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Chris and Chad Saladin reported the following on Sunday
"On the more positive side, out of pure luck we managed to see some peregrine action on Saturday evening as we swung through the TT on our way home from the Tower East site. One juvie was calling as he/she was flying high up by the Courthouse building, and then swung around to the other side where another juvie joined him/her in flight, and then both darted toward the back of the TT. As we were watching, the two less graceful flyers (obviously juvies in comparison) were calling and chasing another peregrine (we assume it was SW, of course). It was late, so fairly silhouetted, but it had to be Dart and Spike chasing SW."

Finally, everybody associated with the Cleveland Falconcam sends their sympathies to Scott Wright and his family over the passing of Scott's mother, Patricia M. Wright. Falconcam enthusiasts know of the extraordinary contributions Scott makes to this web-site, posting his photos and observations of the intimate details of the lives of the Terminal Tower falcons. It is one of the reasons this is such a rich and informative resource. If the Falconcam Forum is family, than we have lost one of our extended family. Our deepest sympathies go out to Scott, Terri, Sharon and the Wright family during this difficult time.]]> hwebster@nospam.com (Harvey) Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:58:12 -0400 http://www.falconcam-cmnh.org/news.php?item.126.3 http://www.falconcam-cmnh.org/news.php?item.125.3
Ranger's condition remains the same.]]> hwebster@nospam.com (Harvey) Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:28:59 -0400 http://www.falconcam-cmnh.org/news.php?item.125.3 http://www.falconcam-cmnh.org/news.php?item.124.3 hwebster@nospam.com (Harvey) Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:46:28 -0400 http://www.falconcam-cmnh.org/news.php?item.124.3 http://www.falconcam-cmnh.org/news.php?item.123.3 hwebster@nospam.com (Harvey) Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:54:58 -0400 http://www.falconcam-cmnh.org/news.php?item.123.3 http://www.falconcam-cmnh.org/news.php?item.122.3 hwebster@nospam.com (Harvey) Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:27:22 -0400 http://www.falconcam-cmnh.org/news.php?item.122.3 http://www.falconcam-cmnh.org/news.php?item.121.3 hwebster@nospam.com (Harvey) Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:55:31 -0400 http://www.falconcam-cmnh.org/news.php?item.121.3 http://www.falconcam-cmnh.org/news.php?item.120.3
Ranger was very groggy and had blood in his mouth and throat. Though able to stand and responsive to stimuli around him, he definitely was not ready to be released. I brought him back to the Museum and contacted Laura. We agreed that he needed veterinary assessment. He was transported to the Medina Raptor Center and then to Dr. Riggs. At last report (around 5:00 pm Thursday afternoon) Laura expressed deep concern over the head injury and gave a guarded prognosis. His condition had not improved over the course of the afternoon. If anything he was worse.

I will update as we learn more about his condition. We will all be keeping a close eye on SW and the three fledglings. There are numerous examples of a single Peregrine parent successfully caring for its late stage nestlings on its own. SW is clearly very experienced and should be up to the task.]]> hwebster@nospam.com (Harvey) Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:23:02 -0400 http://www.falconcam-cmnh.org/news.php?item.120.3 http://www.falconcam-cmnh.org/news.php?item.119.3
There were two females and one male. The male is dramatically smaller than the females. Falcon Forum correspondents have remarked over the past two weeks about the small size of the 'runt.' This chick was the last to hatch putting it 2 to 4 growing days behind the size of its siblings. The size difference was accentuated because his older siblings were females, who grow larger than the males. Adult male Peregrine Falcons are one third smaller than the females. By all accounts all three chicks are healthy and well fed. The names were selected from a group of suggestions submitted by students participating in Raptors in the City, an on-line curriculum and resource for students and teachers that uses the Cleveland Falconcam as a portal into the lives of urban Peregrine Falcons, Check out the Student Center in the Falcon forum to find out more about this exciting resource. The theme behind this year's names is sharp pointed objects.

The following photos are from the Falconcam Forum postings of bobbytimewarp and feature the chicks, their names and their alpha-numeric code from their color band.

The female, Arrow 58/H


Her sister, Dart 59/H


And the male, Spike 15/B


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