IN THE NEWS 2017

gigi · **Posted:** Sat Sep 09, 2017 12:39 pm

From Forbes:
Where Do Birds Go In A Hurricane?

There is an interesting video showing birds in the eye of the storm. I pray that all the humans and animals are safe each time there is a storm.

Dutch Eagle Fan · **Posted:** Mon Sep 25, 2017 5:22 pm

All cat-lovers surely will appreciate this :teehee:

gigi · **Posted:** Mon Sep 25, 2017 6:36 pm

Loved it. And speaking of cats, this is an article in the current National Geographics:
What if Everything You Think About Cats Is Wrong?
A study of feline behavior shows that cats can be taught—despite their reputation for being untrainable and aloof.

PHOTOGRAPH BY SETH CASTEEL

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 53608

That was interesting, Ingrid...Great idea for them to name after kittens!! (LOL)

Gigi, I saw an article/video of clicker training with cats. Fascinating...not sure I would have the patience!!

Dutch Eagle Fan · **Posted:** Thu Oct 05, 2017 10:24 am

High tech rehabilitation

bev. · **Posted:** Thu Oct 05, 2017 9:03 pm

this is our Steve. Awesome guy. He is our falconer who stays 24 hours a day at our hack site at Pembina. He just is amazing . He was telling us how he did that with the gyrofalcon. one of the good ones :15heartbeat:

I iwll be doing our write up soon on the pembina. He really cares,. This is wh2y I get os upset when some rehab sites criticize falconers there are falconers and there are ones like STeve. when you have strict laws in place for falocners, you get good ones. when you let anyone take a falcon, just because they want one, you get bad ones.(one that do not know what they are doing) Steve and a few more of our Alberta ones have rehabilitated many of our falcons. Miss Edmonton was one of those that one of our falconers, rehabbed.

gigi · **Posted:** Fri Oct 06, 2017 6:56 pm

bev. wrote:

this is our Steve. Awesome guy. He is our falconer who stays 24 hours a day at our hack site at Pembina. He just is amazing . He was telling us how he did that with the gyrofalcon. one of the good ones :15heartbeat:

I iwll be doing our write up soon on the pembina. He really cares,. This is wh2y I get os upset when some rehab sites criticize falconers there are falconers and there are ones like STeve. when you have strict laws in place for falocners, you get good ones. when you let anyone take a falcon, just because they want one, you get bad ones.(one that do not know what they are doing) Steve and a few more of our Alberta ones have rehabilitated many of our falcons. Miss Edmonton was one of those that one of our falconers, rehabbed.

I hear what you are saying about defending the falconers. We owe falconers much of the success of the falcon reintroduction. Since most of the wild bred birds were producing eggs that were not sustainable, the falconers provided birds that had not ingested DDT. It was those birds who were able to produce eggs that did not break, thus hatching the generations of falcons that we see today.

And I hear you that there are probably falconers who are less than perfect. I am not perfect so I can forgive and understand.

bev. · **Posted:** Fri Oct 06, 2017 11:57 pm

gigi wrote:

bev. wrote:

this is our Steve. Awesome guy. He is our falconer who stays 24 hours a day at our hack site at Pembina. He just is amazing . He was telling us how he did that with the gyrofalcon. one of the good ones :15heartbeat:

I iwll be doing our write up soon on the pembina. He really cares,. This is wh2y I get os upset when some rehab sites criticize falconers there are falconers and there are ones like STeve. when you have strict laws in place for falocners, you get good ones. when you let anyone take a falcon, just because they want one, you get bad ones.(one that do not know what they are doing) Steve and a few more of our Alberta ones have rehabilitated many of our falcons. Miss Edmonton was one of those that one of our falconers, rehabbed.

I hear what you are saying about defending the falconers. We owe falconers much of the success of the falcon reintroduction. Since most of the wild bred birds were producing eggs that were not sustainable, the falconers provided birds that had not ingested DDT. It was those birds who were able to produce eggs that did not break, thus hatching the generations of falcons that we see today.

And I hear you that there are probably falconers who are less than perfect. I am not perfect so I can forgive and understand.

kittenface · **Posted:** Wed Oct 25, 2017 12:38 am

Man sentenced for killing bald eagle for stealing food
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A Virginia man who admitted he shot a bald eagle and then ran it over several times with an all-terrain vehicle has been sentenced to a month of house arrest.

The Virginian-Pilot reports 62-year-old Allen H. Thacker also was ordered Monday to complete 100 hours of community service at an area wildlife refuge and pay $500 in fines along with $1,500 in restitution.

Thacker pleaded guilty to violating the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act in July. He told officers he killed the eagle in March because he’d seen the bird killing small game and eating fish on his property. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Kosky declined to comment on the plea agreement, as did Thacker and his attorney.

Sally · **Posted:** Fri Oct 27, 2017 12:34 pm

I love watching Challenger!

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 53608

This is sooooooooooooooooo cool....a robotic peregrine falcon being used at the Edmonton Airport!! Bev...looks like you need to go check this out!! LOL

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 10:41 am **Posts:** 6324

WEHT coverage of Barn Owl shot in Indiana:

gigi · **Posted:** Wed Mar 07, 2018 3:33 pm

CLICK>>>Birders aflutter after sightings of rare falcon in St. John's

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 53608

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 10:41 am **Posts:** 6324

Article by The Sun about Big Bear banding of Stormy and retrieval of BBB:

https://www.sbsun.com/2018/03/29/dead-b ... biologist/

kittenface · **Posted:** Wed Apr 11, 2018 1:38 am

Rare visitor surprises downtown Honolulu workers
Video here:

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Terminator the peregrine still missing in action in Grand Forks
Terminator has never shown up later than April 10, Driscoll said
more info here:

Sally · **Posted:** Wed Apr 11, 2018 7:26 am

Thank you for these shares Kitten! I never would have thought there were peregrine falcons in Hawaii!

Sally · **Posted:** Sun Apr 15, 2018 11:35 pm

Great read featured in the Washington Post.......

gigi · **Posted:** Mon Apr 16, 2018 12:38 pm

These birds continue to amaze me. Thanks, Sally.

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