Comments on: Thanks!

By: J

Sun, 02 May 2010 04:13:29 +0000

What a mess, Dorothy certainly won’t be winning any good housekeeping awards any time soon. I guess the feathers won’t hurt, but won’t the wing start attracting flies? I can’t imagine having tons of flies around a piece of rotting meat would be to healthy for the babies.

By: Kate St. John

Kate St. John — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:35:33 +0000

The big piece is a robin’s wing. The smaller pieces are blue jay feathers.

These prey items probably mean E2 is still doing most of the hunting. Male peregrines are much smaller than the females so they capture smaller prey. As Dorothy gets back into hunting we’ll see more pigeons on the menu.

To confirm this: I was on the Cathedral of Learning lawn at 2:15pm when I saw E2 bring prey. He and Dorothy did an aerial food exchange. Beautiful.

By: Kathy McCharen

Kathy McCharen — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:30:16 +0000

I just read the transcript. So interesting! Thanks to everyone who made the chat and the transcription possible.

Kate–do you know what the large piece of debris is in Dorothy’s nest?

By: Jennie

Jennie — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:16:55 +0000

My pleasure, Kate.

By: Kate St. John

Kate St. John — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:49:13 +0000

Click here for the transcript of Wednesday night's chat with Dr. Todd Katzner. Thanks to Donna, Jenny and Traci for making this possible.

By: faith Cornell

faith Cornell — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:46:17 +0000

Just wanted to add another 2 cents in. Last year I was a “newbie”to this falcon watching. Just tried to learn so much ane watch & ask questions all of which Kate answered. She is just so patient with all of us. It is so interesting to see what you ask her & I had most of those questions last year. Last but not least I got to meet Kate in July before birds fledged but they were sitting up on Cath. in little niches. Kate is a wonderful lady & so gracious & patient. It was such a pleasure to meet her even on a very unusually cool morning in July at 7 am before she went to work. The falcon programs are fortunate tohave people as dedicated as she, dr. K. & a host of others & even us watchers who spread the work to people who’s eyes glaze over when you talk too much about them. Have a goodnight everyone. I am anxious about what Dori will get out of her nest. She certainly is a faithful brooder.

By: Kate St. John

Kate St. John — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:42:30 +0000

Yes, Dorothy is on the right. They really are noticeably different in size!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:12:39 +0000

Hi Kate,

I’m so happy you posted this photo because I wanted to ask you a question. Is Dorothy on the right? I know she is larger but I am having trouble judging size in the camera view. I was watching the chat and I really couldn’t tell who was who (and I was getting a little frustrated.)

It’s 6 pm now and I’m wondering if E2 is sitting on the chicks. I can tell that the chicks are growing but they are spilling out from whoever is warming them. more so than when I watched yesterday.

thanks,
Stephanie

By: John English

John English — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:12:19 +0000

Harrisburg hatched her first egg at 14:30 this afternoon

Cam at: http://www.pacast.com/players/falcon.asp

By: Traci

Traci — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:50:33 +0000

What keeps sticking in my head, is when Dr. Katzner described standing under a tree and the sound of the vocalization of an eagle bringing food to it’s chick, sounding like a helicopter! I can’t spell the country he said he was in, but can you imagine looking up and seeing an eagle flying in with prey for it’s chick??

Can you imagine being that close to something as powerful and majestic as an Eagle? What an amazing career he must have!

The transcipt will be delivered to Kate shortly! It was a great experience and all those who particpated were awesome. I am fairly confident that he will do it again, around the time Dori’s chicks hatch. So save your questions!!