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STLbf

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Re: 2025 Great Spirit Bluff Falcons
« Reply #195 on: May 26, 2025, 01:00:17 PM »

Cam ops are giving us postcard-quality closeups today for Memorial Day.   ;D

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Re: 2025 Great Spirit Bluff Falcons
« Reply #196 on: May 26, 2025, 01:16:06 PM »

Feeding duties shared by Newman and Elaine.  Seems to me that Elaine does most of the hunting and feeding lately.

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Re: 2025 Great Spirit Bluff Falcons
« Reply #197 on: May 28, 2025, 02:48:10 PM »

Cliff cam views this morning.

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Re: 2025 Great Spirit Bluff Falcons
« Reply #198 on: May 28, 2025, 02:50:50 PM »

Nest box views this morning.  Elaine spends the night in the nest box to guard the little ones.  Newman might sometimes, too.

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Re: 2025 Great Spirit Bluff Falcons
« Reply #199 on: May 29, 2025, 11:19:35 AM »

The eyases look bigger and not so babyish now.  Some dark body feathers emerging along with tails and great long wings.  Banding time almost here.

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Re: 2025 Great Spirit Bluff Falcons
« Reply #200 on: Yesterday at 11:14:29 AM »

Elaine is kept busy providing food for the four eyases.  She is looking very slim. 

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Re: 2025 Great Spirit Bluff Falcons
« Reply #201 on: Today at 02:12:54 PM »

Supposed to be banding day at GSB.  The Clliff Cam went to highlights about 1:00 this afternoon.  At 2:00, the Nest Box Cam is still live. 

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Re: 2025 Great Spirit Bluff Falcons
« Reply #202 on: Today at 02:28:24 PM »

Banding in process!  John (I think from only an elbow view) removed all four eyases from the box in about 90 seconds.  They did a lot of hollering in alarm, but check the rewind for how it's done. 

Sounds on the rewind while the box is empty are from the highlights!

Check back in an hour or so to see if they are done with banding.
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Re: 2025 Great Spirit Bluff Falcons
« Reply #203 on: Today at 02:46:59 PM »

1445 empty

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Re: 2025 Great Spirit Bluff Falcons
« Reply #204 on: Today at 02:47:15 PM »

Bling day for the GSB Peregrine Falcons.   8)

Bob Anderson is above keeping everyone safe, smiling ear to ear and probably partaking in a cold one.  ;)

Great pics STLbf of the climber retrieving the 4 eyases from the nest box.

Here's what they're dangling off of to do that.
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Re: 2025 Great Spirit Bluff Falcons
« Reply #205 on: Today at 03:02:02 PM »

1457 #4 returned.....looks mad (the little one off to the right front)  ;D