MN / Oak Park - 2009-10

[The Peregrine Chick]

You are most definitely not crazy Kitten, there are three chicks and three eggs in that photo! 

[kittenface]

I thought I saw 6 eggs at the end of hatching and now at least I know I'm not crazy

Nora in IA wrote this - http://raptorresource.org/forum/index.php/topic,217.720.html

[The Peregrine Chick]

And now there are 3

Comparing this photo with the later two, think perhaps this was two chicks, one leaning over to reach for food ... that's just speculation though ... do we know how many eggs total were laid here?  Your later two images clearly two chicks and two eggs, hate to think we lost one here so quick ..

[Alison]

It's hard to tell how many chicks there are; in one pic it looks like three, but in others it looks as if there are two chicks.

 

[kittenface]

And now there are 3

[Alison]

 
First hatch for Belinda and Brent today!                              Brent came to see the new hatchling


The tiny white fluffball

[Alison]

Brent and Belinda were both at the nest today:

 

Both together:

 

[Alison]

All of the Manitoba born birds are directly related to Mae through Maud and MF-1.  And though I'm still working my way back through the birds, it may be that our three foreign ladies (Madame, Princess & Holly) were also related in one way or another ...

Thank you, TPC. I didn't want to assume that all of the Manitoba birds were directly related to Mae, but it is great to know that they are. I'd be really interested in hearing if Madame, Princess and Holly are related too.

[carly]

What a beautiful tribute to a truly incredible falcon.  Fly free Mae, may your descendents continue to grace our skies forever! 

[The Peregrine Chick]

I hope her descendants will continue to grace the peregrine population for many generations to come. Mae was one of the truly great falcons. Her mother, MF-1, was also the mother of Maud, to whom some of the Winnipeg peregrines can trace their ancestry. 

All of the Manitoba born birds are directly related to Mae through Maud and MF-1.  And though I'm still working my way back through the birds, it may be that our three foreign ladies (Madame, Princess & Holly) were also related in one way or another ...

[kittenface]

Allison I didn't have the honor of watching your beautiful Mae but she was a beauty
Thank you for your loving wonderful pictures and words.

[Alison]

Remembering Mae

Tomorrow it will be six years since we lost beloved Mae, the legendary matriarch of the King Plant.

Mae nested at the King Plant from 1990 to 2003, raising 37 young during those years (including three foster chicks). A daughter of MF-1, one of Bob Anderson's falcons, she made an incalculable contribution to the restoration of the peregrine population, and her legacy continues. For instance, her daughter Lolo is still the resident female at Horizon Milling (first egg laid yesterday), and her last daughter, Speedy, is at the Colonnade Building in Minneapolis, to the best of my knowledge.

She was a proud, fierce, beautiful and most courageous falcon, and she will always be remembered.

I hope her descendants will continue to grace the peregrine population for many generations to come. Mae was one of the truly great falcons. Her mother, MF-!, was also the mother of Maud, to whom some of the Winnipeg peregrines can trace their ancestry.

 
Mae                                            With her mate and chicks in 2000

 
Surveying her domain in 2002

 
Mae at sunrise                                                                Mae in silhouette

 
The gentle side of Mae: with her daughter Knockout in 2002

[Alison]

At last! Belinda was at the nest today. Now we just need to see Brent there too.

 

[allikat]

Uh Oh!  I hope Belinda and Brent are okay! 

[carly]

Oh yikes, yeah that might keep them away.    I hope they are okay too!