Thank you Kristen Copeland and WKTV for allowing us to come “on air” to talk about this amazing project! Thank you to all of our supporters for making this project such a success. We are just beginning – many more great things to come!! We are all looking forward to another successful year for Astrid, Ares and their offspring!!
Author: D Saltis
February 1 to 4
Sunday, February 1 – 10:53 Am – Astrid is spotted sitting on a windowsill on the East side of the Adirondack Bank building and Ares is happily perched on the state building.
Wednesday, February 4 – 7:05 AM – Ares comes to the box and stays on the edge for a long visit. Astrid arrives at 7:42 but only stays on the edge for a couple of minutes. She did not join Ares in the box – he hopped into the box just before her arrival and was calling to her.
January 21 to 28
We are starting to see the beginnings of mating rituals! Here are some brief notes of our Peregrines activities:
Wednesday, January 21 – 11:46 AM – Astrid and Ares both come into the nest box and move around each other while bowing and chirping in what Matt has deemed a “dance”. This is typical mated Peregrine behavior.
Thursday, January 22 – 10:45 AM – Ares arrives at the box. He moves some stones around and “calls” to Astrid. Unfortunately she did not join him this time.
Monday, January 26 – 8:44 AM – Astrid comes to the perch of the nest box. Typical for Astrid, her visit is a short one.
Monday, January 26 – 9:47 AM – Ares comes to the perch but only stays for about 4 minutes. He left with a quick downward dive – presumably going after some prey.
Monday, January 26 – 12:16 PM – Ares comes back to the perch for a bit.
Tuesday, January 27 – 8:35 AM – Ares comes to the edge of the box.
Wednesday, January 28 – 10:32 AM – Ares visits the box for about 2 minutes.
Wednesday, January 28 – 3:36 PM – One of the falcons comes to the box – unidentified.
February 9, 2015
Astrid and Ares visited the nest box twice on Monday. They spent a few minutes together inside the box in typical behavior that has become known as “a dance” amongst our team.
Astrid actually spent most of the afternoon on the perch. Ares came back for a second visit and I was able to catch this shot of the two of them on the perches. Ares attempted to impress Astrid with his flying skills even though it was still snowing and blowing out side! This is part of their mating ritual and we are happy to see that they are displaying the expected behavior already.
WATCH CHANGES!
We have decided we can back off on the need for constant watchers. We are so thankful for all the efforts of everyone who took time out to come down and make sure our little fledglings were safe! We could not have done this without everyone’s help – THANK YOU!!!!
Please feel free to come watch them anytime as they are learning and changing every day. We will be here when we can and will probably concentrate on the early morning and evening hours as that seems to be their most active time.
If you do spend time watching please let us know what you have seen – either by text, call or posting here or on Facebook.
Of course if anything seems troublesome or concerning please contact one of us immediately.
Astrid, Ares, Independence, Leda, and Tres all thank you too!!
Matt & Deb