I think Shaky answered every question imaginable! 

All except "What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?"

Well???? 

I'm back from Rhodos. I have a lot to read .Thanks for posting all these pics.
Beauty and Dot.ca did a great job so far !

Welcome back Carla! I'm sure it was perfect! 

Here's Bloor & Islington kids this morning...!  Look how cute little Heaton is with his fierce face 

Soooo cute and he is soooo tiny!! 

While the other eyases drift off to sleep, one decides that it's a good time to break out into song.  

What song could it be?  Hmmm.

You’re gonna hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Maybe name that one Perry???? 

Please, could everyone back off just a bit and drop this discussion before someone's feelings are irreparably hurt? The quiet non-public banding is how it's going to be, no matter what anyone posts on the forum. This entire topic is becoming more and more unpleasant each day, and that saddens me.

Dot in PA

I agree, it could get heated and go on forever but this needed to be discussed. We have lots of new members who I'm sure are just as curious as the rest as to the banding protocol. Now we all know it's just not the right venue for public viewing. We were just spoiled with the MK bandings! It's all good! I think Shaky answered every question imaginable! 

Oh my, I went to look at the pics of the banding, saw the duck!  Was hardly eaten. Don't know HOW they get lift off with that heavy of a prey!! Totally quackers!!

If anyone should be invited, it should be the main watchers!   

I agree, but that's only one point of view. DEC may have another pov. The building owner may have yet another.  And what about tenants and their employees? What about GVAS? Sponsors?

Who's pov counts? Who's in charge? Who has a say? Who is responsible if someone is injured? Who is responsible if a falcon is injured? What's the plan? How are these various parties supposed to interact with each other? Who wants to organize it? Who has time to organize it? Will it be satisfactory for all parties? Why should a party follow a plan if it doesn't agree with it?

Holy ???'s Batman!! 

If anyone should be invited, it should be the main watchers!   

[Etobicoke]

This afternoon, Chris Becher and Barb Baldinger checked on the nest at the AT&T building in Pontiac, MI. We confirmed that the adult female is still Screech (black 83/X). She hatched in 2008 in Etobicoke, Ontario, CA. We did not see the male while we were there, but did see at least one chick moving around in the nest box. The nest box is very high on the tower and is inaccessible for banding.

 

This morning, Chris Becher and Barb Baldinger were joined by three more MDNR friends to install a new nest tray on the Durant Apartments in Flint, MI. Majesty and Barry had been nesting on a long, wide, gravel ledge of the UM Northbank Center, kitty-corner across the street. Earlier this season, a very nice, traditional, three sided, roofed nest box with a web cam was installed on that ledge at the UM Northbank Center. Majesty apparently did not like it. She laid her eggs on the narrow ledge of the Durant Apartments and they rolled off to the sidewalk below. If she does try to nest again this season, she now has a safer option with the new nest tray.

Aw! Majesty and two eggs on the Durant Apartments in Flint. May 7, 2014
Nest tray installed by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources on the Durant Apartments. June 5, 2014

from fb  No link for cam yet but I'll look!

None the worse for wear - our girl found her way back into the nest box. All I can say is...what a stinker!  fb

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  Good news!!


Ok from the vet - unceremoniously put back in the gutter - I believe she was indignant with us. Nancy Baney - our falcon hero today!!  fb

Schatzi has fallen out of the box!! We are looking for her! fb

We rescued her off the sidewalk and she's now at the vet for a quick check up to be sure she's ok. Oh Schatzi! 23 minutes ago

Whoa!! Guess she floated down!

3 great reports, thanks Carly!!