Manitoba Falcon Cam Forum
Other Peregrine Projects => USA Peregrines => Topic started by: dupre501 on May 25, 2008, 18:07
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2008 NESTING SEASON
http://wildlife.utah.gov/peregrine/
Has live streaming video and two cameras and is located on the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.
Unfortuneatly, the first three eggs hatched and by the time the third hatched the first two chicks had expired. The moderator of the site was hopeful that the fourth egg would hatch and that they might have two chicks survive this year.
At this time the nest is empty and the adults are gone.
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This is so sad! It's such a beautiful nesting site and a beautiful location as well as two great camera views! I hope this pair tries to nest again this year.
Thanks for listing so many other webcam sites!
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Finally an update posted on the main webpage...I sure do hope they are able to figure out what happened...so sad... :'(
http://wildlife.utah.gov/peregrine/
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I'd be surprised if the cause was the temperature from the information on their website. Peregrine chicks can't thermoregulate so the parents are in charge of temperature control for the first week, ten days anyway. And they do know how to keep their chicks warm/cool/dry. Warmer is actually easier for them to do, basically they sit on them, which is what they are doing anyway right after hatching. That all three chicks should have died so quickly in the first couple of days, would make me suspicious. The fourth egg with a hole isn't enough information for me to speculate upon. Don't get me wrong, it could have been the temperature, don't know enough about the site, the adults or the weather the days in question. But like Taku last year, the deaths seems so out of character. It will be very interesting to find out what happened there, hope they do/are able to post the results when they get them.
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I don't want to second guess the experts, but I watched the first 2 chicks for quite a while ... they were both feisty and moving quite a bit ... holding their little heads up ... "normal" looking stuff...the 3rd chick I only saw right after hatching, and by the time it dried out, it was too dark ... so it was such a shock to tune in the next day and see two missing chicks ... the remaining chick and egg looked ok, but I guess you can only tell so much looking through a cam ... I am glad they were able to recover one of the eyases. I hope it sheds some light on this tragedy ...
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When I was speaking with Brenda at the Elk River Station (Minnesota) she mentionned that it was low 40F Monday night (the chicks hatched Monday) and none of their chicks had problems. It will be interesting to hear what the necropsies show on the chick(s) and if they were temperature-related deaths.
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Well, I periodically check this web page to see if anything has been added...the following is new, although it still doesn't shed a whole lot of light on what happened..
In addition, the fourth egg appeared to have a hole in it. The dead eyases and the egg were discarded by the adults.
Tests have indicated that the eyases did not die from biological infections. Further tests are still pending for chemical toxins. Environmental factors, like the temperature changes, might also have played a part in their deaths. When we find out more information, we will post it.
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2009 NESTING SEASON
UTAH is up again and someone is home already
http://wildlife.utah.gov/peregrine/
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1st egg laid 4/16...looking for egg #2 tonight, I hope...
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WE HAVE OUR FIRST HATCH
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Hi Kittenface. Have been watching this site for the last month or so. Was just going to check in when I noticed that you had posted. This is exciting, will watch for next hatch. Tks!!
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always nice to hear of another hatch!
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Been watching for about an hour, how come two eggs are not under the parent?
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Well isn't that just typical. Posted went back to site and parent is scooting eggs underneath. Said to screen you must have been listening to me after all.
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plus, it's 25C in Salt Lake City right now - so probably not too big a deal for the parents to be off the eggs here and there.
still trying to get my personal weather station talking to the weather site... then you can all know what's happening at my house whenever you like. ;)
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Wow, 25, Winterpeg hasn't seen that yet. Supposed to happen next week, don't know how I'll handle that. Is it still one hatchling, before I got on here saw parent eating something thought it might have been egg shell. Is there another one. Going back on site.
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Postscript to earlier message. That parent rotates so much in that scrape it's a wonder the eggs are still intact. The hatchling will be lucky if it has feathers before the rest of the eggs are hatched.
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More questions, when do they feed the new one. Maybe I missed the first feeding but having been watching for awhile and haven't seen food. I'm sure they don't need much as they are so tiny but was just wondering.
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Reply to self. Just witnessed a feeding. Was so weird, parent left other came in and was like in total amazement. What is this! Was very guarded and unsure and then tried to scoop underneath. At that point other parent came in with food and it was done.
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Checked into site. Had to get my 2 hrs of sunshine while it was available. Is there another egg or still just 1. Parent sitting and not showing anything?
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Was just on there. She got up and preened, beaked with baby and then back down again. Still two eggs.
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Still watching this site. Is count still one hatched?
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Yes in response to my own question. She just got off the nest and clearly 2 eggs and one hatchling. Guess I will tune in tomorrow. Night Night Time.
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Checked in on Salt City, Utah and now there are two. Couldn't tell on third one.
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I can't tell how many chicks - she has not been moving much at all.
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2 Little ones
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Holy cats, Mom's a big un :o
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She is a big one! lol
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Checked Salt City this afternoon and 2 chicks, one egg. Must of been hot there, chicks were laid flat out on the stones and Mom stood away from them, and her egg was by her talon. Watched for 30 mins. or so and nothing changed.
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heas anybody else been watching the Salt Lake Falcons? There are two chicks, but also an unhatched egg - is the egg still expected to hatch?
Jadoo, the third egg did not hatch. Here are the two chicks today:
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I've noticed that these chicks are getting pretty big (bigger & older that our Wpg chicklets), but they certainly don't do much wandering - it's like Mom told them "If I catch anybody moving past that rock, somebody's going to get it!!!
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...just glancing at the Utah site (NO offense meant to our hometown site here in winnipeg, but the utah site has sound, and an interesting camera1 angle where you can see the parents flying in, rather spectacularly)...momma just herded one of the chicks away from the edge - the little wall on the edge is a LOT smaller than at the radisson - kinda scary to see the chick get close to it...
