HARRISBURG ~ APRIL 2013 PART III

REENIE · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:57 pm **Posts:** 19893

GUESS NIECEY FIGURED THEY HAD ENOUGH, SHE TOOK THE REST AND LEFT WITH IT.

WHEN NIECEY CAME BACK, THE LIL ONE WAS REACHING FOR HER BEAK, HE MUST HAVE NOT BEEN DONE :-(

ljames · **Posted:** Tue Apr 30, 2013 11:05 am

A few pictures. Niecey is Awesome!!

REENIE · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:57 pm **Posts:** 19893

GREAT PICTURES LJAMES, I GOT THE SAME ONES :-)

THOSE STILL PICTURES SURE ARE BEAUTIFUL IN HD! SO CRYSTAL CLEAR!

NIECEY IS STANDING ABOVE THE CHICKS REALLY MAKING HERSELF BEAUTIFUL, BUT THEN AGAIN, SHE ALREADY IS!

Lorgayle · **Joined:** Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:17 pm **Posts:** 116

I never realized how "peachy" Niecey's breast is until these close ups. She's so beautiful!! I just love the kind of mom that she is. :dancegirl:

Jane · **Posted:** Tue Apr 30, 2013 11:36 am

Enjoyed your posted pictures, ljames. All the chicks look wide eyed and healthy.

REENIE · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:57 pm **Posts:** 19893

LIL DAD BROUGHT FOOD, NIECEY DISAPPEARED. LIL DAD WAS ON POINT, NOW GONE. MUST BE FEEDING TIME SOON :-)

REENIE · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:57 pm **Posts:** 19893

I THOUGHT I HEARD DISTANT ALARM CALLS, I'M HOPING NOT!

WAS JUST TOLD THE FOOD WAS A FLICKER :-(

STILL NO FEEDING YET.

REENIE · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:57 pm **Posts:** 19893

LIL DAD'S BEEN THERE ON THE STICK THE WHOLE TIME, SO MAYBE IT WAS HIM YELLING AT NIECEY FOR TAKING THE FLICKER AWAY. SHE'S STILL NOT BACK, LIL DAD MAKING SOME NOISE AND NOW HAS THE CHICKS MAKING NOISE TOO.

REENIE · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:57 pm **Posts:** 19893

GAME COMMISSION SEEKS INPUT ON PEREGRINE FALCON PLAN

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is seeking public input on its draft peregrine falcon management plan, which can be reviewed on the agency's website (http://www.pgc.state.pa.us) by clicking on the "Peregrine Falcon Management Plan" icon on the homepage.

Public comments on the peregrine management plan will be accepted until May 29 through the website; an email address – peregrinecomments@pa.gov; or by U.S. Mail to: Peregrine Falcon Management Plan, Pennsylvania Game Commission, 2001 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110-9797.

"We are seeking public comment on the peregrine falcon management plan to ensure the final management plan considers all meaningful input and concerns about this species put forth by Pennsylvanians," said Calvin W. DuBrock, Game Commission Bureau of Wildlife Management director. "As written, the plan is science-based, progressive and promotes responsible management of peregrine falcons. We're interested in hearing from Pennsylvanians who would like to offer comments, and to see if we've missed something or if they share our management vision for the future."

Developed by biologists with the agency's Wildlife Diversity Division, the peregrine falcon management plan establishes management goals through 2021. The mission of this plan is to restore peregrines to their ecological role, maintain a self-sustaining population and provide the public with the opportunity to enjoy them.

"The criteria to consider peregrines recovered is a self-perpetuating nesting population of at least 22 pairs with a productivity rate of at least 1.5 fledglings per nesting pair and half of nests successful over a three-year period," said Dan Brauning , Wildlife Diversity Division chief and co-author of the management plan. The peregrine falcon was removed from the federal endangered species list by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1999, because delisting goals had been achieved, but they remain listed as a “state endangered species” in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania’s breeding population of peregrines numbered as many as 44 pairs in the early decades of the 20th century before completely disappearing from the eastern United States. The decline of the species here, and worldwide, is largely attributed to poisoning from DDT and other organochloride pesticides. The Peregrine Fund pioneered the reintroduction of this federally endangered species into the eastern United States. It used three reintroduction locations in Pennsylvania during the 1970s and 1980s, and the Pennsylvania Game Commission released birds at four locations in the state during the 1990s. By 2003, the eastern United States population had grown to more than 330 nesting pairs; by 2012 at least 32 nests were known in Pennsylvania.

For more information about the peregrine falcons, visit the “Endangered Species” section of the Game Commission's website (http://www.pgc.state.pa.us) through the “Wildlife” dropdown menu in top navigation.

REENIE · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:57 pm **Posts:** 19893

SO AN HOUR LATER, NIECEY SHOWS UP WITH THE FLICKER AND FEEDING NOW.

Jane · **Posted:** Tue Apr 30, 2013 1:51 pm

I need more time to read and study that article. Lil Dad was just in the scrape with a meal delivery, and Niecey is now feeding what I think is a Red-bellied Woodpecker. :-(

REENIE · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:57 pm **Posts:** 19893

THAT LIL ONE DID IT AGAIN! TURNED AROUND FOR A WHILE AND LET THE OTHER 3 EAT AND THEN WHEN HE TURNED AROUND, HE'S GETTING ALL THE BITES! SO FREAKIN SMART! LOVE IT!

REENIE · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:57 pm **Posts:** 19893

FOOD IS GONE AND THEY STILL LOOK HUNGRY. NIECEY LEFT. MAYBE SHE'LL GO GET MORE FOOD :-)

REENIE · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:57 pm **Posts:** 19893

YEP, LIL DAD GAVE HER MORE FOOD! AWESOME! :eggthumbup:

REENIE · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:57 pm **Posts:** 19893

FEEDING ALL DONE NOW :eggthumbup:

ljames · **Posted:** Tue Apr 30, 2013 2:22 pm

Pictures of last feed. I never get tired of watching them.

I bet Niecey is thinking how lucky she is to have Lil' Dad about now.
:teehee:

I'm not sure those are in the correct order.

REENIE · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:57 pm **Posts:** 19893

I GOT SOME OF THE SAME LJAMES, BUT HERE'S A LITTLE VIDEO OF THOSE AND MORE :-)

REENIE · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:57 pm **Posts:** 19893

NIECEY JUST LEFT THE SCRAPE, LIL DAD WAS TALKING LOW, I THINK SHE MIGHT HAVE CHASED HIM FROM THE STICK, NOT SURE.

ljames · **Posted:** Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:16 pm

I can see her feet draped over the shield now.

heida · **Joined:** Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:24 am **Posts:** 2872

Thanks for all the wonderful pictures. Just sitting here reading and watching. Can you imagine what Niecey is going to be like when they really start moving around and out of the nest? :teehee:

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