Feather was used but without Locklear!  TG! 

Amen sister! 

Great pic Paul, I hope they have something there.

New tech shows just how wrong we were.

http://www.audubonmagazine.org/articles/birds/unlocking-migrations-secrets WOW! A very long read but interesting!! I'm not done reading it yet, on page 3, distracted by Falcon yelling near nest. 

I'm a little behind the times, but enjoyed the article a lot!  Jeane and I are going to be attending an event where Scott Wiedensaul (the author of the article) is the expert bird guide and speaker...so we're pretty pumped!

I'd be pumped also! Good luck.

Did you see her pecking the baby? She was pulling it up with her beak! Then she just shoved it over. Must be her first time. Wow.

Some of the first time moms can be a bit rough, hopefully she catches on quick. 

Poor kid!

Did you see her pecking the baby? She was pulling it up with her beak! Then she just shoved it over. Must be her first time. Wow.

I hear it and mom was eating something out of the shell!

I saw that too-I think she was nipping away the edge of the shell

When I saw, she was pulling something long out of the shell! Is there leftovers in the shell? I'll have to look it up.

Amen to the name changes! Dr. Ubie Claw? I like Athena much better. Thanks Sage for setting me straight. I didn't think a male would have a transmitter unless he was a huge male. Hope your sink works now!

Feather Locklear was even worse!

I like Feather though, no Locklear!

Yep, that's what Cats do, unfortunately! 

We're all part of Mother Nature's food chain.  Some are prey, some are predators.
That doesn't make them "good" or "evil".
Carol
WV

I agree Carol! Cats are predators, they can't help it but as a Cat & Bird lover, I do get upset when a cat has a bird in it's mouth or a lion has taken down a baby Bison, or an Eagle catches a rabbit...etc. Wish they were all herbivores!

I hear it and mom was eating something out of the shell!

Amen to the name changes! Dr. Ubie Claw? I like Athena much better. Thanks Sage for setting me straight. I didn't think a male would have a transmitter unless he was a huge male. Hope your sink works now!

http://youtu.be/SFuvDtGj6fE By Peter Bell

A breezy day allowed for some spectacular kiting by Dorothy and E2, the resident peregrine falcons at the Cathedral of Learning. At times, they would hover nearly motionless.

We have even more babies! Here are our 2 newest avian ambassadors, 13-day old Aplomado Falcon chicks. They are both male. Right now, they cannot be seen or handled except by one staff person. They will remain in quarantine for another week or two because of the risk of disease transmission from other birds. At this age, their immune system is not developed well enough to fight infection.



We have even more nestlings now! These two Aplomado Falcon chicks are just over 2 weeks old. One is male and one is female, and we are still deciding what to name them. They will be wonderful ambassadors for The Peregrine Fund's World Center for Birds of Prey


Female
Male

These guys got a late start this year as they are a brand new pair.  The female Dot from last year is fine though, she's been discovered nesting elsewhere this year so whew and not sure on the male as he was unbanded so he may or may not be with Dot.

One egg, possibly two pipped this morning so hatching expected any time now.  From the site:

A little about the adult falcons:

This is a new pair to our nesting box. The male falcon’s name is Sawatzke. He was banded at the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant near Monticello, Minn. in 2009. The female falcon is unbanded

http://www.greatriverenergy.com/aboutus/environmental/birdcam.html

SAY-WHATZ-KE is his name?? Saw-watz-ke!!

I wondered actually if she might have learned a lesson from the Unity/Archer situation from last year and how it ended with her being hurt.  I know they don't feel emotion per say, not the way we do,  however I do believe they learn and adapt to threats.  Perhaps she knows she needs to be more vigilant with other falcons outside the territory now, especially one her mate is involved with.   

you are probably right. Specially how this pairing started out or almost didn't start out. I have a feeling that Pigott is his first choice and she is just not mature enough yet. She will probably make a move on down town when she is ready and who DC will side with if either we have no idea. We are not out of the woods yet we are probably in for a bumpy ride next season.

And if Archer decides to return, well..........

She just flew in, see her??