Question: So the meal DC was feeding Orion was it the leftovers from Beauty's catch or did he bring something from his own hunting expedition? 

I believe he brought in his own food at first then Beauty brought in hers-Orion wasn't too hungry by this time so she ate a little then cached it on OCSR.  DC took the cached food and brought it to Orion later.

Gorgeous shot of Orion in the nestbox as the sun was rising this morning.

 

That's a keeper!  Thanks for sharing!

Videos by skygirlblue!

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http://youtu.be/KK5ndG6UJns

SHe's quick! I'm still scanning stills! 

Love the poop shot!

Videos by skygirlblue!

http://youtu.be/_3-oL5oD1yg

http://youtu.be/KK5ndG6UJns

yeh, we're trying to figure it out too...just heard it's "hon's" ex's birthday party.  Can't miss that...

 

Great rescue!

Madness to Journey to Delilah!  An update on CMNH by Chad & Chris:


Couldn't wait to hear more about Journey, so when I found a link to the PF reintroduction project on Facebook I sent a PM. Biologist Blake Schioberg sent this prompt reply with some good info.:

"Yes we had heard her story from MRC and also realize she is a very special bird!! We are fortunate to have her and give her another chance in the wild! We banded her yesterday, Friday, upon her arrival. She has a red project band on that is A41 and a silver federal band. We have a live webcam up that you can watch her from at www.birdsofpreynorthwest.org or there are many ustream postings of the link on our wall. She has currently been placed in a hack box with another older bird to imprint on the area. She will remain there for a couple of days and then will be released! We will post the release days here on FB, provided we don't get too busy, but I will make an extra effort for you and this bird!!"

Later, Laura let me know: "She is in box 3 far right. They renamed her Delilah. They purchased all their Peregrines she is the only wild bird they have." Not crazy about her newest name (really liked Laura's choice in "Journey"), but still thrilled about the project and this opportunity for her, so it doesn't matter! She might end up the most multi-named falcon around!

Update on FB tonight:

The Fifth Avenue fledgling had bloodwork done today and we should have results tomorrow. He looked a little better than yesterday , is perching well and bright eyed and alert this morning and is keeping food down. We are treating it even before results for poisoning and frounce too but don't know how much pigeon is eaten compared to definite rats being consumed regularly.

http://vimeo.com/15184546

 

Very sad news.  It appears that 2 of Pale Male and Zena's babies are sick & showing signs of rat poisoning:

http://http://palemale-store.stores.yahoo.net/

           

 

         

Looking so grown up!

                                             

Playing with his food this morning

What a huge mess!  I can't imagine if there were 5 babies poohing on that deck!  

Sad news 

http://birds.explore.org/

Update about Madness on CMNH:

Laura Jordan from the MRC was able to find a location where hacking out is still done in South Dakota. Through a grant they are able to accept birds for their hacking project in an attempt to reintroduce peregrines to that area. So, Madness will be rebanded as a part of this project. She was renamed "Journey" by Laura and was on her way to South Dakota as of Thursday morning.

Journey is to be involved in the hacking project starting today (Friday). There will reportedly be cams set up to monitor her progress, so Laura hopes to be able to pass along information and possible cam views in the future so that we can all keep track.

Looking forward to having more to report here about Journey! We're all just thrilled that she will have this
opportunity, and we hope for the best for her!!


 

Wing flapping