Banding Day Part 2

Banding Day Morning 6.10.10 'feather in my mouth'

Banding day for the eyases was scheduled for June 10th at 10 AM and it was going to be streamed live on the cams. I was very excited and had re-arranged my schedule so I could come home and watch it. Peregrines are considered an endangered species here in NY and and ones raised in nestboxes like this are banded by the DEC. They were not sure how Beauty and Archer would react so they wear hard hats & carry brooms in case of being attacked. But being first time parents they didn't know what to expect & the eyas were retrieved through a door in the side of the nest box, put into a tote & quickly brought into the office they were borrowing to use for the banding. They are given health checks and their sex is determined by the leg measurement. Jemison was banded a small female but will always be a boy to me. He was named by Rfalconcam.

"Mary Jemison was called “the White Woman of the Genesee.” Kidnapped in Pennsylvania by the Shawnee and French in 1755 at an early age, she was given to the Seneca. Later married to a Delaware brave. She traveled with her baby son, on foot, more than 700 miles to the Genesee river valley. She lived with the Seneca for the rest of her life, gaining respect as as advocate of her adopted nation. "

Callidora, large as she was , left little doubt she was a female. She was named by a local Kindergarten class.

"The name comes from two Greek words, “Kallos” (’beauty’) and Doron (’gift’). Thus, the name means “Gift of Beauty”. The class thought that was quite fitting since Beauty is their mother’s name."

Colored electrical tape are placed over the bands on the left leg so the eyases can be indentified easily by watchers. Callidora has red & Jemison has blue. They were then placed back in the box and all was well.

Later that day they get a banding day dinner from Mom

Showing off their Bling !

Callidora doing her Wingcercise !

And the last picture for this segment & my favorite which I use as my Avatar I call

"Talking things Over"

As you can see their feathers are starting to come in & next they start to explore & head out on the porch