I like the new official Imprints update just posted much better, sounds very promising for Beauty! 

Ok so Beauty has an eye injury and multiple other injuries. Hopefully nothing too serious. Time will tell. 

 

Blocked here, let us know what she says and if she gives an update on Beauty!

Goodness, I remember someone posting photos of a brawl between Beuty and Unity at Kodak office last year.  Am I correct?

Here is the link to the Imprints article and photos of said altercation:

http://rfalconcam.com/imprinting/?p=1498

They can likely tell by the nature of her injuries, size of any lacerations, puncture wounds, etc..  Given that another female was seen right away in the territory tends to lean credence to the watchers conclusions and given the history between Beauty and Unity already I'd say it's plausible. 

Keep in mind, not all battles are seen.  Some are over quickly and others take place very high up or out of view and we don't find out until we hear an injured or deceased bird has been found.

Carly, I believe you intended to refer to biologist Gordon Court in Alberta.

Lol..yes that's who I meant...gah..at least I got his first name right.  Thank you Alison, you're a sweetheart 

Awww..great capture 

I don't know Rochester as a city at all but just an educated guess, it's about location and reproduction.  From what I've read here over the years, Beauty had the better (in a falcon's view) territory in terms of available places to nest and hunting grounds. The failed nest likely added to that desire to ensure a successful nest this year - better location and not having to share Archer would improve those odds.  

My site here with Jack, who has 2 sites and 2 females works for a number of reasons.  Both females are older, were already in established territories and had raised young successfully at their respective sites.  Both sites are equally good - both have alot of areas where they can safely and successfully nest, lots of good hunting close by and more importantly Jack feeds and incubates at both sites and he's now fledged offspring at both sites so the females are both happy.  My understanding is - and Tracy/Frank can correct me if I'm wrong but I was told - that Windwhistler when he did run two sites, in the last year two of the eyases died because he didn't supply Wind with food and she eventually had enough and drove him out.  Both Archer's sites failed last year - so two unhappy females, one is bound to see the other as part of the problem.  Not a personal thing but simply a matter of how to ensure I do what I'm hardwired to do - which is reproduce and ensure the continuation of my line.

Gord Brandt, a famed falcon Biologist out in Alberta has written some interesting articles, his last one discussed 'locations' and he mentioned how one of the tiercel's there has worked his way up through the available nest sites.  Even though he had some success at the say 'less than desirable' sites with a mate, he has made a play for a better site twice - last year taking out his brother at the second best site in the city of Edmonton.  So each time he's moved to a better location.

I have not found anyone who can figure out why Chantal is called Kathy Q by everyone in Indy even though her "given" name is known.  Probably just consistency-I don't know how long it took to positively ID her.  But it is what it is. 

Ask and you shall receive, from Gigi who knows them well and posted Kathy Q and Kinney's histories awhile back on BCAW :

If you haven’t already heard this story, I’ll explain how KathyQ, a.k.a. Chantal, came to be known as KathyQ in Indianapolis. If you have heard it, please bear with me.

When she arrived on the Indy falcon scene in 2002, she didn’t arrive without causing consternation among the Peregrine Patrol. We had already identified Scout, Kinney’s first mate, in the nestbox at the beginning of the year when courting and mating generally begins. We even think Scout may have laid the eggs that year but shortly after they were laid, we no longer were able to identify her. A new bird was visible in the nestbox and obviously settling in to stay. Kinney was still around; the new unidentified female was there, but no Scout.

We couldn’t get a good read on the bands on the new girl in town so we began to call her KathyQ in honor of Kathy Quimbach, a DNR employee who worked closely with the falcon volunteers and was tireless and passionate in her devotion to Indiana’s endangered wildlife. She had passed away unexpectedly in 2001 and we wanted to honor her memory. That name was so ingrained with the Peregrine Patrol that by the time the female was positively identified as Chantal in late May 2002, we just kept calling her KathyQ.



Original post here if you want to check it out. http://www.peregrinefalcon-bcaw.net/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=201&hilit=kathy+q+chantal

Looking through the archives just now for something else, I happened upon this article on Pounce-Kingsley and Victoria that I thought you might all enjoy and might answer some questions you've been asking here.  Please enjoy and ..oh...there is a mention of Cabot-Sirocco at the end as well..small world isn't it 

http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/talontales/ttprofile.html

You guys did an outstanding job in piecing all of this complicated history together.  How wonderful to know that an offspring of Alberta - who was fostered in Ontario all those years ago with the hopes of helping to bring the falcon population back has succeeded beyond anyone's hopes I'm sure.  Everyone can be truly proud of this accomplishment!

That WW is still alive and going strong with an equally strong mate who herself comes from such good lineage is outstanding.  And if that's not enough, they live next door to their son who is paired with the offspring of another legendary pair Mariah and Kaver! 

I am so thankful we have a banding program at times like this!   

Thank you ladies for braving the elements today to bring us this update.  I'm sure it can't have been an easy day for you all, weather aside.

A very smart biologist from Winnipeg once told me that not all females will tolerate sharing mates and territory and I guess we'll find out shortly whether or not this is the case here. 

I just hope Beauty will be able to fly free again - whether or not it's over Rochester's skies.

Thank you for the update MAK.  I will keep Beauty in my thoughts and prayers for you all.

I shouldn't have brought up the crow thing, I apologize.  I was just thinking out loud.  I always think of Beauty as being such a strong girl but I should know better, life is not easy for any of our peregrines no matter how big and strong they may seem to be.

What about this crow scaring program that just started?  Was it near Beauty's nestbox or in her territory at all?.

I thought the same thing when the snowy owl was found!  There is more than just crows out there!!

I agree and I can tell you for certain that pefas get nervous around loud noises like that.  Every year here they hold an air show with those fighter jets and their practice area runs right over my nest site and every year I see Jack and Angel huddled together on a back ledge they don't usually frequent when the jets come over.  You can see by their posture and behavior that it disturbs them.