Hello everyone, We're looking for lots of new, energetic people to volunteer at the main overlook this September and October. Our volunteers are our 'front...
Hi everyone, Our Hawk Ridge season is underway! Our education staff is setup and ready to teach, our counters are counting, our banders are banding, and the...
Yesterday I sent an update about fall migration and Peregrine Falcons, a post inspired by the possibility that we may have seen H/02, or Shaheen, or 'our' 2008...
All, I was not there to see my bird caught!!!! But at least I get some pictures of him, and I've added them to my Hawk Ridge section of my WEB pages.. ...
Tonight, PBS is showing Raptor Force, a fantastic program about raptor adaptations, flight, falcons and other birds of prey. If you miss it on Sunday, they...
I was walking through the park around 10 this morning and happened to glance up and noticed a bird on the corner of the green ledge closest to the nest box....
Thank you, Dennis!? I've been wondering, but haven't had time to stop downtown to see. Take care, Julie ... From: Dennis McManus <dennismcman@...> To:...
Hi peregrine fans, Below see an email from Amy Ries about the Raptor Resource Project's 2008 banding report. It's available at the link below and contains a...
Hi raptor fans! I know many of you have bird lovers on your Christmas lists and you're wondering WHAT to get them! They've got EVERYTHING! I've got some...
Hi All! One of our employees came and found me today as she thought she saw a Peregrine on the Greysolon nest box. She did! I haven't made any further ID...but...
YAY!! I've been looking and wondering if anyone was in town this winter. Thanks for the report!! I saw Dennis downtown the other day and he said he hadn't...
Hi everyone, The word 'peregrine' is derived from the latin peregrinus, which means to wander, or the wanderer. Here's an example of why, sent to us by a...
Hi everyone, I just got an email from Dave Evans to let me know that Amy (our mom-falcon) was seen on the Cargill Building, then eating a pigeon on the ice...
We've seen her almost daily on the Greysolon building this week. She's hangin' around...waiting for looovvee (I can't help but anthropomorphize!) Kelly ...
Hi again! Here's the news clip about the peregrine that was eating a pigeon in the middle of the road! You can watch the video--click play on the right side...
That's pretty amazing; that's a very busy road, where I would have been yesterday if Greyhound hadn't broken down. Saw our gal out on the end of the perch one...
In the clip you could see the bands on one leg, anyone figure out who the bird is????? -- Andrew Longtin Corcoran (Hennepin Co.)Minnesota See my WEB pages...
It's Elspeth - follow the link: http://www.raptorresource.org/falcons_return2.php?NAME=Elspeth Mother unbanded, father Rocket from the Xcel Riverside power...
Hi everyone, I was just looking through the archives from last year to find out when the first sighting of a second peregrine in town was noted. It was on...
And what a small world it is, the photographer is an old friend of mine who I haven't seen for quite a few years. Also, I went to Macalester College, just down...
Hey everybody!! Here's a great opportunity for you to help us out, without leaving your home! We have applied to the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology for a...
Hi folks, Minnesota goshawks are the cover story in the March/April 2009 issue of the Minnesota Conservation Volunteer! www.mndnr.gov/magazine Make sure to...
Hi everyone, I got a call on Thursday evening from Penny Perry, the owner of Perry Framing (which is across Superior Street from the Greysolon Bldg.). She...
One of our employees, who is very good at sighting the peregrines, tells me that at one point she saw three peregrines on the Greysolon today. When I looked...
This is so cool!! Please keep us posted, Kelly. I'm awfully excited to spend some time downtown with my eyes on the sky! Julie In a message dated 3/24/2009...
For health reasons I've been out of commission for a while, and recently read a post regarding the possible sighting of 3 peregrines. Fact is, we too have...
Hi Miriam! Thanks for the report. I've been stopping downtown every few days and spending as much time as I can afford watching the birds, but I still haven't...
Hello Peregrine Lovers (and I'm not talking about Amy the peregrine and her man)! Our good friend Laura Erickson has a blog called "Twin Beaks, The First...