Welcome to the 2010 BWL FalconCam in Lansing, Michigan!
Dafne 80/Y
Huck 65/A If you are in Lansing, keep your eyes up! Maybe you will spot Dafne or Huck perched somewhere/anywhere - Washington Square, Capital Building, local towers in our area. Dafne and Huck will need WC(f) and MP(m) to hunt for them for a few weeks. They are not very talented in the air yet. Dafne and Huck will stay in Lansing for a couple of months and migrate out of Lansing for the winter. Some migrate as far as the tip of Argentina. We may never know where they go. The young peregrine has a tough first year where their mortality rate is highest at this stage. When the peregrine survives it's first winter, the odds of continued survival increase.
NEWS
DATED JUNE 1, 2010
PEREGRINE FALCONS AT LBWL
LANSING, MICHIGAN 2010
WE HAD 2 OF OUR 4 EGGS HATCH THIS YEAR.
OUR ADULT FEMALE IS W.C. - SHE IS FROM
LIMA, OHIO, HATCHED APRIL 30 2007, SO
SHE IS 3 YEARS OLD
W.C. STANDS FOR W COIL - THE BUILDING
WHERE SHE HATCHED AND FLEDGED FROM IN
LIMA.
**STELCO NEVER CAME HOME FROM HER
MIGRATION**
OUR ADULT MALE IS M.P. - HE DOES NOT
HAVE BANDS - SO WE DO NOT KNOW HOW OLD
HE IS OR WHERE HE FLEDGED FROM.
THE 3RD EGG BROKE ON MAY 18, AND WAS
INFERTILE
MDNR
COLLECTED THE 4TH EGG,
WAS TAKEN TO MSU, AND FOUND INFERTILE
ALSO.
BANDING DAY
MONDAY, JUNE 7, 2010
10AM - 12PM
**WE ADDED A HINGED DOOR AND WILL DROP
IT ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE NESTING BOX
THIS YEAR**
SO TO BEGIN OUR BANDING PROCESS THIS
YEAR THAT DOOR WILL COVER THE FRONT!
THE CHICKS WILL BE AWAY FROM THEIR
NEST FOR LESS THAN ONE HOUR TOTAL.
THE DNR WILL WEIGH EACH CHICK AND
DETERMINE ITS SEX BY THEIR WEIGHT.
IF A CHICK IS OVER 700 GRAMS - MOST
LIKELY A FEMALE
IF THE CHICK IS UNDER - CLOSER TO
600 GRAMS - MOST LIKELY A MALE
ONLY 2 EGGS HATCHED ...
DATES THAT W.C. LAID HER 4 EGGS... **EGG #1** THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2010 **EGG #2** SATURDAY LATE, SUNDAY EARLY, APRIL 3 OR 4, 2010 **EGG #3** TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 2010 **EGG #4** FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2010 ACTIVE INCUBATION STARTS WHEN THE 2ND EGG IS LAID AND WILL LAST FOR 30-35 DAYS. OUR CHICKS SHOULD START HATCHING DURING FIRST WEEK OF MAY 2010. 2010 PHOTOS ARE NOW POSTING IN OUR PHOTO GALLERY - UNDER FALCONCAM Stay tuned! PLEASE SCROLL DOWN
The young peregrine has a tough first year where their mortality rate is highest at this stage. When the peregrine survives it's first winter, the odds of continued survival increase.
THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN ON MAY 27, 2009 JUST ONE HOUR AFTER EGGS 3 AND 4 WERE HATCHED OUT...
The MDNR will band the eyasses when they mature to about 3 weeks old. The nestling will begin to fledge when they reach approx 40-45 days old.
In 2004, 3 Peregrine Falcon chicks were raised by Stelco(female) and Alimak(male) at our Eckert Power Station. Alimak died April 2007 In 2008, 5 Peregrine Falcon chicks were raised by Stelco(female) and M.P.(male) In 2009, 4 Peregrine Falcon chicks were raised by Stelco (female) and M.P. (male) from the same location. 2 were banded. Spring 2010 - Stelco never came home from her migration. We have a 2007 female named W.C. (female) from Lima, Ohio at our nesting box now. M.P. (male) is her mate. 2007
Our two Falcon WebCams will update a new image every 15 minutes. Please come back to visit our site often and check for new images! THIS PHOTO WAS SHOT ON MARCH 11, 2009 AT 12:28 PM
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