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KS / Topeka - Westar - 2019-20
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: sami on March 15, 2011, 18:13 ---Interesting that a chick from each nest was mis-identified as to gender. Something to do with the names?
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Nope, their size (and/or the size of their feet) at banding age ;)
Boreas was the biggest of the bunch - feet were male, but was the biggest so err on the size of caution.
Good decision.
sami:
Interesting that a chick from each nest was mis-identified as to gender. Something to do with the names?
The Peregrine Chick:
Just as another note, for those of you who remember the naming themes we've used at the Radisson. 2007 was the year that both Lincoln and the Radisson had similar names for their birds - they used the names of the wind gods - Boreas, Notus, Eurus and Zephyrus - and we used the names of winds - Hurricane, Chinook, Taku and Mistral. Nice to see a bird back from each nest of these aptly named peregrine chicks!
The Peregrine Chick:
This Topeka nest has a thing for brothers and sisters ....
Doorly and Hope were half-sibs, Nemaha and Boreas are full sibs.
Boreas (b/g R/03) from the 2007 nest and Nemaha (b/r 97/H) is from the 2009 nest at the State Capitol Building in Lincoln Nebraska. The resident pair from 2005 to 2010 is 19/K (2001 Des Moines, Iowa) and our Alley from the 2004 Radisson hatch - she's from Trey & Princess' first nest together. Hopefully 19/K and Alley will be back for another year this year, it would be their 7th year together.
Here's an image of Alley buzzing the front of the Capitol Building near the nestbox ...
birdcamfan:
If he's 2nd from the left end, he's huge, and look at those giant feet!
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