Trying again!!

Pic from yesterday - 6 April 2010

Bobbie...hiiiiiii....so glad your here again after so many years...Congrats on your 1st and 2nd post. Ok, here's how you post a pic from Shaky's site. Just find the pic you want to share and click the Share button on the viewer. Copy the HTML code and just paste it in the body of your post. It's really simple compared to the other way. Give it a shot again. Welcome back.

I'm not saying a word

and it would be really helpful to the Watchers that receive these tweets if a time was put on the subject line.  Also, try to ID the Falcon.  This will come in handy when we're on Watch and trying to figure out who is where.

i.e.  Beauty at nestbox 1:30 pm.

Thanks to everyone that's helping out with this.   

I remember trying to send  a  tweet with just a subject but it said you must fill in the body or something like that. I never tried to just retry to send...will it work with no body filled in?

Head shot

Archer @ 8:30

For the first time in more than 100 years, a condor chick has hatched at Pinnacles National Monument — a milestone that reflects efforts to bring the condor back from the brink of extinction.

The first-time parent condors are behaving normally — regularly feeding and incubating the new nestling, according to a news release by the National Park Service.

Two 7-year-old condors, a male and a female, released along the Big Sur coast by the Ventana Wildlife Society, were seen in courtship displays during the winter and paired up for their first breeding attempt.

Though the areas directly surrounding the nest cliff will be closed to the public during the nesting period, public viewing is still possible, although it will take a hike to get there. The viewing area is about two miles from the closest parking areas.

Biologists are closely monitoring the nest through the breeding cycle. Nestlings remain flightless for five to six months.

Pinnacles National Monument was chosen as a California condor release site because of its intact habitat and good cliff-nesting opportunities.

Six groups of condors have been released at the monument, with 2009 marking the first year that a condor nested.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Recovery hopes to establish a population of at least 150 condors in California with at least 15 breeding pairs.

Park visitors interested in off-trail activities during this year's breeding season should consult with a park ranger.

http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/manitoba/2010/04/06/13482861.html  slideshow (Janet)

Could be Sabrina (RED) or Aura (Silver).

Of course I understand it could be one of them but why don't we know about this? Usually "WORD" gets around if a Juvie from Rochester is nesting some where. NO?

We do know about this.  The news was posted at Imprints last year.  Unfortunately it was right in the midst of Mariah's troubles so it may have been overlooked by some.

LOL... DK and I had the same thought!

Oh I remember reading that on Imprints but there have been no reports since about actually "Nesting" and maybe eggs...etc. Anyway, here's a pic of the Bridge in question that has a nestbox.

ROCKAWAY TWP. — White-nose syndrome has claimed 90 percent of the bats that hibernate in Hibernia Mine, New Jersey's largest hibernaculum, according to a state Department of Environmental Protection official.

Scientists counted just 1,753 bats in the mine during a Feb. 14 visit, a dramatic drop from the more than 27,000 that typically spend their winter there, said Mick Valent, principal zoologist with the state's Endangered and Non-game Species Program.

"We hoped we wouldn't see that, but it's not entirely surprising,'' said Valent, who has been documenting the decline in the state's bat population since white nose syndrome first appeared here in 2008. "It's a good indication of what's happening there and elsewhere.''

The culprit is the cold-loving fungus Geomyces destructans, known as white nose syndrome for the fuzzy powder that grows on the muzzles and skin of stricken bats. The fungus, which is believed to be passed bat to bat, causes the winged creatures to lose stored body fat, forcing them outside their caves early in search of food, well before it is warm enough for insects to be found.

But while the decline is cause for concern, Valent said he was encouraged by a visit in March that revealed more healthy looking bats compared to those seen the previous month.

"They appeared to be in better condition, clean, and their wing membrane remained elastic,'' Valent said. "It was an unusual observation, and one we cannot explain. Last year, we saw worsening conditions, and in April, there were thousands dead.''

