Apr 05 2009
Buffalo and Western NY News!
Where to begin on news and updates????
Well the Statler (Downtown) Buffalo, NY Peregrine Falcons have 4 eggs in the nest as of this morning. AND this year we also have a second pair of Peregrines just within the city’s Northeastern border/city limits.
The South Campus of the University of New York at Buffalo (UB) had two PeFas hanging around last summer and fall (thanks to our forum member irinash for finding them at that time, taking photos and alerting others to their pressence). So this year UB and the DEC put in a nesting scrape for the birds. Both have been seen in the area and have been in and out of the nesting scrape! Forum member Joyce took some wonderful photos of the birds last week and at this time many are trying to confirm band numbers on the female (she could possibly be the 2007 female, BB, from a Detroit, MI nest). When we get confirmation on ID we will post. Thanks to Joyce for such wonderful photos and for getting some good ones of the female’s color band!
In other news… we have heard from some Canadian friends that the male from Buffalo’s Statler 2007 nest is now in Port Colborne, Ontario. It is my understanding that DEC has confirmed his band numbers. He has a mate and as of Friday 2 eggs were in the nest! Hopefully we will hear more soon about this nest. How exciting to know that one of “our” local birds is doing well and now has a nest of his own!
And again this year, the Bald Eagles are nesting in Alexander, NY! I’ve posted more information and photos regarding their nest on our forum, but expect eaglets soon!
Spring is in the air so be sure to get outdoors and explore this wonderful time of the year!
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Hello – this is Kariann Anderson, SE Michigan Peregrine Falcon Coordinator DNR. I noticed you may have BB at your site? Our female ‘BB’ has a color band b/g N/58 and was born 5/9/2007 at the Whittier Apartments site in Detroit, Michigan. She was 1 of 4 eggs, however we lost 3 eggs early in the incubation process. Her parents, Allegro (Cleveland Ohio 1999) and Miriam (hacked from Richmond Hill Ontario 2003) have been nesting as a pair since 2005. Miriam is by far the most aggressive peregrine I’ve come into contact with, on banding day it is not unusual for her to draw blood – she is indeed one of my favorite birds. I wonder if she passed down those protective genes to her BB? Also, our BB fledged at 42 days and was in need of rescue – my volunteer assistant ‘Barb Baldinger’ (hence the name BB) was able to capture and place her back into the nest safely. If it wasn’t for Barb our BB wouldn’t have made it to NY.