Donna, you are so awesome!

Nah, just bored!! 

You may be bored, but you're never boring!  Thanks! 

Sheesh, let the woman talk!! She was nervous. I would be too!!

Amen to that!  She knew he was going for snowy owl but ain't no snowys in the woods!

http://www.atncorp.com/atn-mo4-1-nightvision-monocular  $359.00

Funny-the web filter here blocks that site as "weapons". 

Infra-red spotting scope? Camera? Gogg

  If you have one we can borrow...   

http://therochesterian.com/?p=1146 Some comments about Beauty. Scroll to the bottom.

Can't read it at work...barracuda thinks it's social networking...

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

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.

Thanks!  I never remember to check BCAW.  For some reason I've never even signed up there.  One more thing for the to-do list!  

Dumpsterkitty was correct earlier, Chantal IS still going at the Market Tower.  Too early and not enough coffee  ???  ( I was a little thrown by the Kathy Q. Kinda like the Mandy / Erin thing )  She took over that site in 2002 and has raised 35 chicks to date with Kinney.  Ponce Kingsley was "Ponce" for Ponce de Leon and it became Pounce in large part because of his mannerisms.   

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. 

It sounds like Pounce-Kingsley was quite the character!

[I told John that something was about to happen, and sure enough a few seconds later a gray missile swooped in and attacked out of nowhere.]

Wonder who this Falcon was? Evanston...Downtown???

http://www.nabirding.com/2012/02/12/when-a-snowy-met-the-locals/ 

I told John that something was about to happen, and sure enough a few seconds later a gray missile swooped in and attacked out of nowhere.

Probably Nona or Squawker from the Evanston library-they are known to hunt the lake shore. 

Those are some amazing photos!  Wow!

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

Excellent!

I guess we'll never know how Ponce became Pounce, but there you have it!

Didn't know he was hatched at the Raptor Trust...need to fix that-hatched SD, hacked Akron OH...check.  Thank you!

[Letter to Bill Uhrich]

Amazing history!  Just for clarification, is it Ponce-Kingsley or Pounce-Kingsley? I have read both and wondered which is the correct spelling.

I've seen it both ways, but most often Pounce-Kingsley.  There is a story behind the name which escapes me at the moment...

If I remember correctly, it is Ponce...for Ponce de Leon.  And the Kingsley is a street name...where he was bred?  first seen?  Not sure about the connection.
Kapi

I found this article from the Reading Eagle November 2000...

Letter to Bill Uhrich

It appears to be a response regarding Victoria, who hatched nearby (my records say Philadelphia-Reading is near there).  Marcel says he was named Pounce where he was hatched in Akron, OH.

Speaking of Victoria & Pounce-Kingsley...just rummaging through the photo archives at CPF and I ran into this one...



...which I recognize from the Sheraton home page.  This is the caption:

May 1999 -- Victoria stands guard over her less than week-old chicks, while Pounce-Kingsley watches from the slots along the Sheraton Hotel nest ledge.

(Photo by Marcel Gahbauer)

So...was Victoria & Pounce-Kingsley's original nest at the Sheraton and they moved to 18 King St.?  Or did they alternate?  For some reason I thought King St. was always where they nested with one switch to the King Edward Hotel across the street once.

And, if memory serves me correctly (I'm at work so researching is tough), Chantal (Kathy Q) was displaced by a Toronto bird...

Forgive me-take that back-Chantal/Kathy Q is still resident female in Indianapolis with Kinney.  I was thinking of Durand (2009 Sheraton Hamilton, ON) who arrived at Rhodes State Office Tower Columbus OH after Scout was killed.

Amazing history!  Just for clarification, is it Ponce-Kingsley or Pounce-Kingsley? I have read both and wondered which is the correct spelling.

I've seen it both ways, but most often Pounce-Kingsley.  There is a story behind the name which escapes me at the moment...

[Chantal from Market Tower, Indy]

I almost forgot to mention, not only is Erin sister to Chantal from Market Tower, Indy...Erin is the last surviving young of the 1998 Froedtert Malt clutch and is still going strong.  

I had seen a note from Juanita on CMNH that she was a clutch-mate of Mary Ellen, but I didn't know anything about Mary Ellen-thanks!

And, if memory serves me correctly (I'm at work so researching is tough), Chantal (Kathy Q) was displaced by a Toronto bird...

I almost forgot to mention, not only is Erin sister to Chantal from Market Tower, Indy but also Mary Ellen at the LG&E plant in Kentucky her first year and then moved to the Miami Fort Station plant in Ohio with River Ace.  She was replaced and did not return in 2009.  Erin is the last surviving young of the 1998 Froedtert Malt clutch and is still going strong.  With her and WW now both being 14 years old, I expect to scope the ledge and see them sitting in rocking chairs and reading the paper!  Just kidding.  I've seen WW lately and he is as spry as he ever was.

I had seen a note from Juanita on CMNH that she was a clutch-mate of Mary Ellen, but I didn't know anything about Mary Ellen-thanks!