ELK RIVER, MN - GREAT RIVER ENERGY ~ January-July, 2013

catwoman · **Posted:** Sun Jun 23, 2013 8:14 am

How precious they are! :flirty:

Thanks, Kitten! :eggthumbup:

catwoman · **Posted:** Sun Jun 23, 2013 9:19 am

Sure wish they would post something about the banding. Its been raining there, as you can see by the droplets on the cam lens.

wanderingB · **Joined:** Mon Jun 24, 2013 9:40 am **Posts:** 1

The birds were named Patricia after a local school principal & Lucky (male) named by a local 4H group in the area.

catwoman · **Posted:** Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:09 pm

Thank you, WanderingB & welcome to BCAW! :grwelcom

So we have a boy & a girl here! :flirty:

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue Jun 25, 2013 12:40 am

Well for some reason we are back on the inside cam, hope its not for too long. The cam operator had been good about looking around and so probably will move it back outside when they think the time is right.

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue Jun 25, 2013 12:43 am

wanderingb and thank you for the information

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

WanderingB....its great to have you here...

Thanks so much for that information!!!

kittenface · **Posted:** Wed Jun 26, 2013 5:53 pm

kittenface · **Posted:** Fri Jun 28, 2013 1:54 pm

Well we have the band numbers now also.

June 28, 2013

The two eyasses were banded on June 20 by Amy Ries of the Decorah, Iowa-based Raptor Resource Project. The eyasses were brought to the ground, examined for health and sex, and had aluminum identification bands attached to their talons. The band numbers will be recorded in the Midwest Peregrine Database so they can be tracked in the future. Along with receiving bands, the birds were named by 2nd grade students and a 4-H group who attended the banding. A female was named Patricia (band B/90) and a male was named Lucky (band 92/N).

The eyasses are healthy and their adult feathers are growing rapidly. We expect the young birds to begin fledging from the nest during the second week of July.