Indiana/Fort Wayne,I-AEP: Jamie(92/D) en Moxie(99/E)

http://www.news-sentinel.com/news/local/Peregrine-falcon-pair-raising-two-chicks

Bericht en foto's van Chad.
Mystic's grandkids were banded today. One girl and one boy. Maggie and Gus are their names. Maggie is quite fiesty and Gus is qite the sweetheart. Moxie and Jamie are great parents! They have a 26 story building as their home!!
Once again, gray clouds made the adults hard to get pics of, but they put on the typical defense when the kids were returned.
Moxie has a big gap in her wing feathers, (secondaries) plus she has started molting her primary feathers.
The gap is likely from a fight at some point this past spring. It could be a big part of the reason she only laid three eggs from stress of a fight.
I saw a female at another site on cam, that stopped laying after fighting, but that female resumed laying eggs 2 weeks later. It seems it doesn't take much stress to affect egg laying in peregrine's.
Anyway, Mystic's grandbabies are on their way to adulthood. Lets hope they survive and show up somewhere, to continue on the family line!

De ring van Maggie

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