2010 Rome~Appio & Vergine, Aloa & Falcao

obxbarb · **Posted:** Thu Mar 11, 2010 6:07 pm

carlo.catoni wrote:

Hi,
we do not really know how many peregrines are in Italy because we can't follow up the steady increase of this species of the last few decades!
In 2000 the population was estimated to be about 900 pairs, but since then at least in some area (like Latium, the Region of Rome) the population increased by two or three.. so let's say that between 1500-2000 pairs is probably a safe estimation. Italy is about 300.000sqkm, something like Arizona (thanks wikipedia)... In Rome there are at least 6 pairs, probably 7.

bye
Carlo (without S)

Sorry about misspelling your name Carlo

That is an unbelievable number of falcons for a relatively small country!!! I had no idea you had so many! We have 20 nesting pairs in all of Virginia. You must have a really nice habitat for falcons. What an incredible success story!!

carlo.catoni · **Joined:** Tue Mar 02, 2010 3:26 am **Posts:** 11

no problem for the name, I'm used to ...
well, less pesticides and you will see that your peregrine population will grow as ours! :grin:

bye
Carlo

obxbarb · **Posted:** Sun Mar 14, 2010 12:17 am

Lets hope so. We seem to be more limited by too few nesting locations at the moment, and not enough single males. Want to share?

kittenface · **Posted:** Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:32 am

Aloa and Falcao.
http://www.birdcam.it/cam.php?camid=13& ... =cam13.php

13 March 2010, four eggs!
Today, 13 March 2010,Aloha has laid her fourth egg!!!

11 March 2010, three eggs!
Today, 11 March 2010, when we changed the computer that had some problem,
we noticed that Aloha has laid already three eggs! Well done!

8 March 2010 TWO EGGS!!
8 March 2010 Today when the cam returned online, we had the surprise to see
already two eggs in the nest!! nice view!

1 March 2010 The cam is on air again
The cam on Aloa and Falcao, the two peregrines on the Malpighi gymnasius is
again on air. After their first breed, last year, we hope they will again breed
in 2010!

Warbler · **Joined:** Sun Aug 02, 2009 6:09 pm **Posts:** 375

Here's a picture - thanks Nora - of Aloha's clutch of 4 eggs :loveshow:

Arjen · **Posted:** Sun Mar 14, 2010 7:21 am

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63313

Thanks for the great pics, Warbler (and Nora) and Arjen!!!

Warbler · **Joined:** Sun Aug 02, 2009 6:09 pm **Posts:** 375

This is Aloha today:

There are 4 eggs, the last laid on 13 March.

Warbler · **Joined:** Sun Aug 02, 2009 6:09 pm **Posts:** 375

And here's Vergine today:

She also has 4 eggs. The first chick in Rome should hatch here in just over 2 weeks time.

obxbarb · **Posted:** Sat Mar 20, 2010 10:00 pm

Beautiful falcon Warbler!

Arjen · **Posted:** Tue Mar 23, 2010 9:25 am

Warbler · **Joined:** Sun Aug 02, 2009 6:09 pm **Posts:** 375

We're expecting Appio and Vergine's chicks to hatch any day ... and we've got computer problems :tearhair

. It's worked perfectly for a month and now, at a critical moment, it's playing up. Our technical wiz Carlo is going to the site tomorrow to replace the computer. Let's hope that, if there's been a hatch, it's only of one chick... I'll keep you posted!