News: Peregrines

[The Peregrine Chick]

Lowestoft, Suffolk

According to a twitter post from a photographer, apparently the first peregrines in 200 years just fledged from the Lowestoft area in Suffolk



And a note from a local birding group:

• PEREGRINE Falco peregrinus
  Having both fledged at the end of June the youngsters remain in the vicinity of Lowestoft Grain Silo. Success on the second attempt for this young pair.
  The last time Peregrines bred in the Lowestoft area was 200 years ago in the early 1800's, and as the young on that occasion were taken by a local falconer it may be these two birds are the first to fledge for even longer than that.
  One, presumably one of the adults from the silo, was seen at Carlton Marshes on the 1st and 7th

Here's some background - the Return of the Peregrine

[allikat]

93 UAE falcons released into the Kazakhstan wild

The release which was carried out through May 16 to 18 of this year included a total number of 46 Peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) and 47 Saker falcons (Falco cherrug) which were released in Kurchum, eastern Kazakhstan, for the fifth consecutive year.

http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/environment/93-uae-falcons-released-into-the-kazakhstan-wild-1.1200757

This is absolutely wonderful news!  Go falcons go!!!

[RCF]

93 UAE falcons released into the Kazakhstan wild

The release which was carried out through May 16 to 18 of this year included a total number of 46 Peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) and 47 Saker falcons (Falco cherrug) which were released in Kurchum, eastern Kazakhstan, for the fifth consecutive year.

http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/environment/93-uae-falcons-released-into-the-kazakhstan-wild-1.1200757

[Kinderchick]

...THIEVES are suspected of stealing four peregrine falcon chicks from their nest...

Unbelievable!

[RCF]

Knowing it costs money, but having a camera there may have prevented the theft or shown who the culprits were.     

[The Peregrine Chick]

Police search to find falcon chick thieves after raid at the Roaches
The Sentinel - 10 June 2013

THIEVES are suspected of stealing four peregrine falcon chicks from their nest at a beauty spot.

Police and wildlife experts are investigating the disappearance of the young birds of prey from a nesting site at the Roaches, in the Staffordshire Moorlands.

Staffordshire Wildlife Trust (SWT), which had been keeping the nest under observation, believes the chicks were just two weeks away from being able to fly.

Now SWT – which has just taken over the running of the Roaches – is working with Staffordshire Police and the Peak District National Park Authority to find out what happened to the birds.


Read whole story here - http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Police-search-falcon-chick-thieves/story-19240022-detail/story.html#axzz2VtNLLQxB

[RCF]

Question: How do you stop pigeons from pooping all over your roof?

Answer: Build a robot falcon to scare them away!
http://www.dailywhat.org.uk/2013/03/robot-falcon-gets-pigions-in-a-flap.aspx

Interactive Robop diagram
http://www.dailywhat.org.uk/2013/03/robot-falcon-gets-pigions-in-a-flap/interactive-diagram.aspx

Video from 2003 of ROBOP ~ http://youtu.be/PaZFN3P7Dt0

[Kinderchick]

Very cool video!

[RCF]

Peregrine falcon hunts downhill rider ~ http://youtu.be/jTJYc8O1ocM

[RCF]

Davenport, Iowa

On Wednesday, five employees of MidAmerican Energy Co. crowded around a 10th-floor window of the utility's downtown Davenport office building, trying to extricate this year's lone falcon chick while its mother, Scorpio, dive-bombed the nest, squawking and slamming her beak against the window.

Falcon-grabbing is dangerous work http://bit.ly/118xz10

[RCF]

Scotland
Appeal after 'hand-reared' peregrine falcon chick found

http://www.itv.com/news/update/2013-05-29/appeal-after-hand-reared-peregrine-falcon-chick-found-in-a-box/

[RCF]

Peregrine falcons to be removed from endangered species list.

Indiana’s wildlife regulators are poised to remove the peregrine falcon from the state’s endangered species list this summer.

http://www.indystar.com/article/20130508/NEWS/305080075/Peregrine-falcons-removed-from-endangered-species-list?nclick_check=1

[Cooper]

Oh, to be in Paris in the spring time.
For the first time since the 19th Century, peregrines are:

http://phys.org/news/2013-04-falcons-born-paris-19th-century.html

[The Peregrine Chick]

Is it spring? For some places in the Midwest yes, but in MN and WI I would say NO! I say this, based on this image of a female peregrine incubating 4 eggs in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area just a few days ago.

Ahh, that looks familiar, Princess and Trey had a couple of years like that on the nest ledge ...

[susha]

Wow!  Poor bird.  Bizarre weather, this...