MISC USA PEREGRINE FALCONS~2016

kittenface · **Posted:** Sun Apr 03, 2016 1:25 am

Grand Haven going for #2 right now

Tsusan · **Posted:** Sun Apr 03, 2016 4:15 pm

Oh the poor thing! We got some of here in Ohio. High winds, wet snow...yuk!

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 2:18 pm **Posts:** 64413

Grand Haven...#2 has just arrived...about 5 min. ago..

kittenface · **Posted:** Sun Apr 03, 2016 11:04 pm

Kalamazoo falcon cam posted these videos
03 30 2016
Wake up Kewpee There's an intruder

03 30 2016
Kewpee defends the nest

Tsusan · **Posted:** Mon Apr 04, 2016 10:24 am

Wow!! Awesome video. KITTENFACE!

kittenface · **Posted:** Mon Apr 04, 2016 3:26 pm

Well I broke down and asked about the Davenport cam, this was the reply

Hi, - We haven't heard anything from MidAmerican Energy about them operating a camera this year from the nest on their local building.

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 2:18 pm **Posts:** 64413

Thanks KF!!

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 2:18 pm **Posts:** 64413

Grand Haven~#3

gigi · **Posted:** Thu Apr 07, 2016 8:11 pm

From WNEMTV5News FB page in Flint Michigan
Can anyone read the bands? Maybe 34/? [b/g]

"I had to share this with all of you tonight cause I am so fascinated by it. Hi everyone, it's David Custer. My friend Kristy Bearse snapped this picture outside her 15th floor office window in Flint's Mott Foundation Building today. This is a Peregrine Falcon. It is one of a pair that she says have been downtown for several years. They are known as Barry and Majesty (male and female) and I am told they've had babies.

I did a little research and the Peregrine Falcon was virtually eradicated from eastern North America by pesticide poisoning in the middle 20th century. After significant recovery efforts, they have made an incredible rebound and are now regularly seen in many large cities and coastal areas. In case you are wondering what they are eating downtown, Peregrine Falcons hunt medium-sized birds, dropping down on them from high above in a spectacular stoop."

BarbB · **Posted:** Thu Apr 07, 2016 9:09 pm

gigi wrote:

From WNEMTV5News FB page in Flint Michigan
Can anyone read the bands? Maybe 34/? [b/g]

"I had to share this with all of you tonight cause I am so fascinated by it. Hi everyone, it's David Custer. My friend Kristy Bearse snapped this picture outside her 15th floor office window in Flint's Mott Foundation Building today. This is a Peregrine Falcon. It is one of a pair that she says have been downtown for several years. They are known as Barry and Majesty (male and female) and I am told they've had babies.

I did a little research and the Peregrine Falcon was virtually eradicated from eastern North America by pesticide poisoning in the middle 20th century. After significant recovery efforts, they have made an incredible rebound and are now regularly seen in many large cities and coastal areas. In case you are wondering what they are eating downtown, Peregrine Falcons hunt medium-sized birds, dropping down on them from high above in a spectacular stoop."

The photo looks like it could be Barry, black/green, 36/H.

kittenface · **Posted:** Thu Apr 07, 2016 11:15 pm

Now lets see is this the pair that laid eggs in a gutter or something like that. I remember seeing a few posts last year or the year before, about them. Maybe some students were monitoring them and took some pictures. I hope at least I'm partly right. BarbB you would be the one to know something right?

BarbB · **Posted:** Fri Apr 08, 2016 6:48 am

Majesty and Barry have a long history in Flint. In 2009, they hatched one chick on a narrow ledge of the Durant building that was under reconstruction. The workers left the side with the nest undisturbed as long as possible. On banding day, the MDNR relocated the chick to the UM Northbank Center, kitty-corner across the street. Both Majesty and Barry often perched and fed on this building. The move was a success and they continued to use the Northbank Center for their nestings for several years. In 2013, the nest failed, due to flooding. Employees installed a traditional nest box for the 2014 season. Majesty and Barry rejected it and attempted to nest back at the Durant Building that no longer had any substrate on the narrow ledge. The eggs rolled off. The MDNR installed a nest tray on the ledge of the Durant Building in June of 2014. It was successfully used in 2015 with one chick. It will be interesting to see what 2016 brings!

gigi · **Posted:** Fri Apr 08, 2016 8:43 am

That is great news, BarbB. Barry has been around for quite a while!!!

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 2:18 pm **Posts:** 64413

Grand Haven~#4

kittenface · **Posted:** Sun Apr 10, 2016 12:29 am

WOW I was way off, I wonder what pair I am remembering.

kittenface wrote:

Now lets see is this the pair that laid eggs in a gutter or something like that. I remember seeing a few posts last year or the year before, about them. Maybe some students were monitoring them and took some pictures. I hope at least I'm partly right. BarbB you would be the one to know something right?

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 2:18 pm **Posts:** 64413

Seattle

actually 4 eggs...

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 2:18 pm **Posts:** 64413

Dubuque~first Time I've caught someone here..

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2016 1:39 pm

Tappan Zee people seems to be trying to get a look into the box. They are adjusting the cam a lot right now

kittenface · **Posted:** Sat Apr 16, 2016 11:13 am

Not good, but you can see the baby a bit being fed

Dutch Eagle Fan · **Posted:** Sun Apr 17, 2016 4:57 am

I think I see two eyases :egg16:

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