!!! Yankee located nesting in Buffalo NY at the University. 1st egg!!
March 26, 2010 - Niagara Falls
CPF Postmaster Reports:
We have received good news indeed from Connie at the DEC in Buffalo New York that an adult male peregrine has been identified by his Black 42 over Black Y. We have been able to confirm that the peregrine was produced in 2008 at Niagara Falls Canada in the old Ontario Power Generaton plant in the gorge at Niagara falls. Yankee wa he was named was actually named by Connie herself as she attended the banding that year of the Niagara Falls hatchlings. “Yankee” as he was named, was banded on June 10th / 2008 at approx. 22 days old, weighing 575 grams.
Attached is a good photo of Yankee and Connie’s report:
Here’s a photo of him sitting on his first egg. He is at the University of Buffalo, mated with a banded female “BB” — she was there last year, for her first time, with an unbanded male we named Smokey. They established a territory on the Mackay Tower at the UB Operations plant (this is really a smoke tower with a glorified and fancy exterior which provided lots of ledges. She established herself with Smokey in July 08…they maintained that territory all that summer and fall and in January 09, UB installed a nest box under DEC advisement. Smokey and BB raised their chicks, 3 males and 1 female, all successfully, and maintained the territory again, all through fall and winter. However, when UB installed the nest cam on Friday the 19th, we noticed the male was banded. Same Female, BB, but now a banded male. So, that is his story. You are looking at a recent picture of him snagged from the cam, on his first egg, which was laid yesterday the 25th. We don’t know what happened to SMokey.
