ROCHESTER 2010

Beth · **Posted:** Tue Jun 15, 2010 8:32 pm

Thanks Tine!

obxbarb · **Posted:** Wed Jun 16, 2010 11:48 am

Beautiful Tine!

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64784

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64784

Alison · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:31 pm **Posts:** 2776

These chicks are just too cute:

Knorrie · **Posted:** Thu Jun 17, 2010 6:03 pm

Great picture Alison & Sgb :thanku

Streaming is now 3 different views.
But for me the looking back in archives, mainpics are the best with cam 1 and zooming second best. :wink:

catwoman · **Posted:** Sat Jun 19, 2010 10:45 am

Out on the deck this morning!

Alison · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:31 pm **Posts:** 2776

Mariah and Kaver's granddaughter, Millie, loses her mate Leopold

Some very sad news from Barb B. on the Cleveland Forum yesterday: :cry:

Sad news...Leopold, b/r N/*4 who hatched at the Rhodes State Office Tower in 1995 died yesterday of a bacterial infection in his crop. In his 13 years at the DTE Power Plant in Monroe, Michigan he fathered 33 chicks with three females. The chicks at this site are only banded when they are grounded and rescued, so 17 chicks were banded. The current female, Millie, black 81/K will be very busy feeding this years four chicks without him.

Here is a photo of Leopold at the DTE Power Plant

A beautiful photo of Leopold by Barb Baldinger:

Millie is the daughter of Freedom, the son of Mariah and Kaver (from their first year together, 2002). She was born in 2005. Freedom was the former resident male at the Port Colborne nest, with his first mate Purity, mother of Millie, and then with his second mate, named Millie like his daughter.

I asked Barb how old the chicks are, and this is her reply:

The chicks are nearly six weeks old. Three of the four fell off the I-beam nest into the permanent net below and are currently in rehab. Now that Leopold died, they may be brought back to Millie in shifts to make it easier for her.

Last year we lost the other venerable tiercel named Leopold; now we have lost both of these iconic peregrines with the name Leopold.

I hope Millie will be able to manage on her own with the four chicks. Bringing them back to her in shifts sounds like a good idea.

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64784

Its strange to say "thank you" for such sad news, Alison...Do you know if they were treating him for the infection....this has been such an odd season...

Alison · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:31 pm **Posts:** 2776

skygirlblue wrote:

Its strange to say "thank you" for such sad news, Alison...Do you know if they were treating him for the infection....this has been such an odd season...

Sorry, SGB, I don't know, but I can try to find out. This really has been a very strange season.