It would be wonderful if she would settle down before that all happens!

That was nice of you to write, Donna and nice of her to answer!

Are these folks in contact with Mark Nash?  Do we know?

Thanks MAK!   

I heard afterwards that the Tiercel's name is Cade after Thomas Cade.  What a beautiful bird!   

You did a wonderful job, Carol!!!  And what a perfect name for a peregrine!  We owe much to Tom Cade for his work restoring the population of peregrines!  Cade is a beautiful bird!!!!!  So exciting to see a peregrine up close!

Why is distribution of child porn illegal but this is not? I'm confused by this. ???

Cindy

Good point, Cindy!

When I first read this, I exercised some freedom of speech of my own

From the Canadian Peregrine page:
http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/w/2010/04/sightings/2695/

(there is a picture on the link)


Stormin - (Black 30 over Black Y) is observed!
April 22, 2010 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
Frank Butson Reports:

Thanks to Brett Tryon,the TTPBRS coordinator, for this photo of Stormin taken at Tommy Thompson Park. The website of The Tommy Thompson Park Banding Station(where Stormin was observed) is at www.ttpbrs.ca for their report on seeing Stormin and please check out their upcoming Spring Bird Festival at www.springbirdfestival.ca 

There's been problems at that site.  Two years in a row, eggs were laid and then disappeared.  No one saw what happened.  I don't know if the female there was displaced particularly by Quest.  She might have just been there to be there

It is another example of a dumb, destructive person writing something.  A year or so ago, some guy wrote that since pandas are endangered, the costs to increase their survival are so great and their reproductive rate so minimal, that they should be allowed to die off. 

Great video on the news today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L53sAVRZUE4

My mom, whose gardening skills I inherited (ahem), loved lilacs.  For several years, she pulled out this one "weed" but later found out it was a lilac (must have been transplanted from a neighbor's yard).  After she found this out, one of our neighbors asked to weed the yard (a woman in her 80s who loved doing this and needed more than her yard).  Sure enough, the lilac got pulled again. Mom gave up.

Maybe this idiot should be "treated" with ddt to see how harmless it is. 

If she's injured, this could account for the refusal to leave.  Too bad she can't be treated????

I hope where ever Mariah is she is HAPPY (just wish I knew where)

I miss them both 

Me too

This is from the canadian peregrine site:

!! 2008 Nebesny has been spotted in Mich. USA with a mate!
April 22, 2010 - Burlington - Lift Bridge

CPF Postmaster Reports:

Hello All
We have received some great news this morning from Barb at the Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division down in MIch. USA that a new female has arrived on site and setting up a territory with a 2009 male (produced in Cleveland Ohio) just north of Detroit Mich.
We have been able to identify and confirm her identity by her Black Canadian Colour marker bands and can confirm that she is non-other then “Nebesny�, a female produced in 2008 at the Burlington Bridge nest site. Banded Black 29 over Black X on July 12th 2008, weighing 907 grams – (empty crop), at approx. 29 days old.
Her mate has been identified by his band number as being hatched in 2009, named “Zeus� , dawning a Black 73 over Red B band produced in Cleveland Ohio USA.
We are all delighted to hear this good news and hope that Nebesny and Zeus are successful in their efforts.

CPF Postmaster

I don't remember close ups like this at Kodak.  I am fascinated by the intricacies we can see with the feathers. 

Our friends in Canada are pretty awesome.  They contend with bridges and skyscrapers.  Our watches can be unnerving but theirs are downright twilight zone.

Course I saw that now!  We never had to encounter a  fledge before with the location we have now.  Mark, our falcon watcher watcher, may see some interesting moves!