[PLEASE... MARIAH WHERE ARE YOU?]

Hi Donna,

PLEASE...  MARIAH  WHERE  ARE  YOU?

sorry not white over the beak. 


Greetings
Annette

Yes, I know Annette....just wondering where Mariah is.

[PLEASE... MARIAH WHERE ARE YOU?]

PLEASE...  MARIAH  WHERE  ARE  YOU?

Beauty  (click the pic twice for great closeup!)

Remains   

(movie) an hour of fun!

Beauty

  Archer?

  Is that Archer eating??


I knew there was a reason Beauty was at the nest today.

!!! Jack Makes an Entrance!
February 16, 2010 - Etobicoke - Sun Life Centre
Kathy Reports:

Lunch time today and suddenly pigeons were flying in all directions, including right into each other and as I looked up there was Jack scaring them up.  Angel was awaiting him at the nest box so that is both adults accounted for.  I guess this is his weekly check-in, at least he’s smart enough to bring take out!

!!! Interesting Behaviour
February 19, 2010 - Etobicoke - Sun Life Centre
Kathy Reports:

Jack our resident male falcon has been here several times this week.  He is currently outside doing some impressive flying and chupping alot to Angel.  Wish I could speak Peregrine and understand what he is saying … has courtship begun or is he just complaining about the weather?!

Maybe they can move Pancam a hair to the left so we can see the whole Mega-Cam and see a whole falcon.     A  suggestion.

Still there on cam

(movie)

                                                           

                                                               

Oh wow I got them cool. Thank you. This is fun do you have anymore?



a snowshoe hare is a North American hare that is white in winter and brown in summer. It's footprints look like snowshoe tracks.

  bguitar

[Oh boy!]

Let’s talk falcons, Montana’s wild peregrines.

Back in the early ’70s, when peregrine populations crashed, falconers were paid by the federal government to raise wild falcons in a national recovery program. In addition, when the species had reached a certain number, a percentage of the birds would be given back to the falconers through a permitting procedure. Basically, a policy was traded for a service — a policy based on emotion. Fish, Wildlife and Parks people continue to support this payback.

This is the fourth year of the peregrine giveaway in Montana. How is the resource faring? In 2009, 84 “active� nests were counted. Allowing for nonbreeding birds and uncounted nests, could it be estimated that Montana’s wild peregrine population might number fewer than 1,500? 2,000? Is that an overpopulation? Is the number so high it justifies a “take?� How productive are those active nests?

Why are we using public wildlife to pay a 40-year-old debt to a special interest group? And when will the debt be paid?

You can comment on the proposal to authorize the removal of five nestlings or fledglings from peregrine falcon nests this summer. Ask Fish, Wildlife and Parks to cease and desist placing your wild peregrines into the enslavement of falconry. Tell them to mark this debt “paid in full.� E-mail to fwp.mt.gov. Today is the deadline for comments.

Oh boy!