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NE / Omaha - Woodmen Tower - 2009-21
Alison:
--- Quote from: maggieblue on April 09, 2009, 09:23 ---Here is one of the newsletters explaining about the potential problems with releasing Amelia. There are more updates after this one in the Newsletter archive section that explain the thinking behind the release and their sadness at the unexpected outcome.
https://www.ezinedirector.com/admin/publisher/archive/public/index.cfm?fuseaction=c&e=7947555E0140037845&cid=7140525A034F
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I just read the article - there is one error in it. Amelia and Zeus's last chick, born in 2005, was not named "Amelia"; her name was Athena. At banding, Amelia would not leave her, so Amelia was also taken inside. Athena was found to have Trichomoniasis; since Amelia was there, she was checked also, but she was fine. Athena was taken to Raptor Recovery for treatment, and Zeus and Amelia waited and waited outside the window for her to return. When she was finally returned, Amelia would not leave her for several days. Athena recovered fully and fledged successfully.
When Amelia was X-rayed after her injury, it was found that she had been shot at some time prior to the injury. She had pellets in one wing. I did ask if The Raptor Center planned to remove them; I don't know if it was the same wing as the fracture or the other wing, but I do know they opted not to remove them. I was concerned because if they were lead pellets, over time the lead could leach into the bloodstream and cause her major problems.
The Raptor Center opted not to release her in Nebraska because they were concerned about the outcome of a possible battle with Hera, who is a big, strong falcon, immediately after Amelia's long time in rehab.
bev.:
thanks Tracy.
I guess I knew that but had to have it confirmed. I guess each site is different. and they have to wiegh out the pros and cons.
The Peregrine Chick:
Had Amelia, an adult female, been released within her own territory she would certainly have returned to her nestsite and a territorial dispute would have been inevitable. Releasing her elsewhere isn't really a problem, these are birds that travel (by instinct, it isn't learned) all the way to South America and back each year. So long as she could fly and hunt, she would be fine so long as she didn't get into a territorial conflict. And territorial conflicts don't just happen at the beginning of the season, they just happen more then since everyone is looking for/returning to territories. Had Amelia been released while there were chicks around (pre & post fledging), she could well have had her tailfeathers handed to her by both adults in defense of the chicks.
bev.:
thanks Tracy,
for all the information on the nesting birds there and their offspring. :) :)
I understand the part of them being worried about an ensuing fight and I remember what Froona told us about whyS2 did not mother right from the start.
and I know they did not want Hera and Amelia to get into a confrontation.
so then why not wait until after those hormones are in check and then release her in area that is know to her.
In the case of the transmitter girl last year, they were pretty sure that those hormones you talk about wee in check, that is she was not interested in the fight for the nest, and so she soared away. Beautiful to watch , by the way, and went back to the Weber building that she knew from the year before.
Now Maggie blue I am going to read the article you posted. I think I have read it before, but i will again.
maggieblue:
Here is one of the newsletters explaining about the potential problems with releasing Amelia. There are more updates after this one in the Newsletter archive section that explain the thinking behind the release and their sadness at the unexpected outcome.
https://www.ezinedirector.com/admin/publisher/archive/public/index.cfm?fuseaction=c&e=7947555E0140037845&cid=7140525A034F
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