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(NO offense meant to our hometown site here in winnipeg, but the utah site has sound, and an interesting camera1 angle where you can see the parents flying in, rather spectacularly
None taken - we can't do sound because of the logistics and we have only a limited number of access points for cameras. (I remember when a 10 second refresh on the image was high tech!)
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Demonstrating the eyas sprawl:
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I'm going to go out on a limb and say
BOY AND GIRL here
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Wow...I know I've seen this nestbox before but do they ever have a beautiful setting over there!!! Great view, very pretty actually! Looks like a wonderful spot to raise falcons!
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Wow...I know I've seen this nestbox before but do they ever have a beautiful setting over there!!! Great view, very pretty actually! Looks like a wonderful spot to raise falcons!
The only bad thing here is when I ask Bob about under the ledge he said there was nothing but the drop straight down, but there has never been any kind of bad or fatal injury that he remembers in all the time he has been at this box from a fall bushes are below too
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Keep in mind that peregrine chicks don't fall - that would be an evolutionary disaster for a cliff-nesting species. The chicks can be injured during fledging - too early, bad weather, poor flight decisions, buildings - but they don't "fall". :D
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looking from the cam, other than "too early" this looks like a good place to fledge from - lots of "down" to glide and no buildings really close during that first time, but roofs to glide to before they learn to go up.
TPC, what do you think?
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From the camera angle, you can definitely see they have clear skies in at least one directrion!
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LITTLE PIGGIES
They have been feed 3 times {big meals at that} in less than 4 hours
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This nestbox looks wonderful....
And the chicks...wow, they look great!
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Part of a feeding from earlier today:
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The chick on the right in the pic above took the piece of food towards the back of the nest box:
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Dark wing feathers are coming in fast now When every scrap of food was gone, Mom left
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I wonder if they are going to band these 2 they are 29 days old now isn't that a bit old for this to happen now?
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I wonder if they are going to band these 2 they are 29 days old now isn't that a bit old for this to happen now?
Could be a bit dicey if they wait much longer but I'm not sure that its a requirement anymore in the US now that the species has been de-listed. But don't take that as gospel, I just don't know but that might explain why it hasn't been done yet ...
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now that the species has been de-listed.
TPC, What do you mean by this?
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now that the species has been de-listed.
TPC, What do you mean by this?
A few years ago, the US Government decided that peregrines in the US had recovered sufficiently that they no longer needed protection and the endangered species designation. So the peregrine was delisted, rather than downlisted - that is it went from endangered to be right off the species-at-risk list with one piece of legislation. The individual states may protect them as wildlife and may have their own species-at-risk designations, but nationally they are no longer a species of concern.
In Canada at about the same time, nationally the species was downlisted by one category because across the country there had been great increases generally though some of the regional recovery targets hadn't been met. Because the federal government transferred responsibility for wildlife (along with other natural resources) to the provinces many decades ago, the provinces are still able to designate a species as at risk. In Manitoba, because we only have two confirmed breeding pairs, they are still designated as endangered in the province. Reinforcing this designation is that there used to be peregrines nesting in all the major prairie cities - Edmonton, Calgary (Red Deer too I think), Regina, Saskatoon, Moose Jaw, Brandon and Winnipeg. Except for last year (and haven't heard anything to the contrary for this year) there have been peregrines nesting in Saskatchewan in a decade or more - they had more pairs than we did, yet they are all gone, without protection and monitoring here, the same could happen here. So the peregrine continues to be endangered in Manitoba.
That help?
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Hmmm. Thanks! Very interesting info. I thought Peregrines were considered and designated an endangered species throughout North America. Wonder if George Bush had anything to do with this?! ;) (LOL)
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I've been watching these guys for about 20 minutes now, they are sprawled out, i guess trying to stay cool... and Mom or Dad is standing behind them just watching over them.... it's cute! :)
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Lunch is being served
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I think these chicks are particularly well fed. During a feeding earlier, both chicks kept wandering off and then wandering back to have a little more food.
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This is such a good story here so glad it worked out this year, well anyway they have their fledge watch starting soon so must not going to band them
Help us help the young falcons — their first flights are expected soon
The flight training period should begin soon and we need volunteers to help safeguard the young falcons during their first flights. Beginning June 30, we will need volunteers on hand for every daylight hour during the flight training period. You will also help answer questions about the falcons from passersby. No experience is needed. All you will need are a pair of binoculars, leather gloves and a flimsy towel — although we also recommend a water bottle and sunscreen.
If you would like to serve as a member of the 2009 Salt Lake City Peregrine Falcon Watchpost and Rescue Team, please arrange to attend a short training at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, June 29. Meet just east of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building on the northeast corner of where South Temple and Main Street meet in downtown Salt Lake City.
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FAMILY PICTURE
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AWWWW!!!! Too cute!!
GREAT SHOT KF!!
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It's amazing the difference in size between the 2.... Did the eggs hatch a week apart?? ???
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It's amazing the difference in size between the 2.... Did the eggs hatch a week apart?? ???
Nope on the 23 then the 24th of May thats why I think 1 boy and 1 girl but they aren't banding them so we might never know
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i find it odd that they aren't banding them but they are asking people to come out when to make sure the "fledge" is successful. That really surprised me....
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i find it odd that they aren't banding them but they are asking people to come out when to make sure the "fledge" is successful. That really surprised me....
Maybe they are going to see if they need rescued and if they do, then do it
Did that make any sense at all I know what I want to say but it doesn't come out right
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It's amazing the difference in size between the 2.... Did the eggs hatch a week apart?? ???
Nope on the 23 then the 24th of May thats why I think 1 boy and 1 girl but they aren't banding them so we might never know
You'll know easily enough when they fledge, the size difference between males/females is exceedingly easy to see. And if they are the same sex, then it will still be easy to figure them out in relation to their parents ...
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...WOW, these chicks have grown, they almost look like peregrines (instead of fluffballs)...hope we find out how the fledging went once they take the plunge (so to speak, i know they don't plunge, per se)...
