Second fledge and a picture....just. (1 Viewer)

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charlierocky

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• Jun 15, 2009

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On afternoons yesterday arriving at work around 1:30pm I found a fledgling sat high up on a ten story building roof top. Not being sure that this bird was not the one that had fledged the previous day, I had a good look around and eventually found a second fledgling on the very top of the tower. This confirmed that another juvenile had fledged and later I was able to see a third still in the nest, so we are still on for three chicks.
The Falcon is looking after them very well indeed, as she vocalises very loudly when we walk across the yard. The crow population is having to keep it's head down as I have witnessed the Falcon making a few strikes if they get to close to a fledgeling.
So I am very pleased with out come so far and I even managed a picture this time, not a very flatering one but never the less a picture of the chick the day it fledged!

 

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BazR

bazr

• Jun 15, 2009

• #2

Great news Charlie: lets hope the 3rd chick makes it. it's good to know that nature has ways of overcoming possible dangers. When one thinks back to the time when you were worried about all the disturbance on site, and your concerns about whether or not they would nest successfully, it's really remarkable to get to this stage. Please keep the news coming.

Baz.

 

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charlierocky

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• Jun 15, 2009

• #3

BazR said:

Great news Charlie: lets hope the 3rd chick makes it. it's good to know that nature has ways of overcoming possible dangers. When one thinks back to the time when you were worried about all the disturbance on site, and your concerns about whether or not they would nest successfully, it's really remarkable to get to this stage. Please keep the news coming.

Baz.

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Yes Baz, I totally agree. It seems like only yesterday that I feared the worse. In about a week or so from now we should be out of the woods with five Peregrines in the vacinity, flying like tornado's and giving the corvids what for!

 

Kits

Picture Picker

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• Jun 15, 2009

• #4

BazR said:

When one thinks back to the time when you were worried about all the disturbance on site, and your concerns about whether or not they would nest successfully, it's really remarkable to get to this stage.

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Absolutely!

Excellent that you managed to capture the fledgling too, Charlie. I am enjoying your updates, thank you.

 

palval147

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• Jun 15, 2009

• #5

Brilliant that two have fledged, Charlie, third one will I'm sure. Super photo's of that young Peregrine.

 

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charlierocky

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• Jun 16, 2009

• #6

As I arrived at work yesterday afternoon the Falcon was feeding the fledged chicks. She was just flying from the building that you can see in the pictures as I pulled into work, so I can only assume she had fed that juvenile. She then took what was left of the prey about a 100m flight on top of some huge silo's where the juvenile that fledged last friday was waiting. This meant that bird in the picture had spent two days on that roof without moving but later in the day it disappeared. Just before I finished work the juvenile reappeared on the same roof, demonstrating that it could now fly off some where and return to the safety of that high roof. In other words it's learning to fly!
The third chick remains in the nest but I have not witnessed it being fed for a while, if that is so the parents are really piling on the preasure for it to take that leap of faith.

 

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bill moss

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• Jun 16, 2009

• #7

Hi Charlie,

Good stuff, thanks for keeping us up to date. So far it all looks pretty good. I can understand the Corvids keeping a low profile while the Falcon is still looking for food for the brood.

Nice photos, any thoughts about what sex the young are?

Bill

 

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charlierocky

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• Jun 16, 2009

• #8

bill moss said:

Hi Charlie,

Good stuff, thanks for keeping us up to date. So far it all looks pretty good. I can understand the Corvids keeping a low profile while the Falcon is still looking for food for the brood.

Nice photos, any thoughts about what sex the young are?

Bill

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Hi Bill, I think there are two Tiercel and one Falcon, although the remaining chick in the nest has not given me great views. The bird in the picture looks quite large and so more than likely, the Falcon. Coupled to that she spent the two days on the roof strengthnening her wings, something I am assuming takes place because she will be heaviour and therefore takes the wings a little longer to get strong enough. The Juvenile that fledged last Friday already seems to be flying where it pleases with little trouble.

 

Chickadeedeedee

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• Jun 16, 2009

• #9

Wonderful report on the fledglings and their progress to this point! Super photos!

 

Screech

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• Jun 21, 2009

• #10

Great news Charles!

Great that you get to view the fledglings every day!

In my younger days I raised racing pigeons. At 30 days old we would put them in a "settling cage" placed on the landing board of the loft to allow the young-ones time to view the immediate area of the loft and yet prevent them from taking off as a group until we thought the time was right. By observation you could tell the right day by their excited alert actions. At 30 days their called "squeakers", and grow quickly into unruly teen ages just waiting to tear through the skies on their imprint flights. Can be a nervous few hours waiting for your team to show their appearance.

I can imangine how the parents must feel:t: