Now a Jackdaw (I think), is trying to get into the nest...pigeon having nothing to do with it.  ???

[SU and HD in the same housing is not over. It seems at present a sort of armed peace, with the occasional big lash out at each other. Yet there yet boldly through brood. For how long? We follow it are all closely. The images are instructive in the sense that it becomes clear that it was not always gentle in nature going on. But we knew that already kinda, for example, the many programs of the African savannahs (Joep).]

The three informants log thank Emil for his turn raid during our absence. Ronald and Pascal still enjoy bird-rich areas in southern Spain, I myself with some delay (strikes in Greece) just returned from the walkers and bird watchers fantastic island of Lesbos. Moreover, where the Little Owl is a very common species. Back from the dead appear to the problems involving the incubation of SU and HD in the same housing is not over. It seems at present a sort of armed peace, with the occasional big lash out at each other. Yet there yet boldly through brood. For how long? We follow it are all closely. The images are instructive in the sense that it becomes clear that it was not always gentle in nature going on. But we knew that already kinda, for example, the many programs of the African savannahs (Joep).
5:59 p.m., Tuesday, May 4, 2010

!!! Ottawa nesting and incubation confirmed!
May 04, 2010 - Ottawa - Crowne Plaza
CPF Postmaster Reports:

Diana is brooding in the same location as last year, at the southeast end of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Due to the delays, I think the hatching will take place in the first week of June, with the Falcon Watch starting closer to the end of June. Stay tuned for updates as we get them.

Eve Ticknor

[Feeding @ Montreal]

Feeding @ Montreal

http://ornithologie.ca/faucons/

Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory), Rashida Jones (Parks and Recreation), and Anjelica Huston have signed on to co-star in David Frankel’s The Big Year.  The film centers on three men (played by Steve Martin, Jack Black, and Owen Wilson) who try to outdo each other during a year-long competition to spot the rarest birds in North America.  I will now pray for a dearth of “cockâ€� and “peckerâ€� puns.  The cast also includes Rosamund Pike, JoBeth Williams, Brian Dennehy, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Anderson and Tim Blake Nelson.  Oh, and Variety also reports that Kevin Pollak and Joel McHale are in talks to join the film.  There are a lot of people in this movie.

Hit the jump for details on the roles Parsons, Jones, and Huston will play.

Per Variety, Jones will play an avid “birderâ€� in the contest who is the love interest of Black’s character.  Huston’s character is also an “avid birderâ€� and captains ocean-going expeditions.  As for Parsons, he’ll play “the author of a popular avian blog.â€�  I suppose this also makes him an “avid birder.â€�  I think that’s a bit redundant.  Once you’re willing to refer to yourself as a “birderâ€�, it’s pretty much implied that you’re “avid.â€�

The most interesting piece of casting here is Parsons.  This is his first motion picture since creating one of the most popular characters on TV with his performance as Dr. Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory.  However, that puts him in a tough spot because people want to know if he can play a different kind of character or if he’ll be forever known as the eccentric, deadpan genius of the CBS show.  Otherwise, he’ll just Cosmo Kramer himself into oblivion after the series is over.  Should that be the case, I presume Parsons will have the foresight of not unintentionally falling into a pile of racism.

[www.rspb.org.uk/datewithnature/sites/chichester.]

Framed against the backdrop of a cloudless blue sky, the two male peregrine falcons look as if they have been almost frozen in time like figures on a coat of arms.

In reality it was the frenzied scene being fought out 250ft above the ground at Chichester Cathedral, West Sussex, as a younger bird tried to take over the nesting ground of a cathedral veteran.

Although the encounter lasted just a few seconds - with the senior peregrine the victor - the whole sequence was captured frame by frame by wildlife photographers David and Janet Shaw.
I have taken photographs of wild animals all of my life all over the world but this is one of the most remarkable sequences I have ever seen,' Mr Shaw said. 'It was totally stunning.'

The couple, from nearby Worthing, were on one of their regular pilgrimages to see the peregrines who have been nesting at Chichester since 2001 when the drama developed.

Mrs Shaw said: 'There has been a resident pair of peregrines at the cathedral for ten years and this year the male was sitting on the pinnacle of one of the turrets when the youngster came along.

'He is one of the young males born last year at a site called Sussex Heights in Brighton and was obviously on the look out for some new territory.


We first saw him up in the sky being buzzed by a seagull which didnít like him being around. Then he came down lower and went straight at the peregrine at the cathedral.

'He was probably trying to take over the nesting site  - and the female that goes with it. But the older male was having none of it.

