Author Topic: MN / Red Wing - 2009 (Read 6534 times)

The Peregrine Chick · « **Reply #26 on:** August 21, 2010, 16:20 »

After chatting with the RRP folks, they are thinking that the female is Husker and the male is again Prescott based on behaviour and that the band colours match even though they couldn't get a read on their leg bands.

The Peregrine Chick · « **Reply #25 on:** August 04, 2010, 02:28 »

Haven't heard who the male was at this site, but the female was/is Husker, one of our grand or great-grandkids. Found a photo taken of her (band visible) in the spring of this year.

Pop & Maud --> T-Rex & Burnsie --> Zeus & Winnie --> ?? (maybe Prescott) & Husker.

Alison · « **Reply #24 on:** May 21, 2010, 18:32 »

Quote from: Ellie on May 21, 2010, 12:52

Camera at Red Wing seems cloudy and out of focus. Does anyone know if they are having problems?

The pic of a hatch posted above on May 14 is not from this nest - it is from the Sherco nest.

The Red Wing cam definitely is cloudy and out of focus. I saved these pics a little earlier today; I believe there are two chicks:

Ellie · « **Reply #23 on:** May 21, 2010, 12:52 »

Camera at Red Wing seems cloudy and out of focus. Does anyone know if they are having problems?

kittenface · « **Reply #22 on:** May 17, 2010, 10:20 »

There is aleast 2 I'll post a picture in a bit

Ellie · « **Reply #21 on:** May 17, 2010, 09:33 »

I just checked out the web cam but can't see how many chicks have hatched. Anyone know the count?

The Peregrine Chick · « **Reply #20 on:** March 25, 2010, 18:26 »

Just makes it more interesting ...

Alison · « **Reply #19 on:** March 25, 2010, 17:57 »

I don't know what the situation is with Husker, but here are a few photos I saved yesterday. In some pics, the falcons appeared to have no bands (but for the last two years, there has been an unbanded falcon there, I believe the male). In a couple of the pics, there might be bands, and the falcon has a dark hood much like Husker has.

No bands visible in the first pic:

Possible bands?

The Peregrine Chick · « **Reply #18 on:** March 21, 2010, 00:32 »

Thanks Kittenface and you are welcome. And you do not ramble

The Peregrine Chick · « **Reply #17 on:** March 21, 2010, 00:31 »

2010 NESTING SEASON

From Kittenface ...

I just saw they posted at RRP about Husker might be missing I know that she is part of the family tree here but I didn't have a clue where or even if I could put this somewhere. if you think it might help if anyone watches this nest maybe you could put it where it would be read

Thanks for listening to me ramble

Here is a link to the camera - http://rwgllc.qwestoffice.net/webcam.html
This is RRP - http://www.raptorresource.org/new.htm

There was a territorial battle between falcons at Red Wing, and we're not sure whether the falcon is still Husker. Her band was a faded red over black, so if we can get a glimpse of her band, it should be fairly apparent.

Alison · « **Reply #16 on:** June 29, 2009, 17:59 »

The nest box is usually empty now, but one of the juvies visited late last evening, and may have spent the night. Husker (I think it's her) visited this afternoon.

allikat · « **Reply #15 on:** June 26, 2009, 18:46 »

What a beauty! insert... "whistle whistle"

Alison · « **Reply #14 on:** June 26, 2009, 00:19 »

The cam has been down again, but this evening I caught one juvie in the nest box. A parent was also visible for about a millisecond outside on the perch.

eagle63_1999 · « **Reply #13 on:** June 19, 2009, 13:00 »

Yeah the birds are definately growing awwwwww

sami · « **Reply #12 on:** June 19, 2009, 12:44 »

And it's time for another Awwwwwwwwwwww

Alison · « **Reply #11 on:** June 18, 2009, 23:27 »

I haven't seen the chicks at this nest recently, since the cam has been down for some time. They have changed so much:

kittenface · « **Reply #10 on:** June 04, 2009, 11:45 »

