Looks like Polly caught herself a.....?

Quacker   

[So sad to report that the tree service went to the Garden on Thursday morning and on orders from the USDA removed both new nests our eagles were building. When will this nonsense stop?]

Posted on their FB page:  

So sad to report that the tree service went to the Garden on Thursday morning and on orders from the USDA removed both new nests our eagles were building. When will this nonsense stop?

sometimes our government sucks swamp water   

(movie) Beauty or a bird wizzing by?

have to be more than one bird or a very slow bird. If those pictures are actually a minute apart it took that bird 3 minutes to fly by?

Maybe a bunch being chased by a falcon! 

(movie) Beauty or a bird wizzing by?

have to be more than one bird or a very slow bird. If those pictures are actually a minute apart it took that bird 3 minutes to fly by?

so cool

 

Thank you for the info - I'm glad they are relatively safe, in a rural area. In the city where I live, they wouldn't have a chance. I don't think I've heard of a "sentinel goose" before.

Many birds will have one member of the flock watching for danger while the others are going about their business. I've heard them called the sentinel. That just seemed to be what that one goose was doing LOL!

Makes sense to me. I like that idea!

I have seen that at the feeders one is on the look out while the rest eat.

I didn't think it was real. Now I hope all the nitwits with guns find out its fake before they go out and shoot some raptors.

[Every time the cam goes by here, I think of Archer!]

Every time the cam goes by here, I think of Archer!

poor little guy, hope you are healing somewhere.

they are probably talking about the paparazzi who follow them around 

(This barely being able to get here during work anymore stinks...)

So last week I put a quick map together plotting the Scarborough region pefas...

http://goo.gl/maps/uxjP6

East marker is Linn & Rueben, west marker is Quest & Kendal, middle marker is unidentified pefa.

And looking at it again, if it's one of "ours" it's more likely to be Quest or Kendal-they have been to Tam O'Shanter before just north of the mystery pefa

it's not Quest (no transmitter) but it could be Kendal

Just for fun, here's my Fledge Watch Report from June 20, 2008, the day Diamante fledged.   

Carol P. - Diamante Has Fledged! - June 20, 2008 - 4-6:30 pm
Friday, June 20th, 2008

It was a very eventful 2 1/2 hours.  Lots and lots of flying by Mariah, Kaver and three young fledglings.  While Seneca still lingers in the nest box and Quest still runs around the playpen strengthening her wing muscles, Diamante gave flying a try.

All day, we wondered where Diamante was.  We could only count four eyases on the tower.  Did he fledge?  Was he hunkered down somewhere, snoozing?  I believe that he did fledge early that day, as reported by Dan S.  A very short flight out of the playpen and back on.

At 5:30 p.m., we finally saw all five eyases/fledglings!  Yes!  Seneca in the nest box, Quest in the playpen, Zephyr on the left side of the nest box perch, Susan B on the southwest corner of the 19th floor and (drumroll please!), Diamante was located on the southside 20th floor of the Kodak Tower.  I was so happy to see all five young Falcons.

During my Watch, Susan B finally made it out to the High Falls Stack.  Zephyr followed her and they remained there for quite awhile.

It was a gorgeous evening for once, and I was joined by many Watchers, too numerous to name (because I know I’ll forget someone!).  ;-)
Tomorrow should be an interesting day.  I’ll bet Quest is ready to be free of her playpen.  She’s ready to fledge and I’m sure Seneca won’t be far behind.

Carol P.

Thanks for re-posting. I remember it so well! 

Thanks for re-posting those five are my favs  . I hope we see them all again.

I love those little guys. 

Its no trouble for Lynn to get to that spot where the Peregrine has been sighted but after visiting Yellow Pages the other day, it seems a great enough distance that she wouldn't bother. There is plenty of food around where Lynn nests so no reason to go so far. So my short answer doesn't help a lot...possible but not likely her.

Thanks Frank and Donna. I wondered if it was her or trouble for her if you know what I mean.

[I'm getting real tired of people shooting at Raptors. It's so depressing. Thanks Alison.]

I'm getting real tired of people shooting at Raptors. It's so depressing. Thanks Alison.

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~:ditto: ~

I had them here in my yard 2 years ago. (If they came last year or this year I wasn't home to see it) it is so cool. Didn't take them long at all.