Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Derby Cathedral Peregrine Project
Very early in the morning: both parents are sitting all the way up the Cathedral enjoying the sunrise of a new day. The chicklets still sleeping in the corner of the nestbox kept warm by the mild sunbeams. I saw the female take off and land a few seconds later with breakfast to feed the eyases. The colors of the morning are beautiful. It was a very nice way to start my own new day. I just wanted to capture this feeding before going to work. Was a bit late because of it, but never mind. The peregrines are the most important part at the moment. They grow up so quickly, they have left before you know it. So we all better enjoy every minute of these beautiful weeks.
Watch another slideshow of a feeding later this day:
http://falcoperegrinus-froona.blogspot.com/2008/05/derby-in-early-morning.html
And of course vist the Derby Blog. Did you already order a copy of the DVD?
http://derbyperegrines.blogspot.com/
Indianapolis:banding
The Indy chickes hav ebeen ringed yesterday.Kinney and Kathy Q have produced three females and one male. All the bands after the names are the black over green bands provided by the Midwest Peregrine Society on the left leg of each chick.
They were named as follows:
Magee - the band on this little male reads E/87. This name was submitted by Cheryl Scarborough from Cincinnati, OH. John Gillespie Magee was an American fighter pilot who volunteered for the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941, flying Spitfires and aiding the British in their fight against the German Luftwaffe over the skies of England. This was prior to the United States entering WWII. He wrote the poem "High Flight" while serving overseas and sent it to his parents (if you Google his name or the poem's title, you should be able to find it on the internet). He was killed three months after penning the poem. All I can say is that it is truly inspirational and uplifting and the words magical, at least for me. If we could only fly like falcons, I'm pretty sure this is what we humans would feel. In light of Memorial Day coming up soon, and to honor and thank all those WWII veterans deceased and still living and veterans of all wars past and present, little Magee, please fly like the wind and soar for many years to come in peace above this planet we all call home.
Edna - The band on this female reads *P/*W (when looking at the band, the letters are sideways). This name was submitted by Patty Strother of Lawrence, IN. Edna Parker is now the oldest living human in the WORLD as documented by the Guinness Book of World Records, was born and raised a Hoosier and still lives in Shelbyville, Indiana. She is 115 years and about 1 month old today - she was born on April 20th!! Congratulations Edna - we honor you for such a wonderful and well-lived life - I have read her biography and I'm inspired to try to live as long and as productive a life as she has. Now, Edna the falcon, we hope you have as long and productive and wonderful of a life too.
Adira - The band on this female reads *P/*X (when looking at the band, the letters are sideways). This name was submitted by Stephanie Pertler, Muncie, IN. This name has both Hebrew and Arabic origins and means majestic, mighty and strong. Nothing else need be said - these birds are all that and more. They leave me speechless at times with their majesty. Now Adira, just be "a dear-a" and give us no problems when you first go out into the world, even though you are strong and mighty.
Val - The band on this female reads *P/*Y (when looking at the band, the letters are sideways). This name was submitted by Jack Nolan, Seattle WA. This name was chosen in honor of Val Nolan, Jr. a noted ornithologist at Indiana University who passed away this spring. Jack is his nephew and gave permission to have a female bird named after his uncle even though the namesake is male. As Jack noted, Val's particular area of study was the junco but said "I'm sure our falcons would gladly eat a junco for dinner, Val would have found this irony quite humorous." If you would like to check out Val's body of work and the honors he received in his lifetime, go to http://www.indiana.edu/~kettlab/val_nolan.html Val the falcon, is there a junco in your future? Whatever your meal du jour, we wish you the best falcon life and many, many meals!
They were named as follows:
Magee - the band on this little male reads E/87. This name was submitted by Cheryl Scarborough from Cincinnati, OH. John Gillespie Magee was an American fighter pilot who volunteered for the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941, flying Spitfires and aiding the British in their fight against the German Luftwaffe over the skies of England. This was prior to the United States entering WWII. He wrote the poem "High Flight" while serving overseas and sent it to his parents (if you Google his name or the poem's title, you should be able to find it on the internet). He was killed three months after penning the poem. All I can say is that it is truly inspirational and uplifting and the words magical, at least for me. If we could only fly like falcons, I'm pretty sure this is what we humans would feel. In light of Memorial Day coming up soon, and to honor and thank all those WWII veterans deceased and still living and veterans of all wars past and present, little Magee, please fly like the wind and soar for many years to come in peace above this planet we all call home.
