Salt Lake City peregrine cam

[Donna]

OH crud, they lost one already today on first fledge!  ENOUGH!!!!!

Sad news to report: After a successful morning of learning to use her wings, Macy (aka bird #2) has had a mishap. She crashed into the Key Bank building and died on impact. Rest in peace, little girl.

[Kris G.]

So sorry. Fly high and free, little Macy. 

[Donna]

Salt Lake City Peregrine Falcons
Update on Primo: He spent most of the day perched on the Administration Building (the one you can see in the cam, across the box). He finally came down and the team was able to band him and get him back up to the roof. From there, he flew to the north side of the Joseph Smith Memorial building. He's unstuck, exploring and doing great!   

[Annette]

Salt Lake City Peregrine Falcons
Update on Primo: He spent most of the day perched on the Administration Building (the one you can see in the cam, across the box). He finally came down and the team was able to band him and get him back up to the roof. From there, he flew to the north side of the Joseph Smith Memorial building. He's unstuck, exploring and doing great!   

[MAK]

Salt Lake City Peregrine Falcons
Update on Primo: He spent most of the day perched on the Administration Building (the one you can see in the cam, across the box). He finally came down and the team was able to band him and get him back up to the roof. From there, he flew to the north side of the Joseph Smith Memorial building. He's unstuck, exploring and doing great!   

 

[Donna]

Update: Boxer (as bird #3 is unofficially being called) is doing well. The rehabber can't find anything wrong with him/her (we still aren't sure of sex) and the X-ray of its gut came back fine, too. The falcon will be kept overnight for observation, then if everything continues to go well, he/she may be released as early as tomorrow morning.

Primo hasn't been spotted for a while. Bob is going to seek permission from security to get up to the roof of a nearby building. It's likely that Primo is resting in some shade somewhere.

[Donna]

Update: Last night, both birds decided to paint the town red. Boxer Sue took a few big flights and ended up on a ledge near the Salt Palace. Concerned of her whereabouts far from home, Marylou (a dedicated volunteer) stayed and kept an eye on Boxer Sue all night. This morning she flew back to JSMB and was fed a meal at 6:20. They can see her right now and she's doing well.

Primo's luck was not as good. At about the same time Boxer Sue left the area for a big flight last night, Primo did too. He was flying with one of his parents when he slammed into the Zions Bank tower glass. He was on his feet, awake, when Bob got to him. The team was able to towel him and get him to the rehabber. He has been examined and hydrated and is displaying normal behavior. This is a great sign! The rehabber will keep him probably until later this week.

[Kris G.]

Blog with updates on Primo and Boxer Sue:

http://slcfalcons.blogspot.com/

[Donna]

Update: As you may have read on Liz's blog (http://slcfalcons.blogspot.com/) there's been a lot going on with the falcon kids. Boxer Sue is doing great. She's had a few really good flight days and seems to be progressing.

Primo has had a few complications since suffering his crash last week. He is still being observed by the rehabber this morning, but will hopefully be released by 11:00 or noon today. Keep your fingers crossed!

[MAK]

Update: As you may have read on Liz's blog (http://slcfalcons.blogspot.com/) there's been a lot going on with the falcon kids. Boxer Sue is doing great. She's had a few really good flight days and seems to be progressing.

Primo has had a few complications since suffering his crash last week. He is still being observed by the rehabber this morning, but will hopefully be released by 11:00 or noon today. Keep your fingers crossed!

Okie dokie fingers crossed!

[Donna]

http://slcfalcons.blogspot.com/ Boxer Sue doing well.

Just a quick post to tell you that Mike who works in the Eagle Gate Tower has seen Boxer every day on his building. Today she landed on a window sill and was pecking at the glass.  Videos at the link above.

She's so cute

[Donna]

Primo has had a lot of life experience for such a youngster. Soon after fledging, Primo had a nasty crash into a nearby building in Salt Lake.

His x-rays look okay, but he's not currently prepared to be in the wild. He had been staying with a licensed rehabilitator here in Utah.

September 12, Primo was transported to a bigger flight cage at a facility in Colorado. There, he will continue to be observed. He'll also have a chance to practice his flight skills and will learn to chase, catch and eat live prey.

Our hope is that he'll be ready for release sometime soon. We will keep you updated with his progress. Hopefully, we'll continue to get some more photos, too!



Primo resides in the building on the right.

Primo, on the highest perch in the enclosure, shares this area with two other adults.

Primo's flight enclosure.

Primo

[Kris G.]

Thanks-I wondered how he was doing!  Pretty coloring!

[MAK]

He's very good looking! 

[Donna]

On March 23, Primo, the first peregrine falcon kid to leave the Salt Lake City JSMB nest in 2012, returned to the wild. He sustained injuries last summer shortly after fledging, so he's been healing at the Birds of Prey Foundation in Colorado.

His release couldn't have gone smoother. We took him out to Antelope Island near an unoccupied falcon nest tower. He had a long, strong first flight, rested on a fence post for several minutes, then flew out of our sight to continue exploring the island.









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