MISC. FOREIGN FALCONS~May-December, 2010

ljames · **Posted:** Sat May 08, 2010 4:09 pm

No kidding, I was wondering if it might even be different parents, the first one saying 'I've had enough, it's your turn'.

kittenface · **Posted:** Sun May 09, 2010 2:22 pm

HEY BEV
Our little guy is feeding himself here :spingirl:

catwoman · **Posted:** Sun May 09, 2010 3:35 pm

He was feeding himself a little earlier when I tuned in, too! First he was doing a lot of screaming, then he got quiet & here he was snacking on something in the box!

kittenface · **Posted:** Sun May 09, 2010 3:40 pm

He's getting to be such a biggy boy :cloudnine:

ljames · **Posted:** Sun May 09, 2010 7:25 pm

So funny, I saw him doing it too today. He's a big boy now.

ljames · **Posted:** Mon May 10, 2010 12:30 am

I guess these guys are 'out of the nest' too.

bev. · **Posted:** Mon May 10, 2010 1:17 am

Thanks ladies for the pictures of my guy in BArcelona. I have been out all day.

kittenface · **Posted:** Mon May 10, 2010 1:25 am

ljames where are your pictures at?

bev. · **Posted:** Mon May 10, 2010 11:24 am

Has any9ne seen dad feeding the one at Barcelona.
I was out yesterday but tuned in before I went to bed and am watching now but have to go out.

I hope things are O>K>

ljames · **Posted:** Mon May 10, 2010 4:36 pm

I'm sorry kittenface, Japan.

kittenface · **Posted:** Mon May 10, 2010 4:38 pm

ljames wrote:

I'm sorry kittenface, Japan.

Thanks I thought so but it kind of looked different :grin:

ljames · **Posted:** Mon May 10, 2010 6:27 pm

Here they are again.

ljames · **Posted:** Mon May 10, 2010 6:29 pm

bev. I didn't catch a feeding today, but I did take a picture of him this morning. Looked like prey in front of him at the time.

Barcelona

kittenface · **Posted:** Mon May 10, 2010 6:29 pm

They sure are getting big :girlluv:

ljames · **Posted:** Tue May 11, 2010 9:55 pm

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ljames · **Posted:** Wed May 12, 2010 9:55 am

He is being fed right now.

Good grief, he just started pecking dad on the shoulder/top of wing, so dad left, but the prey remains in the box for a later snack.

catwoman · **Posted:** Wed May 12, 2010 10:14 am

Thanks for today's reassurance that our big boy is being fed, ljames! :spingirl:

bev. · **Posted:** Wed May 12, 2010 11:12 am

Thanks ljames. :loveshow:

I think he is so hungry when dad comes in that he gets a bit rambunctious.

I really appreciate the photo as I am not here much the next few days .

kittenface · **Posted:** Thu May 13, 2010 3:30 am

Brussels
Today, the five ringed falcons. It is a metal ring around their leg confirmed that
a unique code and the abbreviated address of the Ring Center of the Institute
of Natural Sciences are.
The diameter of the ring is adjusted to the circumference of the leg of each type
and the ring with a special tool attached. The falcons were beside the metal ring
from half ring on their left leg, a yellow plastic. In the Institute since 1996,
we study the demographics of the Peregrine Falcons returning to Belgium.
We want to know where the young falcons from Belgium to settle for a nest.
The yellow ring is engraved with a simple code, with a telescope or a camera to
zoom in, we can read that code. This system increases our chances to find a
ringed falcons. It is true that we are the source of the male and female Bosvoorde
Strépy found out. So why are the Falcons 'double' ringed.
During the rings, the falcons also weighed and measured. Thus we can determine
sex of chicks. Result: 3 males and 2 females. The last baby born is a female and
her 550 grams finds them in prime condition. The three males weigh respectively
686, 663 and 621 grams. And the other female weighs 797 grams! The
falcons also underwent a quick medical check and a small sample of the springs was taken to
a DNA database. This genetic "file cabinet" is prepared in cooperation with the
Belgian section of the CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora), the federal police and the regional authorities.
The entire operation clocked off at less than half hour.

catwoman · **Posted:** Thu May 13, 2010 9:08 am

Thanks for that banding info, Kittenface! Wow, they do all that in less than half an hour!

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