Falco Peregrinus, Slechtvalken

Derby First Egg!!

2009-03-23T21:31:00.002Z

This evening at 21:27 the Derby Falcon laid her first egg. I thought she would so I put the autocapture on. So I caught it all. Congratulations to the Derby Project Team!! And to all who watch the Derby Peregrine Falcons around the globe. It's wonderful!

Derby Peregrine Falcons by Colin Pass

2009-03-22T21:55:00.003Z

This evening I received these absolutely amazing photo's of the Derby Peregrine couple made by Colin Pass today. He told me he expects the falcon will lay within the next 60 hours. He sure knows his way around Peregrine falcons, so we'd better keep a close eye on the Derby Nestbox the next couple of days! Colin thank you so very very much for these superb pics! There are more which I will post tomorrow!

http://www.falconquester.co.uk/

De Mortel: 4th egg!

2009-03-22T21:46:00.002Z

This morning at 06:45 S2 laid her 4th and final egg for this season. With intervals of 57-58-57 hours she laid right on the clock! Brooding started by the book after the 3th egg, so we should expect first hatch at arounfd April 19!

X-cell Sherco Plant

2009-03-22T21:44:00.000Z

Mülheim

2009-03-22T21:42:00.000Z

Lansing Michigan

2009-03-22T21:40:00.001Z

Egg-Hatch-Fledge table 2009

2009-03-22T21:39:00.000Z

Zwolle: 4th egg

2009-03-22T21:38:00.000Z

AEB Amsterdam

2009-03-22T21:36:00.000Z

Sussex Heights Peregrines

2009-03-22T21:29:00.002Z

Nijmegen

2009-03-22T21:28:00.001Z

De Mortel

2009-03-22T14:28:00.001Z

Video by Conny Vermeer

Indianapolis: 3 eggs

2009-03-22T14:26:00.001Z

AEP Fort Wayne

2009-03-22T14:25:00.001Z

Sussex Heights: no sign of intruder

2009-03-22T14:21:00.002Z

Both peregrine falcons have resumed their courtship, no sign of the greenbanded male.

Eemsmond: 4 eggs

2009-03-22T14:08:00.001Z

Derby Cathedral Peregrine Falcons

2009-03-22T13:42:00.001Z

Pittsburgh Catherdal of learning: 2 eggs

2009-03-22T13:41:00.001Z

Pittsburgh Gulf Tower: 4 eggs!

2009-03-22T13:39:00.000Z

Harrisburg: First egg!

2009-03-22T13:37:00.000Z

Dayton: Boonshoft Museum

2009-03-22T13:36:00.000Z

Hartfort : First egg!

2009-03-22T13:34:00.000Z

Columbus Ohio: first egg!

2009-03-22T13:30:00.001Z

Bio Diversity Research Institute's Peregrine Falcon

2009-03-20T23:25:00.002Z

Bio Diversity Research Institute's Peregrine Falcon web camera.
This camera features one of 23 Peregrine Falcon nest sites located in Maine.
The female laid her first egg today at 01:30 pm

www.briloon.org/watching-wildlife/peregrine-ca.php

I checked in and saw she was going to lay an egg, so I quickly turned on my WM recorder. This clip is the result.

De Mortel : Third Egg!

2009-03-20T23:12:00.003Z

Last night at 23:45 S2 laid her third egg about 58 hours after her second. Mating has gone on until yesterday so I do expect a fourth egg. Both peregrine falcons have started brooding from today. So first hatch around April 20-21

Zwolle

2009-03-20T23:09:00.000Z

Sussex Heights Brighton: territorial fight

2009-03-20T22:31:00.004Z

Big problems in the Sussex Heights nestbox. When the cams were switched on we saw a new male with a black legband. Until now the male for 9 years was unbanded. It turned out to be a male that hatched on Chichster Cathedral in 2005. he courted the female and was accepted by her.

As it turns out the old male was found badly injured in Brighton on the 17th February and was taken to the RSPCA Animal Centre at Patcham. Its injuries suggested that it had probably been in a fight with another bird.

It was given initial first-aid and then transferred to the RSPCA Mallydams Wood Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre at Hastings on the 18th February.

