Food into the ledge in Hamilton!!!  A hatch for Lily and Ossie!!!  Woohooo!!!

                  

             

Feeding the 3 babies! So cute! ❤️❤️❤️

http://youtu.be/J2IEWjTeEq4

Baby is fine, I saw it get fed a little while ago.  Probably just exhausted from pecking it's way out of the shell..that's hard work for a wee one 

Good to hear! 

Whatever!!  

I don't know how old O'Connor is but Louie is 16 this year and 2018 could be his last year of reproduction so it's doubly sad for him. 

awful news! I can't understand why the developers were given permission to take the young peregrines. The alleged "conservation" agencies in charge of such matters are completely useless. I hope the babies will  be released successfully, but I feel really bad for the parents. Sinful!!!!!

Dot in PA

Guess the public outcry didn’t work. 

http://triblive.com/local/allegheny/13597987-74/peregrine-falcons-to-be-removed-from-downtown-pittsburgh-building

My opinion...Money talks.

Guess the public outcry didn’t work. 

http://triblive.com/local/allegheny/13597987-74/peregrine-falcons-to-be-removed-from-downtown-pittsburgh-building

Cam link:

http://www.buffalo.edu/sustainability/falcon-cam.html

Yankee and Dixie have their 1st hatch.  Doesn’t sound like it’s doing too well, from FB page posts.

(There are many 2018 posts on the UB 2017 page that should be brought over here)

                             

                        Sorry it’s late but hope you had a great day, Penelope!

3 eggs are looking good...hopefully, they all hatch!

Akron, Ohio.  Parents were Bandit and Chesapeake.  Chesapeake (died in 2014 at age 16) was one of the longest lived falcons in Ohio - she and Bandit (he died in 2012) and then Mckinley produced a total of 53 offspring.

Ok, I think I remember that now.  I wonder why they changed her name?

Email sent.  Dori is O'Connors sister, I have followed her and Louie for a long time.  They deserve better.

      Thanks for the info..I guess I didn’t realize that Dori & O’Connor were sisters.  I’m emailing too as they deserve the chance to raise & fledge their young. 

Yes they are.  She was originally named 'Mary Cleo' when she was banded but they renamed her when she arrived in Pittsburgh.

Where were they hatched from?

Maybe it stuck to DC and he flew off with it! Didn't that happen to a falcon before? CRAZY!! 

That was my first thought.

Email sent.  Dori is O'Connors sister, I have followed her and Louie for a long time.  They deserve better.

      Thanks for the info..I guess I didn’t realize that Dori & O’Connor were sisters.  I’m emailing too as they deserve the chance to raise & fledge their young. 

Louie (Beauty's brother) and Dori decided to nest on a downtown building again this year and not on Gulf Tower. They have 4 two week old eyases.  I read this today on FB
NEWS ALERT:
It's come to our attention that the nesting season for the Downtown Peregrine pair may be over sooner than we all think!
A development project of BET Investments next to the building where the 3rd Avenue nest is located has decided to obtain a United States Fish and Wildlife Service permit to remove the 4 chicks, who are only 2 weeks old. The permit is within the parameters of the newly relaxed Federal rules related to migratory birds.
The chicks are to be taken from their parents and raised at a rehabilitation facility somewhere.
Louie, Dori, and the chicks just need about another month for them to fledge and leave the nest forever.
We urge you to contact BET investments to express your displeasure and to urge them to delay the removal of our peregrines.
BET Investments
200 Dryden Road, Suite 2000
Dresher, PA 19025
Phone:215-938-7300
Fax:215-938-8651
email: info@betinvestments.com
Another way you can express your opinion is by picketing the construction site across the street from 319 3rd avenue. Do not block the street or sidewalks.