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The Peregrine Chick:
From our cam guru ...
Falcon gets bird's-eye view of Ottawa commuters
CBC News / 5 Feb 2016
An Ontario Ministry of Transportation traffic camera caught what looked to be a peregrine falcon perched high above Highway 417 near Churchill Avenue in Ottawa this morning. The bird refused to show its face on camera. (Ontario Ministry of Transportation) Or at least some of it. The camera-shy bird chose not to show its head for a glamour shot.
It'll have to work up its courage if it ever wants to become as famous as this Montreal snowy owl, which was also caught on a traffic camera.
Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/traffic-camera-bird-ottawa-1.3435183
Alison:
A work in progress from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: The Feather Atlas. This is quite an undertaking.
For example, here are the scans for peregrine feathers:
http://www.fws.gov/lab/featheratlas/browse-species.php?CommonName=Peregrine_Falcon
The Peregrine Chick:
Thanks for posting this RCF - I've been watching the Florida numbers as well and it's been amazing watching the daily counts. Hadn't checked in the last couple of days so glad you caught this one!
And for those wondering, yes some of our birds migrate/have migrated to/through Florida Over the years. No idea how many though because mostly the sightings are as a result of an injury or death. But that is true of all reports of our birds from down south - except the few Manitoba birds with transmitters of course. There are only two transmitters still active I believe and so far none of the birds that had transmitters birds went the Florida route as far as I know.
RCF:
Florida Keys Hawkwatch
1506 Peregrine Falcons in 1 Day Count – New World Record
https://floridakeyshawkwatch.wordpress.com/2015/10/11/1506-peregrine-falcons-in-1-day-count-new-world-record/
GCG:
Love their bling on the hoods.
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