There is wonderful news about the new north Omaha nest today.
From the blog:
Last week, I blogged about the new Peregrine Falcon nest site at Omaha Public Power District’s (OPPD) power station in north Omaha (be sure to check out OPPD’s falcon webpage HERE). There was also a nice story in the Omaha World-Herald. In the post, I stated one of the adults was banded but a photo of sufficient quality allowing the alphanumeric band to be read had not been acquired. Thus, the identity of the bird was unknown. Laura King-Homan of OPPD sent me a photo this morning taken by Andrew Roger which clearly shows the band. The band is black or over red, with the alphanumeric combination “90” over “B”. I did not have to search long and far to figure out the identity of the banded Peregrine Falcon. In fact, I have been in the bird’s company on a previous occasion.
Photo by Andrew Roger/Omaha Public Power District.
The OPPD bird is “Clark” a male hatched and raised at the Nebraska Capitol in 2012. You may remember this post about Clark’s sibling, Lewis, being observed at the Woodlands, Texas, during the winter of 2014. Read more about Clark and his offspring on OPPD’s website.
Clark is the one in front. Photo by Scott Taylor, NGPC.
Clark is now the fifth Peregrine Falcon to be raised at the Capitol and re-sighted as an adult. A full rundown of the Capitol’s thriving grown-ups is as follows:
Boreas – hatched in 2007 and is currently the resident male at the Westar Energy facility in Topeka, Kansas.
Nemaha – hatched in 2009 and is currently the mate of Boreas.
Mintaka – hatched in 2010 and is currently the resident male at the Woodmen in Omaha.
Lewis – hatched in 2012 and sighted at the Woodlands, Texas in early 2014.
Clark – hatched in 2012 and is the resident male at Nebraska’s new nest site at OPPD’s north Omaha power station.
The pair at the Capitol must have good genes or is doing something right when raising youngsters, because this is a pretty good showing for one pair. Will there be any more? Stay tuned.http://neblandvm.outdoornebraska.gov/2015/06/big-peregrine-news-gets-bigger/Well done, Clark, and well done, Alley and 19/K, for doing such a great job of raising your chicks. May there be many more.
