Cathedral of Learning

[Bobbie Ireland]

Fly free, little sweetheart These damn windows

 Such heartbreaking news! I know it's probably too late and very expensive but it should be mandatory to bird-proof the windows. Maybe some day when all the birds become extinct from window strikes and Wind turbines. 

How is this bird-proofing possible? NOT criticising this idea, just wondering how it could be done. It would be wonderful if there were a simple solution. We have found (and this is only anecdotal) that the silhouettes we have of raptors on two "suspect" windows has worked very well, esp during the fledging season this year. But would big buildings do this?

And re "when the birds become extinct"... An old Irish birder of my acquaintance used to say "Ah, that's what we need to do... keep 'em rare, then they might care."

[MAK]

   Every loss is a tragedy and as far as I'm concerned there's waaaay too many! People need to wise up! 

[jeanne]

Fly free, little sweetheart These damn windows

Oh dear - yet again! WHAT is to be done about the windows??? I fear that the answer is: Nothing.

I think there is something that can be put on windows to make them less reflective.  When I was in Canada a few years back, if memory serves me (and it doesn't always )  I thought there was mention of this or of a special type of window. 

[~Ruth]

probably won't do any good but if you live in a city that is building new buildings, contact someone in charge to hint they need to use bird friendly windows

[Dumpsterkitty]

I thought I remembered a thread from earlier this year about this...from CPF news via Big Frank via Donna...

http://rfalconcam.com/forum/index.php?topic=4768.msg39698#msg39698

[Donna]

http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2011/10/07/is-it-spring/  Dorothy and E2 bonding at the nest!

[MAK]

  It's a Beautyful thing to see!   

[Donna]

In Youngstown a “job opening� for a resident female peregrine was filled last month by this bird.

Dorothy’s son, Stammy, and his mate Stellar had nested in Youngstown since 2005 but Stellar died last summer.

Peregrines in need of a good nest site go wandering in the fall and those in need of a mate advertise their availability.  I’m sure Stammy hoped a female would notice him in Youngstown — and one did. By early November peregrine watchers saw Stammy courting with a new lady.

Last Monday Chad and Chris Saladin stopped by Youngstown for a look and identified her as Strike, hatched in 2009 at the Cleveland Terminal Tower nest.

Chris wrote, “Strike spent this nesting season in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park at the Station Road Bridge nest site. She and McKinley had two chicks, but both chicks died in the nest. We saw Strike fly into the nearby CVNP Turnpike Bridge nest territory, where she had a couple skirmishes with the resident female, Lara, and hadn’t seen Strike since. �

I’m glad that Strike found Stammy.  I hope their 2012 nest is a great success.

Strike

From Kate St. John's blog

[MAK]

  Good for her she is a beautiful falcon! 

[AlisonL]

It is wonderful news that Strike has shown up again, and that she is now with Stammy. This year Stammy lost not only his beautiful long-time mate Stellar, but two of their three juvies, Jurist and Marshall.

Strike is the last daughter of SW and her former mate Buckeye. We lost this great tiercel on November 17, 2009.

[Carol P.]

 

[Donna]

from fb, Dorothy arrives in nest!

[MAK]

Thanks Donna! 

[Donna]

Dorothy

[Donna]

Dorothy is snoozing at the nest. I think her first egg is due in the next 10-15 days.

Fro Kate St John