2012 Pictures from the Rfalconcam Cameras

[bev.]

  Beauty on FCT, no Orion or DC yet. DC was apparently at BS this am.

Sigh! Had a feeling we were going to be seeing less of the little guy soon. He's been getting more independent every day.

must remember that with him being the only juvenile , they can just concentrate on him and so he will be independent quicker. he may be catching food when he is away and they top it up for him if he needs it

Seems way too soon for him to leave.  According to Froona, they start leaving 8-12 weeks after fledging and it's just shy of 6 weeks since Orion fledged plus they were still giving him food up until a couple days ago. Of course, there's always the rule breaker!

[bev.]

There are a lot of falcon purists that don't support the cross breeding that was done - they consider it a pollution of the original North American falcon genes (the Anatum)

I have to wonder if they would have been happier to have "pure" genetics in the only anatums left in the natural history museum along side the passenger pigeon.

As I understand it there were so few anatums left there would have been far too much close relative interbreeding to restore a healthy population.  I believe most captive bred birds were from a very few ancestors. And we can see that the anatum traits are still strong. Time will tell if it becomes more prevalent.

Now the cross breeding between peregrines & gyrfalcons is another issue altogether...

I wish you could have all been in Edmonton when Gordon gave his talk  at our fund raiser. they call him the falcon guru because he has been with falcons since he was a teenager. He was involved in the come back of the falcons in Wainwright Alberta.I am sure this is well documented . they gathered up the last remaining falcons and started breeding .

His talk explains the whole process of how they started the breeding etc. All the trials and errors and then the success. He talks with such a passion and love of falcons.

[carly]

Maybe Orion is responding to nature's migration call.  He was born later so to us it seems sooner than it should.  

I miss him too

[Carol P.]

Maybe Orion will run into those 2 girls from Buffalo and have some 'singing' partners to travel the world with 

Pefas are not song birds.   

[Dumpsterkitty]

Maybe Orion will run into those 2 girls from Buffalo and have some 'singing' partners to travel the world with  

Pefas are not song birds.  

"Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best."

Henry Van Dyke

[hmmm...may have found a tag line...]

[MAK]

Maybe Orion will run into those 2 girls from Buffalo and have some 'singing' partners to travel the world with  

Pefas are not song birds.  

"Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best."

Henry Van Dyke

[hmmm...may have found a tag line...]

  

[Kris G.]

There are a lot of falcon purists that don't support the cross breeding that was done - they consider it a pollution of the original North American falcon genes (the Anatum)

I have to wonder if they would have been happier to have "pure" genetics in the only anatums left in the natural history museum along side the passenger pigeon.

As I understand it there were so few anatums left there would have been far too much close relative interbreeding to restore a healthy population.  I believe most captive bred birds were from a very few ancestors. And we can see that the anatum traits are still strong. Time will tell if it becomes more prevalent.

Now the cross breeding between peregrines & gyrfalcons is another issue altogether...

I wish you could have all been in Edmonton when Gordon gave his talk  at our fund raiser. they call him the falcon guru because he has been with falcons since he was a teenager. He was involved in the come back of the falcons in Wainwright Alberta.I am sure this is well documented . they gathered up the last remaining falcons and started breeding .

His talk explains the whole process of how they started the breeding etc. All the trials and errors and then the success. He talks with such a passion and love of falcons.

That sounds so interesting! All that you and Carly have shared about Falcons is much appreciated.  

[Carol P.]

Maybe Orion will run into those 2 girls from Buffalo and have some 'singing' partners to travel the world with  

Pefas are not song birds.  

"Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best."

Henry Van Dyke

[hmmm...may have found a tag line...]

Pefas may not be song birds and they may not normally live in the woods, but they sure do add a most wonderful sound to the sky above us for all who choose to enjoy.  The cry of a young Peregrine, no longer heard by those listening, is a loss to us all.

[Donna]

B at nest

[Donna]

[Shaky]

Another one of Beauty

[Dumpsterkitty]

[Donna]

Beauty and DC at nest. Cam was pointing at FCT, so stills didn't catch much.



Can't miss DC's chirp, was so nice to hear.

Obviously, he went UP!

"Ah gee, he said I'm cute!" 

[Dumpsterkitty]

(movie)

Long movie-but you can see Beauty moving on the right-against the framework above the cube

[Carol P.]

(movie)

Long movie-but you can see Beauty moving on the right-against the framework above the cube

Yep!  That's exactly where she was for almost 4 hrs before she left just before 8:00 pm to go to her nighttime roost on the south side of the Xerox Bldg.