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UND Tower - 2016 / Marv & Terminator

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Alison:
The first update on today's banding, and the first view of a Grand Forks chick this year:

Peregrine falcon chick named after Marilyn Hagerty, Herald writer of internet fame

http://www.grandforksherald.com/news/local/4053653-peregrine-falcon-chick-named-after-marilyn-hagerty-herald-writer-internet-fame

Photos by Eric Hylden, Grand Forks Herald. The photo on the left shows Tim Driscoll, peregrine chick Marilyn and Marilyn Hagerty's son, Bob Hagerty.

 

Photo by Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald.   

Alison:
Marv and Terminator have four chicks again this year. The chicks will be banded on Monday at 1 p.m.

Worth a Look: Peregrine banding set for Monday below UND water tower

By Brad Dokken

There’s been a growing interest in Grand Forks’ peregrine falcon population since the first pair nested in 2008 atop the old Smiley water tower.

For good reason; Grand Forks’ contribution to the peregrine falcon recovery is just one of the success stories in the comeback of a species that once was on the brink of extinction.

Terminator, a female hatched in 2006 in Brandon, Man., is the matriarch of Grand Forks’ peregrine population, and she has produced chicks locally every year since 2008, making a smooth transition from the old Smiley tower, which was torn down in 2009, to the UND water tower the next year.

With help from Marv, her male companion for the past three years, Terminator has produced four chicks again this year.

Grand Forks raptor expert Tim Driscoll will band the chicks during a public banding event set for 1 p.m. Monday below the UND water tower.

The tower is adjacent to Starcher Hall, 10 Cornell St., on the UND campus.

Watching Driscoll band the peregrine chicks has become a popular attraction in recent years, and about 70 people attended last year’s session.

As in previous years, a couple of adventurous climbers will scale the 150-foot UND water tower to retrieve the chicks from the nest box for Driscoll to band and name. Naming the chicks is a popular practice because it’s easier to remember a name than a band number.

Once they’re banded, the chicks will be returned to the nest box.

“Malala,” one of the chicks Driscoll banded last year, was photographed and her band number confirmed this past winter on Padre Island in south Texas.

Grand Forks and Fargo have the only two known nesting peregrines in North Dakota.

There’s no charge to attend Monday’s banding event. For more information, contact Driscoll at (701) 772-1222.

http://www.grandforksherald.com/outdoors/wildlife/4052743-worth-look-peregrine-banding-set-monday-below-und-water-tower

Alison:
May 27 2016

By Brad Dokken

Grand Forks Peregrines Have At Least Three Chicks

Grand Forks’ peregrine family appears to be flourishing.

Local raptor expert Tim Driscoll, who keeps close watch on the birds, said female Terminator and her mate, Marv, have at least three chicks.

Driscoll spent more than an hour waiting for a glimpse of the birds Thursday afternoon. That’s easier said than done, because the peregrine box is high atop the UND water tower.

“There may be four (chicks), but I am sure about three for now,” Driscoll said.

Terminator is the matriarch of Grand Forks peregrine population and has produced chicks every year since 2008, the first summer she nested in Grand Forks. She was dubbed Terminator in 2006 after being banded as a chick in Brandon, Man.

Driscoll banded Marv in 2013 in Fargo, and the bird has mated with Terminator since 2014. Peregrines don’t migrate together, but the pair somehow finds their way back to the UND water tower every year.

Driscoll says he will band the latest batch of chicks when they’re about 20 days old, which should be sometime around June 9 or June 10. Stay tuned.

The Peregrine Chick:
News hot off the presses, folks down in Grand Forks saw Terminator feeding a chick/chicks for the first time yesterday afternoon so Terminator & Marv look to be on about the same schedule as Princess & Smiley.

The Peregrine Chick:
Just heard again from my contact again and Marv and Terminator are incubating!!
Hatch they think after the Victoria Day weekend ...

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