[!!! Kendal Seen At Frenchman’s Bay]

Hot off the press!!

!!! Kendal Seen At Frenchman’s BayDecember 02, 2010 - Toronto - King Street
Frank Butson Reports:
 
On September 12th of 2010,Denis Gauthier spotted and photographed a Peregrine Falcon in flight,at Frenchmans Bay in Pickering,Ontario, Canada. Denis snapped a few terrific photos. He posted them recently to the Toronto and Southern Ontario Birding Board,where I saw them and could tell the bird has a Canadian band on his leg. Upon  further investigation,CPF volunteer Kathy found the identity to be that of Kendal. The original posting of Kendals banding can be found here.
http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/w/c/sightings/toronto-king-street/page/8/
June 02, 2009 - Toronto - King Street

Kendal    536grams         24days old    33/y

The significance of this sighting is also that there is a female Peregrine Falcon from Rochester,New York named Quest,that is being satellite tracked,which is consistantly being placed at the Power Plant there. I know the gang in Rochester is very excited to hear this news.
Please enjoy the terrific photos which Denis Gauthier has allowed us to use. Thanks Denis!

http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/w/2010/12/sightings/kendal-seen-at-frenchmans-bay/

[Lun Lun delivers the only cub born in the U.S. in 2010]

Giant panda born at Zoo Atlanta
by Zoo Atlanta on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at 10:15am

Lun Lun delivers the only cub born in the U.S. in 2010


Lun Lun, a 13-year-old female giant panda at Zoo Atlanta, gave birth to her third cub on November 3, 2010. The cub, born at 5:39 a.m. in a specially-prepared birthing den in the Zoo’s giant panda building, is the only giant panda to be born in the U.S. in 2010.

Lun Lun appears to be providing appropriate care for her cub, which is roughly the size of a cell phone. The Animal Management and Veterinary Teams will continue round-the-clock monitoring of mother and cub, and a preliminary veterinary checkup will be performed as soon as staff is able to remove the cub without disrupting maternal care.

“We are extremely excited about welcoming Lun Lun’s and Yang Yang’s third cub, and proud of the success of Zoo Atlanta’s giant panda program,� said Dwight Lawson, PhD, Deputy Director. “This is a joy we share with the City of Atlanta, our colleagues in China, and our counterparts at our fellow zoological organizations housing giant pandas in the U.S.�

Zoo Atlanta Members and guests can expect to meet the cub in spring 2011. The cub’s father, 13-year-old Yang Yang, and older brother, Xi Lan, remain on exhibit and will not be introduced to their new family member. This separation is normal for giant pandas, which are solitary in the wild.

The newborn is the third offspring for the Zoo’s famous panda pair. Born September 6, 2006, their firstborn, Mei Lan, has lived at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding since February 2010. Born August 30, 2008, the pair’s second cub, 2-year-old male Xi Lan, remains one of the Zoo’s most popular and precocious animal stars. As is the case with Lun Lun’s tiny newest arrival, both Mei Lan and Xi Lan were the only giant pandas born in the U.S. in their respective birth years. All three births have been the products of artificial insemination.

The birth is a significant achievement for global efforts to save a critically endangered species. Fewer than 1,600 giant pandas are estimated to remain in the wild. There are approximately 280 individuals living in zoological institutions, only 11 of which reside in the U.S.


In the months leading up to the cub’s debut, images will be available on monitors at the Zoo’s Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Giant Panda Conservation Center and on PandaCam presented by EarthCam. PandaCam streams daily, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fans are encouraged to stay abreast of all things panda by following Zoo Atlanta on our website and on Twitter, joining the Zoo Atlanta Facebook community, and registering for biweekly eUpdate newsletters.

[Labor begins for giant panda Lun Lun]

Labor begins for giant panda Lun Lun
.by Zoo Atlanta on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at 4:01am.

The only cub born in the U.S. in 2010 is on its way       

Zoo Atlanta officials have announced that labor has begun for expectant giant panda mother Lun Lun. The 13-year-old female has been under round-the-clock monitoring since birth watch began on October 18, 2010.

The actual time the cub will arrive remains uncertain. Giant panda labor typically lasts seven to eight hours but can be as brief as one to two hours or, on the opposite end of the spectrum, much longer. Lun Lun’s labor with her first offspring, Mei Lan, lasted 36 hours and is still the longest giant panda labor ever recorded. By comparison, Lun Lun’s second cub, Xi Lan, arrived in just under nine hours.

The cub will be the only giant panda born in the U.S. in 2010 and is the third for Lun Lun and 13-year-old male Yang Yang. Additional updates will be provided as details are available.

The Zoo’s giant pandas are watched daily by fans around the world on PandaCam presented by Earthcam. PandaCam streams Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fans are encouraged to stay abreast of all things panda by following Zoo Atlanta on our website and on Twitter, joining the Zoo Atlanta Facebook community, and registering for biweekly eUpdate newsletters.

Maybe Rumba is headed to Toronto to the King Street Nest site to see where his mom Ely was born and visit Grandma Erin!!! 

Great news, thank you so much for sharing!!

New photos of Seneca and Cheyene posted by C&C..as always they are superb!!  Scroll down for the start of the series.

http://www.falconcam-cmnh.org/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?55618.20

Stormin spotted again! Great photos of him and ...there may be a chance for romance  

http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/w/2010/10/sightings/stormin-spotted-again/

http://raptorwatch.blogspot.com/2010/10/murray-spots-stormin-again.html

How wonderful to finally see her again!   

Good luck ladies!  The weather is gorgeous here and a nice wind so hopefully she'll be out flying around 

That's why I don't keep up on the falcons in the UK anymore, they keep shooting them or stealing their eggs and I would just get upset.  I keep telling myself that global warming will fix those people when the ocean rises and swallows them all up while the falcons laugh from the safety of the skies.   

More photos of the mystery falcons:

http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/PhotoGallery/PhotoGallery.aspx?abID=670645&pageID=3

I blew that first photo up and couldn't see a band on the leg at all, beautiful falcon if I do say so.

I'll add my 'Wow' to the comments too.  I've never seen a wood carving of a peregrine before, it's beautiful..so well done and so much detail!

Joyce:  I've read that juveniles under stress will actually mature faster - by stress I'm assuming they mean maybe a tough migration, weather related issues, etc...  

Last year we got photos of Master Caster from TR site taken at 6 months old when he was spotted North of Toronto - although he was clearly still a juvie, he had a lot more white on him than I  would have expected to see at such a young age.  His breast was already black/white with bits of brown on it.  And on his back, only the bottoms of his feathers had a little band of brown on them.

Great sleuthing Joyce, I'll be watching to see if he's one of ours 

Some new pictures of Seneca & Cheyenne by C&C on the CMNH site

They really outdid themselves this time, those freefall shots of Seneca were simply stunning  

I just read Frank's news...you know the area he's in is around where Quest's last tracking shows her at the start of September.  Wonder if she's run into her nephew at all  

Here's the link to his video of Stormin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x7dx0T35ZA