He's there again!!  

He wants eggs 

Wisdom is a mom again!   

http://usfwspacific.tumblr.com/post/157320110000/wisdom-the-worlds-oldest-known-banded-wild-bird

 

    I've caught them both at home a few times over the past few weeks, they never stay long but at least they are visiting now.

I suspect she will choose 'home' for her babies again this year, after all it's worked for her before so why mess with a good thing.    It's nice that they have a choice though.

Thanks ladies.  I knew one of either the King St or Sheraton ledges was accessible from Linda's old story about bringing food up there when WW had both sites but couldn't remember which one it was she was assisting at the time.

Yup, you got me there MAK.  No idea what is going on as far as removing the egg.  Cost issue maybe?  I don't know how accessible the ledge is?  If it requires a swing stage, I know the cost used to be approximately $1,500.00 to rent the stage which includes 2 licensed people to take them up there.  Is it accessible without a swing stage?  I would like to say no it's not but I am not sure of that, would have to ask someone from CPF.

They didn't go up and band last year remember?  Because there was only one they said they would band only if he came to ground.  

He came to ground on July 8th and was banded the next day before being released back to the roof.

hi alison,

I came to the same conclusion myself with the help of someone with much better eyesight than myself. I did post it to their Facebook page as well. Fortunately there were several photos of them with tape colors and was able to confirm the other 2 had red and blue tape therefore process of elimination means Louise had the yellow tape which Cathy (watcher at that site) confirmed.

I follow a few farm sanctuaries online and they say this happens all the time - they are shipped out at one day old so they are still ingesting their yolk sack but after 72 hours they need food and water or they die and many of them do.  Shipment of live animals shouldn't be allowed - unless a person is there as an escort say in the case of transporting a pet which they claim these are but many end up being used in backyard butchers operations once they grow up.

 

Spoke too soon, 38/S was back this morning in the dark.  But lil dad is there now.  Guess things are still in motion.

It was bound to happen with Lil Dad returning. Hopefully all ends well. 

Looks like it has, Niecey and Lil Dad are rebonding and 38/S and unbanded female have hopefully found each other and will find a place of their own.

Li'l Dad has returned! Posted to BCAW on Facebook today.

 

Thank you Alison, she's lovely 

There is but corporations are greedy for profit and people are spoiled and want to have a flight available when they want it.  It's really not necessary at all in this day and age.

For Business now we have Skype and other video tools so flying is not really required anymore so often if at all.  Planes are half empty most of the time save for a few transatlantic flights that are full and that's only on weekends.  There is a reason airlines are always in financial trouble, they run near empty planes so the other guy doesn't get a jump on them - do we really need every airline on the planet flying into NYC?  No we don't - that's what connecting flights are for. 

With the advent of cheap flights, people have gotten more demanding but quite frankly their needs and wants shouldnt' outweigh those of the environment and the species that suffer as a result of our greed.  There is always a better way but the almighty buck seems to rule everything.  Our own stupidity is going to be the death of us.

Seems to counter productive to spend time an resources on birds when airports are slaughtering thousands of them at a time.   This article makes me more ashamed to be human than ever.