[Bless them for trying to help her!]

Wanted to post this from the computer before I left (as I’m expecting that whatever I try to post from the phone will be basic and might end up looking like gibberish). On my way to the MRC to get the quail and meds. for SW. It will take me about an hour to get there and then about an hour to get to the TT—add in the quail prep time, parking, etc. and I would estimate that this will play out in the early afternoon. I’m planning to leave the quail whether SW is present or not, figuring that it could be okay if she’s not there because she could see it as a “food gift� from Boomer. I’ll stick around hopeful to see if she has any of it and gets any of the medicine.

I think we’re all aware that this is a crap shoot and may not be effective. We’re hoping for the best, but it’s more of an “it doesn’t hurt to tryâ€� move than anything. If she does accept and eat some, we’ll continue getting the food and meds. to her for two weeks, but we’ll know more from today if it’s worth the effort. I thought if I could give you all a general timeframe it would help with cam watching—I probably won’t be home very early, but I will post about the day and will prioritize the CMNH site and catch up on our Facebook page when I can (I certainly owe that to the long-term followers of SW and the TT site). I’m trying to keep the perspective that it will go the way it’s supposed to, but like all of you SW is heavily on my mind.    Bless them for trying to help her!

C & C

This SW or Boomer?

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=699844276708014&set=vb.590679534291156&type=2&theater  Boomer tries to persuade SW into the nest!

BY C & C

http://petesbirdingblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/peregrines.html Great blog about Bobbin and her family!!

"Then, most surprisingly, the more dominant chick started to offer bits to the other, much like their mother had done when both were still in the nest." 

The scarier part is the total time logged in... 

Ya got me there!! 

Sounded like Beauty, could see her on Cam 2  djc

  Great pic of Quest by Tracy yesterday morning! 

Holy carp! Didn't see that one coming...must have happened over the weekend... thanks!

I know, imagine how I felt! 

Yes it's her!  Just got home from visiting Quest and I see SW on cam  

ps:  Chris is on the way to the site to check on her as per Kim over at CMNH.

Oh she looks so much better!

Got to see Ms Quest in the 'feather' today for the first time...she's absolutely gorgeous!!  She likes to eat in the nest box too, saw her take food right in there and mow down 

She likes to "dine in!"  Thanks

Is this SW???? 

[Your getting there!! CONGRATS!!!!]

Your getting there!! CONGRATS!!!!     

Birdgirl saw it to and posted a pic!

Wonder if the falcons attacked it?   

Great piece by C & C

At most of our sites the juveniles have gotten to the point where they are either hunting independently and have dispersed from their natal nest sites or are present at the sites only sporadically for some supplementation from their parents. Through our observations we’ve seen voluntary dispersals: when the juvie is ready for independence and leaves the site on his/her own. In this case, we’ve occasionally seen adults flying around calling with prey, apparently looking for a juvie to deliver prey to with no takers. One standard belief about peregrines is that the parents will continue to feed their young as long as the young seek food from them, and some of our observations fit this scenario. Another theory is that if juvies overstay their welcome at their natal nest site, their parents will withhold feeding and then become increasingly aggressive in encouraging their young to leave the territory, even going into attack mode when necessary. We’ve experienced this as well, at one point seeing Rocky send one of his juvies away from the CVNP site shrieking as the juvie returned into the fall and food-begged with a full crop. So it seems that juvie dispersal is both voluntary and sometimes forced by the parents… the juvie’s drive for independence coincides with the adult’s intolerance for sharing their territory on a long-term basis.

Leading up to their dispersal, the juvies develop the necessary survival skills partly by practicing on their parents. So, it makes sense that the juvies become more and more aggressive in seeking food, and the adults avoid them by hiding and then retaliate when they’ve had enough as one of their departing lessons. The pics from this sequence are a bit outdated, but they show juvies from the Hilliard site knocking adults from their perches: one of the males chasing Titan off a branch perch, and the female juvie, Brazen knocking GG off the fence and then chasing after her…

safety in numbers.

silly me thought they nested on the water, like geese do.

Guess they are NOT territorial!