Offspring Updates Galore!
We have a flurry of information to bring you regarding Mariah and Kaver’s offspring, so here we go!
Seneca and Cheyenne
We begin with some really terrific news. Our colleagues at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History have had a falconcam of their own focused on the pair at the Terminal Tower for many years. Now it appears they have another pair in town. Our very own Seneca from 2008 appears to have displaced another female named Ely and taken over a nest site on the Brookpark Road Bridge just outside of Cleveland! Not only that, but she has a mate named Cheynne. He was also hatched in 2008 from a nest in nearby Akron, Ohio. It hasn’t escaped our notice that both of these falcons carry the name of a Native American tribe. What a wonderful coincidence!
This news is pretty recent; Seneca was only discovered a couple of days ago by one of the local watchers named Kim. She contacted Chris and Chad Saladin, who’ve been longtime observers (and extraordinary photographers) of the Cleveland area falcons. They were able to read her band and quickly make an ID. Today they published a bunch of photos of Cheyenne and Seneca mating, as well as some solo pictures of each. Here are a couple of Seneca:
Seneca at Brookpark Road Bridge near Cleveland, OH
Seneca Flying Near Brookpark Road Bridge
Isn’t she gorgeous? Our sincere thanks go out to Chris and Chad for the excellent pictures, and to Kim for finding Seneca. You can follow Seneca and Cheyenne as they build their new family on the Seneca thread in our Forum.
Rhea Mae and Tiago
Rhea Mae & Tiago's First Egg of 2010
Rhea Mae and Tiago have laid their first egg at their nest box on the Sheraton Hotel in midtown Toronto. According to watcher Linda Woods over at the Canadian Peregrine Foundation:
Rhea [Mae] had been spending many nights sitting at the nest ledge. But last night she was on the nest tray. After dark she climbed into the tray and laid down. This morning, egg # 1!
It looks like 2010 will be another productive year for Rhea Mae, Mariah’s daughter from 2006. You can follow all the news about her at the Rhea Mae thread in our Forum.
Quest
Quest has had one of her busiest weeks yet, covering several hundred miles from as far north as Ottawa and Montreal, down south to Lake Erie. In between she spent a few days at her familiar hunting grounds near the Lennox Power station and at Prince Edward Point. It’s anyone’s guess as to where Quest will settle down, if she ever decides to stop globetrotting, that is!
Tags: bridgepark road, cheyenne, quest, rhea mae, seneca, tiago
March 26th, 2010 at 7:40 AM
All VERY exciting news!!! 😀 Thanks so much for sharing it all with us!
March 26th, 2010 at 8:49 AM
Seneca has her mom’s white cere. So lovely.
March 26th, 2010 at 12:46 PM
I’ve always said that a Peregrine Falcon is a gift that blossoms before our eyes. From the wet, pink almost featherless newly hatched chick to the white fluff of the eyas to the awkward pin-feather covered youngsters to the dark & milk chocolate brown patterns of the fledgling. At that point, you almost get a glimpse of what they will look like when they lose their juvenile feathers. But it is a true honor to see the young fledgling we watched grow before our eyes transformed into their adult plumage. Then do we see the parents we adored.
March 26th, 2010 at 3:07 PM
Hear hear!
March 26th, 2010 at 3:44 PM
It ate my previous comment for some reason, but Cheyenne is very handsome. I think Mariah would be proud of her daughter’s choice. (Or maybe just jealous. ;D)
And Seneca is BEAUTIFUL. Her wings and back are so dark. ^_^ Very, very beautiful.
March 29th, 2010 at 9:51 AM
Such wonderful news!! We have been so fortunate to be able to keep up with Quest since she left; and now to hear we now know of Seneca…..who has grown up to be
just GORGEOUS!!!
Long live the legacy!!
🙂
March 29th, 2010 at 5:37 PM
Rhea Mae and Tiago now have three eggs.
March 29th, 2010 at 9:23 PM
Wonderful. Too bad their picture here is replaced on my screen by a little box with a red x.
March 30th, 2010 at 8:22 PM
Alison, you can also see the pictures at the CPF website
http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/w/c/sightings/toronto-sheraton-centre/
P.S. They just announced the 4th egg has arrived!
March 30th, 2010 at 9:06 PM
Has anyone been out to the Mall where Mariah was last seen in October just to see if she is around? The downtown is full of news but it would be nice to know if someone still cares about her.
March 31st, 2010 at 8:04 PM
Great news! And I see the new map places Quest over Lennox again last Sunday. Does anyone know if the Osprey have returned there yet?
April 5th, 2010 at 5:51 PM
@Debbe L…Mariah is certainly first in all our hearts! Yes, those who pass where she was last seen do check regularly but they just haven’t seen her. I wish we had different news, but I’m choosing to think no news is good news.
April 5th, 2010 at 5:52 PM
And I forgot to mention…Seneca & Cheyenne have their first egg!