There is a real concern that too many people want to get close to her.  Folks are really trying not to post too much info about her whereabouts.

Legs continues to be watched over by Jack, the angel.  Here is the reply I got today from Dr. Miller at Tri State.  Posted with her permission.

Hi Bonnie,

Yes, the little falcon from Jersey City ("Legs") is returning today. Two
other falcons are en route to WV from north Jersey, and our driver will
be returning with "Legs" in tow.  I've discussed his case with Wendy (at
Three Rivers), and he just isn't developing like all the other falcons.
He also, unfortunately, wasn't interacting well with them (as if they
sensed he was different).

Fortunately, we do have a home for him. Phung Luu, a world-renown bird
trainer, will be taking him and training him for use in avian and
environmental educational shows. Mr. Luu is a "bird whisperer" if there
ever was one, and I'm thrilled that he wants to take this little guy and
give him an important job as an avian ambassador.

As an aside, I'll add that Phung will be holding a live bird show as
part of Tri-State's 35th anniversary celebration on 23 July (He started
his avian career as a volunteer here when he was in college at UD). You
can find out more about this at: http://www.tristatebird.org/bbq

Thanks for your continued interest and concern for "Legs"!

Erica

Erica A. Miller, DVM
Staff Veterinarian
Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research, Inc.
110 Possum Hollow Road
Newark, DE  19711
Sun, Tues, Wed, Thurs
www.tristatebird.org
www.eow2012.org

Yeah, they know faces and cars.  They see me driving home from work.  The route goes right by their downtown perch.  They fly up the road to my house and get ready for dinner.

Legs, our third falcon who went to rehab at one week old, is being returned to Tri State Bird Rescue and Research to become an educator bird or a falconer's bird.  Problems with his tail feathers and head and he bonded to humans.  Glad they checked carefully before releasing him.  He was at Three Rivers Avian Center in West Virginia.  Very interesting stuff about peregrines there.

I'm thinking about a trip up there, too.  But I don't have a current passport and I would like to go on to Toronto.  I also have my own birds to care for here.    ???

Are we having Fledge Watchers' Weekend here this year?  Then she would have plenty of watchers.

 

And NYC is trying very hard not to post exact locations of Pip, Violet and Bobby.  Glad to hear the bird is doing well.

Where would they all go if there were four altogether?  They are going to have to build a platform out from that ledge.

Very nice.  Gotta move over to Broadway I guess. Or Claremont.

   maybe we can send our Jersey City guy, Legs, who is still being reviewed for release in West Virginia.  But then again, maybe not if he won't be able to fly well.

Wouldn't it be something if Legs and Harlequin got together down the road?  Now that's a picture.

Kat, can you put landing platforms out of some of those windows?   . Seriously, you will stop breathing when she first flies.  Which direction do Quest and Kendal come in from?  She will copy them and try to follow.

Mom, what's that thing sticking out of your back.  Am I gonna grow one of those, too?

Thanks for the nice comments everyone.  And Donna, the last picture is going to be the tattoo on my ankle/leg.  I feel it is a metaphor for the recovery of the peregrine and the hope we place in the young.  And I named the birds after things I love, Hudson and Lady Liberty.

BTW, everyone loved the tattoo I got in Rochester last year!!  Too bad it washed off.

I got a new lens and had to try it out.  I have wanted to go to Riverside Church in the evening when the light would be behind me.  I managed to avoid the accidents on the West Side Highway and get to church.  After about 15 minutes I was rewarded with falcon fireworks erupting from the top of the World Church Headquarters right next to Riverside.  I counted at least five flying up from the top of the building.  At least three of those had to be juveniles.  One had to be an adult making a food drop.  There was another falcon on the top of the antenna on the church and I assumed it was the adult who always perches there.  Wrong!  It was a juvie.  Two juvies, male and female, then proceeded to fly back and forth between the two buildings.  At one point one tried to knock the antenna juvie off.  These birds have one of the safest places in the NYC area to learn to fly and hunt.  There are very few windows that can confuse the birds and lots and lots of ledges on the church.  One birder I met last week who manages the water drip in Riverside Park reported Chris Nadereski had told him that the prey remains at this scrape are varied with a lot of waterfowl.  He could apparently tell that the food had to come from Liberty Marsh and Liberty State Park.

Good luck Anne and boots.