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Title: Moorhead, Minnesota Peregrines Post by: AlisonL on 26-Dec-17, 08:39:45 PM Earlier this year, the resident female at the Fargo nest, Miracle, born at the Sherco nest in 2004 and banded black/green 28/D, left Fargo and moved to Moorhead, Minnesota.
She found a new mate; Walsh, born at the Grand Forks, North Dakota nest in 2012, banded black/red 29/C. Walsh is a son of the great matriarch Terminator and her former mate Roosevelt. They raised two chicks, who were named Stella and Fiona at banding. One of the chicks is banded black/red C/83, but I am not sure which one. Fiona has now been sighted in Louisiana: Peregrine Falcon born in Moorhead, spotted in Louisiana (WDAY) A happy update to a story about our two baby peregrine falcons that were born this summer at the Anheuser Busch Plant in Moorhead. Fiona the falcon now more fully grown into her feathers, was spotted by a bird watcher in Louisiana! (https://picload.org/image/ddddllir/moorhead-chicks-2017-stella-an.jpg) Above is an image from June of Stella and Fiona when they were tagged and given a clean bill of health. Peregrine falcons are rare in the region, there are only two known nests in North Dakota. The Urban Raptor Project says Fiona has a high chance of survival now that she's migrated south for the winter. No word yet on where Stella has flown off to. The link includes a short video with images of Fiona. She is a beauty. https://www.wday.com/news/4377365-peregrine-falcons-born-moorhead-spotted-louisiana (https://www.wday.com/news/4377365-peregrine-falcons-born-moorhead-spotted-louisiana) Title: Re: Moorhead, Minnesota Peregrines Post by: MAK on 26-Dec-17, 10:59:11 PM :clap:
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