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hope they find the other Nancy but after this rough yer all over I will take one

The fledge watchers have reported they have spotted the second falcon. He is currently on a ledge on the 12th street side of the old Wilmington Trust building (the building that 47 was on before becoming grounded). 47 is still on the roof of Brandywine Building, staying in the shade under a machinery platform. 47 got a full feeding again this morning.

Great news, Bev!

He's on the north roof.

Busy day. Started day with both fledglings safe and in sight one on Nestbox building roof, other on ledge on adjacent building. . Around 7:30 both took flight and went out of sight. Just before 2 the one that was on nest box building showed up high on a piece of rooftop machinery on Wilmington Trust. He looked good and was testing his lift in a steady 20 mph wind. Suddenly he started getting dive bombed by the male (reminder - a stepdad, and none too cooperative in caring for the kids). Fierce attack, with at least one hit. The fledgling eventually went out of sight on a slightly lower surface. In the evening torrential rains came through. Then the fledge watchers spotted 47 (the one who was dive bombed) in the street, Rescued and returned to the nest box building roof.

The other nestling (a strong flier) was not observed after his 7:30 am flight.

97 sunny degrees today. Kudos to the fledge watchers.

Thanks David.
Sure hope the male lays off.
Would like to see these 2 succeed

Well 47 has been removed from roof. Hopefully not injured, as result of that attack by adult male.
What a year
Hope they find the other one .
Bridgette needs to tune this male in

Sad news from Wilmington.

Good morning all,
Bird 47 was taken to Tri-State Bird Rescue this morning, Monday, June 24th, after being captured by DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife staff and fledge watch volunteers. 47 has had quite a traumatic fledge experience, between falling from the nest box on Saturday, June 15th, to being grounded on both Thursday, June 20th and again on Sunday, June 23rd. Unfortunately, Tri-State found an injury (a stifle luxation - that was unrepairable), as well as hardening over his keel indicating that he was too often laying on his front side. The injury would have prevented 47 from successfully hunting or even walking normally. In fact, you can see in earlier videos that he favors one leg, and was supporting himself with his wing, which eventually would cause his feathers to wear away. This injury was likely from his first grounding event. All of this information may explain his lack of wing exercising or movement in general, and overall desire to “pancake” himself on the rooftop. The decision was made to humanely euthanize this bird. While not the news we hope for, this was the best decision for this bird.
Meanwhile, we consider 48 to be a successful fledge. We have not had eyes on this individual for potentially two days; however, upon last observation he was a strong flyer and appeared to be doing well. At this point, we will call this the official end of fledge watch though we will not discourage folks from watching from the rooftop or the streets and reporting back with any updates.


Best,
Jordan Brown
Environmental Scientist III – Raptor, Grassland, and Forest Bird Biologist

Oh my, David , so sad. Maybe we will see the other one back here soon
Have to wonder if adult male has chased it off.

My heart goes out to all of you and a big thank you to all who watched from the ground. Sometimes, not the results we want.
But I do like this site and will continue to follow

Thank for David for the sad news.

Will ingot. Fb a bit confusing as all comments lumped together
But someone commented on watching 48 flying with Bridgette and posted picture where he is.
Never saw that yesterday.
So hope so.
Hoping for clarification

from FB today

48 has been putting on a show flying around the skies in the areas around the nest box. He is currently on top of the WSFS building. He is blocked from the camera view. Bridget is keeping an eye on him. He keeps landing outside the view of the roof cameras, but several fledge watchers have been enjoying the show. His flying prowess is top notch. He can go anyplace he wants now.

I do believe they mentioned that Bridget appeared to keeping close eye on him

Miss the roof cam scanning

There being no more reports of sightings of 48 I think it likely that hes has been driven from the territory by the adult male. His sibling, 47 was attacked several times by the new male who was not the father but it was not a strong enough flyer to leave the area. After the latest attack 47 was found grounded. He was examined at Tri-State Bird Rescue and found to have an painful injury which could not have been successfully treated. He was humanely euthanized.

There is no reason to believe the other fledgling, band number 48, would have been tolerated in the territory by the new male. The female rules the nest box but once they are out of the nest the new male might have seen them as interlopers and it's instincts would have been to evict them form its territory. 48 was seen one more time after the attack on 47 but it was being closely watched over by the mother. 48 was a strong flyer and could easily have left the area if subjected to attack. Hopefully the mother will be able to supply support and training, but I think 48's return to the area is highly unlikely.

The new male is now spending quite a bit of time in the nest box. The female returns occasionally and they ee-chup and interact for a few minutes a day. Sometimes she will approach him as if to start bowing but he immediately jumps on the shelf at her approach, maintaining a definite separaration.

This video, which I did not post on Facebook, shows a portion of the attack on 47 the day of his last grounding. Here he is lucky enough to be standing next to a lightning rod, which prevents the male from making contact.



I have stopped scanning the rooftops because I don't think 48 will be back.