OH / Columbus - Rhodes Tower - 2008-16

[jadoo]

There's a bird on the nestledge that seems to be doing a little scraping with one foot and bowing... either that, or he/she is doing the "Hokey Pokey"!
Don't know which bird it is, though.  How can you tell which bird it is, jadoo?

...the only way I have of telling is if I see them in the nestbox - Durand has bling, and Trooper is unbling'd...saw them both today - Durand was in the box and Trooper was outside the box at the same time - this might have been what you were seeing;  also, I'm not sure if this holds true all the time, but I think that, on takeoff, Durand tends to actually open her wings and fly off the ledge, and Trooper, perhaps lazier, tends towards dropping off the ledge...of course, I could be mistaken, I (very) often am...

[Kinderchick]

There's a bird on the nestledge that seems to be doing a little scraping with one foot and bowing... either that, or he/she is doing the "Hokey Pokey"!
Don't know which bird it is, though.  How can you tell which bird it is, jadoo?

[jadoo]

...durand in the box, having a nice time scraping...

[Kinderchick]

...both Trooper and Durand were in the nest box doing their little bowing and chattering, just around 2:00 Wpg time    - did you catch them this time, Kinderchick?

Darn, no, I missed them, jadoo! Had to attend a school related workshop.

[jadoo]

...both Trooper and Durand were in the nest box doing their little bowing and chattering, just around 2:00 Wpg time    - did you catch them this time, Kinderchick?

[jadoo]

...yeah, mine came up a couple of hours after the fact, too...

[Kinderchick]

Nestbox camera is on for me, jadoo, but no birds in the nestbox. 

[jadoo]

...groan...just watched both peregrines fly onto the ledge and immediately hop into the nest box, but the nest box camera isn't up - probably missing a great show....

[Kinderchick]

Darn! Just missed seeing them!

[jadoo]

...VERY lucky today - just peeked in for a look at 12:50 Wpg time, one bird sitting on the nestbox, and immediately joined by a second bird - the first bird (turned out to be Trooper) then hopped into the nestbox, and was joined in there by Durand - I got a brief show of their bowing and squeaking to each other!  Then Trooper took off, and Durand has been in and out of the box since.....way cool!

[Kinderchick]

Finally saw a bird sitting on top of the nestbox! Not sure which one, though.

[jadoo]

...falcons in the picture for a good part of the day today - lots more lately than earlier in the season (post-fledging, that is)...could Trooper and Durand be hanging around the nest-site more because of the migrations?  More peregrines flying through their territory, and they are maintaining their presence for as long as possible?  TPC?

[jadoo]

...now Trooper's in the nestbox;  these two really love their housekeeping...

[jadoo]

...falcon appears to be Durand - she hopped into the nest box for a quick inspection and scrape in the corner, & I saw bling (so for sure it wasn't Trooper)...

[jadoo]

...falcon on the ledge at 7:08 Wpg time...watching (probably) their mate flying around...