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ON / Toronto - King Street - 2008-15
carly:
June 1, 2009
Mystery solved! We are happy to share with you the identity of the adult female Peregrine falcon currently raising one healthy chick on the Durant Hotel in Flint, Michigan. Her band was read and confirmed as Black 7 over 5, according to the CPF (Canadian Peregrine Foundation) the University of Michigan Flint has welcomed 'Majesty' to their campus! She was born at the 18 King Street nest site in downtown Toronto in 2002. Her parents were non-other than Ponce-Kingsley and Victoria - Toronto's first nesting peregrines on record in 100 years. Majesty was one of five hatchlings produced that year and all of her siblings have been reported dead over the years. Majesty is the last known living legacy of Ponce-Kingsley and Victoria - Mark Nash from the CPF was very excited to hear that she is doing well and has successfully reared young. Majesty was undetected for seven years, and some people wonder why we band?
Kariann R. Anderson
SE Michigan Peregrine Falcon Coordinator
Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Division
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: bcbird on June 04, 2009, 00:02 ---and what about the numbers, are they random, or counting?
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They are sequential - the coloured bands are made and distributed throughout the country so there are alot each year and each one has to be unique so that we can identify the individual birds - not in a region but right across the continent, hence the use of letters, numbers, horizontal and vertical digits and various colour schemes. The FWS (silver) band also has an unique number for each bird (and for every species!) but they aren't readable except in the hand except in very very exceptional cases.
bcbird:
and what about the numbers, are they random, or counting?
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: eagle63_1999 on June 02, 2009, 19:46 ---X after the number is female, y after the number is male
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--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on June 03, 2009, 23:42 ---Just so you know, that has nothing to do with the chromosomes, just luck :D
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--- Quote from: bcbird on June 03, 2009, 23:54 ---What! Are you kidding?
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Nope, just happens that the band numbers were number over X and number over Y. We have a bunch of over Y and over X bands and its just a case of the current point in the numbering ... neat synchronicity however!
bcbird:
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on June 03, 2009, 23:42 ---
--- Quote from: eagle63_1999 on June 02, 2009, 19:46 ---X after the number is female, y after the number is male
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Just so you know, that has nothing to do with the chromosomes, just luck :D
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What! Are you kidding?
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