If they would just leave the rats alone and let the red tails eat them, that might solve their problem.  Plus, keeping the garbage area very neat and tidy helps a lot, too.  And yes, if two or three rats die, the others leave. 

Orville disappears!

Look out below!!

Carol, were you there with your catcher's mitt?

I was totally transfixed.  I am voting for this guy and I never vote on AGT.

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Juvie watch now.  Seems a bit too soon for a food transfer, but then again, Orion is gifted and talented.

He was deceased in the morning after being brought to the Raptor Trust.  The necropsy just came back.

Oh, my.  They are glorious birds.

Sad news to report.  The cause of death has been determined in our male who passed away at the Raptor Trust.  Even sadder is that a person at 101 Hudson saw the sick bird the week before, but we thought it was just begging for food which it apparently was.  I could have gone down when I got back from California, but I didn't.

From Nestbox News
August 13, 2012 - More Sad News
We are sorry to report that another of the Jersey City falcons died recently. The young male, band 17/AM, was found by our friend David Defino near the entrance to 10 Exchange Place, just across the street from 101 Hudson St. building. David retrieved the ailing bird and drove him to The Raptor Trust on August 1st, where he died shortly after.

A post-mortem was done by Dr. Erica Miller at Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research in Newark, DE, and cause of death was probably aspergillosis, a respiratory infection that was probably worsened by stress and thin body condition. Additional testing should confirm this, as well as test for exposure to West Nile virus and contaminants.

This is a sad reminder that for young peregrine falcons, like all young raptors, survival to adulthood is filled with risks. About half do not make it through their first year. Happily, the survival rate after year one is usually well over 80%. An example of that side of the coin is the adult female who has called 101 Hudson St. home since (at least) 2005: we don't know her exact identity, but she is eleven years old at a minimum. Average age of breeding peregrines in NJ is eight years, with maximum age usually topping out at 16 to 17 years in the wild. This female continues to do well, maintaining her territory and raising young amidst the hazards of the city.

I get the reports.  Love them from everyone.

Wonderful vacation. I am jealous of the gyr falcon

A little bit of fiction doesn't hurt all that much.  Falcon watchers would have taken care of Beauty if they could.  And they would have rescued the egg if they had to.

Very nice story.   

Great pictures Kris, Wendy, Ei, MAK, Dana, Carol P.  It WAS a very nice weekend for me, too.  Of course it was too short.  There is nothing like watching a successful young falcon rule the sky.

I have pics of the falcons, not the people.

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Kris, great pictures!

For sure he is getting fed.  He is flying them and acting like a really healthy juvenile.  We will probably not see too many feedings.  Plus he has to learn to hunt for himself very soon.   He is a late bloomer and by October 1 he should be a very accomplished hunter.

Looks like Beauty is looking for Orville, her second son.

Thanks, I needed that!  

I'm very glad to have you and MAK back tweeting and posting a lot more often.  You really had a great visit.  It is so much fun to just sit or walk short distances with other falconatics to see the falcons.