~Raptors~ - Wildlife Gardeners

Sage · 10-18-2009, 08:00 PM

I hardly had the camera out of its case today when we set out to find raptors, and I said to Roger (driving) "There's the hawk tree" on the turn for the ramp to the interstate. "And there's a hawk!"

I shot quickly, the camera not yet set for "shutter priority" which would have allowed me to stop the action better, but I caught this:

Hedgerowe · 10-18-2009, 08:02 PM

Wow, Sage. You and Raptors are like bread and butter; you go together.

TheLorax · 10-23-2009, 11:58 AM

Yes they do. I love looking at her photo albums to peek at what she might have added.

gnomenative · 10-23-2009, 12:56 PM

Great action shot!

Sage · 11-18-2009, 08:15 PM

We had an exciting day today! A Peregrine falcon pair I documented this past spring, got a new nestbox! We took the DEC person to the tower at Central Terminal last spring after the banding of other Peregrines and she witnessed aerial displays and mating activity. This led to today's nestbox installation, while the Pefa pair were observing the event from higher perches or circling the tower.

More pix of the event are on this Web Album

They'll be on the blog soon too!

biigblueyes · 11-18-2009, 08:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sage

she witnessed aerial displays and mating activity. This led to today's nestbox installation

hmmmmmm Because the birds weren't bashful and made out in front of the government person, they got a new apartment.

Sage · 11-18-2009, 09:30 PM

Yep! Workin' the system!

Sage · 11-18-2009, 09:36 PM

Connie, our DEC Pefa person, got our UB box up this year, and we're getting a box at the Grand Island south bridges, and a new (to replace a dangerously placed) box on the Grand Island north bridges, and an existing active box downtown, so next spring we will have FIVE active nestboxes in Buffalo plus a mating pair in the Niagara gorge! Roger and I will be so busy next spring to summer because most won't have cams. Yikes!

milkweed · 11-18-2009, 09:40 PM

Indianapolis has set up nesting boxes for peregrin falcons. Check out the site, it has nest cams.
IndyStar.com | Falcon Blog | The Indianapolis Star

Sage · 11-18-2009, 10:13 PM

Thanks, milkweed!

10-18-2009, 08:00 PM	#1
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	~Raptors~ I hardly had the camera out of its case today when we set out to find raptors, and I said to Roger (driving) "There's the hawk tree" on the turn for the ramp to the interstate. "And there's a hawk!" I shot quickly, the camera not yet set for "shutter priority" which would have allowed me to stop the action better, but I caught this: __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

10-23-2009, 11:58 AM	#3
TheLorax Unicellular Fungi Join Date: Nov 2008	Yes they do. I love looking at her photo albums to peek at what she might have added. __________________ "In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; we will understand only what we have been taught." -Baba Dioum, Senegalese ecologist

10-23-2009, 12:56 PM	#4
gnomenative Grub Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Montgomery, Illinois	Great action shot! __________________ It's the flock, the grove, that matters. Our responsibility is to species, not to specimens; to communities, not to individuals." ~Sara Stein Living Landscapes: http://www.livinglandscapescompany.com/

11-18-2009, 08:15 PM	#5
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	We had an exciting day today! A Peregrine falcon pair I documented this past spring, got a new nestbox! We took the DEC person to the tower at Central Terminal last spring after the banding of other Peregrines and she witnessed aerial displays and mating activity. This led to today's nestbox installation, while the Pefa pair were observing the event from higher perches or circling the tower. More pix of the event are on this Web Album They'll be on the blog soon too! __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

11-18-2009, 09:30 PM	#7
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	Yep! Workin' the system! __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

10-18-2009, 08:02 PM	#2
Hedgerowe Pope Join Date: May 2009 Location: Virginia	Wow, Sage. You and Raptors are like bread and butter; you go together.

11-18-2009, 09:36 PM	#8
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	Connie, our DEC Pefa person, got our UB box up this year, and we're getting a box at the Grand Island south bridges, and a new (to replace a dangerously placed) box on the Grand Island north bridges, and an existing active box downtown, so next spring we will have FIVE active nestboxes in Buffalo plus a mating pair in the Niagara gorge! Roger and I will be so busy next spring to summer because most won't have cams. Yikes! __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

11-18-2009, 09:40 PM	#9
milkweed Heron Join Date: May 2009 Location: Indiana	Indianapolis has set up nesting boxes for peregrin falcons. Check out the site, it has nest cams. IndyStar.com \| Falcon Blog \| The Indianapolis Star __________________ We do not inherit the land from our fathers, we borrow it from our children.

11-18-2009, 10:13 PM	#10
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	Thanks, milkweed! __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

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