Bird profile [Billy Ray]

Year Bands Bird Parentage Dates People Location Counts Contact
1983 fws: 987-44928
color: unbanded
name: Billy Ray
gender: m
h/w/a: h
did bird breed: Y
injured:
male:
unbanded
female:
unbanded
hatched: 6/4/1983
banded:
fledged: 7/13/1983
deceased:
age: 41
breeder: oli
bander:
location: Weaver Dunes
county: Wabasha
state: MN
type: Building
nest years: 1
band years: 1
eggs: 6
fledged: 7
augmented: 3

Paired with MF-1, 1987, Multifoods Tower, Minneapolis MN, fledged 3 young, 2 augmented.

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Nesting records [2]

Year Parent-1 Parent-2 Counts Contact Comments
1987 name: Billy Ray
gender: M
breeder: oli
fws: 987-44928
color: unbanded
hatch-year: 1983
hatch-location: Weaver Dunes
name: MF-1
gender: F
breeder: and
fws: 987-20725
color: unbanded
hatch-year: 1986
hatch-location: Multifoods/City Center/33 S. 6th Street Minneapolis
eggs: 2
hatch date:
fledged: 3
augmented: 2

2 eggs, 2 hatched, 1 fell to death from ledge, 2 augmented but both died in accidents near nest site. Survivor, Maud, went on to nest in Winnipeg 1989, 90, and 91.
1987 name: MF-1
gender: F
breeder: and
fws: 987-20725
color: unbanded
hatch-year: 1986
hatch-location: Multifoods/City Center/33 S. 6th Street Minneapolis
name: Billy Ray
gender: M
breeder: oli
fws: 987-44928
color: unbanded
hatch-year: 1983
hatch-location: Weaver Dunes
eggs: 4
hatch date: 5/28/1988
fledged: 4
augmented: 1

4 eggs, 3 hatched, 1 augmented.

Banding records [2]

Year Details Bands Bird Parentage Dates People Comments
1987 fws: 877-42534
color: bl 26P R
name: Gypsy
gender: F
h/w/a: w
did bird breed: N
injured: Other (trapped in chimney, etc)
male:
987-44928
female:
987-207251
hatched: 6/20/1987
banded:
fledged: 7/13/1987
deceased:
age: ?
breeder: wpr
bander:
Killed in fall from nest ledge before fledging.
1987 fws: 877-42533
color: bl 27P R
name: Maud
gender: F
h/w/a: W
did bird breed: Y
injured: Collision with powerline
male:
987-44928
adult
female:
987-20725
adult
hatched: 06/20/1987
banded: 06/06/1987
fledged: 07/13/1987
deceased: 09/12/1991
age: 4
breeder: wpr
bander:
1988 - on territory at the Radisson Hotel with Pop 5B9 (1986 Winnipeg Grain Exchange); did not nest. 1989 - nested same site with Pop; fledged 4 chicks. First wild nest in Manitoba in 50 years. 1990 - nested same site with Pop; fledged 2 chicks. 1991 - nested same site with Pop; fledged 2 chicks. 1991 - found injured (broken back) after striking powerline at Waverley & Bishop Grandin in Winnipeg on Sept 9; died in veterinary care at MWRO at Glenlea on Sept 12.