right leg (S/71) and a silver band on the left leg. She has very pale colouring for a peregrine, and she is very beautiful.

I also saw an unbanded second year peregrine attempt to land at the nest box beside her a couple of times, but she chased him off.

The new resident male is unbanded. The site states that he is two years old, but since he is in full adult plumage it is really not possible to be sure.

On April 6, one egg was laid. This egg was not incubated, and for some weeks it seemed as if there would be no chance of chicks this year.

Then, at the end of April, the banded female started laying eggs again. She laid three eggs, and she and the male incubated them along with the original egg.

Two days ago, the first chick hatched, and this morning a second new hatchling was visible on cam.

There is a great pic of both chicks on the site among the Tweets on the left of the live stream.

http://www.library.umass.edu/falcons

Alison:
On the left, Dad while he was in care; on the right, with his chicks in 2014.

 

Mom last year:

 

Their last two beautiful chicks:

 

Alison:
2015 NESTING SEASON

The resident peregrines at this nest were one of the iconic pairs.

The male came from Rattlesnake Mountain in New Hampshire, born in 2001. His lifetime mate was also from New Hampshire, born at the Brady-Sullivan Tower in 2002. She arrived at the nest in 2003, still in her juvenile plumage.

Over the years, they raised 34 chicks together. Last year, they raised two beautiful male chicks.

In January of this year, the resident male was found injured in a snowbank. He was taken into care, and appeared to be improving, but while waiting to be transferred to a rehabilitation facility, he died.  :'(

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/01/peregrine_falcon_that_made_uma.html

The resident female is also no longer at the nest. We do not know what happened to her, but she too is gone.

It is bad enough to lose one, but to lose both like this is very difficult.

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