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State Capitol - 2016 / 19K & Alley
Alison:
Today's update on 19/K from Fontenelle Forest Raptor Recovery:
19/K, the injured state capitol peregrine falcon, is doing well. He is now spending some time in our flight training enclosure at the rehabilitation center. If he is able to show that he can fly after recovering from his injury, he will be released.
Keep your fingers crossed! Thank you for all of your concern and support.
19/K looks beautiful. Photo from Fontenelle Forest Raptor Recovery.
Alison:
Dinan has fledged! He took flight from the roof of the nest box this morning at 9:31 a.m.
It was a completely intentional fledge, confident, graceful and elegant. I don't know where he landed, but I know that he has been seen since then.
Fly safely always, Dinan!
Kinderchick:
I agree, Alison. I too, am grateful he is being so well cared for.
Alison:
Fontenelle Forest Raptor Recovery provided a short update on 19/K earlier today:
He is on strict cage rest for another week before he begins building his flight muscles up. He is eating well and showing improvement daily!
I fully realize that his recovery will take some time, but every bit of improvement is encouraging. I am glad that he is being so well cared for.
Alison:
The handsome chick has now received his name:
With more than a thousand total votes cast, the winning entry of our name-the-chick contest is “Dinan”. The name honors John J. Dinan, former Nongame Bird Program Manager at the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. John was instrumental in initiating the Peregrine Falcon projects at the Nebraska Capitol and WoodmenLife Tower. To illustrate this point, we went to the NEBRASKAland archives and found a few wonderful photos of John working on the Peregrine Falcon projects back in the day.
John Dinan passed away from cancer at age 51 in 2005, the first year a Peregrine Falcon fledged from the Capitol. Before John died, he selected the name of the first peregrine Falcon chick that fledged, Pioneer.
Cheri Boardman of Weeping Water and Dina Barta of Lincoln both submitted the name Dinan and are the winners of the 2016 name the chick contest. Each will receive a modest prize package and the fame and prestige that comes with winning our contest. Congratulations to both of them!
Dinan, who is on the verge of fledging, is the 23rd Peregrine Falcon raised at the Capitol since 2005 by 19/K and Alley. Looking back on all the successes over the years, which includes offspring from the Capitol raising their own falcon families in Omaha and Topeka, Kansas, and knowing we are in the latter stage of 19/K and Alley’s long reign, it is fitting to come full circle and recognize John Dinan for his contributions.
Thanks to everyone that participated in the naming contest.
I think this is a very suitable name for the young peregrine.
Joel Jorgensen's article also has some fascinating photos of the original nest box being installed in 2003 by John Dinan. That was 19/K's first year at the nest, with his first mate Angel, who was a sister of Princess from the same clutch. Angel was only a year old, and the eggs did not hatch.
http://magazine.outdoornebraska.gov/2016/06/and-the-falcons-name-is/
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