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...just watched one of the parents SWOOP in with a food package - (the angle of the camera makes it look like the bird is going to fly straight out of your computer screen...) One of the chicks still has a lot more fluff left than the other - is that an age difference thing, or is one just more efficient at de-fluffing than the other?
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...sorry to go on about this site, but there was a LOL moment; after feeding, one of the chicks, thoroughly unsatisfied with the amount of sustenance, actually attacked the parent's talons, convinced that there must be more food there - parent flew away in a BIG hurry... :D
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...just watched one of the parents SWOOP in with a food package - (the angle of the camera makes it look like the bird is going to fly straight out of your computer screen...) One of the chicks still has a lot more fluff left than the other - is that an age difference thing, or is one just more efficient at de-fluffing than the other?
1 Hatched the 23rd of May the other 24th of May so no big age difference 1 of each is what I'm thinking
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One of the chicks has hardly any white down left now, and likes to perch on the rock. The other chick is still quite fluffy:
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unfluffy chick - male
fluffy chick - female
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unfluffy chick - male
fluffy chick - female
Thats been my guess for a while now
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yet totally adorable! 8)
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STILL IN LOVE
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AWwwweee!!! :-*
Now that is love!!! :)
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These 2 are so dedicated to this nest and the chicks I don't remember really seeing this much of both parents at any nest thru the whole thing and they share the work on feeding and watching them, dad is there alot during the day trying to keep them towards the back but the kids won't have any part of it anymore they just kindda fly over or around him to get in the front of the doorway ;D
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...hey, did anybody else see that? Either my eyes were playing tricks on my, or the unfluffy one just took off, not 3 minutes ago!...He started flapping in the nest area, then just jumped!! Was that him, or one of the parents, and he's just hiding under the camera? I don't think they Utah group was going to start fledge watch until tomorrow...
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No I don't watch that cam but if he was ready to go..then he was ready. They don't wait on the hoomans to show up ::)
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...it must have been him - only one chick showing for the last little while, and a parent just showed up, looked around, and took off again, on much of the same trajectory that the fledgeling seemed to take...if he's ok, will he probably return to this nest box for the next while? I know the winnipeg ones do, but their nest is an open ledge...
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I'm sure the parents know where he is, they always do as they are constantly keeping watch over them even when you can't see them. Not sure what kind of nest they have but our juvies came back to the nest ledge to visit..it's almost like a rite of passage when they make it back home again... Now ours hang out on the rooftop right above the nest ledge and they do occassionaly come to the nest area but only to harass mom or dad for food.. ;D
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FOUND SOMEONE WITH A COUPLE PIC OF THE OUTSIDE OF THE NEST
So it does have someplace to go to the side
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...EXCELLENT find, kittenface; I haven't seen the fluffy one for about an hour now - hopefully it's just sleeping under the camera - the other one looked like it might be ready to fledge, but the fluffy one - no way! Any thoughts on whether they'd come back to this nest box after fledging, now that we know what it looks like from the outside?
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...EXCELLENT find, kittenface; I haven't seen the fluffy one for about an hour now - hopefully it's just sleeping under the camera - the other one looked like it might be ready to fledge, but the fluffy one - no way! Any thoughts on whether they'd come back to this nest box after fledging, now that we know what it looks like from the outside?
I really don't have any clue on that with this nest its only first year I've watched it but there is an article I just read. Bob Walters is the Falcons best friend in Utah ;D here is the link: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705312767,00.html?pg=1
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UPDATE
From jethat at Hancock
I just got back. I talked to some people on the ground and they told me he crash landed on or near the old church office building that's the building you can see in the web cam. He was uninjured and they caught him and took him up to the top of the Joseph Smith building and when I was there he hadn't made another attempt. He is fine though and will soon try it again but they said it might be a day or even 2 before he does it again. There are 5-6 people with radios on the ground watching them waiting to save them if necessary.I took some pictures although not many and I will post them in a few minutes my camera battery died so I didn't get many but I think I got a couple nice pictures of the nest box and the building. I might run up there again tonight.
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I hope the little one who fledged is doing okay. Late last night I could only see one in the nest box, but the other one may just have been out of cam view.
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Heres a pic from jethat more picture to come
jethat wrote:
I was down there again. Spent a hour or 2 watching the fledgling on top of the Joesph Smith building. Didn't see the parents come see him but that doesn't mean they didn't. He looked like he was staying put for the night. I took some pictures of him and will post them later. We could hear them calling not sure witch one. There really not far aprart he's just on the other side of that wing of the building. I'm sure he will be giving it another shot in the morning. I wont be able to get down there until at least tomorrow night again.
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...well it's nice that we got some info on the fledgling, and a relief that he seems to be ok! It does look like a nice open launch pad for the falcon chicks from their nest here - perhaps a touch less dangerous than the Radisson site, with portage ave right there...
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'heck Week' begins as baby falcon wings it
Salt Lake City » Fledgling rescued after failed flight. http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12717742
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Oh he's so cute!!! Glad he's okay and happy to hear they are out for watch now. They are right about calling it 'heck week', you really do go through heck and back worrying for them.
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I'm glad the little male was okay after his collision with a windshield. I hope he is doing well today.
His sister was asleep in the nest box earlier:
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When she woke up, she perched on the edge of the nest box, somewhat unsteadily, and flapped her wings:
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The male chick after he was rescued; he doesn't look too pleased.
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Look at me...how can you NOT fall in love with me...aren't I just so cute! :-*
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allikat
You are so right I have fallen for these 2 little cuties
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Here is a great news video that another first timer posted it is great. Boy I'll tell you Utah has a great watch there it amazing how many people go out and watch these 2
http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=649&sid=6997911
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Great article and video on the young falcon!!!
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SHE DID IT!!!!!!
Our little one has taken flight! As there is no time stamp, I don't know when it occurred, but it wasn't very long ago. She flew right off the ledge towards the white buiding. It looks like she might have landed in garden below
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Photo by MystCat
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WOO HOOO!!!!
