IN THE NEWS~2016

Beth · **Posted:** Thu Dec 31, 2015 2:52 pm

Please begin your 2016 posts here!!

bonbon · **Joined:** Thu May 21, 2015 8:04 pm **Posts:** 2210

Rescued tangled eagles in Chilliwack
http://globalnews.ca/news/2429982/volun ... hilliwack/

MISue · **Joined:** Mon May 03, 2010 7:38 am **Posts:** 343

Gryfalcon in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-rail-yard-becomes-roost-for-rare-falcons-1.3389863

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue Jan 05, 2016 11:38 pm

Huge gyrfalcon said to be hanging out in LaSalle
Gyrfalcon, largest falcon species in the world, found near Windsor, Ont., thousands of kilometres from home

bev. · **Posted:** Thu Jan 07, 2016 7:41 pm

MISue wrote:

Gryfalcon in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-rail-yard-becomes-roost-for-rare-falcons-1.3389863

We have been been watching this falocn for a few years now. It is not far from my house. I was surprised that it was just reported now, as lot of us wait for its return.

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

bev. wrote:

MISue wrote:

Gryfalcon in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-rail-yard-becomes-roost-for-rare-falcons-1.3389863

We have been been watching this falocn for a few years now. It is not far from my house. I was surprised that it was just reported now, as lot of us wait for its return.

A great video of your "visitor", Bev!!

kittenface · **Posted:** Sat Jan 09, 2016 12:08 am

This is something I never would have imagined. Great article and yes a couple pictures, it isn't gross or anything, but to think about it to much makes me pretty darn sad.

Eleonora’s Falcon
This Falcon Imprisons Live Birds for Future Meals

ljames · **Posted:** Sat Jan 09, 2016 12:23 pm

Good grief, never saw that before. Yep, it is sad.

Matrix · **Posted:** Mon Jan 11, 2016 6:50 pm

Jan 11th 2016 article on peregrines (with pics) in The Center for Conservation Biology:

PDF Version:

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

Thanks matrix....I wonder who will fill Libby's shoes now that she is gone from CCB. Hopefully the PeFas will not be forgotten....

kittenface · **Posted:** Sat Jan 16, 2016 12:16 am

Might have another Falcon nest to watch if the Falcons take to the new nest box

Aurora, meet Leland Tower's high-flying residents
Karademas Management also plans to bring in a web camera at some point so people from around the world can zoom in on the rooftop falcons, said Nowak, adding that interest in these majestic birds has only been growing.

The rest of the article here:

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 10:41 am **Posts:** 12717

Highly pathogenic strain of bird flu "H7N8" found on 60,000 turkey farm in Dubois county located in Southern Indiana that is a part of the Mississippi flyway.

I live in Vanderburgh county and Mesker zoo captured all of their free-roaming peacocks/hens (30) and placed them in enclosed areas about the zoo to protect them from droppings from migratory birds this past fall.

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 10:41 am **Posts:** 12717

Affecting more farms in Dubois county now. Around 200,000 turkeys!

Priscilla · **Posted:** Sun Jan 17, 2016 8:56 am

Gyrfalcon - Alaska's Seward Peninsula

A remote motion-triggered camera recorded the hatching and growth of these two Gyrfalcon nestlings. Cameras have been set up in 13 different nests, and have captured more than 750,000 photographs for biologist Bryce Robinson to analyze. Photo: Gerrit Vyn

What One Magnificent Predator Can Show Us About the Arctic's Future
Scientists are scaling the cliffs of Alaska's Seward Peninsula to stop the mighty Gyrfalcon from losing more ground to climate change......

bonbon · **Joined:** Thu May 21, 2015 8:04 pm **Posts:** 2210

Thanks, Swinwk and Priscilla - great articles. (Loved the short video of the g-falcons - they're gorgeous!)

bonbon · **Joined:** Thu May 21, 2015 8:04 pm **Posts:** 2210

Saw this on the news... so cute!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU87z2YiPyY

(Squirrel playing in the snow - in Estonia!)

Westend old bird · **Joined:** Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:01 pm **Posts:** 958

Just wanted to tell you that Operation Migration that flies with whooping cranes from WI to FL has been tolded that there will be no more flights with ultralights. They just have 2 more stops on migration this year and then there will be no more. :( :sum5:

Thank you Joe Duff and all you have done over the last 15 years.

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

Need lots and lots of signatures....

Its a petition to Ban lead ammo nationwide...spread the word.

Well I signed this last night, BUT it let me sign it again

Beth · **Posted:** Wed Feb 03, 2016 4:31 pm

Wanted to post this info for/from Sally ... thanks Sally!!

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

DEC Wildlife staff and volunteers monitored 26 peregrine falcon nesting sites located throughout the Adirondack Mountains and along Lake Champlain and Lake George during the 2015 breeding season.

More info with photos!

bonbon · **Joined:** Thu May 21, 2015 8:04 pm **Posts:** 2210

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