Offspring of Freedom & Purity in Rochester
April 26, 2009 - Port Colborne - ADM Mill
Doug Garbutt Reports:
For those of you that have been following the Rochester falcons, you already know that there resident falcons there have had a tough go this year. If you don’t know I’ll bring you up to speed. 1st of all, they had to move their nest box as Kodak needed to do major repairs to the structure where the falcons were nesting. The female (Mariah) was traumatised by the netting they put up to restrict her access & the male (Kaver) did not return this year. Mariah ended up severly injured in a terreratorial dispute by 2 young intruders, a male & a female. It turns out that the male in question is a 2006 bird from Port Colborne named “Archer”. For those of you who don’t know, our plant name (ADM) stands for “Archer Daniels Midland” so we thought Archer was an appropriate name. Please keep in mind that Freedom (the male who produced Archer) is the 1st offspring of Mariah & Kaver, so although it is very sad to see what has happened to 2 of the most prolific falcons in recorded history, we here in Port Colborne are glad to hear that one of Mariah’s grandsons lives on in the skies of Rochester hopefully to carry on the legacy. I have more news but it will have to wait until tommorow.