Hope all is well and that the watchers are on their tails ;D
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ITS A BOY AGAIN
Update from jethat
The big new is.. Those of us who thought the Little one was a female are WRONG! They were on the admin building until about 4-5 o'clock and they got active Early Bird took off and got caught in a gust of wind and it carried him to near the top of the JSMB when I was there he was tucked in one of the upper scrolls, Little one tried to fly over to the COB and barely missed ended up landing in the space between the sections of the COB HE was then quickly captured and givin a quick phisical and his sex was determined. He was then taken up the elevator and left in the same spot early bird was at the top near the beehive. I could see them but they were so far away I couldn't get any decent pictures. Parent was there Watching them.. The guy who told me all this was the guy who captured the little one.. looks like there coming along..
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HIS NAME IS LEXIE
We left both young peregrines on the north face of the JSMB in the rain tonight. "Early" took a couple good flights today, with no crashes. "Lexie" on the other hand had a slight mishap and ended up in the flowers. We were able to get her in hand, band her and release her on the north roof top of the JSMB. Guess What? I was wrong! *LEXIE IS A BOY! *We're not changing the name, but I'll refer to her as a him from now on.
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...hey kittenface, that's excellent news, both fledged & apparently safe...maybe you could just add an "a" & remove an "e" from lexie & make it alexi - pretty close...gonna miss watching their nest, though...
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...hey kittenface, that's excellent news, both fledged & apparently safe...maybe you could just add an "a" & remove an "e" from lexie & make it alexi - pretty close...gonna miss watching their nest, though...
Boy I was just so sure that was a girl with the size difference and WE can always add the "a" and take away the "e" here I like that better. Yes I'm gonna miss it to but then we have next year to look for.
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Okay, maybe I'm just not reading this right ... they thought the small chick was a female and the large chick was a male? ???
And now they have found that the large chick is a female and the small chick is a male ???
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We were all assuming the one that left first was a boy because it was so much smaller which happened to be right but the second one was so big and lost its white feathers so much later we assumed it was a female. BOY WERE WE WRONG even Bob thought it was a girl so its 2 Boys - Early and Lexie
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We were all asuming the one that left first was a boy because it was so much smaller which happened to be right but the second one was so big and lost its white feathers so much later we assumed it was a female BOY WERE WE WRONG even Bob thought it was a girl so its 2 Boys - Early and Lexie
Ahhhh, that explains it! Thanks Kittenface.
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Lol...okay i'm confused! But happy they are doing well, they are doing well aren't they??!! ??? ::) :P
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Haven't heard anything so fair so NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS
I'll for sure let you know as soon as I hear anything from the ground crew
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jethat wrote:
I stopped by on the way home. They were on the top of the JSMB Mom and Dad were on the east wing on the east side one on the roof corner and one on the top floor railing Early was on the roof west wing east side and Lexie was just below on the top floor railing. Kind of cool they were in the same spots as the parents only on the other wing. There coming along. Falconer on the ground told me they made several flights today no crashes. They must be getting better to be where they are on the top of the building like that. These ones are gonna make it.
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Thanks for all of your updates Kittenface! And that's wonderful news about the juvies improving their flying skills.
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2010 NESTING SEASON
It seems that there will be no peregrines at this site this year. Somehow this reminds me of the situation when Mariah and Kaver's nest box was taken down in Rochester. :( It is not impossible for construction work to co-exist with peregrines.
From an article:
Peregrines fly the coop amid downtown construction projects
There likely will be no "heck Week" this year in downtown Salt Lake City. And Cat Kivett is not happy about it. Kivett is part of the Peregrine Watchpost Team, which spends several weeks every summer waiting for peregrine falcon chicks born in nest boxes on the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, and occasionally other downtown buildings, to attempt their first flights. However, renovation work on the Smith building, and the general scope of the huge City Creek project downtown has apparently chased the peregrines away -- at least for this year.
"I am disappointed, very disappointed," Kivett said. "It is a lot of fun watching them learn to fly and to hunt. People touring Temple Square see us with binoculars and ask what is going on. It is cool to share that with people."
Volunteers have long dubbed the chicks' learning period as heck Week, because of the frequent crashes and ensuing chaos that results in trying to protect the young falcons as they learn to take wing. The chance that a peregrine pair have built a nest unbeknownst to observers -- or will create one -- still exists, but the nest-laying time is now.
"April is prime time for egg deposition," said Bob Walters, Watchable Wildlife Coordinator for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. "We are still looking, but it seems like we won't see any peregrine falcons chicks this year." A nest box on the Joseph Smith Memorial Building that has housed a pair of falcons the past three summers -- and was wired with audio and video for a popular web cam -- was boarded up earlier this year so work can be done on the historic building. "The work started in mid-April and will end sometime around mid-July," said Richard Sawatzki, facillty manager of the Joesph Smith Building. "If the falcons had been trying to nest it likely would have been disruptive and may have caused them to abandon the eggs or chicks."
In an effort to provide another option, officials from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, set up another nest box -- also wired for the Web -- on the nearby Church Office Building. The nest box has been moved around on the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in the past with some success, but no raptors have shown interest in the new digs. The pair of falcons that have spent the past three years in the boarded up nest box could have set up shop in a nearby canyon.
"My concern is that they have relocated into a wild area and they will be susceptible to predators of the animal and human variety," Kivett said. "People have been known to take fledglings for the black market." Kivett has been a part of the Peregrine Watchpost Team for the past four years and she isn't ready to give up on the birds, even if it means her summer evenings will be spent with eyes to the skies. She plans on continuing the search downtown and in the canyons. "If we can find their aerie in the wild that is where I will be," she said. "I won't be able to be much help to them, but I'm kind of addicted to them."
