FORT WAYNE (AEP) 2017-2018

Sally · **Posted:** Wed Apr 26, 2017 8:26 am

Three little precious fluffy babies.........

A few minutes after this capture they had breakfast; now mom is having a morning nap.......

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Tsusan · **Posted:** Thu Apr 27, 2017 7:54 am

Oh my heart!! Moxie is trying to embrace her wiggly chicks as I believe that are waiting for breakfast to be delivered...

Tsusan · **Posted:** Mon May 01, 2017 6:41 pm

These little cutie pies are home alone, and all in a pile as they seem to be working On their down... are the new feathers coming in and making them itchy? Fort Wayne usually has similar weather to me in Ohio, and we are going to have a cold snap - high temps this week in the 50s! :egg18:

Sally · **Posted:** Mon May 01, 2017 7:29 pm

Here are the little sweetie pies! They are quite the characters! Love watching them......

Matrix · **Posted:** Sat May 06, 2017 12:13 pm

If these 3 get banded, I hope they check the one with feathers stuck in it's mouth. It seems okay, but they have been there for a couple days now....

gigi · **Posted:** Sat May 06, 2017 1:41 pm

They will get banded, but I don't have a date yet, Matrix. Will post when I find out. :biggrin:

Carolyn · **Posted:** Sat May 06, 2017 3:54 pm

gigi wrote:

They will get banded, but I don't have a date yet, Matrix. Will post when I find out. :biggrin:

Three peregrine falcon chicks set to get names, banding on Friday

The American Electric Power FalconCam (https://www.aep.com/environment/falconcam) shows three chicks in the nest box on top of the 27-story Indiana Michigan Power Center at Calhoun and Wayne streets in downtown Fort Wayne. The adult female, which I & M officials believe to be Moxie, laid a fourth egg, but it didn't hatch.
The chicks are scheduled to get names, a veterinary check and be fitted with an identification band at 10:30 a.m. Friday inside the Indiana Michigan Power Center. The event is not open to the public.

Matrix · **Posted:** Sat May 06, 2017 7:20 pm

Good to hear the are going to band them!! If those feathers stay stuck i am sure they will get them out and check for trich!
I am Glad Ray and I were able to attend the final "public" banding last year! :loveheart:

Sally · **Posted:** Sat May 06, 2017 7:28 pm

Oh yes good to hear! These chicks are adorable. There is one that follows every move Moxie makes and is a very comical chick! Moxie was just having a nice conversation with all her chicks.

Matrix · **Posted:** Sat May 06, 2017 7:45 pm

Matrix wrote:

Good to hear the are going to band them!! If those feathers stay stuck i am sure they will get them out and check for trich!
I am Glad Ray and I were able to attend the final "public" banding last year! :loveheart:

And Feathers stuck in it's mouth are gone... I found the instance they got dislodged, in the playback. The chick was playing with a leg and foot and proceeded to eat the entire leg and foot. Moxie tried in vain to stop it, but it finally went "down the hatch".....along with the feathers.

gigi · **Posted:** Fri May 12, 2017 10:35 am

Banding should be soon.
This calm happy family knows not what treachery is to come! :flirty:

Sally · **Posted:** Fri May 12, 2017 1:21 pm

I love this family and I think they may have just been banded. They have that look and people are chatting about it......

gigi · **Posted:** Fri May 12, 2017 2:17 pm

They were banded along with a box cleaning and hanging the Soarin' Hawk Rehab sign. They added some rocks too. They are now huddled up ready for another nap after finishing a meal. Moxie is keeping a close eye to the sky in case there are more intruders. Oh, she just flew off!

Sally · **Posted:** Fri May 12, 2017 3:20 pm

gigi wrote:

They were banded along with a box cleaning and hanging the Soarin' Hawk Rehab sign. They added some rocks too. They are now huddled up ready for another nap after finishing a meal. Moxie is keeping a close eye to the sky in case there are more intruders. Oh, she just flew off!

Carolyn · **Posted:** Fri May 12, 2017 4:46 pm

From the The Journal Gazette

3 peregrine falcon chicks banded

Three new peregrine falcon chicks, two boys and a girl, were banded today in the Indiana Michigan Power Center auditorium.

The annual event, which is by invitation only, allows spectators to watch the falcons via live-streaming camera as the handlers fend off the parents when removing them from their nest on the Indiana Michigan Power building's roof.

kittenface · **Posted:** Sat May 13, 2017 1:10 am

Zazu and Mist, two of the city's newest Peregrine falcons, are presented to a group of children at the Indiana-Michigan Power building by volunteers from Soarin' Hawk Raptor Rehabilitation Center. Their brother, Thunder, is banded nearby.
Credit Nick Janzen/IPB News
Indiana Michigan Power and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources invite school children to watch the banding every year, says communications representative Tracy Warner.

“They actually get to see the falcons up-close,” says Indiana-Michigan Power communications representative Tracy Warner. “They get to see the parents swarming up there and the relationship and the bonding between the parents and the chicks, it’s just an all around good program we think.”

The three chicks were born early April and will stay in their box nest for the next couple weeks until they learn to fly.

Prior to the event, the children vote on names for the chicks. Zazu, Mist and Thunder are this year’s birds. Student Israel Mondragon eagerly watched the banding from the front row.

“This was the best day of my life,” says Mondragon. “I’ve never got to see a falcon.”

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Matrix · **Posted:** Sat May 13, 2017 11:46 am

What happened to the cam?

Tsusan · **Posted:** Mon May 15, 2017 1:00 pm

Cam is working, thank goodness! Moxie just got done with a feed...babies are growing fast- the girls were starting to get a little pushy about who gets the next bite.....

Sally · **Posted:** Tue May 16, 2017 2:57 pm

Kiddos relaxing with mom!
:15heartbeat:

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