Marcel was with CPF for many of the early years of his study as a volunteer.

Marcel was a very informative guy. Miss all his reports.

I haven't looked in a while but figured maybe a miracle has happened. 

The little Stone Owl has died!    June 25

The chick of the owl is deceased. Who the developments of recent times has followed this knows that there for a while was coming. Nevertheless, the final moment is always sad.

This weekend we could soon be seeing less. The young no longer begged for food and showed little resilience. The young owl has to include many forces lost by the flawed leg.

Ronald Harxen has already announced on the blog for the bird to investigate. Hopefully we get a result at least a little more clarity about what exactly was going on.

http://youtu.be/PIsJlLbMMyM  A very nice farewell video to the Decorah Eaglets.  By Marion Blossem Van Geene-Pluijm

Another great season has come to an end. The eaglets are big enough to fly into the big world and start their own story.

Salt Lake City Peregrine Falcons
Update on Primo: He spent most of the day perched on the Administration Building (the one you can see in the cam, across the box). He finally came down and the team was able to band him and get him back up to the roof. From there, he flew to the north side of the Joseph Smith Memorial building. He's unstuck, exploring and doing great!   

(movie) What's the red thing that appears on his/her wing!


Maybe wind blowing the downies up?

B on Main cam

Beauty speed skating?  Or is that the electric slide?   

Probably wishes she was on ICE!! ME TOO!! Hate this heat!

OH crud, they lost one already today on first fledge!  ENOUGH!!!!!

Sad news to report: After a successful morning of learning to use her wings, Macy (aka bird #2) has had a mishap. She crashed into the Key Bank building and died on impact. Rest in peace, little girl.

Oh gee, how awful but as Carol said, they caught it in time and they have a good chance to fledge. Sorry though! 

[Beauty (2007) in Rochester, New York]

From Kate's Blog



To put things into perspective… yesterday’s news about Blue’s death was sad but not unusual.

Juvenile peregrine falcon mortality is high.  Nearly two thirds don’t live to be one year old.  Their often quoted mortality rate is 62.5%.

Scientific research bears this out.  Marcel Gabhauer published his doctoral thesis on peregrine falcons in 2008 having studied urban and rural, wild-born and hacked birds in Ontario since 1995.  His findings showed that nest survival from hatching to fledging is high (95.8%) but first year survival is dramatically lower.  Of the chicks he was able to track for a year, only 36.5% of the wild-born birds and 31.6% of the hacked birds survived to their first birthday.  Only one out of three makes it.

My experience with the Cathedral of Learning peregrines is similar though I’m unable to track them for a year.  Each summer since 2008 at least one juvenile Pitt peregrine has died in Pittsburgh.  Interestingly, I didn’t begin to hear of the Pitt peregrines’ deaths until 2008 when my blog made me known as The Peregrine Lady.

Monitoring juvenile peregrines is a roller coaster experience. Dorothy and E2 know this much better than I do.  Yesterday evening I found them where I expected them to be – on the Cathedral of Learning on the side facing the scene of Blue’s accident.  E2 was gazing in that direction. Dorothy was in her mourning nook, a place she only uses just after one of her youngsters has died.

This dip in our roller coaster won’t last long.  The demands of the remaining juveniles will perk up Dorothy and E2.  The Pitt peregrines’ success stories will keep us going with Dorothy’s “kidsâ€� across the eastern U.S:

    Louie (2002) in Downtown Pittsburgh
    Stammy (2003) in Youngstown, Ohio
    Hathor (2003) in Mt. Clemens, Michigan
    Belle (2003) at the Univ. of Toledo bell tower
    Maddy (2004) at the I-480 bridge near Cleveland
    Beauty (2007) in Rochester, New York
    Rufus(2007) in Warren, Ohio
    Unnamed male (2008) at the Tarentum Bridge in 2010. (Not confirmed in 2012.)
    Unnamed female (2009) in Wrightsville, Ohio.
    And Henry — who hit a window on Henry Street last year — is thriving in Ohio!

 

Quest?

Looks like her, good catch!

Beauty in nestbox and Dot.ca in nestbox area

They've been there for quite a while now. Too hot to move!

They are unique!

Primo (falcon #1) one landed on the Administrative Building (east of JSMB). Macy (falcon #2) banked down South Temple and landed somewhere in the vicinity of City Creek. Both are safe!  From fb

http://slcfalcons.blogspot.com/ fledge videos

100 degrees there UGH!!!!

Two of the three eyases at the Salt Lake City site have fledged this morning, the third is probably a day or two behind them based on the look of the baby feathers left.  I will miss watching their antics on camera!  Glad Beauty's eyeas is still growing up to watch for a while!

Nancy in UT

Praying they do well, thanks!