CHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY~2015

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6549

10 am There are still 3 eggs

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64399

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6549

April 20, 2015 VERY rainy day Monday Shepnotes cont'd
10 am There are still 3 eggs

noon observations
- Falcon has 2 eggs in front - thats NOT incubation - and she is panting
- is she having a 4th egg?
- Her feathers on her back sorta stick up
- She is restless - keeps getting up n shifting a lot
1.00 pm The snip I call Barb2 - I think she's in labor, but she flew off and Boh took over

Kinda interesting to see the changing cloud formations

3 eggs - but I suspect 4 by days end - stay tooned

:newegg:

........ ??????

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64399

Caught a switch...she landed on the upper ledge and waited for him to head toward the eggs before she left..LOL

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6549

GREAT wings pic!
I have 8 pics on RRP from today

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64399

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6549

April 21, 2015 Tuesday Shepnotes 3 EGGS
EGG #1 at 7.40 am on April 12, EGG #2 Apr 14 at 3 pm, EG #3 at dawn April 17
6.16 am Both - dont tell me Boh spent the night on the eggs? Barb2 up on ledge
- Barb1 didnt lay an egg did she?
6.30 am Boh leaves and Barb2 reluctantly hops down and struggles to get onto 3 eggs.

Nice pics sky! :loveheart2:

Anyone got a guess what those 3 egg shaped balls are against the curb? Do falcons throw pellets like owls?

:newegg:

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64399

thanks Shep...and yes, falcons throw pellets...

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64399

Not terribly exciting, but interesting...

Cam adjustment...I didn't stick around to see how it turned out..

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6549

I caught it - watched a minute, yawned - left

:eggup:

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6549

LOL!!!! A church lady! :eggroll:

We knew she was a teen bride, first nester.
Good find! Thanks

:5val:

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64399

skygirlblue wrote:

OK...sadly, its not Red Girl from HBG...she was hit by a plane..

OK...here are the Females that were thought to still be alive at the time of this report:

I just had to bump this up!!!! Now to go and look at my list to see exactly where!!!

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64399

Here ya go...she hatched at Manayunk, St. John Ch in Philly..and was banded on May 14. She weighed 700 grams at banding..Kinda on the low end for a female but pretty hefty compared to her nest mates. She had 3 siblings. They were all banded as females, but 2 were listed as sex unknown...

PA doesn't name their birds..other than "Red girl", etc...Just like at Harrisburg..

Apparently this was a relatively new nest...or maybe they didn't band prior to 2011.

Dad was a 2009 hatch from the Girard Point Bridge in Philly.
Mom was a 2008 hatch from the Union Co. Courthouse, Elizabeth, NJ

...and, that's all I got...

the only thing that's throwing me off is "horizontal position"..those are usually marked with an * and mean that the letter or number is sideways...If her band number is really b/g *09/*AR...then his bird does not exist in the PA data base for 2013...LOL

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64399

Great article with some great pics!!

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6549

Love and war on 33rd floor

I pulled excerpts from that long article on Boh and Barb2 in the Baltimore Sun and added - the rest of the story. All thanks to Allison for starting the blog on this beautiful falconcam and documenting the takeover.
I call Barb2 the new teen bride. She may never have nested before, judging by her actions.
Barb1 never laid an egg due to territorial battle.
EGG #1 at 7.40 am on April 12, EGG #2 Apr 14 at 3 pm, EG #3 at dawn April 17

Before I found this cam - - -
The end of March 2015 still no eggs. 2 females both wanted this beautiful nest.
March 27 Barb1 was seen at the nest badly injured, and not turned up since end of March.
April 3 the young Barb2 claimed the nest and Boh. Barb2 is a 2013 hatch.
Allison tells the tale well - with pictures.
http://www.raptorresource.org/forum/ind ... 011.0.html

Baltimore Sun April 2015
Raptor biologist Craig Koppie identified Barb2.
Barb2s first egg was laid April 12 and should hatch around mid-May.

LOL!
A pair of peregrine falcons nest on 33rd floor of the Transamerica tower.
The man in the corner office said, "They can hear them in Cedar Rapids."
The falcons have "participated in some conference calls."

Stats
Peregrines are smaller than eagles or great horned owls, but they are the fastest creatures on earth, diving for prey at speeds up to 200 mph. They typically nest on high cliff

Survival of the fittest
Soon after cam went live, Barb2, a young female falcon arrived, a 2-year-old that flew in from Philadelphia.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/gr ... =og.shares
http://www.facebook.com/ChesapeakeConservancy?fref=nf

:usa

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64399

Thanks for the recap, Shep...

but...Craig banded Barb2 in 2009? Barb2 is a 2013 hatch. Did you mean Barb1?

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6549

sky - thank you - I made corrections.
I mis-interpreted baltimore article
Craig knows she's from Philadelphia right?

Matrix · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:02 am

skygirlblue wrote:

Here ya go...she hatched at Manayunk, St. John Ch in Philly..and was banded on May 14. She weighed 700 grams at banding..Kinda on the low end for a female but pretty hefty compared to her nest mates. She had 3 siblings. They were all banded as females, but 2 were listed as sex unknown...

PA doesn't name their birds..other than "Red girl", etc...Just like at Harrisburg..

Apparently this was a relatively new nest...or maybe they didn't band prior to 2011.

Dad was a 2009 hatch from the Girard Point Bridge in Philly.
Mom was a 2008 hatch from the Union Co. Courthouse, Elizabeth, NJ

...and, that's all I got...

the only thing that's throwing me off is "horizontal position"..those are usually marked with an * and mean that the letter or number is sideways...If her band number is really b/g *09/*AR...then his bird does not exist in the PA data base for 2013...LOL

Wow, This thread is getting confusing!!

Is this the actual information???

Matrix · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2015 12:38 pm

Matrix wrote:

skygirlblue wrote:

Here ya go...she hatched at Manayunk, St. John Ch in Philly..and was banded on May 14. She weighed 700 grams at banding..Kinda on the low end for a female but pretty hefty compared to her nest mates. She had 3 siblings. They were all banded as females, but 2 were listed as sex unknown...

PA doesn't name their birds..other than "Red girl", etc...Just like at Harrisburg..

Apparently this was a relatively new nest...or maybe they didn't band prior to 2011.

Dad was a 2009 hatch from the Girard Point Bridge in Philly.
Mom was a 2008 hatch from the Union Co. Courthouse, Elizabeth, NJ

...and, that's all I got...

the only thing that's throwing me off is "horizontal position"..those are usually marked with an * and mean that the letter or number is sideways...If her band number is really b/g *09/*AR...then his bird does not exist in the PA data base for 2013...LOL

Wow, This thread is getting confusing!!

Is this the actual information???

Disregard! I am going to refer back to the first page info at the top. :teehee:

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6549

Matrix - Barb2 has 3 eggs, a beautiful view, what else realy matters?
hehehehee

:5val:

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