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#51 |
WG Operations, Facilitator
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Northern Wisconsin
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Sage,
Your saga of documenting the nesting peregrine falcon parents and babies is just awesome. I feel so lucky to watch the story unfold in this thread which you have been updating. I never knew the baby chicks were little fuzz balls until I saw the photos you posted of them, which are amazing BTW. I'm really happy to hear that you received some media attention & recognition for all your efforts with the peregrine falcons. |
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#52 |
POM Judge & Official Non Gardener
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Buffalo, NY, USA
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Here are some shots from today's Peregrine checks~
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#53 |
POM Judge & Official Non Gardener
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Buffalo, NY, USA
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Our Peregrines started fledging yesterday so we have been very busy. Two have needed to be rescued and we were already on hand when Harry Potter went down. He had been flying wonderfully since yesterday but a bunch of gulls tried to fly with Harry and Ron resulting in Harry getting distracted. Then he got trapped in a dangerous area.
While we were getting Harry boxed up and returned to the roof, his mama was flying in circles overhead. Roger got some fantastic shots which I put HERE. ![]() |
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#54 |
Official Plant Nerd
Join Date: Dec 2008
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OK.... inquiring minds want to know. How do you put them back in their nests? Can you get in the buildings and just open up some flap and put them back or do you have to hoist them up in the air on some pole?
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#55 |
POM Judge & Official Non Gardener
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Buffalo, NY, USA
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Good question, Lib! Since Harry had fledged yesterday and was flying fine, he was returned to a roof under the tower containing the nest.
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Another falcon from the Statler landed in a busy street today and could not be returned to nest because the bankruptcy court has denied access to the DEC even in the case of such an emergency. This bird has to go to a rehabilitator for a few weeks and then be released. |
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#56 |
WG Prize & Gift Coordinator
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Michigan
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What did he get into? A fenced in area he couldn't fly up and out of?
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#57 |
POM Judge & Official Non Gardener
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Buffalo, NY, USA
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Yes, he crawled into the enclosure through a hole just big enough at ground level, The enclosure contained massive electric transformers and the fence was very high with barbed wire around it. These birds when newly fledged, have difficulty lifting off from ground. When the take off, they generally dip a bit to move those wings for lift.
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#58 |
POM Judge & Official Non Gardener
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Buffalo, NY, USA
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I love this shot Roger took of mama BB yesterday! If this were used for a desktop on a white background, you'd see her floating in the air! Click 2x to enlarge fully~
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#59 |
POM Judge & Official Non Gardener
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Buffalo, NY, USA
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A few recent pix of the Peregrine kids!
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#60 |
Fox
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: South Carolina
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Awesome shots Sage and Roger!! I've never seen one of these in person but your photos more than make up for that. Thank you.
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