Sawatzki said there is more work planned on the Joseph Smith Memorial building in the future that may also lead to the closing of the nest box that has been used the past few years. "We may have the same issue again. If we do, we can use the box being used this year," he said. "We enjoy the falcons and want to do what we can to keep them around, but we need to maintain the building."
http://www.sltrib.com/outdoors/ci_14950583
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2011 NESTING SEASON
Last year there were no sightings of the resident pair due to construction. Do we know if it will be any different this year. Has anybody heard news about this site?
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...whoo-hoo! Salt Lake cam is up and running! no eggs in the nest (yet) but there is a falcon sitting on the ledge... :D
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...it was the female sitting there e-chupping, then the male (somewhat smaller) flew up and into the box and sat in the far corner, they e-chupped at each other for less than a minute, then the male took off again - i now remember why i liked this site so much - the views of the falcons taking off and arriving are spectacular! :D
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There is a falcon sitting on the ledge doing lots of preening... :D
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So glad they are back. Really liked watching this site. :) :)
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...no eggs yet, but I've seen scraping being done... :)
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...cool!...just saw the female fly and land on the edge of the box, then the male followed a few seconds later, with prey, which the female took from him, flying off with it; the male remained at the nestbox :D...is this courtship behaviour?
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...kinda hard to tell this early in the morning, but it looks like there is an egg in the nest box!
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I was thinking that might be an egg also. But it is hard to tell from the location and angle of the camera.
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I checked and definitely an egg in the scrape(this was earlier today).This would have been on Cam #2 I think! Will check again later.
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Egg is sitting there all by itself!! No sibs yet! Takes quite a long time for camera 2 to open but is very clear when it does.
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Thanks for pointing us to camera 2 Ellie :D
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..egg #2 in the nestbox - haven't checked in a while, so I'm not sure when it arrived, but it is there ;D
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...egg #3 - we're on a roll! an egg roll!! ;D 8)
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...aaaand egg #4 - incubation has definitely started.. 8)
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...had a chance to watch this site for a little while today - after watching Durand and Flyboy in Columbus, it is a relief to watch an experienced pair of parents...smooth transfer of incubation duties, male coming in and letting the female know her lunch was now available, a bit of chatter between the two, then an unhurried female carefully gets off the eggs and heads out to eat, while the male takes her place on the eggs, with plenty of the requisite "shuggling" to get all the eggs settled...at one point, as a matter of fact, the male showed up, chattered at the female for a bit, but i guess she wasn't hungry yet, so he waited around for a bit, and then headed out again...like a well oiled machine, these two... ;D
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...took a peek at this site just now; you can see the falcon tightly covering her eggs, snoozing, and you can see people wandering around far below, and you have to wonder if any of them ever think that there is all this wildlife around them, that they can't see... 8)
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..been keeping an eye on this site, their post says they were expecting a hatch starting May24-26 - it's now the
27th, and although I haven't had a glimpse under the falcon yet this morning, as of 10:00 last night there were still 4 eggs, no chicks yet, but it should be anytime now...
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...shift change, and still 4 eggs....
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Just had a look and no babies that I can see and he/she doesn't have fluffed up feathers to indicate that there might be a hatch.
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...when i checked 1st thing this morning there were still 4 eggs, i've been out, just got back to find the mom(?) playing with an egg shell - so there's at least one hatch! :D she hasn't moved, so i haven't seen a chick yet, and now i've got to go out again! hopefully, there will be a view later on...i'll keep looking, and post any updates...
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got home around 2:00 or so, saw a glimpse of white while mom was shuffling around, another glimpse about a hour later as she briefly "lost" the chick during an egg shuggle, but no further glimpse until about 5 minutes ago, when dinner finally arrived and mom got down to the business of feeding - still one chick, i don't see any pips or movement out of the 3 remaining eggs; chick doing pretty good, only fell sideways 2 or 3 times... :)
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...and just saw a hilarious scene - don't know what the back story was, but after mom left with the remains of dinner, you could hear her talking off-camera; a few minutes later, the male is in the nestbox area, being "herded" in by mom (to show off the new chick???) he almost fell over sideways to get away from her as she followed him in, then he scrambled to the back of the box to give her a very wide berth, and ended up essentially jumping over the eggs, chick, and mom to get the heck out of there ;D ;D
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...more eggshells this morning, and i caught a glimpse of two chicks, one fluffy, and one not-so-fluffy, which i assume means it had just recently broken shell and hasn't had time to fluff up yet; i don't know if there are more than two, because mom's underside is made of glue, i think - she refuses to move off her darlings...
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Have all 4 chicks hatched now, jadoo? :-\
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...mom finally moved, to grab a food package and commence feeding - there are 2 ball of fluff chicks, 1 unfluffed chick, and still one egg...
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Mom just got up..........3 babies and still one egg to go! They are sure pretty "fresh". One wee one hasn't got all his fluffiness going yet. :D Isn't it a marvel how an egg about 30 days ago was only a fertilized egg and now is a living bird. Boggles your mind when you think about it!
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..just finished watching a feeding, still 3 (fluffy) chicks and one egg; thought i saw a pip in the egg, but it really is hard to tell....
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I missed the feeding but noticed that one of the eggshells from previous hatch had disappeared since earlier in the day. Mom got up for second and I did see the egg and I also thought it may have had a pip. Will keep checking now and again. :D
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Mom shuffled around a bit and it appears the egg is still underneath with the fluffies. Maybe by morning we will have another chick! ;D
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Appears to be more scattered shell today so hopefully the last egg hatched. Will check back again to see if I can verify that.
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...just watched a feeding - 4 hungry fluffy chicks! :D
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So glad you saw all 4. Last I looked, Mom was in the way during the feeding and I couldn't see if it was 3 or 4. Good news ;)
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...just watched a feeding - 4 hungry fluffy chicks! :D
4 healthy chicks! That is good news! :D :D :D :D
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...dad was just babysitting the chick pile for a few minutes, mom came back with a food package for lunch; it's amazing how fast the male gets the heck out of the way when mom comes charging back in flinging orders around... ;D
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LOL, jadoo! Sounds just like Princess! ;) ::)
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...they must all be alike at heart, the females...still watching this feeding; there was a front and centre pile of 3 chicks in front of mom, and one at the back. The one at the back kept reeeeaching for the food, but would keep falling over, and by the time it got up again, the food had been distributed to one of it's siblings...however, mom did finally move around when the front 3 started getting sated, and gave more attention to the back one, who seemed to have some trouble grabbing the food from mom. I'm not worried, I think that this is just the most recently hatched chick - I suspect it takes several feedings before they get the full hang of ripping the food out of mom's beak and away from their siblings ;D... The older 3 seem to have very little trouble now...
