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2009 Productive Nest SitesComments:Bob Anderson, Amy Ries, and Brett Mandernack banded the babies on the stack this year. We wereaccompanied by Paul Lassance, an Alliant maintenance engineer. The male here is new, and not nearlyas aggressive as the old male. Bob and Paul got the babies from the nest one at a time, Brett held them,and Amy banded them.We banded right by the stack elevator, which meant we didn’t have to worry about banding suppliesfalling through the catwalk grating and off the stack. Once again, these babies were the perfect age toband – old enough to be nicely robust, and young enough not to worry about bumping.Alliant Energy personnel named the babies.Year falcons first nested here: 2001 | Total young fledged from this location (2009): 235/30/09: P17 (Great Spirit Bluff) | La Crescent, MN | Houston CountyLat/LongN N43 52 15.2W091 19 12.2Adult DataAdult female: unknownAdult male: unknownNesting Data4 eggs laid | 4 young hatchedFirst egg laid: unknownFirst hatch: 5/10/2009Female: 1687-21379 R/83 LauraFemale: 1687-21380 R/85 SarahFemale: 1687-21381 R/85 MingMale: 2206-72038 H/04 PrestonCommentsMississippi River Valley Conservancy member Tom Howe owns this bluff. He and his family are greatsupporters of our work and truly enjoy watching the falcons. They put on a very nice dinner to celebrate thebanding. In addition to the regular banding team, we were joined by the Mississippi River ValleyConservancy, the Howe family, Joan, Dave Kester’s mother and children Leo and Ming, and several otherHowe family members and friends.The falcons here are nesting in a nestbox mounted on the cliff. Dave and Amy rappelled down to getthe little falcons and Dave returned them to the nestbox. The babies were named after Howe children,with the exception of Ming, who was named after Dave’s daughter. The children really enjoyed thelittle falcons and were full of questions and observations about them.Year falcons first nested here: 2005Total young fledged from this location (2009): 186 - Raptor Resource Project Banding Report 2009
2009 Productive Nest Sites6/2/09: Red Wing Grain Stack House | Red Wing, MN | Goodhue CountyLat/LongN 44 33 92 8W 092 32 43 9Adult DataAdult female b/rAdult male: b/gNesting Data4 eggs laid | 2 young hatchedFirst egg laid: 4/3/2009First hatch: 5/14/2009*M/D HuskerFemale: 1687-21330 R/72 b/g WingerFemale: 1687-21331 R/73 b/g WillowCommentsAdult female Husker, fledged from the Woodman Tower in Nebraska, is a daughter of Zeus, releasedby the Raptor Resource Project in Rochester, New York. She is also very aggressive. Chuck Bremer, aplant employee who usually joins us for banding, did a wonderful job protecting us while we retrievedthe babies from the nestbox. Unfortunately, he forgot to watch for her while he was counting thebarges lined up at the plant. She nailed him, giving him quite a scratch on the head.The falcons were named by children from a local school.Year falcons first nested here: 2001 | Total young fledged from this location (2009): 216/3/09 Xcel Energy King Plant | Oak Park Heights, MN | Washington CountyLat/LongN 45 01’ 47.8”W092 46’ 38.1”Adult DataAdult female: b/g W/E BelindaAdult male: b/g W/36 BrentNesting Data5 eggs laid | 3 young hatchedFirst egg laid: 4/5/2009First hatch: 5/17/2009Female: 1687-21378 R/36 b/g AlexFemale: 1687-21335 *U/*W b/g AlidaFemale: 1687-21336 *U/*V b/g Madison7 - Raptor Resource Project Banding Report 2009
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