According to the website, the cam will be back online any day now. I hope this year will be a much better one at this nest.

A couple of updates on Jersey City birds:

Ivy, banded 79/AN, was sighted again in March of 2016 in the Regent Park area of Toronto. When I searched for Regent Park, I discovered that it is not a park, but is actually a large housing project built in the 1940s.

A male born at the Jersey City nest in 2009, banded 72/W, had nested at New York Presbyterian Hospital in 2014 and 2015. Sadly, he was euthanized in December 2015 after he was found with a serious wing injury.

A female born at the Jersey City nest in 2009, banded A/11, has been nesting at the Middle River power plant in Maryland. She was found injured, treated and released in Maryland in September 2016.

I have not seen much activity at the Woodmen nest lately. One of the birds was at the nest today, but only allowed one view of bands before leaving.



Another peregrine visited Omaha in January, spending time at a building not far from the Woodmen Tower. She was identified by Jackie Fallon as Chayton, banded black/red 17/Z, from a Kansas City, Missouri area nest.

She may also have visited the Lincoln nest, since an intruder banded black/red showed up there. It was not possible to read the bands. Alley took a dim view of this incident, and made sure the intruder moved on.

https://falcons.woodmen.org/falcon-cam.cfm

Clara and Fernando el Cohete have been spending more time around the nest recently.

Beautiful Clara at the nest today:











The 2017 season has begun.

Diamanté looks great! He is an exceptionally handsome tiercel.

Photos from Erie County SPCA website:



X-ray of his wing injury:

This is wonderful news! Many thanks to his veterinarian and everyone else involved in caring for Diamanté. He has obviously been receiving excellent care, and has also been doing his share of helping with his rehab.

Posted by Erie County SPCA an hour ago:

***Wildlife Update*** On December 12th we admitted the male peregrine, Diamante, from Central Terminal after he was in a fight with another male. Yesterday, after radiographs to determine that the fractured left ulna was healed, the wing wrap was removed and he was place in a small outdoor enclosure for 1-2 weeks to start stretching his wings. He will need further conditioning in a larger enclosure and we're hopeful that we can release him in a different part of the country soon because we don't want him to come back to the territory that was taken over by the new male.

To learn more about Diamante and the Wildlife Department tune in to WECK Wildlife Wednesday at 8:20am on Timeless WECK 102.9 FM/1230 AM.

The strange skies of Delft, with peregrine. In the background is one of the major symbols of the 2016 breeding season at many nests, a large crane. At some nest sites, the close presence of one or more cranes drove the birds away for the entire season.

Last year, the Delft pair raised four chicks. As far as I know, they fledged successfully. I hope they will have another successful year in 2017.



http://slechtvalk.ewi.tudelft.nl/?q=content/buitencam

There are two cams, an inside cam (binnencam) and an outside cam (buitencam).

Thanks, Kris! I always love to watch the birds dance. They are so beautiful, with so much personality, and this is a particularly fine dance.

Confirmation from the Royal Albatross Centre, posted six minutes ago:

Great news from the dedicated DOC Rangers who've worked really long hours during hatching.

The Royalcam chick is doing well, it's had a few feeds, put on some weight, is on antibiotics and with a great foster parent in a nest where the Rangers can keep a close eye on it.

We just need some cooler weather to keep those nasty flies away...

In the videos Lyndon is putting some disinfectant on the foster parent's feet to clean up spilt squid, which attracts flies. The other video shows Lyndon putting peppermint essence around the nest to discourage flies.

Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers- we all appreciate them!

https://www.facebook.com/albatrosscentre/posts/1279624462132669

I can't get over how calm these birds are when eggs/chicks are checked.

The DOC staff are very gentle and caring with the birds, and as a result the birds are not stressed by their presence. In the later stages of incubation, when conditions were favorable for blowflies, they replaced each egg with a dummy egg during the day, placed the eggs in an incubator, and returned each egg in the evenings when the flies were not a problem.

Hoping to see confirmation of the good news about the little chick soon.

[Albatross chick on the mend]

I have not seen an official report yet from the DOC Rangers, but there is good news about the little chick.

From an article in the February 1 edition of the Otago Daily Times:

Albatross chick on the mend

Dunedin's new Royal cam albatross chick is out of intensive care.

The newborn chick was moved to intensive care at the Taiaroa Head colony on Tuesday, after being found to be fly-blown and dropping below its hatch weight.

However, the chick had made it through the night and was now "perky, chirpy and hungry'' after extra feeding and antibiotics, Otago Peninsula Trust marketing manager Sophie Barker said this morning.

The chick was now out of intensive care and, for now, had been placed in a foster nest near the Department of Conservation rangers' office at the colony, she said.

News of the chick's arrival on Saturday was met with excitement after its predecessor, Moana, shot to internet stardom last year.

Moana was the first chick to feature on Doc's Royal cam, and coverage of her progress attracted more than 600,000 views until she fledged, and flew away, last September.

The Taiaroa Head colony's latest breeding season was going as expected, Ms Barker said.

The colony's 36 nests had produced 34 fertile eggs, but eight embryos had died, she said. Another egg had been crushed by one of the parent birds, who had ''feet as big as someone's hand'', Ms Barker said.

Of the 21 chicks to have hatched so far, 20 remained alive. One which hatched last week had died of an infection days later, she said. Another four eggs were still to hatch, she said.

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/albatross-chick-mend

The foster chick was checked and weighed this morning, and quickly returned to RBK.

From 11 hours ago:

Royalcam Chick update. The chick is still alive - we'll give you an update from the dedicated DOC Rangers in the morning. Lets hope it has a great night's recovery.

Hoping for better news today. I know that one chick which had hatched earlier did not survive due to an infection. Poor little one. At least 19 chicks have hatched so far.

Meantime RBK has been doing a good job of feeding her little foster chick.

A beautiful pair for sure! 

Carol, I posted this in the wrong place. Sorry! I had intended to post it under "Other Nature Webcams". Could you please either delete or move it? Thank you.

Done! 

Thank you so much, Carol!

A visitor at the Lansing nest:

A beautiful pair for sure! 

Carol, I posted this in the wrong place. Sorry! I had intended to post it under "Other Nature Webcams". Could you please either delete or move it? Thank you.