Topic: Peregrine Falcons

[Brush Wolf]

A web cam of a pair of nesting peregrine falcons.

http://134.156.98.1/falconcam/

They also have another cam that looks out over Lake Superior from their main office.

http://134.156.98.1/lakecam/

[Just plain old Punisher]

Raining there now?

[IndyShark]

We used to have the same thing here in Indy, but I can't find the website. I know the Falcons had 3 healthy babies this year. The male has sired 43 chicks. What a stud! LOL

[IndyShark]

I just found the website!

http://blogs.indystar.com/falconblog/

I love birds of prey!

[IndyShark]

Fowl event riles falcons, chicks
 
Banding day for Indy's falcons
 
By Amy Bartner
amy.bartner@indystar.com
Alexa, Tetsuko and Morley met their public Friday, and let's just say they were less than enthusiastic about the whole affair.
 
 Registration: DNR research assistant Aaron Holbrook (left) and DNR avian biologist John Castrale banded and catalogued three baby peregrine falcons, including Tetsuko, on Friday in Market Tower in Downtown Indianapolis. - Matt Detrich / The Star
 
The three peregrine falcon chicks received their identification bands in front of nearly 50 people -- most armed with cameras and plenty of coos -- in a conference room in Downtown Indianapolis' Market Tower.
The falcons' parents, Kinney and Kathy Q, squawked loudly as Department of Natural Resources biologist John Castrale went out on the ledge on the 31st floor to retrieve the 3-week-old chicks for their banding.
"They're screaming," he said. "They know we're coming."
Minutes later, he and his crew returned with a white paint bucket holding the three shrieking chicks. One by one, Castrale fastened two bands to each of the birds' talons: one with a unique identification number, and another recognizable from afar. Castrale then took a little blood for DNA research and dusted the birds for mites.
"We're taking a little blood test here so if he ever goes on 'The Maury Povich Show,' we can test paternity," Castrale said, laughing.
Finally, just before noon, he returned the birds to their nest as the angry parents circled the building.
Kinney, who just turned 13, has produced 42 falcon chicks in his life.
"That's top five in all the Midwestern birds," Castrale said. "He's a stud."
This is the 12th year the DNR has monitored falcons Downtown in an effort to boost the population in Indiana. There are 13 pairs of peregrine falcons in Indiana, which is significant considering they were almost wiped out by pesticides. The falcons are no longer on the endangered species list.
Katherine Shelby, who works on the 25th floor of Market Tower, watches Kinney and Kathy Q flying several times a week.
"It's fabulous that we've protected this species," she said. "It's also amazing that they've adapted to our environment with the tall buildings."

[Brush Wolf]

Raining there now?

It has been raining here since Tuesday. On Monday the forests were tinder dry, now it would take napalm to get even a campfire going.

[Just plain old Punisher]

I remember rain. That wet stuff that falls from the sky. We san diegans don't know how to drive in it.

[Sirgod]

I had a copperhead get into one of my Dog Kennels outside, (all the dogs are fine), So after I killed It, I threw It on this Old torn up Tires, that I had a pile of when I laid my septic system down.
Anyway, the last few days, I've been enjoying watching Owls, Hawks, Crows (grr) feast on it right outside my window. I'll try and get some pics If I can borrow my sis-in-laws Camera.

stephen

[IndyShark]

That would be very cool

[Just plain old Punisher]

I had a copperhead get into one of my Dog Kennels outside, (all the dogs are fine), So after I killed It, I threw It on this Old torn up Tires, that I had a pile of when I laid my septic system down.
Anyway, the last few days, I've been enjoying watching Owls, Hawks, Crows (grr) feast on it right outside my window. I'll try and get some pics If I can borrow my sis-in-laws Camera.

stephen

Maybe you should chop off it's little head and put it on a little pike as a warning to the other snakes.

[Sirgod]

I had a copperhead get into one of my Dog Kennels outside, (all the dogs are fine), So after I killed It, I threw It on this Old torn up Tires, that I had a pile of when I laid my septic system down.
Anyway, the last few days, I've been enjoying watching Owls, Hawks, Crows (grr) feast on it right outside my window. I'll try and get some pics If I can borrow my sis-in-laws Camera.

stephen

Maybe you should chop off it's little head and put it on a little pike as a warning to the other snakes.

LOL, the sad thing is, I thought about that. I have a small Fence around my Trailers here, and I thought about putting the skulls up of things I've killed out here, then I thought, No, It would probably scare the hell out of my Niece and Nephew.

years ago, I went camping at this Army training Facility off of Lake Oolagah, called Goose Island. It was supposed to be for the weekend, and see there's only one road in and out of there. Well needless to say, It flooded.

Alan Owens, Mike Sumrall, and myself, where out there for just shy of 6 days, with two days worth of food and water. We had a ton of Tang though.

Anywho, we lived off of Blackbirds that seemed to flock to the rains. and byt the end of our trip, we had this Ring of Bird skulls around our camp site, Even had them on the ends of our .22 Ruger rifles. We also smelled to high heaven by the time we got home, But man, It was Hella fun at the same time.

Stephen

[Dracho]

Man... we got in so much trouble for something like that when I was in the army.

When we were on 3-man roving patrol for 12 hours, it got a bit boring, so we started pushing around aluminum (don't ask, just don't) rods on the pavement until eventually, we wore points onto them.  Then for grins, we started throwing them at targets, like spears.. then we graduated to hunting rats with those spears.

Then, we started burying the rats in a makeshift cemetery, complete with little crosses... in rows..

Then we put up a big cross for the "Unknown Rat"

Then the Inspector General came for an inspection and stumbled across Rattington National Cemetery..

We danged near lost our security clearances...

[Sirgod]

Man... we got in so much trouble for something like that when I was in the army.

When we were on 3-man roving patrol for 12 hours, it got a bit boring, so we started pushing around aluminum (don't ask, just don't) rods on the pavement until eventually, we wore points onto them.  Then for grins, we started throwing them at targets, like spears.. then we graduated to hunting rats with those spears.

Then, we started burying the rats in a makeshift cemetery, complete with little crosses... in rows..

Then we put up a big cross for the "Unknown Rat"

Then the Inspector General came for an inspection and stumbled across Rattington National Cemetery..

We danged near lost our security clearances...

Oh man that's the Funniest thing I've read in along long time.

Stephen