Bird Cams Around the World

Hello all,

Greetings from the world's messiest falcon nest box.
The Red Deer external cam was out for a couple of days (it's back now!), but I am happy to pass on good news from the Red Deer fledge and cam watchers. All three of Nessa and Windsong's chicks have fledged successfully and are to be found flying around the platform area and upper tower or lazing around on the platform deck yelling for food (which the parents are now dropping off in interesting places on the tower). After keeping us all in suspense for days by her unwillingness to leave the box and join her "twin" brothers on the tower platform, Summer was sneaky and flew for the first time sometime in the last two days when the cam was down. Still tentative flights but they're all in the air!

For those not familiar with this nest, the Red Deer nest box is on top of a cell phone tower with restricted access even for biologists, so these chicks were not banded nor offically sexed. The early guesses from the watchers that Brad and Scott are male and their (younger but not-so-little) sibling Summer is female look to be pretty solid.

So one messy, messy next box full of leftovers (every night is wing night in Red Deer!) + two otherwise attentive parents + lots of seagull meals = three healthy fledges!

Now if they can only stay away from chimneys...

Thanks CAt.

I was wondering if they had fledged. I did check but it must have been when cam was down.. So do you happen to know Nessas band number. I have been trying to get it. Been wodering if she was one that fledged from our box in Edmonton as Radison is very messy but not that messy.

I try and observe Red deer a few times a year when we pass through.. It has a great location. And yes, I hope they stay away from chimneys. the last chick that ended up in one , was put at our site at Weber with our young fellow a few years back and I was there every day observing its progress.

to BCAW, cat! I enjoyed your report and was glad to hear all the good news.

I mentioned this box to gord and he said it is a lot of Franklin gulls and the ravens will clean it out.