2015 SOUTH BEND INDIANA ~ Maltese & Zeus

Tsusan · **Posted:** Sun Oct 18, 2015 6:06 pm

Terka!!! You saw Zeus!! Thank you so much!! I have stared at that empty nest box so many times!!

Kris G. · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:41 pm

carly wrote:

Gigi and SGB - need your help please!

New male just ID'd in Rochester, he's shown up with a banded female and Joyce got his bands and is hanging out at HE nest site. Seems he's the grandson of Zephyr and Guinevere maybe if what I've dug up is correct? They found a pdf with the ID of his parents:

Racine County Courthouse, WI

Adult Female: b/g R/13 - produced in 2007 at the Tower Building in South Bend, Indiana - she's back for her 5th year (this was printed the year this male Buckee was born)

Adult Male: Beaster, b/g 67/M is the father, born in 2005 at WE Energies, Pleasant Prairie Power Plant.

Carly..it says the Falcon's name is Buckee 2013 Female banded black 54 over red V

Kris G. · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2015 7:01 pm

carly wrote:

Hmmm..Joyce is saying it's male but band records say female...we'll have to wait and see what her photos show later. May be a 'large' male ?

Edit to add: found the Racine thread from 2013 - I knew the name Beaster was familiar. The thread says 2 boys that year but banding report says 2 females.. :gaaaaah:

Sounds like Joyce is pretty sure Buckee is a male.

Kris G. · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2015 7:02 pm

Kris G. wrote:

carly wrote:

Hmmm..Joyce is saying it's male but band records say female...we'll have to wait and see what her photos show later. May be a 'large' male ?

Edit to add: found the Racine thread from 2013 - I knew the name Beaster was familiar. The thread says 2 boys that year but banding report says 2 females.. :gaaaaah:

Sounds like Joyce is pretty sure Buckee is a male. All I know is DC better stay away from BS and pay more attention to DT and what's going on up north. :furious:

Kris G. · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2015 7:50 pm

carly wrote:

Well don't mean to hijack the SB thread but that falcon that's just appeared at BS could be the unbanded male that was with the female at HE because both birds are banded there now. Lots of new falcons in Rochester in the past month - going to be some changes coming I expect.

MAK said it was DC down at BS today. They've seen a female there too.

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64753

carly wrote:

Hmmm..Joyce is saying it's male but band records say female...we'll have to wait and see what her photos show later. May be a 'large' male ?

Edit to add: found the Racine thread from 2013 - I knew the name Beaster was familiar. The thread says 2 boys that year but banding report says 2 females.. :gaaaaah:

It appears I'm "tardy to the party"!! LOL

4 hatches at Racine in 2013, with 2 chick deaths...The midwest data base has Buckee listed as Male. We must have entered it wrong on our Banding Report!! I'll go fix that!!

Rochester has always been a hot spot for falcons!!

Thanks for the heads up and research, ladies!!

kittenface · **Posted:** Thu Oct 22, 2015 12:17 am

skygirlblue wrote:

carly wrote:

Hmmm..Joyce is saying it's male but band records say female...we'll have to wait and see what her photos show later. May be a 'large' male ?

Edit to add: found the Racine thread from 2013 - I knew the name Beaster was familiar. The thread says 2 boys that year but banding report says 2 females.. :gaaaaah:

It appears I'm "tardy to the party"!! LOL

4 hatches at Racine in 2013, with 2 chick deaths...The midwest data base has Buckee listed as Male. We must have entered it wrong on our Banding Report!! I'll go fix that!!

Rochester has always been a hot spot for falcons!!

Thanks for the heads up and research, ladies!!

Data base says 2 males, but Greg's report says 2 females. So now who do we go by?

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64753

kittenface wrote:

skygirlblue wrote:

carly wrote:

Hmmm..Joyce is saying it's male but band records say female...we'll have to wait and see what her photos show later. May be a 'large' male ?

Edit to add: found the Racine thread from 2013 - I knew the name Beaster was familiar. The thread says 2 boys that year but banding report says 2 females.. :gaaaaah:

It appears I'm "tardy to the party"!! LOL

4 hatches at Racine in 2013, with 2 chick deaths...The midwest data base has Buckee listed as Male. We must have entered it wrong on our Banding Report!! I'll go fix that!!

Rochester has always been a hot spot for falcons!!

Thanks for the heads up and research, ladies!!

Data base says 2 males, but Greg's report says 2 females. So now who do we go by?

