Columbus Ohio

A bit of snoozing until a prey delivery







Both Justice and Boomer are still on the ledge. They do not seem to have any plans leaving.
The parents have been trying yesterday to lure them of the ledge but are feeding them now again. Not to much though. Both youngster should not feel to comfortable up there. A peregrine did get wings to fly, not to flap along a ledge. They do get prey but not enough. They have to get of that ledge back into the air.






Clash of the Titans





This morning there was somewhat of a struggle between Scout and Justice over prey. Juveniles can be very herrassing towards parents. They almost attack them for prey, It is something we see at all nestsites. After all, these are raptors to be and they have a personality which suits a bird of prey.
Female youngsters are as big as their mother and can be a serious threath to the tiercel who does not want a clash with his feity daughters. If he brings prey, it's taken in notime from him, without any resistance at all. He'd rather get his tail out of there real fast.
We remember the De Mortel nestiste 2006. The tiercel Pa was not delivering the prey anymore when his daughters where grown up. But he was just throwing it inside the box between the screaming agressive bunch and got him self very fast of the grate.
But the falcon, that is a different matter. After all she is the dominant one. She does not tolerate this agressive behaviour from her kids towards herself. She is the boss, no matter what.
I have seen many times how she is forcing them to back down and let her eat in front of them. Just one look of her Horus eyes keeps them away from her. At least that is what they have to learn. If they take her prey she takes it back.
This afternoon Justice got her lesson. Boomer wiseley did not interfere and sat on top of the nestbox minding his own business, while downstairs Justice had her clash of the Titans with her feisty mother. The little girl even attacked Scout who did not like that one little bit. But she is the boss and stays the boss. Lesson learned? I do not think so. She is female, with the personality of a female. She is the boss. At least that is what she is trying to be. Nothing wrong with that. You go falcongirl!