2003May29webcam

FALCON FLASH
Dateline: Cleveland, Ohio
May 28, 2004

This year the names selected by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for the chicks came from suggestions from participants in the Raptors in the City program. Thanks to ODNR for the honor and thanks to all who submitted name ideas.

Amelia - was submitted by two individuals in honor of Amelia Earhart the renowned aviator.

Amelia

These names will become official when all Ohio banding activities are complete and banding records are submitted to the University of Minnesota's Raptor Center by the end of June or beginning of July. http://www.raptor.cvm.umn.edu/

You may have seen one of Roger Tory Peterson's famous bird books. In his book, Birds Over America, he wrote: "Man has emerged from the shadows of antiquity with a peregrine on his wrist. Its dispassionate brown eyes, more than any other bird, have been witness to the struggle for civilization, from the squalid tents on the steppes of Asia thousands of years ago, to the marbled halls of European kings in the 17th century." To learn more about Roger Tory Peterson, visit: http://www.rtpi.org/info/rtp.htm

An interesting coincidence is that just inside our falcon's skyscraper nestsite, there is a room with wallpaper that shows ancient falconers out hunting.

Scott Wright, volunteer peregrine falcon nest monitor for 12 years at this site has been visiting the nest and taking pictures. He reports: " The adults are very aggressive and protective of the young - they dove on me (I did not open any windows) many times. The young are now walking all over the ledge and could fly at any time. "

Watch the falcons live at http://www.falconcam.apk.net/
Our thanks to EcoCity Cleveland for providing the FalconCams as a public service.

Thanks to Scott Wright for his great photos. They may be used in any non-commercial publication, electronic or print, but please give him photo credit.