KS / Topeka - Westar - 2019-20

[The Peregrine Chick]

From our friends hosting two of Alley's kids ...

It's the time of year. Our two peregrine falcon chicks need to be named. Details of the naming contest can be found on the falcon web page = http://www.westarenergy.com/wcm.nsf/content/falcons

We plan to band the chicks on 5-30 at 1 p.m.. The web cams will be temporarily unavailable during the procedure.

 

[The Peregrine Chick]

Alley's kids (so Princess' & Trey's grandkids) have eggs

Nemaha and Boreas are up to four eggs now.

The first egg arrived 3/29 at 6:30 AM.
Second egg arrived 3/31 early morning.
Third egg arrived 4/3 at 9:15 AM.
Fourth egg arrived 4/6 between 4:00 AM - 8:00 AM.

The incubation normally lasts about 30 days, so we'll start looking for the first hatching towards the end of April.

Thank you to our dedicated viewers for letting us know when eggs were laid.

[RCF]

Short Video - http://youtu.be/yQrHqztB850

 

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Message from our folks at Westar ...

We have confirmed that our falcon couple is again Nemaha and Boreas, the same pair as last year.The first egg arrived this morning at around 6:30 AM. As Nemaha hopefully lays more eggs, the falcons should be spending more time in the nest box.

Happy viewing!

They also have an email newsletter that you can subscribe to for those who are interested

[The Peregrine Chick]

2011 Resident Pair

male: Boreas - 2007 wild-hatched male, State Capitol Building, Lincoln, Nebraska
female: Nemaha - 2009 wild-hatched female, State Capitol Building, Lincoln Nebraska

Both are offspring of Alley, grandkids of Trey & Princess, great-grandkids of T-Rex & Madame
 
Offspring:
  2011 = Zephyr (male), Stormy (female), Tesla (male, died before fledging)

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2012 NESTING SEASON

As of March 3rd, the peregrines have returned to Topeka.  

Haven't had confirmation yet if it is the 2011 pair - Boreas & Nemaha or the 2004-2010 pair, Doorly & Hope.

All of these birds are related to Manitoba birds and to each other through Madame and T-Rex.

Doorly - 1999 wild-hatched male, Woodman Tower, Omaha, Nebraska
  = son of Winnie, grandson of T-Rex and Burnsie
  = brother of Husker (Red Wing, MN), Goldie (Fargo, ND) and Tower (Kansas City, MO)
Hope - 2002 wild-hatched female, Woodman Tower, Omaha, Nebraska
  = great-niece of Madame who was T-Rex's second mate and Trey's Mom
   --> parents of AJ, Beaky, Sampson, Wes and Star

Boreas - 2007 wild-hatched male, State Capitol Building, Lincoln, Nebraska
Nemaha - 2009 wild-hatched female, State Capitol Building, Lincoln Nebraska
 = both are offspring of Alley, grandkids of Trey & Princess, great-grandkids of T-Rex & Madame
  --> Stormy, Zephyr (and Tesla who died before naming)

[The Peregrine Chick]

2011 Resident Pair

male: Boreas - 2007 wild-hatched male, State Capitol Building, Lincoln, Nebraska
female: Nemaha - 2009 wild-hatched female, State Capitol Building, Lincoln Nebraska

Both are offspring of Alley, grandkids of Trey & Princess, great-grandkids of T-Rex & Madame
 
Offspring:
  2011 = Zephyr (male), Stormy (female), Tesla (male, died before fledging)


This is a wee bit late () but I thought I would add it just so we have all the information in one place 

Early yesterday afternoon (6/20), our male falcon chick (Zephyr) left the nest box. He spent the afternoon running around the Westar building ledge. Late in the evening he flew off the building and has been testing his wings around downtown Topeka. He was spotted this morning around Kansas Avenue. The female falcon chick (Stormy) looks like she could leave the nest box any second now. Mom and dad will continue to help feed the chicks and show them around until they are able to fend for themselves.

The winning falcon names are Stormy, Zephyr and Tesla.

The winning person that submitted the name Stormy, suggested that be the females name and we agree that is a great fit. We also feel that Zephyr is a good match for our younger male falcon who was first to fledge. And, Tesla, which is a reference to Nikola Tesla, an inventor and engineer of electricity is a good fit for our first hatched male that didn't make it and is now watching over his brother and sister.

Thank you to everyone that took the time to submit falcon names and for taking the time to vote for your favorite. We had over 130 votes. We'll continue to send out updates as long as our young falcons stick around downtown Topeka.

[The Peregrine Chick]

From the Westar Folks ...

We have narrowed our potential falcon names down to five choices. Vote on your favorite at our Facebook page, click on "more" to see all five names. http://www.facebook.com/Westarenergyinc

The top two names will be given to the falcon chicks. Although our third chick didn't make it, we would still like to give him a name, so he will receive the third most popular name.  We also have updated information as to what happened to him if you are interested. On our falcon page, look at the June 6th update.

[Kinderchick]

Very sad news. Poor little guy. I wonder if he fell off rather than jumped off, similar to what happened to one of the Radisson chicks a few years ago? Maybe something was already wrong with him? I guess a necropsy will be done and we will hear about the results before too long.

[The Peregrine Chick]

We have sad news to report. One of our male falcon chicks has died. The chick apparently jumped from the box yesterday between about 8 and 9 p.m. and didn?t survive the 10-story fall. When it was banded on Monday, its condition was good and we?re unsure as to what caused it to jump out of the box. The most dangerous period for peregrines is from hatching until the falcons are a year old. We?ll continue to keep you updated on the remaining male and female chicks. The naming contest will continue as originally designed. Many thanks to those that have already submitted names.

[The Peregrine Chick]

A message from the folks at Westar ...

Our three chicks will be banded on Monday morning (5-30). We'll send out pictures and an update after the banding. We'd like your help in naming the falcons. http://westarenergyblog.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/2011-falcon-naming-contest/

[Ellie]

So cute and all the pink skin underneath!!

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Received this note from our friends at Westar Energy in Topeka.

Currently, all three baby falcon eggs have hatched and all falcons appear to be in good condition. The first two arrived Tuesday morning and the third Wednesday morning. Learn more: http://westarenergyblog.wordpress.com/2011/05/11/new-baby-falcons-have-arrive/  


They also have photos of the babes: New Baby Falcons Have Arrived

[carly]

I hope so too TPC and how wonderful that they are providing that option for them and that they are both alright after the displacment.

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Update from our folks at Westar ....

If you haven't had a chance to view the falcon cams this year, a lot has happened.  Hope and Doorly, the couple that has successfully reproduced offspring the last couple years, has been replaced by a new peregrine couple, Boreas and Nemaha.   Downtown Topeka has been very noisy the last couple weeks as the couples figured out who would be laying claim to the nest box. An alternative nest box has been established at our Tecumseh Energy Center in hopes that Hope and Doorly will make their new home there. Nemaha laid her first egg on April 1st, the second on April 4th and the third today, April 6th.

Hopefully Doorly and Hope will choose the the Tecumseh site this year ...

Here's an additional story link: Peregrine falcon pair from Nebraska Capitol make their home in Topeka