Cub Confidential!

http://us7.campaign-archive2.com/?u=d9031a7794b0f73577cc878c5&id=742de8aa81&e=e4eff45b1e

             

She needed a bigger box already!!

             

On this day, in 1999, the peregrine falcon was officially removed as an endangered species from the USFWS Endangered Species List.

Http://www.peregrinefund.org/docs/pdf/research-library/2011/2011-Heinrich-peregrine.pdf  

From Zoo Atlanta FB page:

I spy with my little eye … another little eye getting ready to open! Now 35 days old, the cubs are entering the timeframe where we’ll start seeing those black-and-white peepers beginning to open.

   

                 

http://ciccib.wordpress.com/2013/07/30/oliver-the-broken-bear-free-after-30-years-in-a-bear-bile-farm-in-china/
 

     
              

           

Wish I could tell who it is

I do too!  Was just excited when Carol said there was one up there!

           

[MAKfalcon (MAK):]

MAKfalcon (MAK): BS-Had a lady stop and ask if I was watching the bird-then she said everyday at 5:30 it goes to the ground and eats berries! lol

Link:
http://twitter.com/MAKfalcon/statuses/367980830720667649

                       

Interesting article by Bruce Yolton...looks like one of the Washington Square juvies may have gotten itself banded. Odd band though...

http://urbanhawks.blogs.com/urban_hawks/2013/08/nj-30.html

 

   I like that band!

Update 8/14/13: Follow up by members of the WSP Hawk watching community has solved part of this riddle.  The band NJ 30 was placed on the bird at Teterboro Airport, Tererboro NJ on July 13th as part of a Bird Air Strike Research project.   Teterboro is the "celebrity airport" for NYC, where many small corporate jets land.  It is about 9 miles away from Washington Square Park.

Although the bird was banded at Teterboro, it was released in Central New Jersey about 60 miles away from the airport.  It may or may not be a Washington Square Park fledgling.  Either way, it's had an adventure very early in life!

Update on Spirit

Spirit post surgery update: Went to visit Laura (8-5-13) and got to see Spirit (from the ArcelorMittal site) before I went away for a few days. Even though she’s no longer on a timetable to return to the nest site (as her siblings have dispersed and returning to her natal area is no longer an option) Spirit continues to progress since the large granuloma was removed from her throat. While I was there I got to hear her “voice�—her call is no longer muffled and strained. She’s eating on her own (and is using her tongue, which wasn’t functioning previously) and has just been taken off medication, so next she will be in a flight cage. It may continue to be a long road for her, but it was fantastic to see her bright eyed and “peregrine-like� after seeing her nearly lifeless when I first picked her up. She is able to be hooded now during weigh-ins (as before she couldn’t close her mouth because of the plaque so hooding her would have actually been more stressful). This shot is just after a weigh-in and some treatment with meds (which is why the feathers are wet around her mouth). She came in at around 650 grams (where she was with the last shots of her that I posted) and at this weigh-in she was 780 grams.

   

                             

I got them all right! (kidding) 16 wrong for me 

Sad news-they euthanized the injured juvie today-they said the injuries were just too severe.  

We are sorry that we have more sad news to share today. Despite having been under the best possible, expert, care since Friday, the hawk had injuries that were ultimately too extensive and severe to enable recovery and quality of life. The veterinary team determined that it was time to euthanize the hawk. We are very sad, but also take comfort in knowing that he is no longer suffering and in pain.

Our heartfelt thanks to the veterinary staff at the Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Health Center who gave the hawk the best possible second chance. He would not have survived in the wild and the staff did everything they could to help this bird recover and make him comfortable. He received fluid therapy, nutritional supplements, and medications to control pain, infection, and parasites. He had assisted feeding because he could not eat on his own, and he could not stand. Because of tendon, joint, and nerve damage in both legs, and severe damage to his toes, including one missing toe and one toe that would have required amputation, he would likely never be able to stand or to capture and hold prey. His condition was reported as depressed and dehydrated despite fluid treatment. As anyone knows who has faced the difficult decision of euthanasia for a pet, this is always a very difficult decision to make and is guided by the current and probable future well-being of the patient.

We have requested the Wildlife Health Center to send us photos of the hawk’s plumage for identification clues that can be compared with images and observations of the young hawks we watched grow up together this season in Big Red's and Ezra’s nest. Circumstantial evidence, including observations from our dedicated on-the-ground observers, suggests the strong possibility that he was one of the Ds. Either way, today we can celebrate the life of young hawks and all that we’ve learned while getting to know and appreciate them. Many times in the chat we talk about the survivorship challenges for young birds, and though we all know this is the way of nature, it is still sad for us when we see it happen.

Thanks to all of you who have followed the hawks and to our cam moderators and to the BOGs for their observations on the ground. Your outpouring of positive words, good wishes, and support have meant so much to us, and to the staff who cared for this hawk during the past few days. What a lucky bird to have been valued and loved by so many.

Ah yes, it's there in the thumbnail, but when you click on it to enlarge it, the duck gets cut out.  

When I enlarge the pic on my iPad, the duck is still there-I just have to scroll the picture to see it.

I can see the duck on the very right of pic

Yup!  The duck is there!