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37,833 votes  BC    36,309 votes  Quebec  YIKES!! 

Darn it! We tried.

One of my favorites!

http://youtu.be/goHfqXou5Q0

This morning's chupp-fest!

Great catch!

[The PF reintroduction site hadn't provided any updates for awhile, so I asked by PM about Journey as well as how their dispersal normally proceeds with the project. The response was prompt and positive:"Journey was seen feeding at the hack board several days ago, so she is still in the area, along with about 6 other juvies. She is doing so well! She is big and healthy and flies expertly. We had a report of a peregrine capturing a pigeon several weeks ago, grounding it to a city street, and then leaving it flying off out of harms way. The witness reported it to be a large bird with orange paint. This would likely be Journey. It's been interesting in that two of the birds we released in mid June are known to still be in the area, occassionally coming back to the hack site. Last year, we had the hack board up into the first week of October. As scheduled now, we will keep food on the hack boards as long as we have some coming back, and the camera will be up until mid October. I know for certain they are killing on their own. Monday when I went to feed, a dead pigeon was laying atop the ledge with puncture wounds, and I found another dead, partially torn pigeon about 2.5 blocks from the hack sight. The hack boxes are now empty, so we have the camera zoomed in on the hack board itself. Maybe we'll get another glimpse of Journey. She is such a beauty!"I imagine we won't continue to know all that much as she is likely to move on, but it was wonderful to get this update!]

Chard on the CMNH Forum posted this update on Journey (Madness): 

The PF reintroduction site hadn't provided any updates for awhile, so I asked by PM about Journey as well as how their dispersal normally proceeds with the project. The response was prompt and positive:

"Journey was seen feeding at the hack board several days ago, so she is still in the area, along with about 6 other juvies. She is doing so well! She is big and healthy and flies expertly. We had a report of a peregrine capturing a pigeon several weeks ago, grounding it to a city street, and then leaving it flying off out of harms way. The witness reported it to be a large bird with orange paint. This would likely be Journey. It's been interesting in that two of the birds we released in mid June are known to still be in the area, occassionally coming back to the hack site. Last year, we had the hack board up into the first week of October. As scheduled now, we will keep food on the hack boards as long as we have some coming back, and the camera will be up until mid October. I know for certain they are killing on their own. Monday when I went to feed, a dead pigeon was laying atop the ledge with puncture wounds, and I found another dead, partially torn pigeon about 2.5 blocks from the hack sight.

The hack boxes are now empty, so we have the camera zoomed in on the hack board itself. Maybe we'll get another glimpse of Journey. She is such a beauty!"

I imagine we won't continue to know all that much as she is likely to move on, but it was wonderful to get this update!

[WanderingFalcon (Carol P.):]

WanderingFalcon (Carol P.): Oh and by the way, it is raining and the sky I have my eyes up to is dark and cloudy. Will check KP on the way home just in case.

Link:
http://twitter.com/WanderingFalcon/statuses/246734715862794240

Black skies and rain to the east (toward Rochester) and bright sun in the west= double rainbows!  Beautiful!

 

I read about this yesterday.  Sicko-needs to be locked up for life!

http://thebraveheartfiles.blogspot.com/2012/09/social-stream-farewell-poem-to-orion.html

Linda King's Farewell poem to Orion.      Very nice Linda

Wonder if he's still singing while he's flying? He was never a quiet boy.

I loved this!

http://aol.sportingnews.com/nfl/story/2012-09-13/video-pigeon-droppings-poop-denver-broncos-fans-sports-authority-field?icid=maing-grid7%7Cipad%7Cdl5%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D205274

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/roundrobin/2012/09/13/911-tribute-in-light-illuminates-thousands-of-migrating-songbirds/

The cat with her kitten did me in!  Cute pics! Thanks, Ei!

[The Met has responded stating that they have stopped using poison and the boxes that we see are either empty or test boxes. We have agreed to stop the call in for the Met at this time. We requested a meeting with them and they sounded agreeable. Keep your fingers crossed!As for the Museum of NH...no response...thank you for calls today. We will keep you aware of the events.Many thanks! Save the Hawks!]

I received this update this afternoon:

The Met has responded stating that they have stopped using poison and the boxes that we see are either empty or test boxes.
We have agreed to stop the call in for the Met at this time.
We requested a meeting with them and they sounded agreeable. Keep your fingers crossed!

As for the Museum of NH...no response...thank you for calls today.
We will keep you aware of the events.

Many thanks! Save the Hawks!

I also called The American Museum of Natural History and got through, as well as The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The latter staff member, Linda, gave me her email so that she could compile these statements about using safe alternative rodenticide:
linda.forchetti@metmuseum.org

Just a note: I continue to be so grateful to all the watchers and worriers through this roller-coaster season: Carol, MAK, well...all of you enrich my life!

Elizabeth A.

Thanks for the email address! 

Has it never occurred to them that, while they are preserving "Natural History" *inside* their building, they are destroying it *outside*?
Carol
WV

Exactly!