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We have 2 eyas already in Mtl.  :clap:

Woohoo!  :hatch1: :hatch1:

Great news!!   :2thumbsup:

Love babies, can't wait!

3 here since 0915 this morning  :thumbsup:

Feeding!

Looking good!  So cute!

Look at the foot!!  :gum:

We have 4 females in Mtl.
     
Kaya  E81   (pas de couleur)
Isis    E82   (rouge)    red                  Maybe this one is a male but not sure.
Eva    E83   (vert )     green
Zoé    E84   (jaune)   yellow
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Congratulations!!  :clap:

Yay Montreal!! Congrats! I like the names.

I received a note from Nicole in Montreal today and it seems that all the females that were banded from the University of Montreal nestbox are now determined to be all males!  

10:24 AM 6/11 We now have confirmation that these are 4 males. For those wondering why there was a miscarriage early - like 4 falcons appear to have substantially the same size feet, we had to assume they were of the same sex. David Bird, in his experience, thought it was 4 males, we even tried the male rings on their legs and it seemed well adjusted. But, the weight in grams instead, was telling us little females. In a similar situation, we have no choice but to put rings females, because a ring too small for the falcon's paw cut off circulation and cause him serious problems. Now they have their adult size, we are set!.

The names have been changed to:

Tawodi        
Rick              
Eole          
Altius
 
Congratulations, again!

Do you know that our female in Montreal, Spirit, is a daughter of Hillary and Buckeye, the legendary Buckey from Ohio?

I probably knew way back but had forgotten. Thanks for the reminder!  She comes from good genes too!

A misdiagnose, it happens...we have Sabrina/Valient. So does that mean Valients band is too big for him? I guess bigger is better than smaller. Size matters there.
The new names are all unusual except for Rick..(where did that come from)?   :clap:

Tawodi is an amerindian word; it means "falcon"
Eole was wind's god for Greeks
Altius is a latin word who means "higher" I think. I don't know if it's the good traduction. You remember Olympic Games "Citius, altius, fortius"?

Thanks so much for the meanings......and Rick? I love it!

Maybe, according to me, the name of Richard Dupuis, one of their photographers; but I'm not sure...
He is a good photographer of birds and nature...
Link here: http://picasaweb.google.com/Rickdqc (http://picasaweb.google.com/Rickdqc)

It sounds like it could be him-name suggested by Eve Belisle?

That would make sense. If so, a great name after a great photographer. Beautiful photos, thank you!

It sounds like it could be him-name suggested by Eve Belisle?

Probably...

Rick is for Richard Dupuis. Here in Montreal, Richard is the falcon's father like Eve is falcon's mother.
He helped Eve with many, many jobs for 3 years now. And he is also a great photographer.
For example, he was outside with his camera and video to film when we were all inside for the banding on May 26.
He is also very involve in fledge watch.
I am glad that one falcon have his name because we missed it last year. The male was name Horus.
For the 3 others named, Penelope already told you the truth  :2thumbsup:

Nic1Pic...Dommage que je sois si loin de Montréal sinon je serais sûrement avec vous.   :thumbsup:

Here is the videos from outside by Richard ( Rick ) during the banding
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14595333@N02/page2/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14595333@N02/page2/)

Where do you live Pénélope?

La Tuque in Haute-Mauricie, 3 hours from Montreal and 3 hours from Quebec City... It seems we have here 2 pairs of falcons at least who nest in cliffs but I haven't seen them.

Nice! Would love to see pics of that!

I will try to know where exactly...  :)

It would be great to see Falcons in a natural setting.  Neil Grubb has posted beautiful videos on here of them on cliffs in Scotland.  Hope you get a chance to see yours there!

I've gotten to see peregrines three times now in settings where they were nesting on cliffs, and have pictures of two of the scrapes, but in those cases we saw the falcons fly in and out, but the scrape was inset into the cliff so you couldn't really see into it.  The first time was in Yellowstone, the second time was this spring in Sedona (a very excited forest ranger who had been monitoring the nest kept borrowing my binoculars to get a better look), and the third time was just this past Memorial Day weekend.  There is a pair nesting on a cliff in the Smokies, on our favorite trail, but the bluff on which they nest is under a rock overhang...and you can't see the nesting cliff from the trail.  You can get directly under it, but the view is blocked by the overhanging rock...so you can just watch overhead as they fly in and out...or listen for the screeching!  We're 98% sure that they had already fledged juveniles because as we were walking down the trail toward the scrape we saw a light-colored falcon flying in toward the scrape, and another fly out from the direction of the scrape, screaming bloody murder; the second falcon was much darker and looked like it had juvenile coloration, where the first falcon definitely had much lighter coloration on the underside.  The presumed adult flew high above the juvenile.  It reminded me of when Mariah or Kaver would fly in with a food delivery and the juvenile(s) would fly out to greet them.

What wonderful experiences just to see the Falcons, Patti!

Thanks Patti, very interesting to know...