OH / Columbus - Rhodes Tower - 2008-16

[maggieblue]

The chicks are going to be banded this morning at 10 am Eastern.  It will be broadcast live on one of the two feeds. Due to some technical glitches they are not sure if it will be on the ledge or nest cam. Poor babies, they don't know what the day has in store for them.

[maggieblue]

Scout and Orville both on the ledge this morning and at least one chick just ventured out in that area under the nest cam.  Let the adventures begin. 

[maggieblue]

The results of the naming contest have been announced and you will all be happy to hear that Zippy and Zoom Zoom didn't make the cut.    The chicks will be banded on May 21st and will be named Apollo, Aerial, Eclipse and Jet.  It has been difficult to see much of the chicks since they put up the "privacy veil" (direct poop shots on the cam).  If you look carefully on the ledgecam view though you may see them on the lower ledge area as they have been venturing outside of the box.  Fortunately they can't climb up on the outer ledge yet.   

[bccs]

That would be Mazda, cute little black-haired boy in a suit saying zoom-zoom in a soft little whisper.

[The Peregrine Chick]

I like that better than Zoom Zoom

Which auto manufacturer uses that in their ads?  Toyota? 

Exerpt from letter to banding office: 1 chick, male, Ohio, wild-hatched, coloured band Z/Z, aluminium FWS band 1234-12345, name Zoom-Zoom Toyota.
The perfect name for our car-crazy culture during a period of increasing prices for fossil fuels, no real alternate fuel vehicles and beginning to seriously suffer the effects of climate change.

[bccs]

I like that better than Zoom Zoom, not much though

[The Peregrine Chick]

Ooo, Ooo, wanna a peregrine named Zippy!!! 

[maggieblue]

If you are interested there is an online poll to vote on the names for Scout and Orville's chicks.  It is on the Ohio Department of Natural Resources homepage. The names were suggested by Ohio schoolchildren which explains some of the unusual choices.  

http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Default.aspx?alias=www.dnr.state.oh.us/wildlife

[allikat]

I love it when they do that!

[Moonstar]

Must be hot in Columbus.  The chicks are not in a pile.  They are all sprawlled out apart in the nest.  They look so cute.

[allikat]

I love this family...love watching all the action.  (of course while waiting for P & T)

[maggieblue]

A foggy day in Columbus.  Scout just defeathered second breakfast out on the ledge and is now feeding the foursome 

[Elaine L]

Orville was just having a great time feeding the chicks, being so careful, too, when mom came stomping in and sent him packing. 

I recognize Orville not just by his size, but the fact that the back of his tail is perfect, not a feather out of place.

[maggieblue]

There was just a long feeding session and this time it appeared that the little guys at the back got enough too.  All are now collapsed in a chick pile 

[Elaine L]

Just watched a major feeding session; I think one little fellow at the back of the crowd didn't get anything - he was looking the wrong way, and by the time he figured out that he had to turn around and push himself to the front, the food was gone.  I hope next time, he is abit more aggressive, as I think that is how it works in Birdland.