'He flew at him with his talons drawn and saw him off. The youngster would have been too young for breeding anyway because his is still in his juvenile coat.'

RSPB spokesman Sophie McCallum said: 'The youngster is getting to the age when he is looking to breed and he was trying to ruffle the feathers of the older one. It was a bit like stags fighting in the park.'

The Chichester Cathedral peregrines, who are thought to be aged 12 or 13, have reared 30 chicks since they made the turrets their home in a nesting box supplied by Sussex Ornithological Society.

This year the female has four newly hatched youngsters whose progress is being watched by an eagle-eyed army of human fans via a webcam while 20,000 people are expected to visit a viewing point.

In a few weeks, the only visit to the nest will take place when identifying rings are put on the chicks' legs and their sex is determined. After that, they begin the daunting task of learning how to fly.

The young pretender, meanwhile, is thought to have returned to Brighton after living to fight another day.

See the webcam at www.rspb.org.uk/datewithnature/sites/chichester.

The incredible shots show each individual feathers of the minute creatures as they attempted to tackle a feeder packed full of treats.

The birds are caught mid-flight, hovering in front of a hidden feedingstation with their wings spread. The photographs even catch a battle between two pine siskins - right down to their tiny talons digging in.

The remarkable pictures were taken by British photographer Roy Hancliff, 64, from Oxford, in the garden of his log cabin home in Canada.

Mr Hancliff, who now lives in Salmon Arm, British Columbia, with his wife Sharon, 45, said:

"We set up a feeding station near the cabin workshop in our back garden as our winters can be very cold.

"The birds are constantly looking for a source of food so we set up blocks of fat with nuts and seeds.

"The smaller birds have become quite accustomed to us being around and I can get within two or three feet of them.

"The photographs of the birds were all taken around the feeders, with the single birds coming and going.

"The duelling pine siskins were squabbling at the feeding stations, flying around and trying to peck one other.

"They would rise up into the air as high as 15 foot, with their talons still locked together.

"It was incredible to watch and it looks really vicious when you see the still pictures, but they didn't seem to do any harm to each other at all.

"From the way they were moving, we considered whether it might even be the beginning of a mating ritual but we couldn't be sure."

The photographs were taken using a Nikon D300 camera, with separate flash units set up close to the subjects.

[Let's do it!]

Right on it, Girlfriend!!

Slainte!
Bobbie

Let's do it!

[Wasn't there 4 eggs?]

Wasn't there 4 eggs?

The fourth egg has hatched but the eyas died after a couple days. 

Oooooooooo    Poor baby.

I have pictures of the red ibis on Discovery Island in Disney World from our Honeymoon in 1979. 

 LOL, we went to Disney too....in 80. I don't remember no red Ibis. As a matter of fact, the only RED I saw was the sun poisoning me and Ed had from falling asleep on the beach for 2 1/2 hours. We were so bad, we couldn't even touch each other for 5 days. All we did was moan...and it wasn't from....  

or a Monk Vulture

Great Grey Owl

Royal Crane

Jave Finch??? Hmm

The goose might lay the golden egg, but Red Deer’s most famous bird of prey lays them in lipstick pink.

The pregnant peregrine falcon nested atop the Telus radio tower has received thousands of views since going online on April 24, and on Friday at 8 p.m. she laid her first egg.

“The only thing that’s tearing me away from my computer right now is the fact that there are birds outside, as well,� said Red Deer River Naturalists spokeswoman Judy Boyd, who was herself taken aback by the vibrant, almost Easter egg-hue of the shell.

About 9,000 bird-gazers had checked in on the animal and her mate by mid-afternoon Monday via a live video feed from a camera looking in on the box, averaging about 100 viewers at any given time.

“We’re like a bunch of parents in the maternity ward,� joked Bill Heinsen, treasurer of the naturalists group.

A blue-flecked falcon could be observed going in and out of the nesting box, moving the egg around and sometimes sitting on it.

“It’s something that you don’t normally get to see. Maybe it’s voyeurism (that makes people watch),� said Boyd.

Heinsen credited high ratings with human interest in the mystique of the peregrine, which was traditionally used for falconry.

Some people have expressed concern that the mother hasn’t spent enough time incubating the egg, but Boyd says that’s normal, especially considering more eggs are expected shortly. Peregrine falcons will lay between two and four eggs at a time, Boyd said, and once more are out the mother will likely start paying more heed.

Right now, she spends much of her time hanging about outside the cage, or flying off, possibly on the hunt for other birds or small rodents.

