ho trovato queste notizie di rhea mae... ero indecisa se postarle qui o nel sito dei falchi canadesi!!!
rhea mae e' stata identificata allo sheraton di toronto con Tiago che le faceva la corte.
Tiago e' il maschio residente (che ho scoperto essere un figlio di Windwhistler!! anche i falchi hanno famiglie complicate quindi!!

) e la sua femmina e' Wind, i due giovani di quest'anno sono kevin e l'avventurosa Dina...
Mi fa piacere che si sia vista rhea mae... mi spiace questa situazione per la povera Wind... finalmente quest'anno aveva un machio tutto suo e non divideva il fedifrago Windwhistler con la sua "femmina ufficiale" ora sembra che Tiago abbia altre idee ... Povera Wind! Fortunatamente non c'erano mai stati combattimenti sanguinosi tra le due femmine di windwhistler anche se i nidi erano a un tiro di schioppo l'uno dall'altro... ma che succede ora se Rhea Mae dovesse prendere possesso del nido di Wind???
Mi auguro che l'autunno che avanza risolva la questione... Se rhea ha preso il carattere e la stazza della sua risoluta madre vedo il futuro di Wind molto incerto.
questa volta l' avvistamento di un giovane degli scorsi anni -in genere e' un fatto felice!- mi ha reso preoccupata. Rhea Mae nella prox. primavera non sara' piu' un subadulto ma pronta a nidificare e covare...............
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Wednesday August 22, 2007
Linda Woods reports: Well, what can I say. For the past week or more, Jan and I have been observing two peregrines at the Sheraton and vicinity. I first we both thought it was the two juveniles hanging tight together. The larger peregrine (female) being Dina and the smaller,( male) being Kevin, or so we thought.
Even during our observations we were questioning ourselves, because of lack a clear viewing through scopes and binoculars.
On August 16th, I was able to finally be at the right place at the right time and see the leg bands on this female that has been fraternizing with Tiago. Perhaps, Tiago is just following in his father's footsteps ( Windwhistler) and she has followed. With the assistance of fellow peregrine lover across the border together we were able to ID this female peregrine. Her name is RHEA MAE and she is a 2006 Hatch from Rochester, New York, from the Kodak nest site.
It is clear now that Tiago is pursuing her. Today I witnessed Tiago digging a very deep scrape near the Osler camera, as she stood by and watched. Oh, she pretended to not to notice, but she certainly did check it out, after he gave her to OK to do so. A lot head bowing and cherups, and a couple times they appeared to be frozen in the stances, staring each other in the eye. She even raised her right talon up towards him. I couldn't see if he was mirroring her and doing the same thing. Perhaps the males are enchanted by the size of the females' feet and she was just showing him her shoe size. After the "dance" Tiago broke off and went off to sit on the lip of the ledge, while she thoroughly checked out the area in behind the Osler camera. She sat on the camera for a short bit and then took off herself.
Either way, this is a change of events. Wind has not been clearly seen for some time now. Kevin has not been seen in the area for weeks, and Dina was last seen in this area on August 13, 2007. Not sure if this activity will be permanent. Wind may be off somewhere tending to Dina and Kevin. Anything is possible and this being the fall things could change again. In the meantime, we'll keep our eyes to the sky and watch for the juvies and Wind and watch over the new resident and protect her as we do all our other peregrine charges.
"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