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Title: Banding Day 2015 as it Happened
Post by: Shaky on 29-May-15, 09:53:09 AM
Stand by for your banding moderators.


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 10:18:01 AM
Thanks Shaky!

Welcome to banding day!

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We will be sharing with you what is happening in the banding room and will answer questions you ask on the other boards!!


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 10:32:57 AM
Beauty just served a quick snack-everyone's in the box


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 10:34:36 AM
Dot.ca is watching from OCSR


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 10:36:42 AM
The NYS DEC has arrived at Times Square. We should be under way shortly!


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 10:39:37 AM
Beauty is still at the nestbox


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 10:40:45 AM
Beauty looking toward the door


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 10:47:07 AM
waiting for the extraction team to arrive at nestbox level


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 10:50:37 AM
The extraction team should be here soon!


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:00:24 AM
Report from the banding room-set up is under way!


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Shaky on 29-May-15, 11:03:56 AM
Set up. (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/29/95a58efba91a40f788686543c7c9c4a2.jpg)


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:15:58 AM
All 3 eyases are in the box-they will likely freeze in place when the door opens.


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:16:58 AM
The extraction team is on their way out!


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:17:53 AM
There they are! Front blocked-trap door opening!


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:18:46 AM
Trap door is open!


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:19:21 AM
Nest defense under way by the parents!


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:19:47 AM
Into the bucket!


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:20:28 AM
Fish net to be sure they don't escape!


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:21:17 AM
All 3 eyases on their way to the banding room!


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:23:05 AM
The eyases have arrived at the banding room!


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:24:12 AM
Lots of flying and complaining outside an office window-reported by Mark!


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:25:27 AM
The addled egg has been removed from the box along with some of the nestovers


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:31:20 AM
A bit of housekeeping of the cams while we wait...


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:33:34 AM
The first eyas is a girl named Cadence!


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:33:53 AM
Cadence means flow of rhythm and grace in movement. Submitted by Joyce Miller


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:34:11 AM
There is nothing more rhythmic and graceful than a peregrine in flight


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:34:24 AM
Similar to a musical chord sequence moving to a harmonic close or


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:34:37 AM
point of rest and giving the sense of harmonic completion.


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:34:59 AM
Cadence is banded 91/BA with blue tape


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:35:46 AM
Cadence is banded 91/BA black/green with blue tape


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Shaky on 29-May-15, 11:36:35 AM
Cadence photo
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/29/8699df49315c967785e4939ea68e4f72.jpg)


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:42:53 AM
The next eyas is a boy named Bronx!


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:43:08 AM
Bronx Submitted by Suzanna Lull's 4th Grade Class, PS 62, The Bronx, NY


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:43:23 AM
for Jonas Bronck who came to the New World in 1639.


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:43:38 AM
Bronck's homestead later became known as The Bronx, a borough of New York City.


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:44:01 AM
Bronx is banded 20/BA black/green with blue tape!


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Shaky on 29-May-15, 11:45:15 AM
Bronx photos (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/29/2eff5a7bc6bdaeafdd444f2ed9d71de3.jpg)
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/29/644aa993a4553e6c2787514550c291b6.jpg)


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:48:42 AM
OOPS! Make that red tape!

Bronx is banded 20/BA black/green with blue red tape!


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:49:33 AM
Dot.ca on deck


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:52:11 AM
The 3rd eyas is a boy named Genesee!


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:53:00 AM
Genesee is for the river and valley over which he will first soar. 


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:53:22 AM
Submitted by Kristine Genagon of Batavia and David Sabo of Chili, NY  and selected by RFalconcam members


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:53:44 AM
the Times Square Building was once the home of the Genesee Trust Company.


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:53:59 AM
The  Genesee River flows through the heart of Rochester. Flowing northward from PA through New York, it is a tributary of Lake Ontario.


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:54:17 AM
It was seen in the early days to be a hydropower bonanza, providing original power


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:54:35 AM
to the 19th century mills and still provides hydroelectric power for downtown Rochester.


