Cabin John Peregrines, 2012

[dale]

Paul - all great photos! Thanks.

[MAK]

  Very nice Paul! 

[Donna]

Thanks Paul, you took some great pics! Good luck little ones.

[Paul Hamilton]

V/0 flew over to check me out.  Her daughter was pancaked on a bridge support. Based upon the position of the support, it appears that she must have fledged.  I further suspect from the behavior of both parents that their son was similarly zonked out in the nestbox. 

It was a hot morning with all falcons quite inactive. 

Paul

[Dumpsterkitty]

She is beautiful!

[Bonnie]

Her coloring looks just like our Six now at Jersey City.  He fledged at Riverside church in 2004 I think.

[Paul Hamilton]

My falcon has been found!  Barbara Loucks just looked up the data for me.  There was some confusion because the 0 (zero) is recorded as sidewise, something that is not obvious, as the character appears to be a perfect circle in my photos.

Black over red, V/0 (zero)  both sideways on left leg, 1687-01120  on right leg,  was one of two young banded in NYC at the Throgs Neck Bridge on 5/17/2004 by Chris Nadareski (NYC DEP, a cooperator with NYS DEC). The Throgs Neck Bridge is one of the two bridges in NYC where the peregrines first returned to nest in 1983 after a long absence from the state. It's produced more young over the years than any other site. 

Any further info on her would be appreciated.

Paul

[Bonnie]

Way to go, NYC falcons!!   It's hard to believe that young survive on the Throg's Neck Bridge.  She's a tough gal.

Throgs Neck Bridge Peregrine Banding 2011

http://gothamist.com/2011/06/01/photos_video_adorable_baby_falcons.php#photo-1

Maybe her parents?  http://hmana.org/species/spec_pg.php

[dale]

beautifully made film, thanks!!

[Kris G.]

Way to go, NYC falcons!!   It's hard to believe that young survive on the Throg's Neck Bridge.  She's a tough gal.

Throgs Neck Bridge Peregrine Banding 2011


Excellent video! Thanks for sharing, Bonnie!

[NoraH]

Great to finally find out where your female is from Paul and thanx for a great video Bonnie!  No way in heck would you find me sitting out on that bridge top, rope or not. 

[Bonnie]

The photo by Dave Gardner could be of your female as an eyas on top of the Throgs Neck Bridge.  Not sure when the picture was taken.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7059.html

[Paul Hamilton]

Thanks for the photo and video, Bonnie!
In particular, thevideo gave me a muchj better sense of where she came from.

Bonnie - wonder whether anyone named V/0.

Paul

[Bonnie]

The MTA workers probably named her.  It might be possible to find out. Plus, if we can locate Dave Gardner he might know.