Fargo - 2008-2011 / Dakota Ace & Miracle

[allikat]

Thanks for the update TPC...very sad to hear another falcon lost!

[The Peregrine Chick]

Update from Wick Corwin in Fargo this afternoon ....

As anticipated the young have left the box.  Unfortunately, we have lost one of them in the process.

Harrison, the lone male, was out of the box and on top of the bank building by Monday evening.  The next morning he was found dead on Main Avenue.  Presumably he had landed on the ground following his first real flight and was hit by traffic.

The two females, Crest and Sandy, were out the box and on top of the roof by Wednesday.  At least one of them is now reported at a different location in the immediate vicinity.

Therefore, things are progressing in a very typical manner.  Accidents do happen, and the first flights are usually the most problematic.  I will let you know if any further problems are reported.

[birdcamfan]

My husband is already rolling his eyes when he sees Netherlands Italy and Ohio windows up on the computer monitor. He is interested though and will soon be a convert. The peregrines cannot be resisted!

[allikat]

Our computer screens are going to look like CNN  , except we will call our network....TPN (The Peregrine Network)!!!!

[Liz]

YAY -- thanks, TPC! 

I think this year we're going to have to organize ourselves into 'watching groups', because we have so much to keep tabs on.  Everyone who will commit to watching a specific camera for a specific time period every day (or find a sub if you have a doctor appt), and post any news.  We'll split the cameras and time periods up between all volunteers.  Then, you post anything newsworthy in the place for it on the Home page, with a new topic for each date.  Then, we each only have to read the ones we're not looking at, instead of trying to watch all of them. 

Any volunteers? 

btw -- just kidding!     Personally, I can't wait for all the camera-switching to start!  lol 

[The Peregrine Chick]

2009 NESTING SEASON

Fargo volunteers emailed me to let me know that a female has returned to the nestbox in Fargo.  Though they haven't been able to confirm the band number, they are pretty sure that it is their resident female from last year.

Webcam Link:  http://fargofalcons.net/blog/falconcam/

nest location:  Bank of the West building in downtown Fargo

[Pchemist]

That is a wonderful story - I hope those guys are telling their kids and friends and everyone how wonderful the birds are, so everyone will want to follow them!

[carly]

What a wonderful story!   

[Loriann]

Two more human heros for the birds..

kind of rekindles your faith in your fellow man.

thanks guys ! 

[Alison]

An article today on the rescue of one of this year's juvies at Fargo. I'm glad they found her and were able to rescue her.

Peregrine falcon rescued from inside 40-foot-tall sign atop The Forum building

Michelle Rydell, The Forum
Published Wednesday, August 13, 2008
  
FARGO - One of Fargo’s three baby peregrine falcons was saved today after a Forum maintenance manager found it stuck in the newspaper’s 40-foot vertical sign on the roof of the downtown building.

The female bird, identified by its band numbers as Audrey Jean, squawked and nervously flew around the inside of the vertical column on which The Forum sign is affixed, while two Fargo employees tried to coax it near the opening.

The bird was found stuck in the sign Tuesday morning, when Maintenance Manager Dave Shasky was replacing lights in the sign. Shasky and Forum pilot Keith Corliss crawled into the sign Wednesday morning and worked for nearly an hour to free the bird.

After finding its way out the hole created atop the column, the bird flew up 13 stories and perched atop the Radisson Hotel Fargo on 5th Street. Corliss said there were no visible injuries on the bird.

The three young peregrine falcons – a species that was nearly extinct 30 years ago – were born in a manmade nest near the top of the 12-story Bank of the West building in downtown Fargo.

http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=211313&section=news

[The Peregrine Chick]

The Fargo birds appear to be on chicks at the moment, but because of the foul weather everyone has been having, the Fargo Project hasn't been willing to disturb the birds to find out how many have hatched.  They have however set a banding date - June 20th. 

They have got a new website:  The Fargo Falcons.  They also hope to have the webcam back up and running about banding time.

Just got an update, new female at this site, not Frieda of the last 4-5 years.  Don't have an ID on the new bird but I'm pretty sure Dakota Ace is still the resident male.  They have three chicks right now, probably hatched about the same time as the Radisson chicks, they look to be a bit over 10 days old when they were checked today (they hadn't been checked earlier because of the weather).  As mentionned earlier, they will be banded at 11 am on June 20th, and perhaps, they will have the webcam back online at that time.  They will probably post a notice on their website when it's going to be available again.

[The Peregrine Chick]

2008 NESTING SEASON

Project: Peregrine Falcon Falcon Cam

nest location:  Bank of the West building in downtown Fargo

female: Frieda
male: Dakota Ace
paired together since 2003

Webcam was hosted by Prairie Public Broadcasting until April of this year.  Arrangements are currently underway to find a new provider.  The plan is to have the camera operating again by the banding in mid-June.

http://www.prairiepublic.org/features/riverwatch/project_falcon/index_frame_cam.html