Cal Falcons: Banding Day Highlights 🐥🐥🐥🐥 3 cam compilation📽️ 2024 May 15
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 มิ.ย. 2024
- It was a successful banding day for the Cal Falcons chicks. There are two females (yellow & green bands) and two males (blue & silver bands).
So many highlights, but click on the timestamps below to jump to specific ones:
00:00 Just an ordinary day
01:46 The unfeathered monsters arrive
03:06 Falcons start alarm calling
04:15 Annie & Archie defend area
05:57 Banding of first 2 chicks
08:06 Slo-mo defense swooping
09:35 Second 2 chicks dreading their turn
10:43 Third chick banded
11:12 Chick puffed up in defensive pose
11:28 Annie & Archie swooping
11:52 Fourth chick banded
12:10 Annie & Archie swooping together
13:05 Feather sample taken
14:09 Annie lands -- intruders still there
14:55 Recovery after intruders leave
16:33 Breakfast resumes
17:39 Chicks watch Annie leave
18:24 Fabulous pile of falcon fluff
Courtesy Cal Falcons, UC Berkeley (www.calfalcons.berkeley.edu)
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Chick #4--"Fe Fi Fo Fum--I smell the blood of a Featherless Monster!" That opened-beak look of astonishment mixed with horror as the chicks have their first view of The Monsters. There certainly was a platoon of uninvited guests at this event. Annie was like, "How many times do I have to tell you creatures not to mess with my chicks! I don't care if you gift them with bling. Now get the #@!*% outta my palace!"
Many thanks to Zeka, Gavin, and the other guests, and especially UC Berkeley and Cal Falcons/cam ops, for a great banding day (as far as we humans are concerned). And huge thanks to SKHideaways for your excellent comments and compilation of today's events at the Campanile!
Wow, thank you for this! The babies are huge. I had no idea until the featherless picked them up. They are the size of adult chickens! So amazing and many thanks to the researchers who watch over the bird families. ❤❤❤
The A&A aerial defense system... amazing!
The commentary is hilarious and the rest of the story fascinating--thanks Cal Falcons and your buddies 👏👏👏👏
And, I was very impressed with Annie and Archie's Top Gun flying skills as they buzzed the intruders with ✈Highway to the Danger Zone✈
"Fab Four" squawkers: "Curses, you unwinged invaders!"
Wow Annie comes and lands to let rip on banding crew she is amazing ✨⭐️ . Well done Cal Falcons 👏👏👏 great piece of filming .
Alien abduction in reverse!
Big thanks for the terrific edit, SKH! And to Dr Zeka Glucs, Gavin Emmons & the Cal Falcons crew for this always exciting event. Well, exciting for us humans, anyway. 😉
I just love how little #4 set the alarm and then everyone else became quiet and alert
Thank you so much for this great video. I only watched the nest cam and missed all the excitement in the air.
I just loved that the littlest bird sounded the alarm. Annie was so focused on feeding that it took her a minute to realize the nest had been invaded. I wonder if she remembers this is a "thing" for this nest and it happens every year? Perhaps she does remember--and remembers that her air assaults on the featherless ones eventually drives them off and that her chicks are unharmed. Clearly, though, all the advantages of the nest outweigh the occasional incursions by the featherless ground dwellers.
It must be terrifying for birds--especially flightless chicks--to come in contact with these large "animals." I imagine their only frame of reference is that these "animals" want to kill and eat them. A great idea to have two people banding to make this go as quickly as possible--and let the fluffballs get back to their idyllic nest days.
It's always a surprise to see how big the chicks are--and how fast they've become that big from being inside a little egg not long ago! And loved what a great fight these little birds put up despite being so outmatched in size and experience.
This must have been A LOT of work to put together. It's wonderful--thank you!
I've become a falcon junkie!😍
Me too! Who knew, right 🤷♀️💯❤️🔥? This is so fascinating, and I love learning about them. Thank you for this opportunity 😊
Thank you so much for the wonderful compilation with all of the different camera angles! ❤
TY! Your 'narration' was perfection, had me laughing as always 👍😂
And congrats to the banding crew!
Thank you for sharing the wonderful footage.
Thank you so much for this informative, educational, and entertaining video…truly remarkable to see something like this… those babies give a mean stink eye … 😂
@14:22 Whoaa, bold move, Annie! And then the death stare! Shivers!! (Thankfully, no harm done to anyone.)
Ooh, Archie's frontal pose at the beginning is a calendar shot
Fantastic video! Thank you so much. Very educational. And of course entertaining with your comments!
I watched it live but I knew the SKH Compilation would be a good one...and it is!! Thank you for all your work stitching this together, SKH. 🥰
I'm curious about the man who was doing the audio recording of Gavin (is he the one who was Soledad's nemesis?) and what might come of that; maybe there's a story coming out soon somewhere? Nonetheless, they were quite speedy considering they had four to do, and they even spritzed up the cameras. (But not the pellets on the ledge; I didn't even realize those were there until today!) I've been swooped by red-winged blackbirds many times, and I don't fancy my chances against peregrines, but it still would be cool in a slightly terrifying way to be divebombed by such incredible flyers, and to receive a truly excellent death glare from Annie. 😇 What an honor.😉
Hooray for Green, Yellow, Blue, and Silver, our perfect blinged-out foursome. 💍💍💍💍
Thank you, SK! This was a great video! And what great teamwork!
Watched this live and it was fantastic watching their reactions.