Well we have 2 females here

2009 Site Summary
Adults
Adult female: Husker
Site of origin: Woodman Tower NE, 1998
Adult male: na
Site of origin:

First egg laid in 2009: 4/3/2009
Number of eggs: 4
First hatch: 4/14/2009
Banded: 6/02/2009

Eyasses
Winger. CBNum: R/72. FID: 1687-21330. F
Willow. CBNum: R/73. FID: 1687-21331. F

Banders were Bob Anderson, Chuck, Jim Larson, and Amy Ries. Children from a local grade school named the falcons. I like both names, although 'Winger' is my favorite.

Husker was her usual ferocious self. She nailed Chuck in the head while he was counting barges. Ouch! He is okay, and has an interesting story to tell about the encounter.

The top of a working grain elevator is an interesting place to be. The noise is incredible - all the grain from farmfields for miles around is concentrated here, where it is loaded on to barges and sent down the Mississippi.

http://www.raptorresource.org/nests.htm

Alison · « **Reply #9 on:** May 19, 2009, 18:11 »

The chicks had a good meal:

Alison · « **Reply #8 on:** May 19, 2009, 18:09 »

Still two chicks for Husker and her mate. This afternoon, the chicks were hungry, and Husker had no food for them. A little later, the male arrived with food.

allikat · « **Reply #7 on:** May 15, 2009, 19:52 »

WOO HOO!!!!! and so cute! I love how the adults look proudly at their newly born chicks! They also do the same when eggs are laid. It's wonderful!

Mate needs a name!!

Alison · « **Reply #6 on:** May 15, 2009, 19:48 »

Husker and her unbanded mate have a second chick:

allikat · « **Reply #5 on:** May 14, 2009, 21:24 »

Congratulations Husker and mate...( he needs a name everyone)!!! Family Tree!!!

Alison · « **Reply #4 on:** May 14, 2009, 20:45 »

Winnie and Zeus's daughter Husker and her mate have their first chick, hatched this evening.

When I checked a little earlier, the eggs were still intact:

But then the first chick hatched

The Peregrine Chick · « **Reply #3 on:** May 03, 2009, 22:34 »

Husker is an offspring of a Manitoba peregrine ... check out her family tree ...

Alison · « **Reply #2 on:** May 03, 2009, 22:16 »

A look at Husker's four eggs this evening. The estimated hatch date is May 11. Husker has been confirmed as the resident female this year; as far as I know, the male is unidentified.

Alison · « **Reply #1 on:** April 09, 2009, 18:42 »

2009 NESTING SEASON

Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on April 09, 2009, 02:47

Did you know that before Hera, Zeus was paired with Winnie, and yes, Winnie as in Winnipeg. She was another kid of T-Rex (Trey's Dad - they are half-sibs) from the University of Manitoba Campus. Doorly in Topeka is one of their kids. Hope his mate is one of Amelia's kids and Amelia is a full sib of Madame, Trey's Mom.

I did know that Winnie was Zeus's first mate from 1996 to 1999. I am sure you already know that one of their daughters, Husker, born in 1998, is the resident female at Red Wing, Minnesota. She has been there since 2001. Her band is red/black, *M/D (she was banded as a male, and the band was put on upside down). Last year she and her mate (unidentified) had four eggs; only one hatched, a female named Dakota, who fledged successfully.

Husker's mate from 2001 until at least 2006 was Prescott, *3/*2, a 1998 son of the legendary Mae of the King Plant in Bayport, Minnesota.

Husker has three eggs at Red Wing so far this year. The male there appears to be unbanded.

Link to the Red Wing cam: http://www.agpartners.net/

An operator at the Plant provided this great photo of Husker, Husker incubating today
with the bluffs and city of Red Wing in the background

Would it be appropriate to add a thread for Red Wing under the Winnipeg falcons, or should it go under the general U.S. falcons?