Thanks to RSPCA staff the bird made an excellent recovery and the Sussex Peregrine Study (SPS) were then contacted and arranged to collect the bird from Mallydams fo ringing and release on Wednesday, 18th March. We ringed the bird at Mallydams placing a BTO metal ring (GN98025) on its left leg and a green darvic ring (34) on its right leg - these can clearly be seen on these pictures. The bird was then transported to Ditchling Beacon and released it at about 1.45pm. It flew off very strongly into the wind, calling twice and made a large circuit of the immediate area before then heading off SE.

It would seem that the old resident male pretty much flew straight from Ditchling Beacon back to his old haunt on Sussex Heights where it seems he tried to reclaim his home of the last nine or ten years, without success.

There is a clip on the website of the Sussex Heights Peregrinepage with a warning. And a good thing this warning is there, because the clip contains scenes of very extreme fysical and vocal violence between two peregrines.

But it is a very unique clip. It proves oncemore that we are dealing with raptors, with birds of prey which are very violent. They are no pets.
Watching the clip please realise this is their way of live, do not measure it by human standards, but admire them for their courage.

You can watch it here:
http://www.regencybrighton.com/birds/

AEB Amsterdam

2009-03-20T22:26:00.001Z

Indianpolis

2009-03-20T22:25:00.000Z

Terminal Tower Cleveland, Ohio

2009-03-20T22:24:00.000Z

Hammilton

2009-03-20T22:23:00.000Z

Boonshoft Museum Dayton: First egg

2009-03-20T22:21:00.001Z

Harrisburg

2009-03-20T22:18:00.000Z

Zwolle: third egg and brooding

2009-03-19T21:36:00.001Z

Egg-Hatch-Fledge Table

2009-03-19T21:34:00.000Z

Sussex Height Peregrines

2009-03-19T21:25:00.002Z

There are some great video's on the Sussex Heights Webcamsite! The new male seems to be very much impressed by the female, almost scared. He pushes himself against the wall when she aproaches him. He looks down,almost with his bill on the ground. Poor thing, he has to prove himself worthy to her. I am sure she already accepted him as her mate. Wonder when the first egg will be laid.

http://www.regencybrighton.com/birds/webcam/

AEB Amsterdam

2009-03-19T21:24:00.000Z

Nijmgen: 2nd egg!

2009-03-19T21:21:00.001Z

Derby cathedral peregrineproject

2009-03-19T21:18:00.002Z

Hammilton

2009-03-19T21:15:00.000Z

Indianapolis

2009-03-19T21:13:00.001Z

Pittsburgh Cathedral of learning

2009-03-19T20:59:00.001Z

Zwolle: Third egg!

2009-03-19T18:36:00.001Z

De Mortel Happy Meal

2009-03-19T15:53:00.003Z

AEP Fort Wayne

2009-03-19T15:51:00.000Z

Terminal Tower : 4th egg for SW & Buckeye

2009-03-19T15:49:00.001Z

Pittsburgh, Cathedral of learning: first egg!

2009-03-19T15:47:00.001Z

Harrisburg

2009-03-19T15:45:00.000Z

Xcell Allen S. King Plant

2009-03-19T15:44:00.000Z

Woodman

2009-03-19T15:43:00.000Z

Indianapolis

2009-03-19T15:42:00.000Z

New Yersey

2009-03-19T15:35:00.001Z

Hammilton

2009-03-19T15:31:00.000Z

Genoa, Wisconsin

2009-03-19T15:29:00.000Z

Mülheim

2009-03-19T15:21:00.001Z

De Mortel: 2nd egg

2009-03-17T22:07:00.004Z

The second egg Video by Conny Vermeer

S2 eats her prey in front of the cam,
the male Pa stays on the grid
Video by Conny Vermeer

Nijmegen

2009-03-17T22:06:00.001Z

Eemsmond

2009-03-17T22:05:00.000Z

Sussex Heights Brighton

2009-03-17T22:03:00.001Z

Zwolle: 2nd egg!

2009-03-17T21:53:00.001Z

Indianapolis: 2nd egg!

