Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Harrisburg
Lil Mom and Dad busy breeding. 5 eggs need a lot of heat to turn into 5 qute eyases. This is a very experienced couple, who have raised 5 eyases before, so they will manage this time as well. Will be great watching, 5 balls of fluff turning into those beautiful brown juveniles.It will be one kind of summer this year with all those babies around !
Derby Cathedral Peregrines
An impression of April 9.Exciting news from the Derby Project. They have made a great DVD about the peregrines. You can watch the trailer on the Derby Blog. And the DVD will be available to buy very soon.
I know I will definitely buy one!
Check it out:
http://derbyperegrines.blogspot.com/
The Peregrines of Morro Rock
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 places - mostly the diving board cave and the smaller, double cave just below. No actual nesting has begun.
On the north side, there seems to be a lot of activity at a spot Esteban and Milli (a different bird from 2000 - 2006, but just for continuity and lack of anything better, the name is the same), used a couple of years ago.
Very spectacular is that a third, very young pair has been spotted nesting in Morro Bay!
Copyright by Cleve NashWildlife photographer Cleve Nash takes amazing photo's from the Morro Rock Peregrines. I'm ever so happy he gave me permission to use his photo's on my Peregrine Falcon Website:
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
Columbus Ohio: 3 eggs!!!
Wonderful news! Scout laid a third egg. And that's great. After so many days of worrying about the health of Scout she proved us wrong. And she produced 2 more eggs. Do we have 1 clutch of 3 eggs, or 2 clutches?
Time will tell. We all hope Scout will produce a fourth egg. It is good to see how the pale first egg, is brown and shiny again. They become so shiny thanks to the preening oil the peregrines use to take care of their feathers.
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