catwoman wrote:
According to a pic on Rfalcon, DC and a strange female were bonding in the box before he bonded with Beauty. Yep. Terka got pictures. I think that was on Friday. DC was at the main nestbox and at the Powers box with the unbanded female.
Both Beauty and DC were visible on cam & bonding on Sat & Sun.
I was wondering if it was DC's other mate from this year? This reminds me of when Pigott visted the nestbox one day & Beauty was away for the afternoon. He was bonding pretty heavy with the unbanded female based on Terka's photos. They never did confirm if DC had offspring with his other mate. I think he did based on a message that was sent out by accident and then quickly deleted.
If it was his "other" mate, I wonder if she will return in the spring, or try to take the territory over this winter. Guess we will just have to keep watching. I think Beauty is 12 this year, going on 13 in 2020. Will have to keep our fingers crossed, but it's been hard all over with old favorites losing their territories to younger birds.