Comments on: Quest Rides Warmer Temps Into March http://rfalconcam.com/imprinting/?p=976 The Journal of the Rochester Falconcam Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:43:51 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Alison in Indiana http://rfalconcam.com/imprinting/?p=976&cpage=1#comment-4430 Alison in Indiana Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:53:47 +0000 http://rfalconcam.com/imprinting/?p=976#comment-4430 The Falcon Research Group has a whole bunch of followed falcons on their pages: www.frg.org/track_pefa4.htm , but only three appeared to be active this past season, Sparrow King, Sparky and Island Girl (who comes up with these names?). The Falcon Research Group has a whole bunch of followed falcons on their pages: http://www.frg.org/track_pefa4.htm , but only three appeared to be active this past season, Sparrow King, Sparky and Island Girl (who comes up with these names?).

]]> By: chrissy http://rfalconcam.com/imprinting/?p=976&cpage=1#comment-4426 chrissy Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:29:46 +0000 http://rfalconcam.com/imprinting/?p=976#comment-4426 Thanks, Jim, for adding the icon showing where the Lennox nestbox is located. Quest does seem interested! . All we need now is a nice eligible tiercel. Mike, Alison, I know of one tiercel, Sparrow King, fitted on Feb 2007 with a PTT who migrates from Chile to his nesting site on Baffin Island(s?) (near Greenland) each spring. Thanks, Jim, for adding the icon showing where the Lennox nestbox is located. Quest does seem interested! . All we need now is a nice eligible tiercel.

Mike, Alison, I know of one tiercel, Sparrow King, fitted on Feb 2007 with a PTT who migrates from Chile to his nesting site on Baffin Island(s?) (near Greenland) each spring.

]]> By: Maureen in MA http://rfalconcam.com/imprinting/?p=976&cpage=1#comment-4425 Maureen in MA Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:50:24 +0000 http://rfalconcam.com/imprinting/?p=976#comment-4425 Thanks for confirming for me. Yes, wouldn't that be awesome if that happened for Quest! Fingers crossed!! :D Thanks for confirming for me. Yes, wouldn’t that be awesome if that happened for Quest! Fingers crossed!! :D

]]> By: Alison in Indiana http://rfalconcam.com/imprinting/?p=976&cpage=1#comment-4422 Alison in Indiana Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:38:54 +0000 http://rfalconcam.com/imprinting/?p=976#comment-4422 Yes, I remember that, too, and my dearest hope for Quest is that she will decide on a mate and the nestbox as well. Yes, I remember that, too, and my dearest hope for Quest is that she will decide on a mate and the nestbox as well.

]]> By: John Carlos http://rfalconcam.com/imprinting/?p=976&cpage=1#comment-4421 John Carlos Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:23:49 +0000 http://rfalconcam.com/imprinting/?p=976#comment-4421 Hey Maureen, I believe I read something about a hack box/nest box at the Lennox station as well. :-) You're not confused. Hey Maureen, I believe I read something about a hack box/nest box at the Lennox station as well. :-) You’re not confused.

]]> By: Maureen in MA http://rfalconcam.com/imprinting/?p=976&cpage=1#comment-4420 Maureen in MA Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:49:08 +0000 http://rfalconcam.com/imprinting/?p=976#comment-4420 Wasn't there a previous post that mentioned a nest box in the vicinty of the Lennox station, or do I have it confused with something else? Wasn’t there a previous post that mentioned a nest box in the vicinty of the Lennox station, or do I have it confused with something else?

]]> By: Alison in Indiana http://rfalconcam.com/imprinting/?p=976&cpage=1#comment-4418 Alison in Indiana Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:16:03 +0000 http://rfalconcam.com/imprinting/?p=976#comment-4418 The assembly will be no problem at all for prospective mates. There was a pair observed on a university webcam where the female (I believe) wore a harness for more than one season. It should just drop off when it wears out and one may even be able to rescue the electronics. I have never seen a statistic on the historical survival of "backpack" birds. At the Rochester site the survival has been about average (which is low in any case). Storks with transmitters wear them for years and years (Princess from Germany from 1994 to 2007) and mates fight for them and their teritories just as fiercely as for unharnessed birds. Princess died an old lady (about 16 - very old for a stork) in her winter quarters in Africa. Max, a female who nests in Switzerland, could be in the Guiness Book of Records since she has been followed with her transmitter since 1999, the year she hatched. The assembly will be no problem at all for prospective mates. There was a pair observed on a university webcam where the female (I believe) wore a harness for more than one season. It should just drop off when it wears out and one may even be able to rescue the electronics. I have never seen a statistic on the historical survival of “backpack” birds. At the Rochester site the survival has been about average (which is low in any case).
Storks with transmitters wear them for years and years (Princess from Germany from 1994 to 2007) and mates fight for them and their teritories just as fiercely as for unharnessed birds. Princess died an old lady (about 16 – very old for a stork) in her winter quarters in Africa. Max, a female who nests in Switzerland, could be in the Guiness Book of Records since she has been followed with her transmitter since 1999, the year she hatched.

]]> By: mike http://rfalconcam.com/imprinting/?p=976&cpage=1#comment-4417 mike Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:45:24 +0000 http://rfalconcam.com/imprinting/?p=976#comment-4417 It's surprising that the transmitter and harness have lasted so long. They certainly don't seem to have had an appreciable effect on Quest's ability to survive and presumably thrive. Historical odds do not generally favor backpack birds - she must be a peregrine with strength, skill and talent. Does anyone have any insights on the predicted life span of the harness, how it might release upon failure, and if the assembly will be a deterrent in attracting a mate? It’s surprising that the transmitter and harness have lasted so long. They certainly don’t seem to have had an appreciable effect on Quest’s ability to survive and presumably thrive. Historical odds do not generally favor backpack birds – she must be a peregrine with strength, skill and talent.
Does anyone have any insights on the predicted life span of the harness, how it might release upon failure, and if the assembly will be a deterrent in attracting a mate?

]]> By: Barb http://rfalconcam.com/imprinting/?p=976&cpage=1#comment-4416 Barb Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:19:59 +0000 http://rfalconcam.com/imprinting/?p=976#comment-4416 I hope she picks Lennox Then we might get to see some pictures. I hope she picks Lennox Then we might get to see some pictures.

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