NY / Rochester - 2008-15

[Alison]

I was so happy to see this update and to know that the Queen is doing so well.

[carly]

New update posted on Imprints about the Queen:

A Quick Update on Mariah

May 4th, 2009
Mike Allen sends this report from the Veterinary technician caring for Mariah:

The Dr. was here yesterday and checked her over thoroughly. Her wing wed is healing nicely and the neck wound is totally scabbed over. We trimmed off some of that flap of loose skin in the top of the wing and it is healing underneath. He will be back next Tuesday and said after that Mariah will be ready to go into an outdoor mew to stretch her wings and exercise.

Yet more good news

[allikat]

Amazing article Bev...most of these articles bring tears to my eyes. 

[Elaine L]

Bev, a great story.  Now I know not only the history of the falcons at the Clinical Sciences Building, but how the Falcon Cam came about; this is not something you get to read about in our city newspapers.

[carly]

That's a great article/story Bev, they just keep surprising us!! 

[bev.]

Eli,
this is off topic but if you check on the Edmonton site you will see that even 2 females cared for a clutch together and the now resident male took care of them all.
that is why he is so important to us.

http://www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/article.cfm?id=5826

I am so glad to hear of Mariahs continued improvement .Don't you just want to hug her

[Elaine L]

Here in Toronto - as Bev can attest to - we had a falcon who had 2 nests going at the same time one year.  Two mates and two sets of offspring, one of his mates drove him off after the season as she was left alone most of the time to care for them and it was not easy as I believe she had 3 or 4 babies that year.  In an even more interesting turn of events, one of the males at a nearby territory was actually seen dropping off food for her and her eyases - it not for that, they would probably have not survived.

Carly, this is fascinating.  Both bigamy and altruism in the falcon world!  Thanks for these great tidbits of information.

[allikat]

Great news about the queen of the skies! 

Keep getting stronger Mariah...we're all thinking about you!

[The Peregrine Chick]

She cast a pellet yesterday that was as long as a lemon. We will keep you posted.[/i]

Its just like talking to parents of very young children 

[carly]

The Queen continues to improve, what a falcon she is!!!

The Latest On Mariah’s Condition

April 23rd, 2009
Mike Allen has sent us another update from the vets in Syracuse who are taking care of Mariah…

Mariah is improving every day. The Dr. came here yesterday and reapplied the skin glue to both her neck wound and wing wound. We measured the neck wound and it had decreased in size to 1/2″ X 1/2″. We actually measured it with a ruler. It is very scabbed over and nice new granulation tissue is growing around it. At some point we will remove the torn flap of skin on her patagium, but wanted that to heal better first.

She will continue to have small cage rest for a couple of weeks and then we will move her to an outside mew. I bought a soft, shock absorbing yoga mat and tacked it onto a 10″ wide piece of plywood and covered it with new Astroturf. We are screwing it to the top of a large perch so that she has a flat surface to stand on, since peregrines are cliff dwelling birds.

She loves the fresh quail we got her this week and she readily takes all her Baytril twice daily. She is a wonderful little patient. The doctor also looked at her eyes yesterday and found no visual impairment. We have not x-rayed her since she is showing no signs of any fractures anywhere. Legs, wings, feet etc. are working well. She cast a pellet yesterday that was as long as a lemon. We will keep you posted.

[birdcamfan]

Carly, That is truly amazing. Thanks for sharing the story.

[allikat]

Awe....what a story, that's so amazing!   

I love Falcons!

[carly]

I'm not sure if he mated with her as that wasn't observed but he was seen by watchers courting her..doing aerial displays and bringing her food.

Here in Toronto - as Bev can attest to - we had a falcon who had 2 nests going at the same time one year.  Two mates and two sets of offspring, one of his mates drove him off after the season as she was left alone most of the time to care for them and it was not easy as I believe she had 3 or 4 babies that year.  In an even more interesting turn of events, one of the males at a nearby territory was actually seen dropping off food for her and her eyases - it not for that, they would probably have not survived.

[allikat]

Wow...I didn't think that happened!  Interesting! 

I know that if a mate doesn't return for the season, one is accepted, but I didn't think a male, after mating with his mate and having chicks, would mate with another...

[carly]

No no word of any injured falcons found and I did ask Frank when he originally told me and they said nothing was found.  It fortunately doesn't always end up being fatal, hopefully he will turn up elsewhere. 

I was actually not surprised to be honest with you.  He didn't seem fully committed to Millie, he was off romancing the loser of Millie's territorial battle last year at the same time he was with Millie and she spent alot of time alone raising Gunner.  But towards the end of last season, he did renew his bond with her so what do I know.  I often wonder in cases like that if the wronged mate doesn't look at a new potential mate and think 'hmm maybe this bird will be a better mate and provider for me and my offspring' and kind of help the situation along.