FYI: both Quest and Kendal are currently showing off their "skillz" to the young-uns! They keep soaring and swooping by.

Thank you Kat! 

DC thought his time was up! Nope

No pellet here

(movie) Looks like Beauty's pellet.

Can't see her bringing it up but looks like this was the time.

2 hours now

Is that a pellet in front of DC in the first picture?

LOL yup! Have to go through archives to see when and who did this!

2 hours now

RIDGEWOOD – Authorities are trying to capture a turkey vulture with an arrow through its chest so they can take it to a veterinarian, a borough animal control officer said Wednesday.

Carol Tyler of Tyco Animal Control, which does animal control for the borough, said her company received a call about the turkey vulture at 4 p.m. Tuesday but that an employee was unable to capture the bird as it flew from the roof of one house to another.

Tyler said what appears to be a hunting arrow went through the turkey vulture’s back and is sticking out of its breast, but apparently didn’t hit any major organs.

“It’s flying around from rooftop to rooftop and from tree to tree,� she said. “We’ll probably find that the arrow just went through soft tissue. Hopefully, this will have a happy ending.�

A New Milford man was charged with animal cruelty in March for allegedly shooting a wild goose in the foot with a crossbow arrow.   

NorthJersey.com

http://www.king5.com/news/Red-tail-hawk-chicks-removed-from-airport-nests--152690795.html#Two

"They're very naive at that age," said Bud Anderson, with the Falcon Research Group.

For more than a decade he's overseen the removal of young hawks from nests sitting high in cottonwood trees surrounding the airport. When the birds start to fly they are very vulnerable to aircraft.

http://www.kwwl.com/story/18581518/decorah-eagles-featured-on-jeopardy Decorah Eagles featured on Jeopardy. What is-

http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/scottish-headlines/osprey-hatches-chick-number-48-1-2309961

Osprey hatches chick number 48   

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/05/madrid-zoos-gay-penguins-given-egg-of-their-own/  Egg

Shawn and Mitchell took the baby today to the hack box. Our little boy ended up being a girl!!!!

Here is a report from Rolf, the NPS Biologist at the hack box with photos of the six we took from the two bridges last week:
5/15/12 - 6 young peregrines are placed in a hackbox in Shenandoah National
Park.
5/16/12 - Pefs ate about 2/3 of quail
5/17/12 - Pefs ate all quail.
5/23/12 - the 6 young falcons continue to eat well and are nearly fully
feathered.

5/28 or 5/29 are tentative release days.







Thanks Kris G.   Question, how do hackbox kids know how to hunt without being taught? Does instinct kick in? Isn't it crucial for mom and dad to show them the ways?

DNR checks on falcon offspring and the kids are alright.

Sisenta, the male falcon, is Kinney's 60th offspring -- hence his name, which is Spanish for 60. Kinsey, the female falcon, is the 61st, making Kinney the most productive male peregrine in the Midwest.  

http://www.indystar.com/article/20120524/LOCAL/205240401/DNR-checks-falcon-offspring-kids-alright more

Didn't I post the same thing above? Great minds think alike! Lol! 

No, I'm just a copy-cat! I even saw yours too!  LOL, I'll delete mine!

[MAKfalcon (MAK):]

MAKfalcon (MAK): Joyce and I return from Canada after visiting 7 nest sites we saw 13 adults and 22 eyasses for a total of 35 Peregrine Falcons!

Link:
http://twitter.com/MAKfalcon/statuses/205824624603316224

Way to go girls, plus a bird in the hand, huh MAK??

Ann Brokelman said I can share these pics she took today. Awesome!!



Too cute!

This is a good one, shadow!

http://www.wvec.com/news/Norfolk-school-wins-naming-contest-for-injured-peregrine-falcon-153598885.html  Meet Chayton