http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/06/11/learning-to-hunt/ A Bird Watcher's View of the World Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:34:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/06/11/learning-to-hunt/#comment-1560 Kate StJ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:28:08 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/06/11/learning-to-hunt/#comment-1560 You're right, they don't have names. In fact, E2 is only a temporary name until we read his bands some day. I suspect he was named when he was banded. Sometimes we invent names for our own use - Karen Lang & I have a set of names we won't reveal - but the names don't stick. I like to think peregrines name themselves as in T.S.Eliot's <em><a target="_blank" href="http://coral.lili.uni-bielefeld.de/Classes/Summer97/SemGS/WebLex/OldPossum/oldpossumlex/node2.html#SECTION00020000000000000000">Naming of Cats</a></em> from <em>Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats</em>. You’re right, they don’t have names. In fact, E2 is only a temporary name until we read his bands some day. I suspect he was named when he was banded.
Sometimes we invent names for our own use - Karen Lang & I have a set of names we won’t reveal - but the names don’t stick.
I like to think peregrines name themselves as in T.S.Eliot’s Naming of Cats from Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/06/11/learning-to-hunt/#comment-1558 CHW Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:38:56 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/06/11/learning-to-hunt/#comment-1558 I heartily agree with those who have said how much they enjoy reading your blog and watching the falcon cam and being involved with the adventures of Dorothy and now E2. Have you ever considered putting down their adventures as a children's book? The falcons surely have many attributes that many humans could do well to emulate. You have turned me into a true "falconista!" I know that here the falcons are not named when they are banded. However, as a graduate of Chatham and with a family history that included the Carsons of Springdale including Rachel, I am well aware that these falcons are truly part of her legacy as she narrated in the Silent Spring. I have been calling the chicks Rachel, Car(l), and Son(ny)! I heartily agree with those who have said how much they enjoy reading your blog and watching the falcon cam and being involved with the adventures of Dorothy and now E2. Have you ever considered putting down their adventures as a children’s book? The falcons surely have many attributes that many humans could do well to emulate. You have turned me into a true “falconista!” I know that here the falcons are not named when they are banded. However, as a graduate of Chatham and with a family history that included the Carsons of Springdale including Rachel, I am well aware that these falcons are truly part of her legacy as she narrated in the Silent Spring. I have been calling the chicks Rachel, Car(l), and Son(ny)!

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/06/11/learning-to-hunt/#comment-1555 Vicki D Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:19:38 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/06/11/learning-to-hunt/#comment-1555 My husband and I had a picnic in a lovely garden near Mellon Institute today, a picture-perfect, temperature-perfect day. It was his respite from work and my chance to see him after his long morning. We are falcon lovers, and bemoaned not being in the Schenley Garden by the tent where we could use the binoculars I inconveniently left in the car. No matter! We saw the amazing Dorothy-E2 family from a distance, generously and smoothly flying and circling around the Cathedral top. What a sight! Smooth, graceful...adult, adolescent...back and forth, around, up and down. I like to think they love their home base, as they returned to the ledges constantly just as we retun to our front doors. We are fortunate a place has been made for them. We had a perfect lunch that nourished our stomachs and souls. My husband and I had a picnic in a lovely garden near Mellon Institute today, a picture-perfect, temperature-perfect day. It was his respite from work and my chance to see him after his long morning. We are falcon lovers, and bemoaned not being in the Schenley Garden by the tent where we could use the binoculars I inconveniently left in the car. No matter! We saw the amazing Dorothy-E2 family from a distance, generously and smoothly flying and circling around the Cathedral top. What a sight! Smooth, graceful…adult, adolescent…back and forth, around, up and down. I like to think they love their home base, as they returned to the ledges constantly just as we retun to our front doors. We are fortunate a place has been made for them. We had a perfect lunch that nourished our stomachs and souls.

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/06/11/learning-to-hunt/#comment-1554 Kate StJ Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:09:41 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/06/11/learning-to-hunt/#comment-1554 This afternoon (June 11 at 2:45pm) the father bird was sleeping in the nest box. I'm not sure why the parents come back to the box alone. The young hop in and out. Yesterday the young female hopped in to get food - then she left. The parents are spending more time there than the "kids." This afternoon (June 11 at 2:45pm) the father bird was sleeping in the nest box. I’m not sure why the parents come back to the box alone. The young hop in and out. Yesterday the young female hopped in to get food - then she left. The parents are spending more time there than the “kids.”

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/06/11/learning-to-hunt/#comment-1552 ELEANOR CAFARO Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:22:47 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/06/11/learning-to-hunt/#comment-1552 I just love your blog. I find myself checking it often for updates. I miss the actvity at the nest, but find that I am not the only one who keeps checking it. Is this Dorothy who still continues to stay at the nest? I just love your blog. I find myself checking it often for updates. I miss the actvity at the nest, but find that I am not the only one who keeps checking it. Is this Dorothy who still continues to stay at the nest?

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