Woodmen Tower nest

[DebInTexas]

Woodmen has 3 males and two females this time around!  Naming contest begins. 

[Donna]

Woodmen has 3 males and two females this time around!  Naming contest begins. 

  Thanks Deb!!

[Kris G.]

News clip of banding:

http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Falcon_Chicks_Banded_And_Checked_153272875.html?mobile=yes

[Donna]

5 yikes, good luck to them all. Thanks Kris.

[DebInTexas]

Thanks Kris, for that news clip.  One of the five has ventured OUT of the nest box this morning.

[DebInTexas]

Three of the five are on the ledge getting fed right now (8:15 Central Time), and the two in the box are livid!

[DebInTexas]

From Woodmen's FB page:  We are proud to announce the names of the newest batch of Woodmen Tower falcon chicks. The young peregrines were named in honor of five Omaha streets, all of which run through downtown. Their names are:
 
Cass, female, band #46/U
 Harney, female, #47/U
 Farnam, male, #07/R
 Dodge, male, #08/R
 Douglas, male, #09/R
 
These names represent a part of Omaha’s history – the people who used to live on them, and those who lived before our time.

The winning name suggestions were submitted by Travis Wurtele, a sales manager at Union Pacific Railroad.

 

[Kris G.]

From Woodmen's FB page:  We are proud to announce the names of the newest batch of Woodmen Tower falcon chicks. The young peregrines were named in honor of five Omaha streets, all of which run through downtown. Their names are:
 
Cass, female, band #46/U
 Harney, female, #47/U
 Farnam, male, #07/R
 Dodge, male, #08/R
 Douglas, male, #09/R
 
These names represent a part of Omaha’s history – the people who used to live on them, and those who lived
before our time.

The winning name suggestions were submitted by Travis Wurtele, a sales manager at Union Pacific Railroad.

 

Thanks, Deb!  Great names!

[Donna]

I like Harney & Farnam!! Thanks!!

[MAK]

Good names! 

[Kris G.]

06/18/2012
R.I.P. Douglas

This morning, Joel Jorgensen from the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission received a call from James Thiele, who is with the USDA – Wildlife Services, reporting a deceased falcon had been found in downtown Omaha. The falcon was Douglas, purple band 1126 14499 and black/red bands 09/R, one of the male Peregrine Falcons hatched this year from atop the Woodmen Tower. He was found on a sidewalk along Douglas Street a couple blocks from Woodmen of the World. The bird's wing was broken and it appeared death may have resulted from a collision, possibly with a building window.
 
As you probably have noticed the falcon chicks have moved out of camera range. The remaining four, two females (Cass and Harney), and the two males (Farnam and Dodge), are still around learning how to hunt from their mother and father. If you are ever out walking near the Woodmen Tower, you could get lucky and hear one of the chicks call for their parent, or even see one in flight.

                       

[MAK]

06/18/2012
R.I.P. Douglas

This morning, Joel Jorgensen from the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission received a call from James Thiele, who is with the USDA – Wildlife Services, reporting a deceased falcon had been found in downtown Omaha. The falcon was Douglas, purple band 1126 14499 and black/red bands 09/R, one of the male Peregrine Falcons hatched this year from atop the Woodmen Tower. He was found on a sidewalk along Douglas Street a couple blocks from Woodmen of the World. The bird's wing was broken and it appeared death may have resulted from a collision, possibly with a building window.
 
As you probably have noticed the falcon chicks have moved out of camera range. The remaining four, two females (Cass and Harney), and the two males (Farnam and Dodge), are still around learning how to hunt from their mother and father. If you are ever out walking near the Woodmen Tower, you could get lucky and hear one of the chicks call for their parent, or even see one in flight.

                       

 

[carly]

Poor little guy 

[Donna]

It just never ends and we go through this every year! A sad ending for young Douglas.  Fly Free!

[margaret]

Fly free young Douglas.  You felt the wind beneath your wings.