UPDATE 7:45 p.m., 2 May 2012 The female was off the eggs for a few minutes just moments ago. There are no chicks, yet, and there are no clear signs of hatching. The adults are likely responding to the chicks, which will begin making vocalizations when they are close to hatching (yes, …
Ok, people, the time has arrived to be on the lookout for little fluffballs emerging from their eggs. It could happen anytime, now. Just to remind you what to look for, here is a pic of some gawky fluffballs from two years ago.
The disturbing incident over the weekend of a critically-endangered Whooping Crane being illegally shot and killed in South Dakota has not gotten as much traction as I thought it would. Indeed, a google news search this evening yielded only a couple newspaper articles. However, there is now a $10,000 reward for information that …
Troy Kroeger captured this short, albeit nifty, clip of one of the Peregrines flying up to the nestbox. Nice view! For those that don’t know, Troy Kroeger is our IT guy that invested a great deal of time and effort to bring us the new camera view.
Our Peregrine Falcon pair has produced offspring six out of seven past years (see the family tree graphic for a complete rundown of all the Capitol chicks). Even though we have banded all sixteen chicks produced since 2005, we rarely hear back from those youngsters. This is because young Peregrine Falcons, …
Our Capitol Peregrine Falcons are quite popular and Peregrines in general are an iconic species. So much so that folks start seeing them in all sort of places. I receive calls every so often, but more frequently this time of year, from individuals claiming to see a Peregrine Falcon in their …
The American Kestrels are also diligently incubating their clutch and it has been challenging stealing a peek. Today, the nestbox was unoccupied for a few moments and it revealed the kestrels have six eggs! American Kestrels typically lay 4-5 eggs, but there is at least on record of a seven …
Looks like our birds and their eggs survived the storms on Saturday and the wind on Sunday. Fortunately, the storms on Saturday were not as nasty as they could of been, but there was a lot of rain and the attending Peregrine did not appear all that chipper. The nestbox …
I cover all nongame bird species so I will, at times, use this blog to prattle on about some of the other cool and groovy nongame bird species (please let me know if this offends your sensibilities). While our Peregrine Falcons are busy incubating eggs, many other bird species are in the throes …
Perhaps you noticed it, too, if you recently happened to check on the Peregrines after dark. I popped-in, as I occasionally do, briefly at about 10 p.m. the other night and noticed a large bright blob in the sky on the “scenic” webcam’s black-n-white view. On Friday night I checked the time of the moonrise …
