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[Ontbirds] Pontiac Michigan Peregrine Falcons

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LMohawk (at) aol.com
Fri, Jun 24, 2011 2:56 AM

Update on the Peregrine Falcons in downtown Pontiac, Michigan. I know this
is not in Ontario, but birds don't see national borders, and most important
I  think you will find this interesting.  Our intrepid Peregrines had a
successful nesting in the hack box at the AT&T tower.  They had  spent the
entire winter and then set up housekeeping in the hack box this  spring.  We
watched first one fuzzy white head begin peaking out,  then a second, followed
by a third.  On Monday the last born left the  hack box, a male, took off
on his first flight.

There are two females and one male and all are doing well.  Please be
aware that if you go to see the birds that they are frequently on the  Pontiac
Osteopathic Hospital (POH).  This can present some  problems with the
hospital security guards.  There are numerous  federal laws protecting the privacy
of patients and some of the guards seem to  think that anyone with a camera
and/or binoculars must be violating these  laws.  I work at the hospital and
have done my best to educate them about  birders, but even after you tell
them you are there to see the birds  they may tell you to leave.  Please just
quietly cooperate as it will  create more problems if you do not and we
wish to respect the patients  rights.

Carl A. Pascoe & Rachel A. Powless
Native Territories Avian Research Project  (NTARP)

Update on the Peregrine Falcons in downtown Pontiac, Michigan. I know this is not in Ontario, but birds don't see national borders, and most important I think you will find this interesting. Our intrepid Peregrines had a successful nesting in the hack box at the AT&T tower. They had spent the entire winter and then set up housekeeping in the hack box this spring. We watched first one fuzzy white head begin peaking out, then a second, followed by a third. On Monday the last born left the hack box, a male, took off on his first flight. There are two females and one male and all are doing well. Please be aware that if you go to see the birds that they are frequently on the Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital (POH). This can present some problems with the hospital security guards. There are numerous federal laws protecting the privacy of patients and some of the guards seem to think that anyone with a camera and/or binoculars must be violating these laws. I work at the hospital and have done my best to educate them about birders, but even after you tell them you are there to see the birds they may tell you to leave. Please just quietly cooperate as it will create more problems if you do not and we wish to respect the patients rights. Carl A. Pascoe & Rachel A. Powless Native Territories Avian Research Project (NTARP)