Terminal Tower Cleveland: banding day

Ohio Division of Wildlife biologists have banded the four eyases this morning, Tuesday May 13. The drawbridge was brought up to prevent the eyases from getting to close to the edge of the ledge. The eyases where brought into the Greenbriar Suite and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service bands have been attached to their legs. The bands have unique identifying numbers and codes so that the individual falcons can be identified in the future. A blood sample will be drawn for genetic analysis. The youngsters have then been returned to the nest unharmed.

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Buckeye and S/W where at the ledge trying to see what was going on with their young. Within a hour or so after the banding everything returned to normal on the 12th floor of the Terminal Tower. The eyases will be able to be identified for the rest of their lives. It is through these bands that we know that Onyx, who fledged from the Terminal Tower in 2006, now has a mate and is nesting at the Tower east building in Shaker Heights.



Band numbers and names
Two males, two females.
Here are the names and band numbers:

S/20 - "Spirit" - female

S/21 - "Tiki" - female

B/60 - "Tiger" - male

B/71 - "Thriller" - male