[Library of Congress hawk set free]

Library of Congress hawk set free

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/local-breaking-news/dc/library-of-congress-hawk-set-f.html story and video

 

Yaaaaaay! Thanks for the good news, Donna!
 

Yes it is Bobbie! 

[ponofri]

ponofri

[No self-respecting red-tail of any age would allow humans to come so close.]

Here's some fascinating video of an immature red-tail hawk who is clearly completely at home in the city, using the roof of a parked car as its lunch table! Of course, we Franklin Institute hawk fans want to know if this is one of "ours" from this past spring, knowing how unconcerned they are with spectators close by. We know it is an immature because its eyes are still golden, and its tail has the characteristic brown barred markings of an eyass instead of the red feathers of a mature adult.
"The bird is obviously an urban red-tail, that regards humans pretty much as my rural red-tails regard cows and sheep; with utter disregard. I've never seen this in a wild red-tail. But we are still learning about those urban red-tails.
 
Could this be an eyass from The Franklin Institute? Could be. But not so likely, inasmuch as immature red-tails at these latitudes (not so in the South) have profound migratory urges in the autumn. This bird may have hatched on an urban nest in the Boston or New York City areas.
 
I'm certain that it didn't hatch in a typical rural nest. No self-respecting red-tail of any age would allow humans to come so close.
 
And yes, this is exactly why urban red-tails need to be banded."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LN35qQnHzaM#

[Library of Congress hawk set free]

Library of Congress hawk set free

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/local-breaking-news/dc/library-of-congress-hawk-set-f.html story and video

 

I wonder if he ever worked at RG&E, the local pare company. As you know, their Beebee station is not too far from the Kodak tare.

Oh, my. Look at the hare. It's past my bedtime.

 
Carol

Ok, that was good!

[Science on the SPOT - Falcons Up Close]

Science on the SPOT - Falcons Up Close

http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2011/02/08/producers-notes-science-on-the-spot-falcons-up-close/

QUEST on KQED Public Media.

[KVCAP buses have new look]

KVCAP buses have new look

AUGUSTA -- A cadre of new midsize buses emblazoned with peregrine falcon logos took to the roads of Augusta and Waterville on Monday.
It was the launch of the Kennebec Valley Community Action Program's revamped and expanded public transit system, known as the Kennebec Explorer.

The Explorer system features six newly purchased buses that travel around and between Augusta and Waterville.

"It makes it a little bit better than taking Greyhound," said Mitchell Block, of Gardiner, the first passenger to board the Augusta-to-Waterville bus Monday morning.

The Kennebec Explorer buses feature a flipout ramp system that makes it easier for people with disabilities to board, said Jim Wood, business manager for KVCAP's transportation program.

KVCAP's other vehicles, which will become spare vehicles for the organization, used a lift system for handicapped passengers.

Buses emblazoned with peregrine falcon logos   

Kennebec Journal

My goodness, who put that together!!! 

[Has anyone spotted Beauty today? I checked the cams forwards and backwards....nothing. Not even on Mercury, unless she was on the base. Kinda unusual for her not to be seen on one of the cams.]

Has anyone spotted Beauty today? I checked the cams forwards and backwards....nothing. Not even on Mercury, unless she was on the base. Kinda unusual for her not to be seen on one of the cams.

I suspect we're reading only a small portion of the greedy wholesale slaughter in the oceans.  This particular fish got me to wondering ... on the Jersey shore where I spent my childhood summers, these fish were called "stri ped" bass (2 syllables). Is that the common pronunciation everywhere else? My uncle used to tell a story about uncovering a German spy in their midst during World War II when the spy said he was from Forked River NJ (pronounced as the 2-syllable "For ked River" but the spy said it as a one syllable word, so my uncle knew that this person wasn't really from that area.

Dot in PA

Yup, it's Fork-ed alright....weird when people say Forked!

[It's bad out there in the waters! Carelessness!!!]

It's bad out there in the waters! Carelessness!!!

[Better check your email Aafke....ur getting]

Better check your email Aafke....ur getting arded!

http://www.youtube.com/user/CPFFrank?feature=mhum

[Scientists - led by Professor Timothy Mousseau from the University of South Carolina and Dr Anders Moller from the University of Paris-Sud - believe the negative effects on developing brains led to many bird embryos not surviving at all.]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1354464/Birds-living-near-Chernobyl-smaller-brains-radiation-scientists-warn.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Scientists - led by Professor Timothy Mousseau from the University of South Carolina and Dr Anders Moller from the University of Paris-Sud - believe the negative effects on developing brains led to many bird embryos not surviving at all.

[The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Environment is scheduled to meet this week to vote on a plan aimed at controlling the mute swan population in Michigan.]

Michigan

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Environment is scheduled to meet this week to vote on a plan aimed at controlling the mute swan population in Michigan.

http://www.upnorthlive.com/news/story.aspx?list=~\home\lists\search&id=577506story and video