Annie was not impressed at all and when it was all over, she was still making sure those unfeathered intruders were not still hanging around.
Two of each, i guessed that correct, although i did think i would be proven wrong
Well done to all the team for all you do
Thank you SK from UK for a great video and info 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I Learned a lot from your comments and of course made me smile! Thank you ❤😊
Brilliant job SKH!
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I just watched a video of Osprey chicks being banded. The mom was very calm about the whole thing and left the banders alone while she sat and watched!😮
Wow!
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This is my first banding and it was amazing to witness the process. It was lovely to have a size comparison of how large they are. I thought they could fit into the palm of my hand but boy was I wrong - they are huge! 😁 Nevertheless they did not look impressed that their breakfast was interrupted!
Thank you to all who contributed to this visual masterpiece and thank you @SKHideaways for your usual delightful commentary 🙏🥰❤️🐥🐥🐥🐥🐦🐦🌈
Alan, so, your PF banding virginity has at last come to pass! And in a most wonderful way. Congratulations!
And thanks for giving us a sense, through your eyes, of the chicks' enormity. They're meaty 'little' buggers, aren't they? 😁
If you're interested, SKH does have videos of two previous bandings that I know of. One is of Annie & Louuuuuuuu's brood from 2023.
Another, also from 2023, is of Hartley & Monty's (San Jose City Hall) then-one chick Soleded, the rooftop "screamer". That video is a fan classic! Plus, there's rappeling involved. A terrific, uninterrupted, full view of the entire banding process. You must see it. Because of Soledad's highly unusual chick behavior, it's PF gold! Memorable & eminently re-watchable.
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@@ishmyl99 Yes it happened at last! Thank you for the recommendations. I will certainly watch them - especially Annie and adorable Lou's brood 😊🍀🌈
Bling ✨💫
Hahahaha they mad
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Big time mad 😠
@@skhideaways Bazooka mad.
Banding bonanza!
Yes, if looks could kill! 😂
Thank you for your pointed comments, so perfect. Do these sweethearts have a name now?
Cal Falcons is having a contest! See their social media and I’ve also shared on Facebook.
Wow, bold, aggressive landing by Annie, but hopefully some nice pics were captured. Those were really close flybys by Archie and Annie. I,'m glad the banders got out fairly quickly. The 4 floofs are so adorable and Wee #4 is quite observant and a great alarmist. Thank you to all who were there and Cal Falcon & Cam Ops for sharing this. Do we know the birth order genders?
During the Cal Falcons Q&A they said the only certainty is that the smallest male was the fourth hatch. Because the other three were born on the same day, it’s not possible to tell for certain their hatch order.
Ok thanks SK_H, I watched the Q&A with Sean and Lynn, but missed that bit. Makes sense, though. Thank you, too for the banding highlights. Our Wee #4 has turned out to be a mighty one!
14:00 Sharon in Southeastern PA
I am so lucky I just found your channel. I am a big fan of all raptors, but I have a soft spot for pergerine falcons.
I have been watching the PA Falcons in Harrisburg PA, and while there are 4 cams and it is on year round, there is no chat of any sort.
Thank you so so much for making this possible.
The nest or should I say ledge is 15 stories up on the Rachel Carson Building, across from the Harrisburg PA Transportation Center.
We are lucky that there were 5
This was so wonderful to see the banding, the Harrisburg PA Falcons are going to be banded on May 22, 2024 on Facebook. I hope I'll be able to watch it.
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Black bands for California. I wonder if all types of birds (that are banded) in California are banded black or just falcons?
Is there a list of states and what the color bands they use?
That was interesting! Thank you. I didn’t realize just how big those chicks were! ❤
A quick search gave me no answer on regional band colors. Sorry.
@@skhideaways I think it's done by regions, maybe? I know in the Midwest here they seem to use two color bands (?) in addition to the federal band, black and then one other color (blue, red, or green). Raptor Resource Project has more in their article "Falcons at Great Spirit Bluff: reading and reporting peregrine falcon band numbers." Specifically: "The color or auxiliary band is striped. In the Midwest, the top color is black and the bottom color is blue, red, or green. The characters on the black/top band are read first, followed by the characters on the color/bottom band. The number is expressed as X/Y, so the band below is read as 49/R." You can look them up in the Midwest Peregrine Program database, and I bet other regions have similar. (I also remember the head of the Chicago Peregrine Project saying something similar in a talk of hers I went to a few months ago!)
Are Annie and Archie flying around to keep a eye or two on their chicks,, or are they mock dive-bombing the team?
Mock because they are not coming too close.
They are encouraging the unfeathered monsters to kindly leave the premises.
Great job, banders! What will happen to these chicks? Will they just fly away eventually in search of their own nests and mates? Or will they stick around the Campanile indefinitely?
After they fledge, they will remain in the area for about two months honing their flying skills and learning to hunt. They will then disperse in search of their own territories.
they are not happy. how far were the breeding pair from you when you examined them... its great to see all the falcon cams. they were almost extinct...
The parents were constantly circling the Campanile. At one point Annie landed on the balcony, no more than 10 feet from the banders.
…hmm; I see dad on guard duty and I think right off of.. are they going to use umbrellas as protection banding the kids?
Featherless 🤣 the yellow banded are the female chicks if I remind it correctly from Q&A
Yes -- yellow & green females; blue & silver males
Why would they go up during feeding time. 😠
Yeah, they should do it before so they don't get indigestion.