Edna - The band on this female reads *P/*W (when looking at the band, the letters are sideways). This name was submitted by Patty Strother of Lawrence, IN. Edna Parker is now the oldest living human in the WORLD as documented by the Guinness Book of World Records, was born and raised a Hoosier and still lives in Shelbyville, Indiana. She is 115 years and about 1 month old today - she was born on April 20th!! Congratulations Edna - we honor you for such a wonderful and well-lived life - I have read her biography and I'm inspired to try to live as long and as productive a life as she has. Now, Edna the falcon, we hope you have as long and productive and wonderful of a life too.
Adira - The band on this female reads *P/*X (when looking at the band, the letters are sideways). This name was submitted by Stephanie Pertler, Muncie, IN. This name has both Hebrew and Arabic origins and means majestic, mighty and strong. Nothing else need be said - these birds are all that and more. They leave me speechless at times with their majesty. Now Adira, just be "a dear-a" and give us no problems when you first go out into the world, even though you are strong and mighty.
Val - The band on this female reads *P/*Y (when looking at the band, the letters are sideways). This name was submitted by Jack Nolan, Seattle WA. This name was chosen in honor of Val Nolan, Jr. a noted ornithologist at Indiana University who passed away this spring. Jack is his nephew and gave permission to have a female bird named after his uncle even though the namesake is male. As Jack noted, Val's particular area of study was the junco but said "I'm sure our falcons would gladly eat a junco for dinner, Val would have found this irony quite humorous." If you would like to check out Val's body of work and the honors he received in his lifetime, go to http://www.indiana.edu/~kettlab/val_nolan.html Val the falcon, is there a junco in your future? Whatever your meal du jour, we wish you the best falcon life and many, many meals!
Terminal Tower Cleveland
The 4 TT eyases are on the move. They have discovered the world outside the nestbox and are walking up and down the ledge. It's great to watch. They are growing so fast. They are around 29 days old now. Before you know they have fledged. Look at them how beautiful they are, changing into brown juvi's.
Rome juveniles
One of the juveniles was trying to break down the nestbox. It was very funny to watch what she was doing and how much fun she was having tearing apart pieces of the edge and throwing it overboard. She was screaming for enjoyment. It reminded me very much of little playing children. It made a great videoclip.
Brighton Sussex Heights: 24 days old
By day 24 the facial pattern behind the eyes is becoming increasingly evident, and some colouration is becoming visible on the upper breast as juvenile feathers develop beneath the down. The legs are now just about fully developed, and thus banding can take place from this time onward (or even a couple of days earlier).
Zurich: short visit
The Zurich juveniles have fledged. Every once in a while they return for a short visit. The tailfeathers are almost fully grown, and that means they can fly. They are beautiful these juvi's. Hope to see them often in the upcoming days.
The parents vist the nestbox as well as can be seen in the pics above.
De Mortel
If you want to enjoy the Tower and the vieuw from teh outside in the nestbox visit this great new webiste full of video's made by my good friend Lambert Cox!
http://www.slechtvalkendemortel.nl/
Morro Rock Chicks
Morro Rock is a large geological formation called a morro located a few hundred feet off the shore of Morro Bay, California along the California coast. It stands 576 feet tall at the entrance to the Morro Bay Harbor and a causeway connects it with the shore.
Morro Rock State Historic Landmark was formed about 23 million years ago from the plugs of long-extinct volcanoes. Member of the “Nine Sisters” of volcanic plugs. Home of nesting Peregrine Falcons. Closed to any climbing or disturbance.
For many years there are 2 peregrinepairs who nest on the Rock.
The south-side pair, Elvis and Khaos, are in their usual place: the diving board cave. On the north side, there is a new breeding pair.
There are two youngsters on each side of the Rock. The north side chicks look to be a bit older than the south side pair, with no white downy feathers showing. They will probably fledge within the next week. The two on the south side appear to be about 5 - 7 days behind that.
Cleve Nash makes spectacular wildlife photo's. He took these of the "Rockchicks"
http://www.falcoperegrinus.nl/
The website of mr Nash is where you can enjoy many wonderful photo's of the Morro Rock peregrines and other wildflife photography:
http://www.clevenash.com/docs/peregrinefalcons.html
Read more about the Morro Rock Peregrines:
http://www.morrorockperegrines.com/docs/2008.html
Nijmegen: 30 days old
Unfortunately the lens of the webcam is very dirty indeed. So no clear images. nevertheless we do want to see how these 3 eyases are. I'm sure it won't be long before the first one will apaear on the balcony of the nestbox.
Heidelberg
De heidelberg Eyases where born on April 14, that makes this day their 38th. They have their full juvenile plumage and just need to grow a bit mor before they will fledge. Most juvi's fledge on day 46.
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