Once she starts incubating the eggs, they will take about a month to hatch. The baby birds will stay in the box until late July or early August, at which point they’ll make their fledgling flight, Boyd said. Later in the year, they’ll migrate as far away as South America.

Heinsen cautions that falcon fanatics are in for a bit of a waiting game once the incubation period starts, but that it will be worth the wait once the chicks are up and about and being fed.

The nesting box and falcon camera is a joint effort of the naturalist group, Telus and Alberta Fish and Game.

Watch and discuss the unfolding avian drama at reddeeradvocate.com.

[Wasn't there 4 eggs?]

    SAN JOSE -- The three Peregrine Falcon fledglings sitting atop San Jose's City Hall have undergone an examination that will make naming them easier. Glen Stewart with the UC Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group has determined what their genders are. Two of them are male and the other is female.

    After conducting the examination, Stewart was able to put bands on them. However, the banding did not come easily. Falcon parents Clara and Esteban Colbert swooped down on the perceived intruder 50 to 80 times while he was trying to work. He says that the parents thought they won the battle after he left the ledge.

    Stewart says the fledglings are in "robust" condition.

    San Jose students are holding a naming contest for the falcons.

Wasn't there 4 eggs?

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - Something new is stealing the spotlight in UB's falcon cam.

Two of these webcam stories involving wildlife are catching the attention of a lot of people. The first one revolves around those peregrine falcons at the University at Buffalo.

The falcons have a nest in the tower of the Mackay Heating Plant on the South Campus. One of the eggs hatched on Tuesday. We're still waiting for the other two to hatch. Both the mom and dad have been taking turns sitting on the eggs. You can take a live look at the falcon cam by following this link . This is the second year in a row that the female has laid her eggs inside this nest.

Back in March we told you about an owl cam in California. More than seven million people have been watching Molly the barnyard owl and her husband McGee attend to their nest. All four of her eggs have hatched and people have been watching the chicks on the internet .

The owl cam has been one of the most popular sites on our webpage. More than 37,000 people have been watching the owls in California and in the last couple of days, more than 6,000 people have been watching the falcon cam at UB through our website.

I'm sure there will be a revised article tomorrow! 

Again this spring, the fastest animal in the world is nesting atop pier #22 under the International Bridge. A pair of peregrine falcons returned to the Sault to nest under the bridge.
On Monday, Phil Becker, the General Manager of the International Bridge, reported that bridge workers found four peregrine falcon eggs around 10 days ago. They located the nest and eggs where the falcons had raised their young last spring. Workers immediately moved to protect the breeding pair from disturbances. This is at least the ninth year the falcons have nested at the International Bridge.
The peregrine falcon’s eggs should hatch in the next three weeks and the chicks will begin flying in July. The eggs take 28 to 33 days to hatch, then the chicks — called “eyasses� — leave the nest after 42 to 48 days and depend on the parents for two more months.
Peregrine falcons can dive at over 200 miles-per-hour when chasing their favorite prey: Pigeons.
Interested residents can catch a glimpse of these fast falcons flying around the Sault area and sitting on various structures including the arches of the International Bridge.
The nest is sheltered well under the bridge deck near the north end of the second bridge arch over the Soo Locks. The young falcons will not be visible until sometime in July and August when they will fledge from the nest then fly around town.
“For the protection of the falcons and the bridge users, people must not stop on the bridge to try to locate the nest,� Becker warned. “The nest is not visible from the ground and nearly impossible to see from on the bridge.�
A peregrine falcon can be identified by its hooked beak, dark strips under its eyes, pointed wings, blue-gray back, and barred front.
Peregrine falcons have been seen around the Sault area for some 14 years.
Peregrines were on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s endangered species list, after the pesticide DDT decimated the populations in the 60s and 70s. DDT was eventually banded. Bald eagles, Cooper’s hawks and other birds were also damaged by the pesticide. The captive breeding of peregrines and their release into the wild expanded the falcon’s range to now include places such as New York City, Ontario’s Batchawana River area and Sault Ste. Marie.
The USFWS removed the peregrine from the endangered species list, but this falcon and all birds of prey are protected by Michigan and federal law. It is a felony to shoot any kind of raptor, including the fastest animal in the world — the peregrine falcon.

A female peregrine falcon looks up as she sits on her nest of four eggs on Monday afternoon. Workers on the International Bridge found her eggs during spring cleaning. The falcon’s nest rests under the driving deck and on top of a support pillar at the north end of the second arch over the Soo Locks. This is at least the ninth year the falcons have nested at the International Bridge.