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:55:14 AM
The Genesee is also known for its beautiful and powerful waterfalls. High Falls


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:55:36 AM
is a famous part of the Genesee and is where many young Falcons have trained to fly before leaving Rochester.


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Shaky on 29-May-15, 11:55:37 AM
Genesee photos
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/29/5b2b20717e605be921a3d3dbdb58b4b9.jpg)
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/29/91201629d2202b5849380f088a79a2d7.jpg)


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:57:26 AM
On their way back into the box


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:57:58 AM
And no fainting allowed this year!


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:58:24 AM
Everyone's is back in!


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:58:57 AM
This moderator is due in a meeting now and must sign off.


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 11:59:18 AM
Thank you for joining us for another banding day!


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015 as it Happened
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 01:21:37 PM
addendum...forgot Genesee's band info...22/BA black over green no tape. Thanks again!


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015 as it Happened
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 01:32:20 PM
...and looking at the pictures below it looks like Genesee is 24/BA black/green no tape.


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015 as it Happened
Post by: Shaky on 29-May-15, 02:51:49 PM
Quick Summary:

1 female and 2 males

Cadence (F) - Left leg: black 91 over green BA, Right: blue
Name submitted by Joyce Miller

Bronx (M) - Left leg: black 20 over green BA, Right: red
Name submitted by Suzanna Lull's 4th Grade Class, PS 62, The Bronx, NY
 
Genesee (M) - Left leg: black 24 over green BA, Right: silver
Name submitted by Kristine Genagon of Batavia, NY and David Sabo of Chili, NY and selected by RFalconcam members



Title: Re: Banding Day 2015 as it Happened
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 08:16:16 PM
Banding as seen on Rfalconcam Channel 1

Rfalconcam banding 2015 main cam, rfalconcam Captured on Ustream:Rochester Falcons at Times Square Nest Box Birds (http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/62830362/highlight/630296)

Also available on Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cWdvQq0YRc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cWdvQq0YRc)


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015 as it Happened
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 29-May-15, 08:30:16 PM
ustream highlight channel 2

Rfalconcam banding 2015 channel 2, rfalconcam Captured on Ustream:Rochester Falcons at Times Square Nest Box, View 2 Birds (http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/62829758/highlight/630299)

Also available on Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1UZ91FxUMM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1UZ91FxUMM)


Title: Banding Day 2015 as it Happened
Post by: Shaky on 29-May-15, 10:23:16 PM
The eyas banding information page has been updated.

http://shakymon.com/bandtable.html (http://shakymon.com/bandtable.html)


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015 as it Happened
Post by: carla on 30-May-15, 05:14:01 PM
Congrats Kris and Joyce.I love the names you have chosen.
Thanks Shaky and Ei for the pictures and banding reports.
Great that you could be there Mak.
Thank you all watchers in the street.And everyone I didn't mention.

 :rose: :rose: :rose: :rose: :rose:


Greetings Carla


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015 as it Happened
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 30-May-15, 05:19:22 PM
Congrats Kris and Joyce.I love the names you have chosen.
Thanks Shaky and Ei for the pictures and banding reports.
Great that you could be there Mak.
Thank you all watchers in the street.And everyone I didn't mention.

 :rose: :rose: :rose: :rose: :rose:


Greetings Carla

And Donna & Carol! Thanks!


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015 as it Happened
Post by: Kris G. on 30-May-15, 07:22:56 PM
Congrats Kris and Joyce.I love the names you have chosen.
Thanks Shaky and Ei for the pictures and banding reports.
Great that you could be there Mak.
Thank you all watchers in the street.And everyone I didn't mention.

 :rose: :rose: :rose: :rose: :rose:


Greetings Carla

Thanks, Carla! I thank all that were involved too..great day!


Title: Re: Banding Day 2015 as it Happened
Post by: carla on 31-May-15, 04:54:36 AM
So much fun for me to watch the falcons in Rochester.
Thanks Carol and Donna
 :rose: :rose:
 :flowers: