Local peregrine on guard

[Paul Hamilton]

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http://www.blip.tv/file/3882300

Thanks for the feedbabk,

Paul

[MAK]

   It loaded fine for me and I liked it. Thanks!

[~Ruth]

that one works!  nice toad too.

[Donna]

That was a great video Paul. Obviously, peregrines adapt to noise.  Thanks

[dale]

is that a toad or a frog? whatever it was, it was great. the whole thing was! It had representative samples: one amphibian, one juvenile falcon, one adult falcon, one yawn, one poop. Full set!  Great, Paul. Thanks!

[Carol P.]

Hey Paul,

Big Frank from Toronto noticed that there was a all black band on one of the falcons in this video, so a falcon banded in Canada.  Has this bird ever been positively ID'd.  I'll let Frank know you'll post an answer here.

Thanks!
Carol

[Paul Hamilton]

Carol and Frank,

Unless there has been a recent nest turnover, the female has a black and red band.  I think that it  looks all black in the video because she is lit by greenish light from the river below her.  Because the falcons perch up high on bridge girders, the bands are usually hidden.  The local Fish and Wildlife biologist, Craig Koppie, says that the female is from New York and the male from Pennsylvania.  I've emailed him asking for more precise hatching locations, but I have not heard from him.  My fellow falconwatcher, Ricardo, has a 60 power spotting scope and has been trying to get a good view.

Paul

[Paul Hamilton]

I went to visit my American Legion Bridge falcons in Cabin John yesterday -- my first since the brood dispersed.  The place was deserted, save for deer tracks.  I stood by the sluggishly-flowing Potomac and remembered how the calls of falcons had somehow risen above the roar of the traffic overhead, and said a sad farewell to summer. 

That was when the female came flying in from the downriver hunting grounds, wailing loudly, and landed in the nestbox.  The local falcons are still very much on guard.

Paul

[jeanne]

She's beautiful, Paul!!!

[falconsforever129]

She is beautiful Paul...her face is so pensive as if she is missing Summer too.

[Donna]

Good things come to those who wait! Nice pic Paul. Thanks.

[valhalla]

Good things come to those who wait! Nice pic Paul. Thanks.

[falconsforever129]

Paul...
What is the name of the beautiful song used in Falcons Beneath The Bridge ??
"Falcons under the bridge" was so adorable... they are singing a Spanish renaissance song about falcons (... I can hear "que yo soy halcón..." but unfortunately it's too weakly pronounced to hear the rest of the lyrics... I'd love to know what music it is...
Thank you so much! 

[Paul Hamilton]

The music is Tarara, by Antonio de Salazar,who was born in Spain (or, possibly Puebla, Mexico) in 1650 and died in Mexico in 1715.  The performance is by a local group, Hesperus.  It's a joyful Christmas song, often performed before a feast.

Here are lyrics and translation:

http://www.sfbach.org/text-tarará-tarará-qui-yo-soy-antóniyo

Paul

[falconsforever129]

The music is Tarara, by Antonio de Salazar,who was born in Spain (or, possibly Puebla, Mexico) in 1650 and died in Mexico in 1715.  The performance is by a local group, Hesperus.  It's a joyful Christmas song, often performed before a feast.

Here are lyrics and translation:

http://www.sfbach.org/text-tarará-tarará-qui-yo-soy-antóniyo

Paul

Thank you so much Paul!
Have a wonderful evening!