Friday, June 23, 2006
Here is an update for the Tacoma Peregrine family. While banding the three eyasses, (2 males and 1 female) one male had a disease called frounce, which is caught from eating a pigeon with frounce. Bud Anderson got permission from the WSDFW to remove the male and it was nursed back to health at a vet clinic in Mt. Vernon, then placed back on the nest ledge the following week. Yesterday, Roger Orness made a brief visit and all 3 are flying and all 3 were perched on the S. end of the opposite tower from the nest box. Roger didn't see an adult, but one was likely watching them and the other likely hunting. They will likely move into the city in the next couple of weeks and they will likely be seen circling the office buildings in downtown Tacoma.
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Roger Orness made a two hour visit to the Wells Fargo building from 10:00 until noon that revealed three very healthy looking eyasses. The adult female was perched a few feet from the nest box for the first hour and a half, while the eyasses did some sleeping, some preening and one eyass took a walk in the grass at least eight feet out from the box. The female picked up a nearby stashed prey and fed the two that remained in the nest box, then she flew over to the opposite tower of the bridge. The male was not seen during my visit.
Stay tuned for more news from the upcoming 2007 season...
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