Alcoa Anglesea: tomorrow bandingday

The 3 chicklets will be banded on Thursday!

Monday October 27, 2008
Thursday is banding day. Between 9 - 10AM EST researchers from the Victorian Peregrine Project will travel up to the nest box to retrieve the chicks for their health assessment and banding.

Each year we have a tradition to name the new falcon chicks. Now that our birds have gone global, we're asking those watching over the world wide web for nominations. If you would like to nominate a name, please email us with your nomination, whether it is suitable for male or female and what the name means to you.

Alcoa Anglesea

SLIDESHOW PART 1



SLIDESHOW PART 2



The 2 Alcoa nestlings are doing great. They look so very fat and fine! They do get a lot to eat. Today it was 7 times they were offered a long feeding by either parent. Sheila brought in a freshly caught prey. I'm sure the 3 eyases were screaming very load when she came in!
From the size difference between the 3 nestlings I think we just might have 1 girl and 2 boys overhere.

Alcoa Anglesea

Alcoa Anglesea: back in business

Well after 2 days the cam is back in business. And look how the nestlings have grown. They are turning into juveniles real quick now. They can stand on their own 2 feet, look lovely and fat and are right on exploring the nestbox. They do look healthy and very hungry indeed.

Alcoa Anglesea