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Welcome to Banding Day 2024!

Thanks Shaky! And welcome to Banding Day 2024!

A reminder to anyone coming downtown to watch the banding: please do it safely from street level. For your own safety, please do not go up on rooftops.

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 and view photos of the banding on Twitter @Rfalconcam and Facebook @Rfalconcam

Of course,  photos and commentary will also be posted on our Rfalconcam Forum.

We will post an announcement here when the banding team from our friends at the NYS DEC arrive.

Thankfully our merry wanderer has returned to the poop deck!

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The NYS DEC banding team has arrived.

The banding team is being briefed and should be heading out for the eyas extraction shortly!

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Talons crossed everyone stays asleep for now!

The banding team are gathering the eyases from the nest box area!

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Our first eyas is a male named Justice!

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Justice is named by Pat Carey of Irondequoit, NY

Justice - for justice itself and for all the people who work to get it in the buildings surrounding the nest box; particularly the Telesca Center for Justice and the Civic Center Plaza.

Band # Black/green 98/W
Tape color no tape

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Our 2nd eyas is a female named Meng

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Meng is named by Eileen Karle of Ulster County, NY

Meng - Heinz Meng was a world-renowned falconer and ornithologist. After DDT decimated the population of peregrine falcons, he was instrumental in their recovery. He was the first to successfully breed peregrine falcons in captivity in New Paltz, NY.
Once DDT was banned and it was safe to attempt to return peregrines to the wild, he shared his breeding stock to help form the foundation of the new population of peregrines we watch over today.
Meng
Gender (F)
Band # 88/Z black/green
Tape color blue

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Walker - is named by Richard Calabrese, Jr., Partner and Manager at the Times Square Building in Rochester, NY after the architect Ralph Walker for his beautiful design of the Time Square building where the box is now located beneath the four glorious wings that adorn the Rochester skyline.

Walker
Gender (M)
Band # 26/R black/green
Tape color yellow

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And our final eyas and winner of the Pick an Name contest is a female named Mighty!

Mighty was submitted by Sue Morse's students at Midlakes Education Center in Clifton Springs, NY
Mighty - Mighty means "impressive power and strength." Peregrine Falcons possess "impressive power and strength" to survive as a former endangered species.
Although they have been delisted on the Federal level, peregrine falcons remain on the endangered species list in New York State
Mighty
Gender (F)
Band # 89/Z black/green
Tape color red

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And, for those keeping track, Mighty won by a mighty big margin!

The eyases are being returned to the nest box!

Thank you everyone for joining us for another successful banding day!

Band summary:

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I was just watching the video. I don't recall Nova & Neander being quite so bold last year. They were flying so close and even landed on the platform & cameras while the humans were still out there!

I saw that!  It was interesting to see them both together in tandem going after the humans.  Usually you only see the female and the male will make a half hearted attempt but Neander was right in there with Nova.  In the end they saved their babies  :wub:

If you're keeping score for the series of N&N vs banders, it's

      Falcons 3
      Hoomons 0

http://youtube.com/shorts/7cvJ12rIa6A?feature=share Video Lisa took inside Times Square

http://youtu.be/VQNA4NXlmYg short video from the stream