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16  Other Nature Related Information / Falcon Web Cams / Re: Nottingham nest cam on: 18-Mar-18, 02:17:51 AM
Later, the falcon returned to the nest:



In the early morning hours, in the cold and snow and wind, she could wait no longer to lay her egg. If she had been provided with a full nest box, she would at least have had some shelter from these truly adverse conditions.







I do not understand the mentality which exists at many sites which continue to provide only a bare bones nest tray for peregrines. There are many such sites in Britain, quite a few in Canada, and also some in the U.S. These trays are totally inadequate. They provide absolutely no protection from the elements for the birds, their eggs and their chicks. They also provide no protection from potential predators.
17  Other Nature Related Information / Falcon Web Cams / Re: Nottingham nest cam on: 18-Mar-18, 02:05:24 AM
March 18, 2018

Very tough conditions at the Nottingham nest last evening and during the night. It began to snow heavily, and the wind was blowing. The female looked as if she was ready to lay her first egg.





Conditions grew worse, and the falcon left the nest box as the snow continued.

18  Other Nature Related Information / Falcon Web Cams / Re: Harrisburg, PA Falcons 2018 on: 14-Mar-18, 09:04:32 AM
Niecey takes a break:



While Lil Dad guards the precious egg:



And then:


19  Other Nature Related Information / Falcon Web Cams / Re: Canada Falcons: All but those hatched in Rochester on: 14-Mar-18, 08:33:34 AM
Hamilton





This really is a good new cam. Wish they had had this cam when Madame X and Surge were there . . .
20  Other Nature Related Information / Falcon Web Cams / Re: Harrisburg, PA Falcons 2018 on: 14-Mar-18, 08:21:11 AM
Late yesterday, Lil Dad brought Niecey a food gift, which she happily accepted. She flew off to enjoy her meal.



When she returned, bonding at the nest:



This morning:



The beautiful first egg:


21  Other Nature Related Information / Falcon Web Cams / Re: De Mortel Falcons 2018 on: 12-Mar-18, 11:56:09 PM
The loss of Miep

From Martin Vink this evening, a very sad update.  crying crying

Fight settled?

Martin Vink, Vogelwerkgroep Gemert | Monday, March 12, 2018

In the past two days, an invasion of strange falcons around the De Mortel tower has been observed. These intruders attempt to dislodge or even kill the current male and female. What has happened so far?

The current female V and the male M are already well advanced in their courtship; many copulations have been observed and the female is almost ready to begin laying eggs. She was more and more often seen in the nest box for a longer period of time. However, on Sunday 11 March, several peregrine falcons appeared on the battlefield and late in the afternoon Karin Groen-Dam filmed an attack/battle between two peregrine falcons. For the images, see this link:

http://youtu.be/oPX60CMYarM.

As can be seen on these images, both peregrine falcons were locked together and both fell down at the back of the tower.

From this moment on, the current female V, as far as my information goes, was no longer observed in and around the nest box. Given the strength of the attack, it is plausible that the peregrine falcon who was attacked was almost immediately killed by the intruder.

Peregrine falcons are true birds of impact; they surprise their prey by attacking them with great force. During the impact, there is so much energy transfer that it breaks the spine and the prey becomes defenseless.

They frequently attack by biting the prey/competitor in the neck, causing the neck vertebrae to break and death to occur.

But was the peregrine falcon who was attacked the current female V?

Today a strange banded female was seen several times in and around the nest box. This female has a silver-gray leg ring and a colored orange leg ring with possibly the combination YC.

Orange leg rings were used for Dutch birds until 2014. Since 2014, we use gray with three letter combinations. On the roof camera the ring code YC was clearly visible with some certainty. With this shot we also looked from above on the fourth ring for a dead/wounded peregrine falcon. As we already expected, we found a dead peregrine falcon. After zooming in, the falcon appeared to have no bands; could it be the current female V?

In order not to disturb the falcons, tonight, I carefully went up to the fourth ring after 20:00 and removed the dead falcon. The female falcon whom I found had a lot of injuries to her neck, indicating the completion of the lethal attack by the intruder. My suspicion that this is the current female V, I can confirm with some certainty despite the injuries and affected plumage.

Given the position of the attack and the location, it is plausible that the falcon who was attacked in the film is the same falcon.

What now?

As previous territorial battles in the breeding season have shown, a small chance remains that a brood can still be raised. The male M will then have to enter into a pair bond with a new female, which in view of the number of peregrine falcons around the tower and the corresponding disruptions, is still possible in the coming weeks. It is even possible that the current male M himself will also be chased/killed because a strange unbanded male has also been observed.

22  Other Nature Related Information / Falcon Web Cams / Regensburg, Germany Peregrines on: 12-Mar-18, 03:27:48 PM
The Regensburg pair laid their first egg a couple of days ago, and today they added a second egg:





http://www.rathausturm-wanderfalken.de/
23  Other Nature Related Information / Falcon Web Cams / Bowling Green, Ohio Peregrines on: 12-Mar-18, 03:16:50 PM
The peregrines who nest in the clock tower of the Wood County Courthouse have their first egg:



https://www.bgsu.edu/falconcam
24  Other Nature Related Information / Falcon Web Cams / Re: National Aviary, Cathedral of Learning - Pitt Peregrines on: 12-Mar-18, 03:10:24 PM
Terzo and his mate have their third egg:


25  Other Nature Related Information / Falcon Web Cams / Re: Austin, Texas Peregrines on: 12-Mar-18, 02:31:32 PM
Tower Girl is hunkered down in the nest box.  Did she do some egg laying this weekend?

It's hard to tell, since only a portion of the inside of the nest is visible.

A little while ago:



And a few minutes ago:



I so much hope for Tower Girl that there is an egg.  heart
26  Rochester Falcons / Rochester Falcon Discussion / Re: 2018 Pictures from the Rfalconcam Cameras on: 12-Mar-18, 12:57:25 PM
Still up there . . .


27  Rochester Falcons / Rochester Falcon Discussion / Re: 2018 Pictures from the Rfalconcam Cameras on: 12-Mar-18, 12:46:59 PM
Someone was on cam 2 for a while:



Beauty on Mercury:


28  Rochester Falcons / Rochester Falcon Discussion / Re: 2018 Pictures from the Rfalconcam Cameras on: 12-Mar-18, 01:03:58 AM
Late day visit:

(movie)
29  Rochester Falcons / Rochester Falcon Discussion / Re: 2018 Pictures from the Rfalconcam Cameras on: 12-Mar-18, 12:36:01 AM
DC:

       
30  Rochester Falcons / Rochester Falcon Discussion / Re: 2018 Pictures from the Rfalconcam Cameras on: 12-Mar-18, 12:31:56 AM
Beauty:

     
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