Fantastic!!!!! 

BB and Baby!! 

[Kinsey is a FEMALE!]

Carolina Raptor Center
Just in from our vet staff: Kinsey is a FEMALE!

Very good Ei. Always worry about the mini's. 

Events at the nest today:

Our male osprey has been busying himself with bringing in nesting material today. He has brought in moss and sticks with which to keep the nest in a fit condition for incubation. However, at 12:05pm he flew in to the nest with a fish which the female then flew away with it to eat elsewhere.

A question we received via ospreys@swt.org.uk asked us whether the juvenile ospreys return to nest at the same site and what we know about their survival rate. Research has shown that ospreys will return to the same region to breed. Our male 7Y was ringed locally. Unfortunately we do not know what has happened to previous years’ chicks as none of these were ringed. However, this year we are hoping to raise enough money to satellite track at least one of the chicks if they should hatch. For more information on our satellite tracking program, follow this link: http://www.swt.org.uk/wildlife/osprey-tracking/

Breakfast is being served! (pics to follow)

Did mini get fed?

[Linn redGrace blueSacajawea yellowAnanta silver from 2007]

Linn red
Grace blue
Sacajawea yellow
Ananta silver  from 2007   

Linn on Ped bridge after fledging.

Linn from Rochester New York is back at Scarborough Bell nest Site and has found a friend. They are in full blown courtship mode!!
May 13, 2009 - Scarborough - Bell
Mark Nash Reports:

It appears that the adult peregrines on site at Scarborough Bell building were more than active today to say the least!!  After hooking up with Marion and Bruce on site in the late afternoon and  early evening after a flurry of telephone calls from Marion to hurry up and get there with the camera, I was blown away by the amount of observations that that that the two had witnessed.  The adult pair were observed in full courtship mode, with at least 8 copulations having been witnessed in less than three hours.  With lots of vocalizing, and many short flights with the pair in and out of the hack box on numerous occasions.  While the adult male never gave them a real good look at his leg bands, the adult female did, exposing her Black over Green band,  91 over V.  After checking my e-mail communication from our good friends in Rochester from last year, it appears that the adult is non-other than Linn, produced in Rochester New York at the Kodak nest site in 2007. She was photographed and observed several times last year with an adult male also wearing a Black over Green coloured leg band and a pinkish /purple coloured USFW band,, both at the Scarborough water tower and the Bell building.   While the photos I have are not the best and were taken after all of the best action had finished,  it does show an decent view of Linn as she appeared from the inside of the hack box.  Look for Marion’s report


The last to fledge in 2007. I remember that so well. She just laid there and watched the others.

Stork babies!! Thanks Janet

Archer has seen the light! NOT!

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/aramacaw#id5356346 2 babies

Manchester's only nesting pair of peregrine falcons have been given their own Twitter page.

The adult birds returned to a secret location in the city centre and have hatched four chicks this year.

The RSPB has set up a live webcam and is hoping the birds will Tweet photographs automatically by their movement on the nest.

Joanna Keene of the RSPB said the aim was to "connect with a younger audience."

It is the fifth year running the same pair of peregrines have chosen Manchester city centre to breed. According to the RSPB, the urban environment with its tall buildings and ready supply of pigeons has proved a successful move for the pair, despite a setback last year when one chick died on its maiden flight.

"We are really optimistic this year," she said.

"Everything has been going absolutely to plan and to have four of them hatching has been amazing.

"It's been fabulous watching them on the webcam feeding from the female and both birds seem to be bringing them plenty of food."

Ms Keene said that they had also set up a live webcam and, for the first time, a Manchester peregrines' Twitter page.

"We decided to set up the Twitter page to help people follow the birds and, hopefully, connect with a younger audience," she said.

"We're hoping to place a motion sensor on the camera to send updates as the birds fly in and out of the nest."

They are a popular attraction in Exchange Square where the RSPB staff hold Date with Nature events to point out the birds and educate the public.

In 2010, the birds chose to nest high up on a ledge on the city's second tallest building, the CIS Tower.

However, one of the two fledglings died when it flew into the side of the building.

Four chicks have hatched this year at the nest site

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/livenest#id7868517 Cam

[They should have checked carefully. All those nesting owls and they didn't see any? Come on!]

DAGGETT • A large number of baby barn owls were found during the demolition of several dilapidated structures Wednesday at the Barstow-Daggett Airport and the demolition has been put on hold until further notice.

A total of 10 baby owls were rescued from the rubble Wednesday, including one that appeared to have broken legs. The birds were growing feathers but were unable to fly. Rick Bellis, a game warden with the Department of Fish and Game, said the owls would be taken to the Barstow Humane Society and sent to a wildlife rehabiliatator before being released.

Under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, it is a federal offense to disturb, harm or kill a predatory bird and it is also illegal to disturb or destroy their nests. Barn owls are protected under this law, although they are not endangered. Bellis was also concerned about great horned owls potentially nesting in the building, which he said are more rare than barn owls.

Bellis said it was likely that there were more owls in the building but restricted access within 50 feet because of fears that the building would collapse. Bellis said that the nesting season for the barn owls lasts through late June, because the birds stagger their egg laying and lay about five or six eggs total.

Elena Hanson — who used to rehabilitate owls — helped rescue some of the birds Wednesday and was upset that the demolition was scheduled during the owl’s nesting season.

“What would it have hurt to wait one month?� asked Hanson, who added that she saw the parent birds flying back into the building to try to get their babies during the demolition.

Mary Hastings, another Newberry Springs resident who was watching the demolition, said she saw some of the owls run over and killed during the demolition, although a contractor working on the demolition said no owls were killed. Hastings said that the owls have been using the open structures to nest in for decades and was upset that no plans had been made in advance for the proper removal of the birds.

Angel Osuna of National Demolition Contractors said that no owl nests were found during an inspection and asbestos removal about two weeks ago.

Desert Dispatch CA.


They should have checked carefully. All those nesting owls and they didn't see any? Come on!

[Have a great Birthday Linda]

Have a great Birthday Linda