Juanita over at CMNH posted this on their forum.  It is a 2004 tribute to Dorothy's mom by Greg Septon with history of her life and origins.  I thought you might enjoy reading about Beauty's grandmother, Sibella, who was a legend in her own right.

http://usbankcentermilwaukee.com/CMSUploads/file/Sibella_Article_web.pdf

Video Tribute to Dorothy    (you'll need tissues)

http://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/2015/12/03/a-tribute-to-dorothy/

Dorothy is gone.      Kate's New Blog:

http://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/2015/12/02/the-queen-is-dead-long-live-the-queen/

Happy Birthday Kris!!! 

Happy Birthday Kitty!   

Ok, so the male is banded 40/AC black over green. We should be able to find out where he is from and if he was named.

I remember him as someone on BCAW had also asked about him several months back and I saved the info on him.  There is a story behind him: 

        This adult male Peregrine Falcon "40/AC" was at least 2 years old (Adult Plumage) but he
       could have been older when he was banded by Art on April 17, 2009.  Art had rescued the
       bird when he became trapped inside a Center City building. He was already mated with the
       City Hall female. That’s the scary part. They already had 4 eggs in the nest. If he had
       remained trapped and away from his mate much longer, the nest would have failed,
       because the female would have abandoned the eggs in order to hunt for herself and
       survive.  What we do know is that (1) this male previously nested at City Hall, and (2)
       now he’s nesting at 2400 Chestnut. This has resulted in this year's production of the four
       chicks banded today. WOW, quite a history and story which would never have been known
       if it were not for the telltale band number  "40/AC" Black over Green!

http://www.howardsview.com/PeregrineFalconBandingJuly16_15/PeregrineBandingJuly16_15.html

So wonderful to be able to see them on cam again, thank you again   

WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!




        

 

Thanks, carly.  I daresay we'll find out for sure eventually if Buckee sticks around.  Meanwhile, I've figured out why Pigott left last year.  She must have found out that there was a new rule that in 2015 all Rochester area female peregrines must have names beginning with the letter B.

 

Buckee could be male, found the 2013 thread for the nest site - it has a cam too.  The said 2 boys but banding report says 2 girls....warning lots of deaths of babies at this site (not just this year) so proceed with caution reading as there is a hard to look at photo in this thread as you scroll through of parent removing body.  

http://www.peregrinefalcon-bcaw.net/viewtopic.php?f=478&t=1537&hilit=racine+2013

I knew I had read the name Beaster before; BCAW follows their nest:

Report by Greg Septon
On March 1, I read the color band of an adult male peregrine via the webcam at the Racine County Courthouse nest box. The male here is once again Beaster (b/g) 67/M. Beaster was produced in 2005 at Pleasant Prairie Power Plant and is back at Racine for his seventh year. Beaster is paired with (b/g) R/13 from Indiana, back for her sixth year. Their four eggs should hatch between May 5 – 7.

pcarey2786 (patsy6): Found this on falcon Buckee in a pdf at https://t.co/1GkJFKVVcI https://t.co/L5jVcSMMzA

If this is so, then this female is grand daughter of Zephyr and Guinevere (both dead now) from South Bend Indiana - you'll remember Zephyr lost one of his legs the year before he was found dead.  Their nest box was on the Tower Building and moved to it's current location in 2007.  I'll ask Gigi for more details on her mom - as they don't give her name, just where she was born and the year and I know both Z and G were the pair that year but want to confirm it.

Happy Birthday MAK!!

  

OMG and streaming cam too, you guys rock!   

Thank you very much for changing the view at the Powers Box while you were there today