Other Peregrine Projects > USA Peregrines
IN / Indianapolis - Market Tower - 2009-17
Alison:
--- Quote from: carly on February 26, 2010, 19:18 ---Yay! I always love to see the older falcons/tiercels perservere! He and Sir James both have that same shape...they are heartshaped from the back. Really beautiful tiercels they both are and long may they reign :-*
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I totally agree, Carly! I'm so far behind with all the sites . . . Kathy Q and Kinney already have two eggs! They are such a great pair.
Last year, when Kathy Q was attempting to lay her fourth egg, Kinney stayed in the nest box with her all night, and she obviously wanted him to be there. She would strain to lay the egg, then settle again and sleep for a while. Kinney watched over her, and even when she was asleep, he never once forgot to bow to her. I think it is quite unusual for the male to stay in the nest when the female is laying eggs. She didn't lay that egg until the following morning.
carly:
Yay! I always love to see the older falcons/tiercels perservere! He and Sir James both have that same shape...they are heartshaped from the back. Really beautiful tiercels they both are and long may they reign :-*
Alison:
From Laura James-Reim:
... What we do know is that both Ks are back. And this is probably NOT the last time you will hear this from me - Kinney will turn 17 years old this May - 17!!!!!! That is old for a peregrine and it is remarkable he has continued to be the only resident male at this site. I can't equate bird years to human years but I've read that the average life span of a wild peregrine is 10-12 years. We cannot know how many times he may have been challenged for his territory but I believe he has probably defended against several potential would-be suitors. Again, he will be 17 years old ... 17! Remarkable!
I think this is Kinney on the ledge today:
Alison:
2010 NESTING SEASON
Richard Kinnett definitely identified Kinney as the male at the nest on January 14. Kinney, a hacked bird from Lexington, Kentucky in 1993, will be seventeen this year. Originally named Lex, he was renamed for Richard Kinnett and for Kentucky.
Laura James-Reim uploaded a few photos of both birds to Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/19275069@N03/
allikat:
Oh wow...he's a beauty!!!!
Sixteen and Eleven!!!! Amazing, what a pair!
I wonder what the family tree is like for these two?
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