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Just watched a feeding but because of where the camera is it is hard to see past Mom. Did notice the new hatch had fallen over on its back and was just "swimming" to get righted. Never did ..so just fell asleep where it was. Mom came back in and I am sure will get the wee one back in the direction it should be and under the wing where it is warm. Cute babies!!
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...feeding in progress, 4 healthy, hungry, aggressive little chicks (still capable of falling over in their enthusiasm, but aggressive).. ;D
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...fun watching the parent try to stuff 4 chicks back underneath them - they don't roll as well as the eggs did... :D
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Happy to know they were all up and in the"chow line"! Always wonder about how the littlest one is going to make out with the older sibs :-\
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...maybe this "chick-falling-over" thing is genetic - dad just brought in a food package, and mom was so eager to grab it, SHE over-reached and practically did a face-plant... ;D
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Just checked on the family here and all were up and having breakfast. Mom was so gentle with the last hatch and fed it near the end all by him/herself. All is well in this household. ;)
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Mom is acting as an umbrella this morning with a white fringe moving around the edges. Can't see all of them but all looks good here once again. ;)
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...actually, one chick has wandered away from the others (there's always one ::) )...but it's going to get hot there today...mom is already acting as an umbrella, and has tried to shuggle the runaway back with the others, but he's just not getting it, and has hunkered close to the wall where there is a little bit of shade - mom keeps moving from the chickpile to the lone one, trying to shade both...then dad showed up with food, almost landing on the lone chick, who started to put up a fuss - you could see dad thinking "what the HECK!!!" - dad has flown off, probably to get the food better prepared - hopefully, mom can use the food to "lure" the wanderer back to the chickpile and shade; I'd be a little worried if she can't, I don't think it's old enough to thermoregulate yet...maybe dad could shade him?...
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...well, that chick (if it's the oldest) is 9 days old, so maybe he'll survive the stupidity (mom covered him for about 10 minutes or so, now is back over the other chicks) - wow, the chick has finally figured out how to get back to the others, and is sitting beside mom, more in the shade...at least, i hope that is what has happened, I looked away for a minute; I hope that he didn't go over the ledge :o...I only noticed because i was about to type that I was going to have to turn my sound off, the was CONSTANTLY cheeping (sounded like a squeaky toy) and it was driving me nuts, then there was no more cheeping, so I looked and there he was - either beside mom (yay) or gone (oh no!) - I'll know better when i can get a count of the chicks; waiting for a feeding now...
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...whew, all 4 chicks are indeed here...
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and it's lunch time, except for one poor little chick in the corner. It reminds me of when you are punished and have to sit in the corner. :o
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Oh good, after much squeaking (I think it was asking Mom-am I done my detention, can I leave the corner) the lone chick waddled over and joind the rest of the gang eating. :D
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Four chicks splayed on the floor of the nest with Mom/Dad watching over them. Mom/Dad tried to forcefully roll one of them under the wings but he/she would have none of that. Independence already ;D
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I can't watch the Radisson or Brandon camera during the day, so I get my chick fix here. I just watched mom feed the chicks. It was amazing to watch how she made sure everyone was stuffed before she left them in a big satisfied chick pile. :) She kept offering until none of their tiny beaks would open to take any more. :D They look so cute now huddled in one big circle with their heads in the middle.
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This is a great webcam, MayShowers. :) I was just watching a cute little chickpile. You can also see the people down below on the street and can even hear people talking. I wonder if the mike is picking up voices from inside the building or from outside? ???
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You can also see the people down below on the street and can even hear people talking. I wonder if the mike is picking up voices from inside the building or from outside? ???
I had noticed this also and was wondering the same thing. ???
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...textbook feeding frenzy on camera 2 ;D...I think one guy swallowed an entire wing - didn't look too sure of himself afterwards...
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...i think they scare themselves sometimes - feeding is over, mom has left, and the chicks look stunned, and exhausted... :D
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...parents providing lots of food to these four; saw two feedings this morning, one after the other, and one parent brought in a third food package even as the chicks were being fed the second one; after a minute of discussion, said parent took food package away - stashed for later, perhaps? These chicks are getting big, darker feathers beginning to peek through - I love this stage, with the still almost all white, but the dark patches showing over the eyes. They look like incredibly awkward bandits... :D
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Would these chicks have been banded by now? Looks like one female for sure and possibly two!! ??? Will check BCAW and see if there is any info there. ::)
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I am not very good at "sleuthing" so therefore I did not find out anything about banding at Salt Lake City. Sounds like their chicks should fledge about a week after ours here at the Radisson.
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...this was posted on the utah govt site:
WANTED: We need volunteers to help monitor and rescue young-of-the-year peregrine falcons during their flight training period.
When & Where: The flight training period could begin as early as July 4. If you'd like to help, please join us for Salt Lake City peregrine falcon field trip and volunteer orientation meeting at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28. We will meet just east of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, which is south of the tall Church Office Building
...and, i was just looking in at the chicks on Camera 2, they are all sitting in the sheltered portion of the box, out of the hot sun; I can't really distinguish any real size differences between them, although one does appear a little bit smaller than the others, but it also seems to have more down left than the others - the last hatch, perhaps?
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...well, there was a fledge here yesterday, the bird made it to the roof of the white building across the way - then it was captured (details below) and banded - it is a female, named Amelia. There were two more fledges this morning - one bird left in the nest, just had a meal all to itself (no fighting with anybody else for it, for once)...
