GREAT RIVER FALCONS: 2012, PART 2

kittenface · **Posted:** Fri Oct 05, 2012 3:51 pm

About 5 minutes after this "S" did a bit of alarm calling

catwoman · **Posted:** Fri Oct 05, 2012 4:22 pm

Well, I was wrong about the residents migrating by now. Or maybe she did but he didn't. Interesting that they were bonding. She had a lot of spots on her chest & we have usually found that the younger ones have those. This year's resident female had those, but she wasn't banded. Hmmmm...

kittenface · **Posted:** Sat Oct 06, 2012 1:08 pm

Amy wrote me and said that Brenda saw a falcon last week from N. Dakota

kittenface · **Posted:** Sat Oct 06, 2012 1:33 pm

OK so here are some of the falcons from N. Dakota

kittenface · **Posted:** Sat Oct 06, 2012 3:23 pm

Here is what I took as an alarm call ( I THINK) :girlcrazy:

Also Mr."S" is there right now I'll record til I head to work I'm just hoping if the ND female stays around
its not because something bad happened to our last mommy

catwoman · **Posted:** Sat Oct 06, 2012 4:19 pm

That IS what I consider an alarm call, Kitten. Whenever the Harrisburg falcons do that, we know something has them upset. It could be something as simple as hawks or vultures flying thru the area. Funny thing is, our kids heard their parents alarm-calling enough this year that they started doing it when they were hungry! It certainly got the parents' attention! :teehee:

Alison · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:31 pm **Posts:** 2776

If Brenda could identify this falcon as being from North Dakota, I wonder if she was able to read the bands.

It's hard to tell from the video. Here is one pic from it:

If this band is black/red, I'm not definitely seeing a black part of the band, but quite a bit of red. Perhaps that is an artifact of the imaging system, or perhaps this might be a red band; the bird would then be from a hack site.

kittenface · **Posted:** Sat Oct 06, 2012 11:28 pm

Brenda said she couldn't see the numbers Allison but she is still looking

kittenface · **Posted:** Sat Oct 06, 2012 11:30 pm

catwoman wrote:

That IS what I consider an alarm call, Kitten. Whenever the Harrisburg falcons do that, we know something has them upset. It could be something as simple as hawks or vultures flying thru the area. Funny thing is, our kids heard their parents alarm-calling enough this year that they started doing it when they were hungry! It certainly got the parents' attention! :teehee:

Leave it to kids :biggrin:

SusanE · **Posted:** Tue Oct 09, 2012 11:28 am

Bands look B/R to me. Probably just passing through. It is disconcerting, though, to see the resident male readily accepting a new mate.

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue Oct 09, 2012 3:44 pm

Now it looks like an unbanded falcon is there :girlcrazy:

catwoman · **Posted:** Tue Oct 09, 2012 3:51 pm

That may be our momma falcon from this season. Hmmm...

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue Oct 09, 2012 3:59 pm

OK now I'm really wondering cuz now it looks like this one has BLACK bands on both legs
This migration thing is sure in full swing

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64400

Well, somebody is there now. . still waiting to see if there are bands ..

Yep .. I'm seeing bands. .just can't tell the color. . could be the same one in your pic, KF.

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64400

A few minutes ago. .

I think this is Sawatzke ( or at least male) based on the high pitched squeak ..Banded female (?) lands for a nanosecond. .

She must have looped around because I saw him tracking her. She flew in below the box, outta cam view, and up to the left of the box. Video was too horrible to post. . I'm not sure if she landed behind the box or just kept going. .

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64400

OK. .I'm changing my mind. . I don't think that is Mr. S. I went back and looked at pics of him. Helmet looks different. .

OH well, I'll keep comparing. .kinda makes me wonder if there are 2 migratory birds here. . I just can't tell. .

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64400

Well, here's he or she. . other falcon appears to be soaring off cam. .

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue Oct 09, 2012 6:01 pm

Well I have read a lot of times that this is a very well located nest right on the river and in the migration path
makes me wonder if we are going to keep seeing different pairs here now mom & dad were there for 3 years then Dot & unbanded male then "S" & unbanded female WOW prime real estate

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue Oct 09, 2012 6:03 pm

Back again still looks like this one has solid black bands

catwoman · **Posted:** Tue Oct 09, 2012 6:30 pm

The one SGB recorded at 5:41 is there now. Had a good opportunity to compare features by running SGB's recording next to the cam display & its the same one. Unfortunately, I can't tell whether or not there are bands.

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