(4.21) Help support the Peregrine Webcam and other peregrine-related programs this Saturday at ‘Party for Peregrines’ a fundraiser to be held at the lovely Squantum Club. (Facebook event page.)
Proceeds from this celebration support the Audubon Raptor Care Program, Raptors in Schools, Providence Peregrine Webcam, Raptor Weekend … and helps protect thousands of acres of valuable habitat that raptors call home.
Special VIP Reception at 5:30pm with live Peregrine Falcon
See Audubon’s Live Raptors ~ Cocktails and Hors d’oeuvres
Live and Silent Auction ~ Meet Audubon’s Raptors
The webcam and nesting box atop the Superman Building at 111 Westminster Street are maintained by the Audubon Society of Rhode Island (ASRI).
New girl in town: This photograph comes courtesy of urban wildlife photographer, Peter Green, of Providence Raptors. There has been a big surprise this year. Mr. Green reports:
Both of our banded adults (together for 3 years) have been displaced by an un-banded pair! So, disappointingly, we’ll never know where they came from. But, at least they are successful breeders — they already have 2 eggs.
Mr. Green lives downtown and is often called upon to check on things. The following additional note should give you an idea of how much he contributes to our body of knowledge.
. . . I recently got a call that one of the previous pair of banded falcons was found dead on a rooftop, but when I went to retrieve the body, it was a banded racing pigeon consumed by a falcon.
6:30pm to 9:30pm, Saturday, April 21, Squantum Club, 1 Squantum Road, East Providence, (directions)