Quoting from BCAW:
By the way, if you watch the first flight video closely you will see she made it to the top of that white building, very strong flyer for how big she is. She landed on the roof then hopped up to the ledge where she sat for an hour or more, walking east and west then heading south on the ledge. A few Lesser Finches buzzed her head a couple times. As she moved south on the building there was great worry that she would fly off into the traffic on South Temple Street. She did take off headed in that direction, everyone scrambled. She landed on a ledge down by the gardens, but high enough ledge that Bob had to get a maintenance ladder, climb up the 6 feet or so and grab her. She didn't fight. There was a mob of people who wanted to get a view so Bob took her, in the box, over to the JSMB building foyer, closed off the doors and allowed 5 or 6 people at a time to step in, look, and snap a picture before he banded her. Quickly thereafter, security escorted Bob up to the top of the Beehive and put her out on the ledge. Of course immediately she heads south on that ledge, towards traffic. Everyone scrambled over to the street but eventually she ended back over on the North side, facing the gardens and tucked into a curlee cue on the face.
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...just went back to the nest cam, to see an empty nest! I wasn't expecting that, that last chick didn't look quite ready to go, IMO, but then I checked the forum for utah, and apparently, the chick fell out! Don't know anything more than that, but I believe there are fledgewatchers all over the area - here's hoping the chick started wing-beating and took a soft landing, but who knows ???
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...last i read, the unintentional fledger was recovered and banded - apparently, all 4 have survived their initial fledges -their names are:
Amelia
Charlie
Sally
Bobby
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We have alot of Amelia peregrines in the USA ...
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We have alot of Amelia peregrines in the USA ...
Hmmm . . . . Amelia . . . female flyers . . .? ;)
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We have alot of Amelia peregrines in the USA ...
Hmmm . . . . Amelia . . . female flyers . . .?
Absolutely, and its a good name. Have even considered it here but then someone else names their bird Amelia that year and the shine just goes right off it again ::)
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Well, you could opt for Beryl instead, keeping with the same theme but maybe not as commonly used.
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Well, you could opt for Beryl instead, keeping with the same theme but maybe not as commonly used.
Beryl? There was an female aviator or adventurer named Beryl? Why can't I think who that is?
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Beryl? There was an female aviator or adventurer named Beryl? Why can't I think who that is?
Beryl Markham
Although she was the very first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean the "hard way" - against the headwinds - the name Beryl Markham is not a familiar one. Unfortunately, this is often the case for many great female aviators
http://library.thinkquest.org/21229/bio/bmark.htm
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Beryl Markham
Although she was the very first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean the "hard way" - against the headwinds - the name Beryl Markham is not a familiar one. Unfortunately, this is often the case for many great female aviators
source: http://library.thinkquest.org/21229/bio/bmark.htm
And they are right, not familiar with Ms Markham's exploits at all!
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More sad news :'( - I read the following on on Liz Schubert's blog:
Church security reported an expired falcon on the east observation deck this morning. Banding number indicates Sally. Bob picked het up and is having necropsy done but he suspects it was trapped too long without being noticed in the heat. I am terribly sorry to report this.
Posted by Liz Schubert at 10:39 AM
Update at 6:00pm 7/26 - The obvious question that arises from this sad incident is whether there should be regular checks on the observation deck. Currently, the watch team does not have access to that area unless the building is open. I don't think any of us even thought about the extended time it would be closed due to the Utah state holiday yesterday, Pioneer Day. A lot of buildings in downtown SLC were closed. We were all caught by surprise. I have never heard any of the falcon team members mention that a bird has been rescued from the observation deck in past years. But, the configuration makes it such that the birds can not easily fly out if they do end up landing there, but again, in the past it was not a place they normally landed. The fact that two of them have landed on the decks this year tells us that we need to rethink our strategies.
I would just like to thank the LDS Church and their security team for all they do to accommodate the birds, the volunteers and Bob. They have been extremely generous with installing and hosting of the nestbox cameras, allowing Bob to have access to the beehive roof whenever he needs it, and making calls as soon as they are aware of issues with the birds. There are many rooftops in downtown SLC where the birds could get in trouble and there is never an expectation that we will know if they do. As far as the church office building observation decks, I know Bob will be thinking about solutions for the near and long-term future.
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Aw! So sorry to hear that. :'(
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...and yet even more bad news, quoted from the utah blog...(sorry)..
More Bad News
I am really very sad to report that we lost Amelia yesterday morning. Bob released her on the Beehive after her night at the rehabber. She seemed fine. It was then that Bob received the call about Sally, so he picked up Sally and went to his office to arrange testing etc. He returned to the grounds to check up on Amelia before lunchtime and found her hanging on to a window frame on the west side of JSMB. She then flew north around the building and apparently landed in the 'hollow' space between the wings of that building. When Bob got to her, she was lying prone in a puddle, but alive. He took her back to the rehabber, Joanne, on Tuesday where she spent the night. Joanne said she look well at 11pm, but when she checked on her in the early morning she had died. There was nothing apparently wrong but tests are being run on both birds now looking for answers. Bob said the more he thinks about it, the more he thinks Sally should have been able to tough it out on the observation deck for the 24+ hrs because there was shade, etc. So maybe there is something else going on. Both birds were big and healthy looking.
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This is sad news -- somehow, even worse when there doesn't seem to be an obvious reason.
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This is very sad news, indeed, especially since both birds seemed to be healthy. Will be interesting to hear what the necropsy reports indicate. Lots of sad news at many nestsites this year, it seems. :'(
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This is very sad news, indeed, especially since both birds seemed to be healthy. Will be interesting to hear what the necropsy reports indicate. Lots of sad news at many nestsites this year, it seems. :'(
...necropsy results in - from the utah website:
Neither bird showed any sign of infectious disease, but the lab saw evidence that both birds had suffered from large falls. Amelia had a ruptured crop that led to a bacterial infection and a bruised heart. Sally was extremely emaciated and her crop and intestines were completely empty. She also had a contusion on the top of her head that was likely caused by a large fall.
