FIVE (!) just banded at Central Terminal - 3 girls, 2 boys!

Appreciate all your interest and comments about our Buffalo Peregrine sagas!  

 Jackie releasing "Statler"

 Lunch of Brown Thrasher being delivered to FOUR kids still in nest half an hour BEFORE "Statler" was released!  So, FIVE new Statler pefas in all!

More news and pix on BLOG plus a link to the new web album of the Statler fledging.

News Flash!     
 Tuesday, June 15, 2010

~ Statler chick who went down is a healthy girl named "Statler" and returned!   More on blog now and pix and web album of the event by tonight!  Just wanted to share this much with you quickly!

Joyce, the dog looks like a lg wh pitbull.   Barb B just said Miriam, BB's mom, was the same way, and mostly attacked men.  She thinks BB may be used to Roger and I.  The road around MacKay is used by many students walking, and you know how close it is to Winspear where people are always walking. 

At first, Yankee was getting the blame because BB wasn't quite so "protective" last year until the kids fledged.  It was easy to blame Yankee!  But then it was discovered that BB was the attacker and it started early with the beginning of the nesting season.  We think it may be that last year she learned about where her kids would be flying to and from, what parts of the campus and especially the VA on the other side of Bailey, so she started early this year to make it be known that was her territory.

Re: removing the box - the thing is, if the nest box were removed, the pefas would still nest there!  But not as successfully.  They chose the spot in 2008; nestbox installed and first nesting 2009.  The box was installed only after it was determined the birds would nest there. 

Connie has had to add "damage control" to her job description!

Yes, Buffalo has been very exciting the last couple days!  It was a Statler early fledge who needed to be rescued today.  It can be difficult for a brand new fledge to take off from the ground and if the ground is a high-traffic area like Niagara Square,  and the roofs of this nestsite can no longer be accessed because the bldg is boarded up and the DEC is denied access by the bankruptcy court, well, there really were not a lot of options today.  This bird will be checked out, banded and have a chance to live.  I won't even know where, but that's okay. 

The history of successful returns to rooftops in this area has been poor.  Most birds are never seen again.  This one will have a better chance so we have to be glad of that.  He's lucky he survived that experience!

Our UB nest is a much better situation, being surrounded by the protective MacKay employees who are there to help in a second!   Harry Potter was rescued from the dangerous area and returned to mom so fast!   

This week Buffalo has three nest sites fledging which promises a week of entertainment, excitement, fear and wonderment!  Buffalo thanks you for caring about our wonderful Peregrines! 

 

I just added Roger's fantastic pix of BB flying around overhead as Harry was being released  GO HERE to see more!

Thanks, Suzanne.  I don't think anyone can afford to demolish the Statler, nor can they afford to refurbish it.  Sad situation.

Another exciting day at UB!  Ron left the nest and was happily crawling around the ledge below the box.  Meanwhile, Harry and Hagrid were flying when gulls tried to join them.  Harry got distracted and hit the ground.  Rescue details on the blog.   

[Web album of the UB kids on fledge day]

Thanks, Donna!   Harry and Hagrid are flying strong! 

  Web album of the UB kids on fledge day  and Fledge blog post

   We have two fledges today at UB!  Pix to follow!   bguitar

Today we can count four, and if there is a fifth, it's hiding.   Look how big they are!  The one on the right isn't even on the flight deck, but on the long perch!    They are getting ready to broaden their base of operations to soon include more roofs!


The triangle thing between the Statler and the Convention Center was demolished today.  Will the Statler be next?

Thanks for those reports and pix, Donna and Joyce!  Good luck to the Syracuse pefas! 

   Yes, I now think five with a possibility of 6.  When they were smaller, we just could not really identify five for sure so rather than say five, we went with four, figuring if there were more, all the better!  These parents really have their hands full!  Roger got more pix today which I'll blog later but that may tomorrow.  It was very hazy today.  The Statler birds are very big now and hanging out on the flight deck, wing-flapping and looking ready-to-go!     

Construction crews were demolishing that triangular thingy in front of the convention center, below the nest.  Between the haze and construction dust, optics had a time of it today.

UB's Potter boys are also so big and dark brown, with barely any white on their heads anymore. 

  How many can you count?  4-5-6?




And one of the CT kids came out to look around!  Stash and Stella were also on the tower.  Banding probably Wednesday.

  UB Family portrait - BB and the Potter boys.  She demonstrated flying to her awestuck kids

  North Grand Island Bridge - 3 males, 1 female banded here.  Parent on rail.

  Statler Tower - kids are just days younger than UB's but are getting so mature!

More pix and news on the blog.

We have plenty to go around!  And promises of more next year from our two territorial pairs who are likely not nesting this year...unless there are nests yet to be located!  

 The little one

 On lookout at Central Terminal