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our male does this all the time LOL

I would like to say, that I am glad David is keeping us updated. My heart is very heavy this last while with our losses and takeovers.
In my heart I feel Trinity is safe and just knew this one was stronger. a Great male.
RG will be o.k.. she has a real bond with Trinity that will never be the same with another. but she will accept.

What a year ,and my heart is really with those that follow Wilmington.

Wanted to add that Rochester also lost DC, our longtime resident male since 2012. He disappeared in Jan, after no further sightings, never returning to his territory or Beauty. Much sadness this year…..

This make me more anxious that ever that somebody can get the band number. He might have been replaying keep away the lunch from Mom.


Thank you for the info and the video!

Bless Red Girl's heart. This male has not only upset the apple cart as they say, but is also a pest. He follows Red Girl around relentlessly. If it would turn out he's from Harrisburg I think I would pass out.

awe, as hard as it is , I am giving this male a break. I think maybe young and he remind me of our Chase when he first came in , in Edmonton after eggs laid. It i s too late here, but he is doing what he should be doing. He is wooing Red girl . I have seen actions like this so many times. the first year we lost Pa in deMOrtel. everyone thought the young male was a pest but he was hunting and would bring in a small amount and take it out as she went for it. but there , there is a camera on roof, and we would see him stash it there for her.
so if eggs were halfway to hatching, Re d Girl would be incubating more and he would be providing food, and she would be more accepting of him.
I guess I know this could happen again , at any time at my sites.

I hope we can ID this guy.

I have wondered more than once if this bird is an offspring. Red Girl's mate CJ was hatched in that nest box, so they DO return to their natal area.

yes, I watched the video. and maybe if it is, dad will be o.k. I know it would be bittersweet but....
only want the best here .

yes, we have males and females returning to our area.

In the Wilmington peregrine nest box the saga continues. There has been no sign or word of Trinity. The banded male is still pursuing Red Girl, but she seems to give him the slip from time to time. Then she returns to sit on the eggs until his next visit. (It is virtually certain that the eggs are not viable now). The last two days she has given alarm calls, but the male doesn't seem to be interested in chasing off intruders. Maybe she has not yet accepted him and it is not "his" territory to defend yet (just a guess). This afternoon he delivered a substantial meal.



https://youtu.be/Icsyjwp8by0

I took a look at the cam a while ago, and found Red Girl on the shelf, calling and calling, and looking out over the city. She eventually flew off toward a high building where someone I know used to work. She wasn't gone long and returned with the other male. They stared at each other and chattered a bit. He few off, and Red Girl settled down on the eggs. So upsetting to watch.

There have been no real changes in the peregrine nest box. Red Girl still ocasionally sits on the eggs during the day and it looks like she may be sitting on them all night. Banded male continues all the courting behaviors - making scrapes, bowing and ee-chupping, and regularly bringing birds to the nest box ... a red bellied woodpecker two days, a starling another day. Sometimes it is an offering that is already plucked. Oddly, he sometimes shows Red Girl the bird or plucks it in front of her, then takes off with it, almost like he is trying to get her to follow him. Sometimes she does, sometimes not. He has never sat on the eggs and generally ignores them. Just a guess, but I wonder if they may be in two different places in their mating urges. He may be trying to mate and start a family whie she is past that, having already been through mating, laying eggs, and incubating.

There is a video posted on the Wilmington Falcon Facebook page from earlier today. This banded male brings prey for Red Girl, but he has "his" scrape and doesn't always give her the food. I don't know how to bring that video over here. If anyone looks at their Facebook page, check the video around 2:13 to see if there's any way to read the bands on his left leg. It did look to me like there might be red tape on his right leg band.

I saw a video posted on Facebook earlier today of this new male incubating Red Girl's eggs for two hours. So upsetting to watch. :-(