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MD / Baltimore - 2015-22
GCG:
It has been cloudy the last couple of days. Mom has been sitting tightly on the eggs. I feel certain these eggs will be breaking out soon. ???
Alison:
Incubation continues, and a glimpse of the eggs:
GCG:
The following was taken from the text of the Baltimore Sun article.
"There's already been drama since the camera turned on. One day not long after it went live, a female falcon arrived in the nest appearing ruffled, with a band on her leg indicating she was a newcomer — a 2-year-old that flew in from Philadelphia, Koppie said.
"There was a fight somewhere," he said.
The other female hasn't turned up yet, dead or alive. Koppie banded her soon after her birth at the Key Bridge in 2009. Chesapeake Conservancy officials decided not to publicize the switch, keeping with the Barb name, given in honor of Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski".
She was a Congresswoman from 1977-1986 and has been a Senator since 1987-present.
GCG:
Thank you for your post, Alison. I am in complete agreement with you. This falcon does deserve her own name. How many Barb's has there been? I am posting an article that appeared in the Baltimore Sun from their FB post. It has a video and slideshow.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/blog/bs-hs-light-street-falcons-20150417-story.html?fb_action_ids=10206465360937529&fb_action_types=og.shares
Alison:
It's good to know who the new female is, but I do wish they would not refer to her as Barb. She is not Barb. I wonder if their biologist checked to see if the actual, injured Barb was still in the area during their visit?
The new female is from St. John's Church in Manayunk, Philadelphia County. She and her three siblings were banded on May 14, 2013. At 700 grams, she was the largest of the four at banding. Her parents also nested at the church in 2012, and probably also in 2011.
Manayunk is about 107 miles from Baltimore.
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