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Discussion of other Raptor species; their anatomy, biology, ecology, etc.
Topic Started: Sep 16 2007, 11:04 AM (18,102 Views)
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Bill, I noticed that one RT (film) tail was very thrashed looking. I know young cockatoos can wreck they're "first" tails because they're learning to navigate, but....that RT tail looked bad.

When you refer to imping, do you mean making a tail look better on a bird by temporarily replacing missing feathers, so the bird will look better for school presentations and so on?

So it would have been possible to replace those missing tail feathers--in the film birds by using the imping procedure?
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Bill posted some information and diagrams and pictures of imping earlier in the thread somewhere when it came up after I posted a news story about a bird who was being treated from an injury. I think it was a while back.
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I saw two large RTs this morning sitting right beside each other in a tree coming into work this morning. Unfortunately they both flew off before I could get a shot of either. :'( :'( Boy it's tough with the digital camera getting them.
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Raptorman,Jan 21 2008
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Ostrich: Were they both immatures or matures and did they fly off in the same general direction? Bill :D

I'm not too sure if they were adults or immatures - I'm guessing adults, but I didn't get a shot so I can't go look at my guide and try to work it out. That is the first time I've seen two together. They did fly off within about 15 seconds of each other in the same direction.
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Bill, thanks for the Northern shrike news on Saanich. I suspect the Loggerhead could be one of our PH visitors.

Thanks for the link back to Imping. We have bamboo in our yard, so I can visualize the shoots you use for connectors.

Does it take two people to do this?

Ostrich: Sounds like you and I have the same luck with our digital cameras. :(
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Here are a couple of captures of the shrike at the Saanich nest:

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I wonder whether the shrike was attracted at all to any of the starlings that are quite abundant in and around the nest when the eagles aren't around or if it was just passing by. Hopefully the nest isn't abandoned, although the adults have been spending most of their time over the past weeks working on a secondary nest that is quite close by. Hopefully there is still a chance they will decide to use the existing nest when it comes to egg laying time. It would be a real shame if they don't since they couldn't get cameras into the new nest :(
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Raptorman,Jan 21 2008
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Ostrich: They may well be the makings of/or are a pair. Of course that may not mean they are/or have previously set up shop in that area. If you see them regularly in the next few months that would be a sign they are a pair and establishing/or re-establishing a territory. Sorry to be so "iffy" but it is too early to know anything for certain. Bill :D

This past weekend we went Bird Watching and we saw quite a few "pairs" of Hawks sitting and flying together. I'm pretty sure most of them were adult birds. I think the "pairing up" has definetly started here in our area. :D
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Bill, here is a very interesting report about a nesting site conflict between a pair of peregrines and GHOs currently going on at a power plant in Wisconsin, where some nest boxes have been setup. One of the nest boxes that has been in use by the peregrines has suddenly been taken over by a GHO:

WE Energies Peregrine Falcon Update Jan 14, 2008
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