Comments on: Peregrine banding at University of Pittsburgh http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/05/27/peregrine-banding-at-university-of-pittsburgh-may-27/ A Bird Blog with Kate St. John Sun, 19 May 2013 21:27:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: Amy F http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/05/27/peregrine-banding-at-university-of-pittsburgh-may-27/comment-page-1/#comment-1430 Amy F Thu, 29 May 2008 20:35:43 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/05/27/peregrine-banding-at-university-of-pittsburgh-may-27/#comment-1430 Is it just me, or does the chick on the bottom look especially disgruntled? :-)

]]> By: Kate StJ http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/05/27/peregrine-banding-at-university-of-pittsburgh-may-27/comment-page-1/#comment-1423 Kate StJ Wed, 28 May 2008 19:19:45 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/05/27/peregrine-banding-at-university-of-pittsburgh-may-27/#comment-1423 Dorothy is just fine. Typically in peregrine families, the mother bird guards the nest and the father guards the entire area (the territory). It is normal for her to spend time guarding the chicks before they can fly. Also, on sunny days like today she provides shade for them.
By the time you read this she will probably be perched elsewhere.

]]> By: CHW http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/05/27/peregrine-banding-at-university-of-pittsburgh-may-27/comment-page-1/#comment-1421 CHW Wed, 28 May 2008 17:48:48 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/05/27/peregrine-banding-at-university-of-pittsburgh-may-27/#comment-1421 This Wednesday afternoon I have noticed that Dorothy is spending a lot of time with the chicks on the gravel. I hope that she is not ill or injured?

]]> By: Amy F http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/05/27/peregrine-banding-at-university-of-pittsburgh-may-27/comment-page-1/#comment-1415 Amy F Wed, 28 May 2008 13:45:57 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/05/27/peregrine-banding-at-university-of-pittsburgh-may-27/#comment-1415 Protective Dorothy mantling at the WCO
Dorothy netted
Captured chick (last of the three, I think)
Box o’ babies! I laughed because the box they used said “Clicks” on the side – only wrong by one letter.
“How undignified.” One of the newly banded chicks got tipped out of the box on its back.
…Hey, who cleaned the nest?

I’m glad I wasn’t stuck in a meeting when the chicks got returned, this time.

]]> By: Kate StJ http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/05/27/peregrine-banding-at-university-of-pittsburgh-may-27/comment-page-1/#comment-1414 Kate StJ Wed, 28 May 2008 13:16:17 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/05/27/peregrine-banding-at-university-of-pittsburgh-may-27/#comment-1414 I hope I’ll get another chance to see E2′s bands. It’s frustrating to have to use a temporary name for him.

Amy, Looking forward to your photo links.

]]> By: Lauren Conkle http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/05/27/peregrine-banding-at-university-of-pittsburgh-may-27/comment-page-1/#comment-1412 Lauren Conkle Wed, 28 May 2008 13:01:32 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/05/27/peregrine-banding-at-university-of-pittsburgh-may-27/#comment-1412 That’s too bad that E2 didn’t allow anyone to see his leg bands. I know the bands are primarily for science and conservation, but it would also be nice to know if he has a name so we don’t have to call him E2 anymore!

I wonder what the parent birds are really thinking when people temporarily remove the chicks from their nest. Perhaps E2 never experienced that before, but it happens to Dorothy every year. She knows that her chicks are always returned to her unharmed and she continues to nest in the same spot every year in a city filled with people. So even though she becomes angry, I wonder if part of her knows that we don’t mean any harm and we actually want to help her babies.

]]> By: Amy F http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/05/27/peregrine-banding-at-university-of-pittsburgh-may-27/comment-page-1/#comment-1411 Amy F Wed, 28 May 2008 13:01:17 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/05/27/peregrine-banding-at-university-of-pittsburgh-may-27/#comment-1411 It’s a shame that E2 wouldn’t sit still long enough for you to get a good look at his bands. Will there be other chances to ID him? (Can any of the parent falcons’ usual perches be seen or photographed from inside the building?)

I snagged a few web-cam images of the process again, if you don’t mind me posting the links.

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