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Title: Cabin John Peregrines -- 2015 Post by: Paul Hamilton on 31-May-15, 02:01:38 PM For the first time in three seasons, the local peregrine pair has chicks! The male is unbanded (probably the same bird this year), and the female is our resident female since 2008. Black over red, V/0, both sideways, banded in NYC at the Throgs Neck Bridge on 5/17/2004 by Chris Nadareski. See my photo.
I've also posted Ricardo's picture of a food transfer. We have each seen them do this. After today's transfer, the female went in the box, presumable to feed chicks, and the male returned to guard duty. After about fifteen minutes, he left his lookout spot in a treetop on the Maryland side, crossed the Potomac to Virginia, and dove into the forest, flushing an osprey. He then made multiple attacks, at least one resulting in a hard hit that appeared to briefly stun the larger, rapidly fleeing raptor. The heightened state of alert, food transfers, and apparent feeding all point to chicks. Paul Title: Re: Cabin John Peregrines -- 2015 Post by: Paul Hamilton on 31-May-15, 02:09:29 PM Two more pictures from yesterday by Ricardo, both of our female, sideways V/0.
Paul Title: Re: Cabin John Peregrines -- 2015 Post by: patsy6 on 31-May-15, 03:58:43 PM Excellent photos, and great news about the chicks! :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: Cabin John Peregrines -- 2015 Post by: Donna on 31-May-15, 04:36:07 PM That's just awesome, love the pics!!!! Thanks
Title: Re: Cabin John Peregrines -- 2015 Post by: Lynne in New Hampshire on 31-May-15, 05:22:58 PM Great pics !! Hope you can see the little one soon !!
Title: Re: Cabin John Peregrines -- 2015 Post by: MAK on 31-May-15, 05:29:21 PM :yahoo:
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