Inviato: gio giu 07, 2007 1:37 pm
FALCON FLASH.
Dateline: Cleveland, Ohio
June 5, 2007
Congratulations Erie, first to fly...!
Mr. Wright reports that after several weeks of wing flapping practice and teetering on the edge of their 12th story ledge, Erie is now flying successfully between ledges and making short flights.
Treasure has not been so successful. She was found walking down a city street and had to be rescued and returned to her 12th floor nest. She may have tried flying too early, or a gust of wind may have caught her while wing-flapping, but she ended up on the ground - a dangerous place in the city - and her muscles would not be strong enough yet to fly up.
Treasure, a female, is heavier than Erie, and she probably hatched last since she was the last to lose her baby down.
Mr. Harvey Webster, Director of Wildlife Resources at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History tells us:
“Fledging is always a nervous time as there are many perils in learning how to fly in the canyons of the city, starting with the fact that the young are 12 stories up. The winds in the city come swirling around the buildings and can form treacherous eddies and downdrafts. And yet this is a rite of passage that every young falcon must face.
First flights are usually short distance affairs from ledge to ledge and roof to roof. But within the next week to ten days all four will be flying over Public Square. And although they might continue to spend the night at the nest box they will become independent of that site. They will continue to depend on their parents for food for the next 4-6 weeks.”
SW and Buckeye are always close by watching over their chicks.
Erie vola!!! :D :D :D
Treasure ci ha provato anche lei, ma è atterrata sulla piazza
che ovviamente è il posto più pericoloso della zona. Poi non è più riuscita a volare e, naturalmente, è stata soccorsa subito e riportata sul ledge.
E' femmina e ha ancora del piumino bianco perché è nata un po' più tardi, ma non ne vuole saperne di essere da meno del fratello. Assomiglia a sua madre, un'alfa purissima senza macchia e senza paura.
Che il signore dei falchi protegga questa piccola temeraria e le permetta di diventare il falcone che promette di essere, che viva a lungo dando alla luce generazioni, che sia fedele al suo compito nel mondo con coraggio e con gioia e, last but not least, che abbia fortuna!
SW
SW
Buck
SW
Treasure
Treasure
Treasure
Treasure
Erie
Erie
Buck
SW vola verso Scott.
Quando Scott Wright è arrivato, la piccola era già stata rispedita nel nido, perciò non ci sono foto dell'incidente.
Dateline: Cleveland, Ohio
June 5, 2007
Congratulations Erie, first to fly...!
Mr. Wright reports that after several weeks of wing flapping practice and teetering on the edge of their 12th story ledge, Erie is now flying successfully between ledges and making short flights.
Treasure has not been so successful. She was found walking down a city street and had to be rescued and returned to her 12th floor nest. She may have tried flying too early, or a gust of wind may have caught her while wing-flapping, but she ended up on the ground - a dangerous place in the city - and her muscles would not be strong enough yet to fly up.
Treasure, a female, is heavier than Erie, and she probably hatched last since she was the last to lose her baby down.
Mr. Harvey Webster, Director of Wildlife Resources at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History tells us:
“Fledging is always a nervous time as there are many perils in learning how to fly in the canyons of the city, starting with the fact that the young are 12 stories up. The winds in the city come swirling around the buildings and can form treacherous eddies and downdrafts. And yet this is a rite of passage that every young falcon must face.
First flights are usually short distance affairs from ledge to ledge and roof to roof. But within the next week to ten days all four will be flying over Public Square. And although they might continue to spend the night at the nest box they will become independent of that site. They will continue to depend on their parents for food for the next 4-6 weeks.”
SW and Buckeye are always close by watching over their chicks.
Erie vola!!! :D :D :D
Treasure ci ha provato anche lei, ma è atterrata sulla piazza
che ovviamente è il posto più pericoloso della zona. Poi non è più riuscita a volare e, naturalmente, è stata soccorsa subito e riportata sul ledge.E' femmina e ha ancora del piumino bianco perché è nata un po' più tardi, ma non ne vuole saperne di essere da meno del fratello. Assomiglia a sua madre, un'alfa purissima senza macchia e senza paura.
Che il signore dei falchi protegga questa piccola temeraria e le permetta di diventare il falcone che promette di essere, che viva a lungo dando alla luce generazioni, che sia fedele al suo compito nel mondo con coraggio e con gioia e, last but not least, che abbia fortuna!
SWSWBuckSWTreasureTreasureTreasureTreasureErieErieBuckSW vola verso Scott.Quando Scott Wright è arrivato, la piccola era già stata rispedita nel nido, perciò non ci sono foto dell'incidente.
:D 
Treasure
Treasure&Erie (lei ha ancora del piumino sul dorso)
Erie
Erie prende il volo
Buck
SW
atterraggio di SW
Treasure flapping, Erie la guarda :D 
Treasure
id
id
id
id
Treasure flapping dietro ad Erie
Grazie Giovanna per queste foto stupende ed emozionanti! Mi unisco anch'io all'auspicio che hai formulato per queste creature piene di grazia e bellezza.
Treasure
Treasure
Treasure
Treasure: sonnellino
Treasure si sveglia
beh? dormicchiavo! (by Scott Wright)
Buck (by Jackie) 
SW (by Jackie)
SW
SW nel nido
Erie e Tresaure riposano insieme su uno degli edifici vicini.