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Welcome baby Harlequin! I LOVE it!!!

Ok ,one juvie on the scrape has some feathers standing up ,and now I see that transmitterthing again ?????
I don't say nothing anymore,to not confuse everyone.

She definitely has a transmitter, just saw it! 

Looking for A probably.

[MAKfalcon (MAK):]

MAKfalcon (MAK): A on short still next to tall still U on W still whining

Link:
http://twitter.com/MAKfalcon/statuses/75264489683025920

What's with all her whining??

Well, after she whines, he mates with her. The call of the wild!   

Fascinating!  As for Mama    I'd leave too after putting out that monster!   

Eh, I stayed!! 

Sure does look like a transmitter but who am I to say! Doesn't anyone know? Was it hush hush?

Oh, is that just a piece of shell off to the right?

Nancy

Yes, I saw that shell when I saw the 4th egg!

I saw the egg under her before. In the last pics I posted, the kids were covering the egg. When they moved, there it was. When she was done with the feeding, she pushed the egg back in under her. We'll see if it hatches Nancy!

Zephyr looks over his chicks. He's doing well with 1 foot. Kids are hiding in the corner.

Beauty

Just watching the world!

feeding right now, is there 3 or 4? It's a pile of eyases!!

Banding day here
May 29, 2011 - Port Colborne - ADM Mill
Doug Garbutt Reports:

After last weeks transfer of the young ones from the beam to the nest box, Anne Yagi, Mark Nash & Corrine were back to band the eyases. The small entourage were here at 10 am. Rolf Numsen promptly signed them in and equipped them with the necessary saftey ppe required. After a nice meet & greet with the plant manager Frank Jantz they made their way up to the 12th floor with all  gear in hand. It was 10:30 when they reached the top. We are lucky here to have a drop down door in front of the nest box. With a camera in the box & a monitor in our lunch room we were able to know when to drop the door without trapping an adult in the box or dropping it on a young one (via walkie talkie). After the door closed, Mom & Dad were a little upset to say the least. Corrine extracted the young from the box and with Anne’s expertise the young’s sex & age were determined. The 1st was a male weighing in at 556 gms. His band is 50/Y, we named him Max. The 2nd turned out to be a female weighing in at 838 gms. we named her Olivia. Anne & Corrine said both appear to be in good health. By 11:15 the birds were back in their box. Shortly after, Mom was back too. A big thanks to the MNR, CPF & ADM management for helping these rare birds have a chance at survival.

You can see an injury to Beauty's left wing.

I think that's just the way the feathers are ruffling.  There are a few small feathers (cannot come up with the name right now-need more coffee) right at that point of the wing that often look out of place in flight.

And, thank you!  Not OT at all...these are FABULOUS pictures!

Hmmm, ok then! Mark, what great pics you take...beautiful!