I love this picture of either Billie or Seth on the bridge.  And Bith or Sellie on top of the building.  I can make the files bigger.

Love these pics too!  Wonder where their scrape was?

[WanderingFalcon (Carol P.):]

WanderingFalcon (Carol P.): Hope everyone got home safely. It was a lot of fun. :-)

Link:
http://twitter.com/WanderingFalcon/statuses/620598880883732480

Was very surprised to hear that you, Dana, Kathy and Lisa went to Syracuse to watch their birds yesterday while Rochester's Watchers Weekend was going on. It was good to see everyone on Saturday!

Just to let everyone  know that we made it home !   It was so much fun seeing everyone again and visiting with each of you.  Met a new person Bonnie/BeverlyMass it was nice meeting you .  Can't wait to see the pictures from everyone. 

Good to see you both again and glad you got home safe! 

I'm home at last!

I got a bit sidetracked on the way out of town. MAK had left to see a friend and Joyce & I looked around Seneca Towers for a bit. She said she was going to cross the river to look from the other side & I was headed down toward home. I was going to swing through DT on my way through. I pulled into the brewery lot & there's Joyce! She had changed her mind.

So we went out on the pedestrian bridge & spotted a bump or 2 on FCT...so off we go to there! I spotted one heading west.  Then we found one bump...then drove around the tower and found 2 more bumps! Genesee was the most visible. Beauty & Cadence were hiding in the rafters. As we drove around we found Brian. Then back to FCT. I was glad we took the detour...I hadn't actually met Genesee this weekend except as 2 juvies talon tagging.

I had a wonderful time. So glad I got to spend time with everyone! Pictures to follow...

I thought you were going to leave at noon..lol!  Good to hear you got to see more today, finally meeting Genesee, and I'm glad you're safely home..was good to see you again! 

Great catch, Alison! 

Awesome pic, Bonnie!  How great was it that she came in for a photo-op on Watcher's Weekend..sorry I missed seeing her!

Thank you again, Rochester hosts, for a wonderful Falcon Watcher's Weekend.  It is always a pleasure to reacquaint with everyone.  So glad I got to see the Seneca Towers falcons!!  Pictures are coming.  On the way home I had an adult bald eagle flyover in Windsor and saw one of my juvie eagles making its way across the pond where it was raised.  It was a quick trip home.

Yes, pictures of Cadence on the rail are coming.

It was great to see and chat with you again! Glad you had a good time while here and can't wait to see your pics from this weekend!

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Skye released from rehab! 

http://www.uticaperegrinefalcons.com/2015/07/11/skye-returns-to-the-canyon/

Hoping for the best here!

From the University of Pittsburgh Times:

JULY 9, 2015
CL chick moved to wildlife center

The CL peregrine chick is being cared for at the wildlife center.

The peregrine falcon chick that hatched this spring from the Cathedral of Learning nest is displaying neurological deficits and receiving “supportive care� at the Animal Rescue League Wildlife Center & Shelter, where it will remain indefinitely.

Center director Jill M. Argall said the bird is being given “every possible chance� to be released to the wild, but no decisions have been made. “We’re considering it a long-term rehab patient until it proves otherwise,� she said.

A game commission officer brought the peregrine fledgling to the wildlife rehab center on June 25 after it was found outside Hillman Library. “When it arrived it was emaciated and dehydrated,� Argall said. It was missing some secondary and covert feathers, which affected its ability to fly.

Those feathers have since begun to grow in, she said. Of greater concern, however, is its lack of beak-eye coordination. A veterinary exam revealed no apparent visual impairment, but the bird “misses� when it reaches for food, she said. “If it were in the wild now, it would not survive.�

An exam when the bird was banded in May found some weakness in one of the bird’s feet (see June 11 University Times). Argall said that although the bird is perching, the foot remains weak, which could interfere with its ability to live in the wild. Because peregrines hunt by catching small birds in flight, “they need both sets of talons,� Argall said.

The chick’s neurological deficits are suspected to have a developmental cause, but the center is awaiting the results of blood tests for toxins such as lead. A chemical cause isn’t suspected, “but we’re covering all bases,� she said.

For now, the bird is being hand-fed and living in a large indoor enclosure. Argall said the approach to its care is “wait and see, day by day.� As the bird progresses, it will be offered larger chunks of food or given the opportunity to feed itself, she said. “We’re letting the bird show us what it can do.�

Argall said the center has received requests from people wanting to visit the bird, but the facility isn’t open to visitors. Those interested in the bird’s progress can find updates on the peregrine by “liking� the Animal Rescue League Center & Shelter Facebook page.

—Kimberly K. Barlow 

Thanks Kris G!

         

Great story, Penelope..thanks for sharing!  I did a Google translation:

An adopted daughter for Spirit and Arthurin
While our three young females, Celeste, Luna and Eclipse, have fun and discover the joys of flying know, life is not always so easy for young peregrine falcons.

On June 23, a young female was on the ground on Lajoie Street in Trois-Rivières. She can only assume that time was in its first flights, good Samaritans found her and contacted UQROP to what to do. A search was conducted to find his parents and potential nest, but unfortunately the nest site could not be located. The bird was sent to the clinic UQROP June 26, where he was found to have no injuries except for a few broken tail feathers (central tail feathers). These broken feathers were extracted to allow new push. In the days that followed she recovered from her emotions and regained strength. By cons, given her age, she was not able to be released on her own without assistance because it has yet to learn to hunt. There are some options for birds in this situation, the best is to get adopted by experienced adults who can teach him the basics of life of urban hawk .... I quote the words of Guy Fitzgerald clinical birds of prey:
"I've already made this intervention successfully in the past. There is a period of time (a few weeks after fledging) where parents are receptive to accept new young people in their group and they are the best school of life for a young peregrine falcon. (...) it is not a foolproof technique. The bird could smash in a window or get hit by a car, but is a calculated risk. Even birds hatched on the site live or die with such hazards. "
Following an evaluation of potential sites, it was decided to release the new girl with the group of UdeM, as it is about the same age as his adoptive sisters. Spirit has much experience as a mom, and we saw qu'Arthurin is doing very well also, so there is no doubt they will be able to add another beak to feed. And the University campus offers a relatively safe environment compared to other places.

She was released yesterday around noon (Wednesday), and the date it goes well, no aggression on the part of members of the adoptive family. She does not wear colored ring, only a gray ring on the left leg. The first to find a name will be given to people who have found. Watch Facebook page falcons UdeM for daily news and photos!

Big Red and Ezra hatched 3 beautiful babies this year and all fledged successfully.  Sadly, one of them, believed to be F2, died yesterday after a window collision while chasing a squirrel.   

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