Bird Cams Around the World

Amazing!

Baby falcon falls from nest atop Tacoma building
video here:
http://www.king5.com/news/local/baby-pe ... /447247175

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Rare falcons make themselves at home at Moorhead beer plant North Dakota
Article & video here:
http://www.wday.com/news/north-dakota/4 ... beer-plant
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Peregrine falcons, fastest birds on Earth, nest on UC Berkeley landmark
Article & pictures here:
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/06/09/p ... 1497044369
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Two active Peregrine Falcon nests again this year!
The one nest doesn't even look real.Really cool
http://www.mendonomasightings.com/2017/ ... this-year/

Early fledge for this chick........

OH MY HEAVENS!

Number 7 is by far the best picture. that chick wasn't having anything to do with those humans.
The look is priceless.

I sent this article to John, our now retired DNR fish and wildlife expert, and he laughed and said he had a few escapees, but never when witnessed by the press!

Peregrine falcon breeding pairs spotted in Black Hills SD
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA TV) Breeding peregrine falcons have been found in South Dakota for the first time in 50 years.

The Game, Fish and Parks Department confirms that two pairs of peregrines successfully nested in the Black Hills earlier this year with each pair producing three chicks.

American peregrine falcons were removed from the federal endangered species list in 1999, but they're still listed as endangered in South Dakota, where there's limited habitat.

Since 1999 there have been four efforts in the state -- three of them in Rapid City -- to re-introduce the falcons. It is not known if any of the four adult nesters were released as part of those efforts.

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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Breeding peregrine falcons have been found in South Dakota for the first time in 50 years.

The Game, Fish and Parks Department confirmed that two pairs of peregrines successfully nested in the Black Hills earlier this year, the Capital Journal (http://bit.ly/2tiXNXZ ) reported. A third pair was spotted but didn't appear to have a nest.

American peregrine falcons were removed from the federal endangered species list in 1999 but are still listed as endangered in South Dakota, where there's limited habitat.

The birds were found in part because of the department's effort to establish delisting criteria for all the species on the state's threatened or endangered-species list. The effort led the department to hire retired Wyoming biologist Bob Oakleaf, who specializes in peregrine falcons, to help identify potential nest sites.

The search included an aerial survey of the Black Hills to identify which cliffs peregrines may use, as well as a ground survey to see if any birds were already there.

"We basically sat in lawn chairs and watched," said Casey Heimerl, a wildlife biologist with the department.

The criteria are expected to be finalized over the next few months. They will require a certain number of nesting pairs over a certain number of years. Currently the falcons can only be removed from the list if the department finds five nesting pairs for five consecutive years, but Heimerl said those numbers may change as new data is evaluated.

From Times Colonist on "Little Eaglet" the Hawk with photo!

Was it ever Sky! Thank you for sharing..........

great read. but i find it harder it let go with my birds ,than my kids. I let my kids crash , fall and pick themselves up again,(with silent guidance from afar) to go on to be caring individuals , but I somehow cling to my birds ma bit more. I guess, because I feel helpless, in their struggles in urban environments

About 3500 !!! Lesser Kestrels roost in the trees in a Greek village.
Original article in French:
[Google]Translation of the entire article:
[[The Lesser Kestrel ( Falco naummani ) is a small bird of prey with a length between 27 and 33 cm, strongly resembling Kestrel ( Falco tinnunculus ) (read Distinguish Falcons Kestrel and Lesser Kestrel ). It is a species primarily insectivorous but also eat small birds, reptiles and rodents.
The Lesser Kestrel is gregarious: they nest in colonies on cliffs and ancient buildings and winters in small groups. The species breeds in the Mediterranean region to China via Central Asia. It is migratory and winters in sub-Saharan Africa to West Asia. This raptor but did not migrate directly: for weeks, individuals perform pre-migration, during which they (especially the young of the year) are preparing for the upcoming trip.
They sometimes form enormous dormitories in wintering areas, usually in trees: a member of the League for the Protection of Birds was discovered in January 2007 in Senegal dormitory involving 28,600 birds. Large pre-migration gatherings are also noted in summer in southern Europe, for example in the French departments of Pyrénées-Orientales, Aude, Aveyron, Lozère and Bouches-du-Rhône (read dormitories of Lesser Kestrels in the south of France ), Spain and the Balkans (read A huge dorm Lesser Kestrels in Albania ). Before joining the site where they will spend the night, they gather in pre-dormitories (see Pre-dormitories,) Eg on pylons (read Influx of Lesser Kestrels in the south of France ).
In an article published in 2016 in the Journal of Raptor Research, Greek ornithologists presented the results of 15 years of follow-up of a pre-migration dormitory located in the city of Ioannina, in the northwest of Greece: to 3 500 falcons were counted together in August. They spend the night in Eastern plane trees ( Platanus orientalis ) growing on the shores of Lake Pamvotida and hunt grasshoppers in remote alpine meadows of 34 km. For the protection of the species, it is vital to identify and protect dormitories and hunting areas used during the pre-migration period.]]