NE / Omaha - Woodmen Tower - 2009-21

[Jazzerkins]

I see what you mean by "shell-shocked".  They do look a little disorientated, don't they?

[RCF]

This is from their facebook page.

[RCF]

Looks like three females and one male. Here are the four after the banding....a lttle shell shocked.

[RCF]

They had five eggs here and they all hatched, but today one of the chicks died. They are two weeks old tomorrow.     They will be banding them on June 3rd.

[Kinderchick]

LOL! I did have to take a deep breath when reading that family tree history. Had to read it several times, in fact!  

[The Peregrine Chick]

Whoo-hoo, another Radisson grand-kid on territory in the US!!  

And nice symmetry, our first Manitoba bird to nest in the US was Winnie, the daughter of T-Rex (from the first nest at the Radisson) and Burnsie (a hack release from Brandon).  As the offspring of T-Rex she is related to every Radisson, Brandon and Selkirk chick produced

Okay, take a deep breath ....   ....

In Omaha, Winnie went on to produce the following who in turn turned-up on territories (according to my info):

Husker 1996 - female at Cargill Plant in Red Wing, Minnesota - 2001 to 2010 and 3 mates
Tower 1998 - male in Kansas City, Missouri - 1999 to 2003, only nested in 2003 and was unsuccessful
Doorly 1999 - (problem child) male in Topeka, Kansas -2004-2006 destroyed eggs, 2007 destroyed all but one egg which survived to fledge without problems, 2008 no problems and all young fledged - not sure if he was back in 2010, know he has since been replace by Nemaha and Boreas both Alley & 19/K kids from Lincoln
Goldie 1999 - female at The Bank in Fargo, nested one year 2001 - one of her offspring, Copper, is/was a hyper aggressive female at a plant in Sartell, Minnesota - couldn't band her chicks because of her aggression

Copper is the half-sister to
Roosevelt and Bear who have been paired with Terminator in Grand Forks
Holly who was in Brandon and who is Brooklyn's Mom
Lewis and Dakotah who they were also her mates in Sartell
Katherine who was hooked up with Cowboy in 2011
Sandy who tried to seduce Ivy and got her butt kicked by Princess in 2011 and probably 2012
Jolicoeur who was hooked up with Cowboy in 2012

Copper is also aunt to
Alice who was in Winnipeg in 2010 and then ther Brandon Tower site in 2011 and we believe 2012
Smiley who came to visit Jules in the spring of 2012

One last note, a bird named Willa was hack-released from Woodman in 1988.  In 1990, she spent the summer with T-Rex (not nesting) at U of Manitoba - the same place where 4 years later, Winnie would be hatched and the circle goes around again!!!

[RCF]

Hera’s new mate is from Lincoln, Nebraska! And there’s a little twist to his story…

The new male falcon, Mintaka, was originally banded at the State Capital as female – NE Game & Parks said that when there is uncertainty in gender, they err by using the female band size. (This is because females have larger feet.)

Join us in welcoming the new reigning king of downtown Omaha, Mintaka!

You have scroll down the page a little, when you see the falcon you're there!!

https://www.facebook.com/WOWInsurance?ref=stream  

[Linder]

2013 NESTING SEASON

Hera has found new mate. For further info go to:

http://www.omaha.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20130315%2FNEWS%2F130319446%2F1685

There has been speculation from Bird Cams Around the World that the male was not Zeus and that it may not of been him in 2012 as well. They are still going back in photos to try and determine when Zeus was last seen at the nest site.

[RCF]

Here's a bit of video from this morning http://youtu.be/MbAKTp4bab0

[RCF]

I watched a feed this morning the smallest one had the biggest crop.  

[RCF]

Once again these 2 have not disappointed, 5 chicks. Check out the site and see the chicks.

I was looking at that site earlier this afternoon Linder. The one is quite a bit smaller than the rest, but they all look well fed.  

[Linder]

Once again these 2 have not disappointed, 5 chicks. Check out the site and see the chicks.

[The Peregrine Chick]

This site is notorious (or famous?) for 5 eggs.  Winnie was the first of our Manitoba birds to lay 5 eggs and she was Zeus' first (I think) mate way back when.  Winnie was Trey's older half-sister.

[Cooper]

2012 NESTING SEASON

Zeus and Hera have five eggs this year. They've been together 6 years so have lots of advice for peregrine parents on their website.

[Doreen]

Melba is a very lucky chick for sure.