NE / Omaha - Woodmen Tower - 2009-21

[The Peregrine Chick]

Have we heard who the pair are here this year?  Mintaka is still around after his fight with dad I'm assuming, but what about the female - is silver-banded Hera back or is it still the unbanded female that was around earlier?

[Alison]

Two eggs:

[Alison]

The Woodmen pair have their first egg today:

[The Peregrine Chick]

I don't think it's Hera.  Hera only has a silver band on one leg.  This female has no bands.

I didn't know she had been banded at some point - good to know!

[RCF]

I don't think it's Hera.  Hera only has a silver band on one leg.  This female has no bands.

[The Peregrine Chick]

March 10 @ 1230h

bird on the edge of the nestbox right now is unbanded - Hera perhaps?  Looks big enough to be a female ...

[The Peregrine Chick]

March 7

The Battle for Omaha

In late February, the news that the long-time resident male Peregrine Falcon at the Capitol was spotted at the nestbox up at the Woodmen Building in downtown Omaha was shared on this blog.  In an expanded article in the Lincoln Journal Star, I noted that Peregrine Falcons will battle over breeding territories, even to the death.  We often do not see the battles, but if you needed evidence they occur, check out this YouTube video captured by Carolyn Evans from the Woodmen Falconcam on 7 March.

Read the rest of the story w/ photos and video ...

** be sure to check out the video! **

[The Peregrine Chick]

Joel Jorgensen  February 24, 2015   Nongame Bird Blog

We received news today from our partners at the Woodmen Building that a new male Peregrine Falcon was spotted at the nestbox in downtown Omaha. The shocking news was the band combination was very familiar, black over green and the letters 19/K.  This alphanumeric band belongs to the male Peregrine Falcon that has been one half of the nesting pair present at the Nebraska Capitol since 2005!

Photo and more info
http://neblandvm.outdoornebraska.gov/2015/02/peregrine-falcon-shocker/

** RCF originally posted this news on the Lincoln page **

[RCF]

  

All four falcon chicks made through last night's storm safe and sound! Mom is watching over them from her perch

This is public so anyone should be able to see.
https://www.facebook.com/WOWInsurance/photos/a.10150211390448227.318072.311707243226/10152217404968227/?type=1&theater

[RCF]

The storm at Lincoln went through here also. They had golf ball sized hail and wind gusts up to 100mph.  I can't see any chicks in the box but they have archived video.  I checked that and between 6 and 7 am you could hear chicks yelling, so that's good news. Three were in the box last night and one was outside the box on the ledge.  Just hoping for the best here.

[RCF]

Four chicks have hatched.   

[The Peregrine Chick]

2014 NESTING SEASON

Mintaka and Hera are back as of this week are apparently showing interest in both their available nestboxes.  In fact, Woodmen have a contest going to see which box they choose.

[The Peregrine Chick]

All the chicks have fledged successfully and there have been no reports of mortalities this year (so far).

One of the adults came back to hang out at the nestbox recently though ...


photo: Woodmen of the World

[The Peregrine Chick]

I was chatting with the Omaha folks and finally remembered to ask when was Mintaka's first year in Omaha - the answer is 2012 so not Zeus here with Hera this year as we originally thought!

[Rose]

Watched the banding, not impressed! Too many people milling around with cameras (big cameras, small cameras, and  TV camera), getting in front of the countertop where the Bander and helpers were working with the chicks but I suppose that's one way they get their financing, the more people the more money! I did notice that no one except the banding crew touched the chicks and the chicks were quite vocal at times.