Bird Cams Around the World

Good one, Lindsey!

Good eye there Lindseylee7.

Darn, should have been a warning in this message. Now I have to clean up big time, table and cloths have my beverage all over them . . . . .

Just realized a few minutes ago that Durand is there.

She is just looking around.

I do see a bird flying by in the background, but it could be anything.

Just flew off, not really the typical dive though. But it looked big to me, so pretty sure it was Durand.

Edit to add picture.

Thanks for the pics ljames, it was good to see her

yes!!!!! so well put. thanks everyone for the catches of Durand. Trooper is trying all our patience levels.

Me too kitten. I like your new signature and avatar.

Buckeye 1996- November 17th, 2009

You still fly on this earth in our hearts.



Buckeye, son of Aurora and Bandit, fledged from Rhodes Tower, Columbus OH
(Photo of Buckeye by ScottW CMNH)

thanks, Mick.
what a beautiful picture.
a nice tribute.

Donna's blog update

Friday, November 19, 2010
Empty Ledge - Where are the Falcons?!
Sightings of Durand and Trooper have become less and less over the past couple of weeks. This is normal and nothing to be concerned about. With shorter and shorter days hormone levels are such that the falcons are not so concerned with courting or otherwise bonding to the territory. Rather, their focus is on simply surviving. The end result is less time at the nest ledge which--from our perspective--means less time in front of the cameras.

It is also at this time of year that migratory instincts kick in. Peregrines are notorious for being irregular when it comes to migrating: some do, some don't and even when peregrines do migrate it is not a specific route. The Latin name for peregrine ("peregrinus") translates to "wanderer" which reflects their habits of moving north or south, east or west or all of the above. Since this will be Durand and Trooper's first winter claiming Columbus as their territory we have no idea if they will migrate or not. I haven't received any general reports of peregrines downtown lately so it is unclear if one or both of the peregrines have temporarily moved out of the area or they are just choosing to stay out of view of the cams. Regardless, we can expect activity to pick up again in January once the days begin to get longer.

Despite the tendency of peregrines to wander irregularly during migration some do indeed head south going as far as Central and South America. I received an email from Matt Modlich that included a photograph of a juvenile peregrine perched on a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico! Matt reported that on a recent vacation in early November he observed 3 peregrines flying around and occasionally landing on the ship. The location was about 170 miles due west of Key West, FL. Too bad the falcon did not have leg bands--it would have been very interesting to know the origin of this bird!

Thanks kittenface. It's been over two weeks since we last saw Trooper. I was checking the blog every day hoping for some news (good news) and then I stopped checking it all together for fear of seeing bad news. What a puzzle, I don't know what to think anymore, but I won't rest until I see Trooper again. And now don't see Durand much anymore either. I guess the fact that a new male did not appear on the ledge is a good sign, but it could have been a female and she injured or killed Trooper, then Durand finished her off. Well, I promised myself that I wouldn't dwell on it anymore.

You know I have been on so many cruise ships, I can't even remember how many, but Never have I been lucky enough to see a falcon. It's just as well, I'd probably worry myself sick over it, especially if we were very far out to sea. What a little beauty.