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Title: Banding Day 2019 as it happened Post by: Shaky on 31-May-19, 09:30:41 AM Stand by for your Banding Day announcer.
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 09:35:19 AM Thanks Shaky! And welcome to Banding Day 2019!
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Shaky on 31-May-19, 09:36:51 AM A reminder to anyone coming downtown to watch the banding: do it safely from street level. For your own safety, please do not go up on rooftops.
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 09:37:18 AM Watch the live streaming video of the eyases being extracted from the nest box at
http://rfalconcam.com/rfc-main/streamView.php (http://rfalconcam.com/rfc-main/streamView.php) There won't be any video of the actual banding, but you can follow the live commentary on Twitter @RfalconcamNow and view photos of the banding @Rfalconcam Of course, photos and commentary will also be posted on our Rfalconcan Forum. Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 09:41:03 AM We will post an announcement here when the banding team from our friends at the NYS DEC arrive.
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 09:51:01 AM Beauty is watching over the nestbox from the top of Cam1, Dot.ca is on the west top Ibeam on OCSR.
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 09:56:07 AM The banding team has arrived! Stay tuned!
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 09:59:28 AM The banding team is being briefed and should be heading out for the eyas extraction shortly!
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 10:03:09 AM Here they come!
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 10:07:54 AM Ladder is going up...
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 10:08:27 AM One eyas out
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 10:08:48 AM Peregrine board covering the opening to keep them in the box
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 10:10:32 AM And down they go to the banding room! Stay tuned for their names!
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 10:19:19 AM We should have good video later of Beauty & Dot.ca defending the nestbox!
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 10:21:20 AM The first eyas is being banded!
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 10:25:40 AM Our first eyas is a male named Lakota, band B/G 28/BA
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 10:26:35 AM He is named by Carla Provenzano of Rochester, NY.
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 10:26:46 AM Lakota, after the Lakota Sioux. The Great Sioux Nation is made up of 30 separate tribes (or bands) in the USA and Canada. These tribes are divided into three divisions: The Lakota Sioux, Dakota Sioux, and Nakota Sioux, the Lakota being the largest of the three.
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 10:27:11 AM Their names are derived from the dialects of the Sioux language they speak, and therefore their division name and language are one and the same. In all three divisions and dialects, the meaning of the name is "ALLY", commonly translated as "FRIEND".
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 10:27:29 AM The Lakota were fierce warriors and hunters of the Great Plains, yet most important to their culture was family, especially their offspring (Wakanyeja/Sacred Gift). They are a gift from the creator who hold in their hands the future of the Lakota. How like our Peregrine Falcons!
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 10:30:38 AM Lakota has no tape on his USFWS band
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 10:33:38 AM The second eyas is being banded.
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 10:40:04 AM Our second eyas is another male named Phoenix! Band B/G 30/BA with blue tape
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 10:41:09 AM This name was selected by our faithful watchers on the Internet! Submitted by Michael Ortiz of Rochester, NY; Jackie Poplawski of Webster, NY; and Mayra Sanchez of Rochester, NY
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 10:41:29 AM Phoenix, according to Greek mythology a phoenix is a bird that regenerates rising from the ashes to be born again. This symbolizes the amazing recovery of the Peregrine Falcon population and the recent revitalization of Downtown Rochester, which is now becoming an amazing place to even just spend time.
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 10:42:55 AM This symbolizes the amazing recovery of the Peregrine Falcon population and the recent revitalization of Downtown Rochester, which is now becoming an amazing place to even just spend time.
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 10:52:40 AM Our 3rd eyas is also a male named Jupiter. B/G 31/BA yellow tape
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 10:53:07 AM Jupiter is named by Lynda and Tim Gersey of Romulus, NY.
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 10:53:27 AM Jupiter, for the god of sky and thunder. Jupiter is known as the king of gods in Roman mythology.
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 10:58:10 AM Beauty is resting at last on top of main cam.
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 11:01:05 AM And our 4th eyas is a girl named Donna! She has yellow feet and is banded B/G 31/BW with red tape!
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 11:01:46 AM She is named by the Rfalconcam Executive Committee. Donna, in honor of our good friend Donna Cook, who was a valued member of our Rfalconcam community and had followed the Rochester Falcons for many years.
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 11:04:06 AM The eyases are heading back to the nestbox!
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 11:06:12 AM All tucked back in and the banding team is leaving the nest ledge!
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 11:09:11 AM All tucked back in!
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 11:12:50 AM Many thanks, once again, to the banding team from the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation! And, as always, thanks to our Rfalconcam team on the ground for hosting another successful Banding Day.
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 11:14:37 AM And, our very sincere thanks to all our watchers out on the Internet who help the recovery of the peregrine falcon continue to thrive! We wouldn't be here without you!
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 31-May-19, 11:15:55 AM With that, this moderator is signing off! Enjoy watching these eyases grow!
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: carly on 31-May-19, 11:24:04 AM Thanks Kitty, great job!! :clap: :clap: :notworthy: :notworthy:
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 Post by: Shaky on 31-May-19, 11:48:35 AM Thank you, Ei. Great job again!
Title: Re: Banding Day 2019 as it happened Post by: Shaky on 31-May-19, 03:01:13 PM A small correction. Earlier we stated that Lakota's left band was black 28 over green BA. It's actually black 29 over green BA.
Quick Summary: 3 males and 1 female Lakota (M) - Left leg: black 29 over green BA, Right: silver Named by Carla Provenzano of Rochester, NY Phoenix (M) - Left leg: black 30 over green BA, Right: blue Name submitted by Michael Ortiz of Rochester, NY; Jackie Poplawski of Webster, NY; and Mayra Sanchez of Rochester, NY; and selected by Rfalconcam Forum members Jupiter (M) - Left leg: black 31 over green BA, Right: yellow Named by Lynda and Tim Gersey of Romulus, NY Donna (F) - Left leg: black 31 over green BW, Right: red Named by the Rfalconcam Executive Committee in memory of Donna Cook |