2009-03-17T21:43:00.002Z

Derby Cathedral Peregrine Project

2009-03-17T21:41:00.001Z

A wonderful video of the Derby couple mating.

http://derbyperegrines.blogspot.com/

AEP Fort Wayne

2009-03-17T21:40:00.001Z

James River Bridge: third Egg

2009-03-17T21:32:00.001Z

Xcell Black Dog

2009-03-17T21:29:00.001Z

Xcell Allen S. King Plant

2009-03-17T21:28:00.000Z

Sherco Plant

2009-03-17T21:26:00.000Z

AEP Fort Wayne

2009-03-16T22:20:00.002Z

Zwolle

2009-03-16T22:17:00.001Z

Indianapolis: one beautiful egg

2009-03-16T22:07:00.004Z

From all the emails I got today I understand that for a moment people were worried about the egg being cracked. Although it was not visible at first, always watch the behaviour of the falcons in such a case. One of the most upsetting things for a breeding couple is a broken egg. They get very aggitated with that and stay with the egg, watching it, touching it, looking around, chupping and wailing. They stand together over the brooken egg and especially the male is very aggitated. He is the one who made the bowl that she has picked out to lay her egg in it. An no it cannot be used again for the eggwhite and yoke make it rocksolide mass. The bowl in the scrape is secret. What to do? One can watch the nervous reaction to the problem the male is facing.
Non of this was visible on the many images. Quite in the contrary, KathyQ was standing over the egg, doozing off, feeling very comfortable. So one look on the falcons told me, there was nothing wrong.
Fortunately!

Terminal Tower: third egg

2009-03-16T22:06:00.000Z

Egg-Hatch-Fledge Table 2009

2009-03-16T22:05:00.000Z

Rome Aria & Vento

2009-03-16T21:55:00.000Z

Dayton cams switched on!

2009-03-16T21:53:00.001Z

The Dayton Boonshoft Museum falconcams are back online foor the 2009 season:

http://www.boonshoftmuseum.org/falconcam.html

New Yersey

2009-03-16T21:48:00.000Z

Hammilton

2009-03-16T21:47:00.000Z

Derby Cathedral Peregrine

2009-03-16T21:46:00.000Z

Nijmegen: First Egg!

2009-03-16T19:25:00.003Z

This morning the Nijmegen female laid her first egg og the 2009 season. She did it very quickly!

Eemsmond : 2nd Egg!

2009-03-16T19:23:00.002Z

De Mortel First egg

2009-03-15T22:22:00.002Z

Egg-hatch-fledge table 2009

2009-03-15T21:37:00.000Z

Zwolle: first egg

2009-03-15T21:32:00.003Z

When you look very carefully you can see the egg just on the edge of the screen. She laid the egg just outside the camview.

Nijmegen

2009-03-15T21:30:00.001Z

Eemsmond

2009-03-15T21:27:00.001Z

Sussex Heights Brighton

2009-03-15T21:21:00.000Z

Pittsburgh cathedral of learning

2009-03-15T21:17:00.001Z

Rome: Aria & Vento

2009-03-15T21:15:00.000Z

Pittsburgh Gulftower: second egg

2009-03-15T21:14:00.000Z

New Yersey

2009-03-15T21:09:00.000Z

Indianapolis

2009-03-15T21:07:00.001Z

A proud KathyQ with her egg!!

Woodman: fifth cam switched on.

2009-03-15T21:06:00.000Z

AEP Fort Wayne

2009-03-15T21:04:00.001Z

Hammilton

2009-03-15T21:03:00.000Z

AEB Amsterdam

2009-03-15T20:59:00.001Z

De Mortel: first egg

2009-03-15T15:32:00.002Z

Early this sunday morning our S2 laid her first egg! Last night she came in the nestbox and staid a while, She went outside and sat on the grid until about 4 in teh morning. Then she came in and started labour. At 05:05 the egg was laid. A little later she expelled a casting, which looked just like she was in cramps for egglaying.

This morning we watched wonderful amazing bondingbehaviour when Pa mated with her on the grid. Which we never saw before.

Indianapolis: First egg

2009-03-15T15:11:00.000Z

De Mortel

2009-03-15T14:58:00.002Z

Eemsmond: first egg!!

2009-03-15T14:55:00.001Z

Sussex Heights Brighton

2009-03-15T14:54:00.001Z

Nijmegen

2009-03-15T14:50:00.000Z