Some infected bats have been known to shake the fungus and rebound, but scientists don't yet know why, said David Blehert, a microbiologist with the Wisconsin-based National Wildlife Health Center studying the fungus.

"Research into origins of the fungus are ongoing, but we don't have any silver bullets for managing this problem yet,'' Blehert said. "What we do know is the disease continues to significantly impact hibernating bats across the East coast, and that has a huge ecological impact, one that we don't fully understand.

 Some 23 of the United States' 45 bat species are susceptible because they hibernate, Blehert said. The insect-eating mammals consume agricultural and forest pests including moths and beetles, as well as mosquitoes, so bat population declines could lead to a rise in pesticide use and have indirect human health implications.

White-nose syndrome has been linked to more than two million bat deaths spanning 11 states on the East coast, from New Hampshire to Virginia. Scientists last month confirmed it has spread westward into Tennessee through the Appalachian Mountains and into Ontario, Canada through the Great Lakes, Blehert said.

Statewide, it has affected six species of hibernating bats: little brown, northern
long-eared, Indiana, eastern pipistrelle, big brown and small-footed. The former four species hibernate in the Hibernia Mine, Valent said. In the spring, the bats seek out forests and wooded wetland areas where they raise their young under the loose bark of trees such as the shagbark hickory or dead or dying elms, oaks, maples and sycamores, across a range that can be more than 100 miles away.

Valent said his team of scientists is researching a technique to help biologists detect the fungus in bats before it is visible to humans. The department is also proposing a program that would take infected bats from hibernation to a center where they would be nursed back to health and reintroduced to a controlled site.

"Our research is promising,'' Valent said. "We need better monitoring of bats. It's
difficult to track them from year to year.''

Could be Sabrina (RED) or Aura (Silver).

Of course I understand it could be one of them but why don't we know about this? Usually "WORD" gets around if a Juvie from Rochester is nesting some where. NO?

[Various rare and state listed animals and plantsare in the vicinity of the project site. All are documented within the final design. Letter dated Jan.28, 2009. The NEPA Checklist warranted documentation for endangered species within the projectarea. Endangered species will not be impacted as long as the peregrine falcon nesting box isrelocated between September and April to a new location a minimum of 250 yards from the workzone. Comments incorporated within the plans for construction procedures.]

This is an overview of pfs throughout the state... no band numbers, though.

Which Juvie from 2006 is nesting in Ogdensberg NY? The only one I know from that year is RM and she's in Toronto. Is this a mistake?

OK-haven't read the article, but I recall an inprints about Sabrina (Valiant?)/Ogdensburg...probably can't hunt it up today, but I remember thinking stop in Ogdensburg on the way to Lennox...

Found this on the Ogdensburg Bridge repair application: Maybe?

Various rare and state listed animals and plants
are in the vicinity of the project site. All are documented within the final design. Letter dated Jan.
28, 2009. The NEPA Checklist warranted documentation for endangered species within the project
area. Endangered species will not be impacted as long as the peregrine falcon nesting box is
relocated between September and April to a new location a minimum of 250 yards from the work
zone. Comments incorporated within the plans for construction procedures.

Do we know of any Falcons nesting on that bridge?  Joyce?

I guess I could call this a small introduction of myself and my long-time interest in Peregrines.  It started with my spotting the wintering birds back around 2000.  This year's pair is still here, as of today!  Many of us Houston birders believe some are nesting here, but I haven't seen it yet.  Enjoy the article that appeared in our local paper in Nov. 2007.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5299690.html

Good birding to us all!

DebInTexas

Very nice  and congrats..keep us posted.

This is an overview of pfs throughout the state... no band numbers, though.

Which Juvie from 2006 is nesting in Ogdensberg NY? The only one I know from that year is RM and she's in Toronto. Is this a mistake?

(movie) This I don't like 

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A bit longer than yours, Donna...I'm loving the fog overtaking the lights...the Dailies should be fun...

That's awesome...love fog and lights...and FALCONS. Thanks Ei