Actually the Database says that Buckee is Male

...and his Sister:

Maybe Greg changed his mind when he submitted his report to the Database..OR his report has a typo!!

Guess we'll find out if Buckee hangs around until spring and nests...then we will see who lays the eggs (if there are eggs)

gigi · **Posted:** Thu Oct 22, 2015 9:02 am

kittenface wrote:

skygirlblue wrote:

carly wrote:

Hmmm..Joyce is saying it's male but band records say female...we'll have to wait and see what her photos show later. May be a 'large' male ?

Edit to add: found the Racine thread from 2013 - I knew the name Beaster was familiar. The thread says 2 boys that year but banding report says 2 females.. :gaaaaah:

It appears I'm "tardy to the party"!! LOL

4 hatches at Racine in 2013, with 2 chick deaths...The midwest data base has Buckee listed as Male. We must have entered it wrong on our Banding Report!! I'll go fix that!!

Rochester has always been a hot spot for falcons!!

Thanks for the heads up and research, ladies!!

Data base says 2 males, but Greg's report says 2 females. So now who do we go by?

And I am also tardy to the party! :teehee:

I guess we will see if Buckee lays eggs...

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64753

Dang...was that the question? Totally got caught up in the Male/Female confusion...ok...I'll refocus!!

gigi · **Posted:** Thu Oct 22, 2015 9:25 am

Sent Greg Septon an email with the info and link to Rochester Forum. I am sure he will be thrilled to hear about Buckee beating the odds and surviving!

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64753

OK...mystery solved...the answer is yes!! I did some back tracking and found this:

Apparently, Indiana stopped submitting to the Database in 2007. Lucky for us that was the year that Buckee's mom was born.

Buckee's Mom's parents are:

Parents: M~2206-28918, F~1807-62135 (no band numbers listed)

Thankfully, both FWS band #'s were in the database!!

G and Z are Buckee's grandparents!!!! :sum9:

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64753

OK..here's the supporting Data.

Buckee's Mom (Female at Racine, b/g R/13). Note her parents.

Her Parents (Buckee's Grandparents) ID:

Tsusan · **Posted:** Thu Oct 22, 2015 10:18 am

AWESOME!!! - Thankyou for all your hard work, ladies!!!

Beth · **Posted:** Thu Oct 22, 2015 10:52 am

gigi · **Posted:** Thu Oct 22, 2015 4:34 pm

carly wrote:

Thanks for adding all the details SGB! Even though Z and G are gone, a part of them lives on :ohyes:

: Sorry, carly. I did get somewhat confused about what we were looking for.
Thank you, Mary Anne, for figuring it all out. 5val:

catwoman · **Posted:** Sat Oct 24, 2015 9:17 am

gigi wrote:

kittenface wrote:

skygirlblue wrote:

carly wrote:

Hmmm..Joyce is saying it's male but band records say female...we'll have to wait and see what her photos show later. May be a 'large' male ?

Edit to add: found the Racine thread from 2013 - I knew the name Beaster was familiar. The thread says 2 boys that year but banding report says 2 females.. :gaaaaah:

It appears I'm "tardy to the party"!! LOL

4 hatches at Racine in 2013, with 2 chick deaths...The midwest data base has Buckee listed as Male. We must have entered it wrong on our Banding Report!! I'll go fix that!!

Rochester has always been a hot spot for falcons!!

Thanks for the heads up and research, ladies!!

Data base says 2 males, but Greg's report says 2 females. So now who do we go by?

And I am also tardy to the party! :teehee:

I guess we will see if Buckee lays eggs...

Yup! That's a pretty good indicator of the sex of the bird! :laugh

Tsusan · **Posted:** Thu Oct 29, 2015 11:41 am

The cam has bats in its belfry again - It shows me images from Oct. 27,28, and early Oct 29, but will not go to current.......
First posted on October 29, and 30.

AS OF Nov. 1, CAM IS STILL STUCK ON OCT. 27....

sbwatcher · **Posted:** Mon Nov 23, 2015 11:20 pm

HI guys,

I saw Zeus today on the building, he is looking very pert ! The storm and brief cold weather doesn't seem to have bothered him at all.

Exciting news about a South Bend grandchild ! :turkeyride:

Tsusan · **Posted:** Tue Nov 24, 2015 2:40 pm

sbwatcher- It is Great to hear from you! The cam has had problems for about a month, now, and I have really been wondering how Zeus and Maltese are... Thank you so much for your update ! I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!

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