I am wondering if the chicks at this nest were named? And also whether there are any updates or sightings of them.
The chicks were named as part of a mash-up of name themes we had this year. Started out the year with 4 peregrines in rehab that might potentially be releaseable this spring so I thought we'd name them after comets/meteors/meteor showers. In the end, only 2 survived to be releaseable - the first was Lyra who was released during the, wait for it, Lyrid meteor shower. Second bird decided he didn't want bands or a name and bolted when he was been caught for transport for his release. Got to give he credit for knowing he was ready to go and wanting to go but it would have been nice to have a band on him. Oh well, at least he's off and flying. So names for the Logan chicks - Potter was the name that just appeared for our hand raised chick (the chick who lived and all that) but only if he was a male, which he was. So what about his brother and sister? Here's where the mashup came in. For the boy - Sirius - both a astronomical entity (star) and a Potterverse entity (name of one of Harry Potter's kids). For the girl - Luna - astronomical (the Moon) and Potterverse (Harry's daughter). The astronomical associations were ones I already knew but not being so well-versed in the Potterverse I had to do a little research and it just so happened that all the, forgive me, stars aligned on those names.
Last sighting was of Potter and Luna hanging out together near the nestsite and seemingly doing very well. Interestingly these two fledged at about the same time and found themselves in less than perfect early landing locations but they both managed to get themselves sorted and out of there. Luna did better, Potter was rescued and returned to the roof and no problems after that. Sirius was fine after he fledged right up until he collided with a building. Looked like neurological damage but that seems to have been resolving itself when he died in care. It might have been he wouldn't have fully recovered but he had been doing better. Shock is a weird thing, some birds tolerate it better than others. For Sirius it might have been a blessing - if his condition hadn't resolved itself more - this quality of life would have been so impaired that euthanasia would have been the only humane option.
Hadn't seen either of the adults for at least a couple of months until this week when I'm pretty sure it was Hart in the Radisson nestbox looking way to comfortable for Pip (pretty sure it was Pip) to tolerate. Can't say that the boys were fighting off camera, there was just a couple of visits on a single day, and Hart has been last to leave for a number of years and it isn't unusual to see him at the Radisson before he goes. I don't think he was expecting Pip to still be around though. Interesting to see the kid chasing his dad out of the former's nestbox where the latter hatched years before.
