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Re: Omaha / Woodmen Tower - 2009-2011 / Zeus & Hera
« Reply #44 on: August 03, 2009, 22:14 »
Last two photos in the most recent series are of an adult, first ones are of a juvenile.  And, you can't gauge the weight of a chick in a photo, the birds puff up and slick down their feathers so you can't really tell the condition of the bird ... so basically, don't fret yet. 

If the bird looks rough or haggard - like s/he went through a blender backward and had tidied up but you can still tell a blender was involved - that's another story. 

And since there is obviously still an adult in the area (the 7pm photos are evidence of that), the chick won't be starving ...

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Re: Omaha / Woodmen Tower - 2009-2011 / Zeus & Hera
« Reply #43 on: July 30, 2009, 05:15 »
Nice pictures!  Thanks Alison and yes in that first shot he/she looks awfully skinny but the rest he/she looks nice and healthy so perhaps it was the cam after all...I'm hoping anyway  ;)

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Re: Omaha / Woodmen Tower - 2009-2011 / Zeus & Hera
« Reply #42 on: July 29, 2009, 21:11 »
It's so cool when they hold up their feet. They are still so big for their overall size!

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Re: Omaha / Woodmen Tower - 2009-2011 / Zeus & Hera
« Reply #41 on: July 29, 2009, 21:01 »
One of the juvies visited the nest box this afternoon. In the first pic he/she looks thin, like the Lincoln juvie, but in the other pics he/she looks a normal weight:

 

 

A little later, a parent came by:

 

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Re: Omaha / Woodmen Tower - 2009-2011 / Zeus & Hera
« Reply #40 on: July 28, 2009, 22:02 »
Zeus at the nest box today:

 

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Re: Omaha / Woodmen Tower - 2009-2011 / Zeus & Hera
« Reply #39 on: July 17, 2009, 20:20 »
You however have "seen the feather" (so to speak) and are now saved from a peregrine-less life  ;D 

What a great way to put it!

I found one of the juvies home for a visit this afternoon:

 

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Re: Omaha / Woodmen Tower - 2009-2011 / Zeus & Hera
« Reply #38 on: June 27, 2009, 11:45 »
problem is, when I lived 2 blocks from there - I didn't know there was there!!!   >:( 

Don't feel too bad Pchemist, its like that for most folks I'm afraid.  Most people who live/work in downtown Winnipeg have no idea about the peregrines!  You however have "seen the feather" (so to speak) and are now saved from a peregrine-less life  ;D

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Re: Omaha / Woodmen Tower - 2009-2011 / Zeus & Hera
« Reply #37 on: June 27, 2009, 01:54 »
problem is, when I lived 2 blocks from there - I didn't know there was there!!!   >:(

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Re: Omaha / Woodmen Tower - 2009-2011 / Zeus & Hera
« Reply #36 on: June 26, 2009, 20:19 »
I'd love to live two blocks from a nest!

Didn't see any juvies at the nest today, but I did see both Hera and Zeus. Hera was in the nest box, while Zeus was perched on the box they used last year.

Hera

 

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Re: Omaha / Woodmen Tower - 2009-2011 / Zeus & Hera
« Reply #35 on: June 23, 2009, 21:33 »
I used to live 2 blocks from there.  *sigh*  ::)

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Re: Omaha / Woodmen Tower - 2009-2011 / Zeus & Hera
« Reply #34 on: June 23, 2009, 20:51 »
Oh..I love it when a peregrine falcon pays a visit to a neighbourhood!  All goes quiet, no birds make a peep!  It's so quiet, you can hear a worm wiggle in the soil!  I've been witness to it!!  It's awesome! 8)

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Re: Omaha / Woodmen Tower - 2009-2011 / Zeus & Hera
« Reply #33 on: June 22, 2009, 17:51 »
One of their chicks made the news today ....

Falcon drops in on neighbor

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Re: Omaha / Woodmen Tower - 2009-2011 / Zeus & Hera
« Reply #32 on: June 21, 2009, 15:34 »
On June 19th, apparently three fledged but they showed one still in the box. Will try to find out more news.

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Re: Omaha / Woodmen Tower - 2009-2011 / Zeus & Hera
« Reply #31 on: June 17, 2009, 22:16 »
I am just so happy for  Hera and Zeus.

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Re: Omaha / Woodmen Tower - 2009-2011 / Zeus & Hera
« Reply #30 on: June 16, 2009, 21:16 »
They are beautiful!!