I'm still in shock Donna..believe me there isn't enough coffee to help me digest this but the photos they've sent me are quite clear and this girl is banded black/green.

I have been very busy with work so I can't go out as often as I like anymore and I did notice a few subtle things but just shrugged them off because I tend to be the paranoid one that will email Frank and say 'oh my god, that's not Angel' like back in November and he and Tracy would come down with the scope and confirm that yes it was her.  So I just told myself it was me being paranoid and get back to work and dont' worry about it.

It's so sad, she was such a fixture here for so long.  I hope she didn't suffer and I hope she made it somewhere safely but we all know the likelihood of that given she was onsite here as long as Mariah was there so I dont' expect she went quietly into the night.

That being said..I welcome the new girl with open arms, this is how it works in nature and we have four eyases this year..wow.

Well color me stunned this morning.  Received photos of our new offspring this morning with mom and dad...and guess what ..mom is banded black/green.  When did we lose Angel?  I have no idea. 

I never saw any battles and never saw any long absences or 'strange' behaviour.  Jack is easy to ID and he's been reconfirmed as our male.  With 10 x50's you can never see the bands.

The only thing I've noticed is Jack seemed to be spending alot more time here...now we know why.  And this female has produced 4 eyases!  I'm just looking at the photos right now... 

SW and Boomer's son Spark from 2011 has just been identified as the new male at Columbus seen with Durand.  He sports Red/Black 32/B on his bands!  

This makes him Scout and Orville's grandson as Boomer was their son born on the very same ledge.

DotCa has two new half-siblings as of yesterday.  Mathew has posted a few shots of Jack, TR Mom (the mistress  ) and the two little ones:

http://www.asic.ca/peregrinefalcons/

I'm so very sorry to hear the news about Stella.  I had sincerely hoped that she and her mate had survived and were still together out there perhaps at a new home.   

I think your deductions are quite logical Carol.  No harm in keeping this guy around and at arms length either just in case the worst happens and Archer doesn't make it home, backup that feeds you is always good 

 

He might just be inexperienced and not know what to do. I remember flyboy in Ohio last year, the poor guy was clueless.

Woohoo..now for Kendal!

Someone on roof or inside doing some sort of noisy maintenance work maybe?

Plus 13 here today, feels like spring.  Blinds up and open over nest ledge today 

Hope you have a great day Donna!  

Doesn't seem like they're seeing Kendal at all -hope nothing has happened to him. Also,  shouldn't we be seeing someone at their nestbox by now?

Unless...they're going to nest elsewhere ... those open blinds are not very inviting, I wouldn't lay my eggs there with someone staring at me all day.  Either way, he should have been working on a scrape by now.  Egg laying will start in about 2 weeks here if we go by past years.

What a horrible excuse for a human being. 

Uh oh how long before Carol re-mortages the house?