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Very, very sad news indeed. :'( As Kinderchick mentioned there does seem to be lots of sad news at many nest sites this year.
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...cams are up and working! There is a peregrine in the box at the time of this writing - no eggs, yet, but there looks to be a nice scrape! ;D
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Great camera views, but what is that big white kidney bean shaped looking thing in the nest box? :-\ It can be seen when looking at webcam # 1.
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Great camera views, but what is that big white kidney bean shaped looking thing in the nest box? :-\ It can be seen when looking at webcam # 1.
It's a rock for the birds to perch on.
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...looks like egg #1 in the nestbox 8)...
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.....aaaaand - egg #2! :D
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...I looked in this morning, and there is egg #3...not sure eggsactly when it showed up, but there it is :D...it also looks like they've started "hard" incubation (is that the correct term? ???)...
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"hard" incubation (is that the correct term? ???)...
It is :)
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...4th egg! There were only 3 this morning, so it's a recent addition; and, as I observed Tuesday morning, hard incubation (thanks, TPC ;) ) had begun, so, unless these two change things up by adding another egg, then I would expect a hatch-watch starting around May 18th at the earliest, so Victoria Day weekend, I'm guessing... ;D
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Two hatches this morning. I have video of the second hatch, about 2:45 in video. :-*
video: http://youtu.be/yFkTA0piDHo
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Two hatches this morning. I have video of the second hatch, about 2:45 in video. :-*
video: http://youtu.be/yFkTA0piDHo
Great video!! Thanks for posting it! She sure was doing a lot of shuggling around.
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...currently a feeding happening, and it looks like there is a major crack in one of the remaining eggs - another hatching imminent?...
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...currently a feeding happening, and it looks like there is a major crack in one of the remaining eggs - another hatching imminent?...
I noticed last evening it had a large crack and I thought by this morning it would have hatched. :-\
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...had it up at the bottom of my screen and I've been watching for awhile - got up to go to the washroom, got back, and there's the newest hatch!!! Obviously, it was waiting for me to leave.. >:(
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...3 chicks settled, parent was just playing/chewing at an egg shell - does anybody else remember, was it Trey, flipping that eggshell into the air and it landing on his head like a hat? Classic! ;D
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... does anybody else remember, was it Trey, flipping that eggshell into the air and it landing on his head like a hat? Classic! ;D
In 2010, Trooper at Columbus, Ohio, did that. I just happened to be watching that day and captured this image:
(http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk145/sme1247/May%202012/th_trooper2010.jpg)
If anyone wants a good laugh, here's a video taken by Amalandse (aka Dutch Eagle Fan) of the entire thing. Funniest part is at about the 3:15 mark.
video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kazCDQPyHms (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kazCDQPyHms)
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Three littles being fed. :-*
(http://i803.photobucket.com/albums/yy320/Blondechik_2010/US%20Falcons/utah003-1.jpg)
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...had it up at the bottom of my screen and I've been watching for awhile - got up to go to the washroom, got back, and there's the newest hatch!!! Obviously, it was waiting for me to leave.. >:(
...almost 48 hours since the third egg hatched, and that last egg is still sitting there (still being incubated) -I'm wondering if it is going to hatch at all, now...mind you, 3 chicks are still more than acceptable...
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The male came in to sit with the chicks while mom prepared dinner.
DAD
(http://i803.photobucket.com/albums/yy320/Blondechik_2010/US%20Falcons/utaha006.jpg) (http://i803.photobucket.com/albums/yy320/Blondechik_2010/US%20Falcons/utaha004.jpg)
MOM
(http://i803.photobucket.com/albums/yy320/Blondechik_2010/US%20Falcons/utaha007.jpg) (http://i803.photobucket.com/albums/yy320/Blondechik_2010/US%20Falcons/utaha.jpg)
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The three wee ones getting fed and the parent isn't blocking the view. ;D
http://youtu.be/Ww8MUPjoNeI
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...3 not-so-wee ones being fed right now - I love this stage, where all the chicks are huge white puffballs that look larger than their parent; doesn't last long, I can already see some darker feathers coming in on wingtips...hilarious - all 3 are in a small group, and the parent is positioned perfectly in front of the middle chick - parent's head goes down to the food package, comes up with a tidbit, and all 3 chicks rise up (almost on tiptoe) simultaneously to try to grab it - it's like some sort of line dance. Should put it to music ;D
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...checked first thing this morning, only 2 falcon chicks in the box! A parent just came by with a very quick food drop...no info on BCAW as to when the first fledge occurred (they were all 3 of them there yesterday afternoon), hopefully that fledge went well... :o
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...just had a second fledge at Utah! :o Hope they've got people on the ground...
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... does anybody else remember, was it Trey, flipping that eggshell into the air and it landing on his head like a hat? Classic! ;D
In 2010, Trooper at Columbus, Ohio, did that. I just happened to be watching that day and captured this image:
(http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk145/sme1247/May%202012/th_trooper2010.jpg)
If anyone wants a good laugh, here's a video taken by Amalandse (aka Dutch Eagle Fan) of the entire thing. Funniest part is at about the 3:15 mark. video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kazCDQPyHms
You can tell by just looking at the video that he looks like a new parent. Some of that stuff was funny like him looking at his son or daughter wondering what they are and also him trying to put the shell on his head like a hat lol.
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word from the BCAW site:
I talked to Bob and both birds made safe landings on local buildings, the second one flew so strong it ended up across the street in the shopping center on a low building. He has people in place to watch them both. Hopefully banding will happen later as they attempt another flight.
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Good news! Thanks jadoo
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2013 NESTING SEASON
Birds are back and apparently incubating 4 eggs at the time I'm posting. :)
http://wildlife.utah.gov/dwr/learn-more/peregrine-cam.html
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Thanks for the link Cooper! Great views ;D
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First hatch this morning :)