falchi pellegrini nello UTAH

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falchi pellegrini nello UTAH

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per noi affamati di nidi .. che si svuotano... ecco un'altra cam che ha ancora i piccoli in casa... questi sono nati alla fine di maggio e ne avranno ancora per un paio di settimane almeno:

http://wildlife.utah.gov/peregrine/

la cam e' a Salt Lake City .... piccoli pellegrini mormoni :lol: :wink:
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:lol: :lol:
oltre ai mustacchi avranno anche il cappellino??? :wink:
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è buio ora e l'immagine sembra un'ecografia sfocata, però che bellini tutti in fila a guardar sotto dal balconcino!!! :D
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li vedo li nascosti nell'angolino in ombra che si distinguono a malapena dal fondo.... cercano il fresco poveri piccoli ... ormai fara' caldo anche a salt lake city!!!
"Il gatto disse: non sono un amico e non sono un servitore. Sono il gatto che cammina da solo e desidero entrare nella tua tana." Rudyard Kipling
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Non mi si apriva mai la cam,
stasera si!
Misteri dei pc :roll:

ma che belliiiiii Roxy!!!

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che stiano aspettando la cena?
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Non bisogna giudicare gli uomini dalle loro amicizie: Giuda frequentava persone irreprensibili! (E.M.Hemingway)

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Sonia ha scritto:Non mi si apriva mai la cam,
stasera si! Misteri dei pc :roll: ma che belliiiiii Roxy!!!
Primo sono contenta che ti si sia aperto... ormai i nidi abitati sono cosi' pochini .... E anche mi sento meno scema per non essere mai riuscita ad aprirne qualcuno.... :lol:

quanto a belli... direi noi siamo un po' di parte, sonia, a noi loro sembrano tutti cosi' belli!!! :lol: :wink:
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4 piccoli falchi mormomi in volo

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Bene ..apprezzo dei mormoni (se lo sono...) la decisione di controllare e difendere i piccoli falchi al massimo.... il primo e' volato nel week end in cui ero a Bologna e gli altri a seguire........... Il primo e' stato recuperato piu' volte e riportato vicino al nido....
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Four young peregrine falcons living in downtown Salt Lake City have finally "earned their wings." They took their first flights over the weekend and Monday from a nest box on the northeast side of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, where they were hatched and raised.
Tom Smart, Deseret Morning NewsA peregrine falcon named "Butch" is rescued after flying into a building and falling while learning to fly.
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Bob Walters, coordinator of the Watchable Wildlife program for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, and a team of rescue volunteers have been staked out near the building for the past several weeks, prepared to keep the birds safe after they take flight.
"I think we have an obligation to save their little lives where we can because this is an extremely difficult place for them to learn to fly," Walters said.
The urban habitat presents the young falcons with unnatural obstacles, such as traffic and buildings covered with glass windows, which Walters said is the greatest danger for them.
Walters said the first young peregrine to fly, named "Butch," flew from the nest box to the LDS Church Administration Building on Saturday morning. Volunteers raced after the bird during several subsequent harrowing flights and landings, catching it several times and checking it for injuries.
Walters placed the falcon on the beehive atop the Joseph Smith Memorial Building twice on Monday. After several more Monday flights, the exhausted bird stayed with the rehabilitator for the night.
A second young peregrine took its first flight Sunday morning and the final two took flight Monday. As of Monday afternoon, they were perched on buildings around the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.
Walters held his vigil in Salt Lake's desert heat last week and is continuing this week, putting in more than 12 hours per day watching in anticipation of flight.
"I'd say I'm seasoned," he said.
He has been keeping an eye on young falcons downtown since 1986. He wears an orange safety vest and is armed with binoculars and a towel he uses to throw over the young peregrines should they crash or land in a dangerous area — like the middle of the street.
"Job one is save their lives, job two is keep them flying."
Despite the dangers, the newly flying peregrines have a stronger chance of surviving in downtown Salt Lake City than they do in the wild — with the help of the rescue team, Walters said.
Peregrine falcons have been raising their young downtown since 1986, though the nest locations have varied.
Last year, both falcons who grew up downtown survived and left for the wild. The year before, only one of three survived. This year, as always, Walters and the volunteers hope for no losses.
Steve and Cindy Sommerfeld have been coming back year after year to watch the families of falcons grow downtown. The bird-watching couple spends their after-work hours monitoring the family, logging hours comparable to Walters'. Steve Sommerfeld, a plumber, said aside from helping them stay safe, he loves to watch them in the air.
"The payoff is watching them be successful," said Cindy Sommerfeld. "The payoff is when you realize they are totally independent and will make it in the wild." Putting in the time has allowed Steve Sommerfeld to be part of the action.
"I've got to pick up birds the last two years. I've got some scars to prove it," he said.
When caught, the birds are checked by a rehabilitator and, if OK, Walters will place them near the nest, but not in it. Walters said he hopes the young falcons will make their way west of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building because the buildings there — the Salt Lake Temple in particular — have friendlier surfaces. Walters said the parents use food to lure the young falcons out of the nest and into the air by flying by with prey in their talons or by perching with food near the nest and pulling away when the young falcons approach. Eventually the birds get hungry enough to leave the nest and fly, Walters said.
The parents also deprive the young falcons (Walters called them "butterballs") of food to reduce their weight.
"Simply put, it amounts to starving them down to flying weight," he said. "The message (from the parents) has to be — 'for crying out loud, if you want to eat, put it in the air.'"
Walters said learning to fly is a process for the young falcons, not an act. The first flights are exhausting for the young birds, and they must hone their wings and flying skills.
But once they are up, the long hours of waiting seem to be worth it.
"There's nothing like watching a peregrine fly," Steve Sommerfeld said.


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Tom Smart, Deseret Morning NewsBob Walters, coordinator of the Watchable Wildlife program for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, holds exhausted falcon.


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