Bird profile [Comet]

Year	Bands	Bird	Parentage	Dates	People	Location	Counts	Contact
1988	fws: 877-42555 color: bl 11V L	name: Comet gender: f h/w/a: h did bird breed: Y injured:	male: R0031233 female: R0025623	hatched: 5/10/1988 banded: fledged: 6/25/1988 deceased: age: 36	breeder: sd bander:	location: Rouchleau Pit Virginia county: St. Louis state: MN type: Cliff	nest years: 9 band years: 8 eggs: 22 fledged: 27 augmented: 1

Paired with Maverick 05T at Montgomery Ward tower, St. Paul MN: 1990, 3 eggs, 1 hatched, 1 augmented, 2 fledged, 1 killed in building collision after fledging; 1991, 4 eggs, 4 hatched, 4 fledged; 1992, 4 eggs, 4 hatched, 4 fledged; 1993, same pair, 4 eggs, 4 fledged. 1994, paired with new male, Lindee 1/*A, fledged 3 young; 1995, same pair, same place, fledged 3 young. 1996, same pair, Ford Parkway Bridge, Mpls., fledged 1 young; 1997, same pair, same place, fledged 3 young; 1998, same pair, same place, fledged 3 young.

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Nesting records [18]

Year	Parent-1	Parent-2	Counts	Contact	Comments
1990	name: Comet gender: F breeder: sd fws: 877-42555 color: 11V hatch-year: 1988 hatch-location: Rouchleau Pit Virginia	name: Maverick gender: M breeder: and fws: 816-21949 color: 05T hatch-year: 1988 hatch-location: Mayo Clinic Rochester	eggs: 3 hatch date: 6/9/1990 fledged: 2 augmented: 1		3 eggs, 1 hatched, 1 augmented, 2 fledged, 1 killed in building collision post-fledging. Clutch laid on tar paper, moved to box.
1990	name: Maverick gender: M breeder: and fws: 816-21949 color: 05T hatch-year: 1988 hatch-location: Mayo Clinic Rochester	name: Comet gender: F breeder: sd fws: 877-42555 color: 11V hatch-year: 1988 hatch-location: Rouchleau Pit Virginia	eggs: 3 hatch date: 6/9/1990 fledged: 2 augmented: 1		3 eggs, 1 hatched, 1 augmented, 2 fledged, 1 killed in building collision post-fledging. Maverick double-brooded with 2 females in 1990!
1991	name: Comet gender: F breeder: sd fws: 877-42555 color: 11V hatch-year: 1988 hatch-location: Rouchleau Pit Virginia	name: Maverick gender: M breeder: and fws: 816-21949 color: 05T hatch-year: 1988 hatch-location: Mayo Clinic Rochester	eggs: 4 hatch date: 5/24/1991 fledged: 4 augmented: 0
1991	name: Maverick gender: M breeder: and fws: 816-21949 color: 05T hatch-year: 1988 hatch-location: Mayo Clinic Rochester	name: Comet gender: F breeder: sd fws: 877-42555 color: 11V hatch-year: 1988 hatch-location: Rouchleau Pit Virginia	eggs: 4 hatch date: 5/24/1991 fledged: 4 augmented: 0		Maverick is exceptionally aggressive, striking anyone on roof of tower anytime from the first to last of season.
1992	name: Comet gender: F breeder: sd fws: 877-42555 color: 11V hatch-year: 1988 hatch-location: Rouchleau Pit Virginia	name: Maverick gender: M breeder: and fws: 816-21949 color: 05T hatch-year: 1988 hatch-location: Mayo Clinic Rochester	eggs: 4 hatch date: fledged: 4 augmented: 0		A male with rich buff underparts, black left, silver right, was here 03/01/92, but gone and replaced by Maverick by 03/16/92.
1992	name: Maverick gender: M breeder: and fws: 816-21949 color: 05T hatch-year: 1988 hatch-location: Mayo Clinic Rochester	name: Comet gender: F breeder: sd fws: 877-42555 color: 11V hatch-year: 1988 hatch-location: Rouchleau Pit Virginia	eggs: 4 hatch date: fledged: 4 augmented: 0		Tim Sulser did food habits study of this pair in 1992.
1993	name: Comet gender: F breeder: sd fws: 877-42555 color: 11V hatch-year: 1988 hatch-location: Rouchleau Pit Virginia	name: Maverick gender: M breeder: and fws: 816-21949 color: 05T hatch-year: 1988 hatch-location: Mayo Clinic Rochester	eggs: 4 hatch date: 5/25/1993 fledged: 4 augmented: 0
1993	name: Maverick gender: M breeder: and fws: 816-21949 color: 05T hatch-year: 1988 hatch-location: Mayo Clinic Rochester	name: Comet gender: F breeder: sd fws: 877-42555 color: 11V hatch-year: 1988 hatch-location: Rouchleau Pit Virginia	eggs: 4 hatch date: 5/25/1993 fledged: 4 augmented: 0
1994	name: Comet gender: F breeder: sd fws: 877-42555 color: 11V hatch-year: 1988 hatch-location: Rouchleau Pit Virginia	name: Lindee gender: M breeder: wpr fws: 2206-18522 color: 1/*A hatch-year: 1993 hatch-location: North Central Life/Bremer St. Paul	eggs: 4 hatch date: 6/2/1994 fledged: 3 augmented: 0		Previous mate Maverick 05T failed to return in spring; replacement male XXX killed by car on nearby I94 in early March; paired in late April with male 1/*A, from NCL, 1993.
1994	name: Lindee gender: M breeder: wpr fws: 2206-18522 color: 1/*A hatch-year: 1993 hatch-location: North Central Life/Bremer St. Paul	name: Comet gender: F breeder: sd fws: 877-42555 color: 11V hatch-year: 1988 hatch-location: Rouchleau Pit Virginia	eggs: 4 hatch date: 6/2/1994 fledged: 3 augmented: 0		Appeared in late April 1994, after Maverick 05T failed to return from winter and replacement male XXX was killed nearby on I94 in March; still mostly in juvenile plumage, not very aggressive at nest.
1995	name: Comet gender: F breeder: sd fws: 877-42555 color: 11V hatch-year: 1988 hatch-location: Rouchleau Pit Virginia	name: Lindee gender: M breeder: wpr fws: 2206-18522 color: 1/*A hatch-year: 1993 hatch-location: North Central Life/Bremer St. Paul	eggs: 3 hatch date: 5/15/1995 fledged: 3 augmented: 0		One young, O/*Y, found dead, hit by car, Hiawatha Ave., Mpls MN, 10/30/95, by Bruce Fall.
1995	name: Lindee gender: M breeder: wpr fws: 2206-18522 color: 1/*A hatch-year: 1993 hatch-location: North Central Life/Bremer St. Paul	name: Comet gender: F breeder: sd fws: 877-42555 color: 11V hatch-year: 1988 hatch-location: Rouchleau Pit Virginia	eggs: 3 hatch date: 5/15/1995 fledged: 3 augmented: 0		One young, O/*Y, found dead, hit by car, Hiawatha Ave., Mpls MN, 10/30/95, by Bruce Fall.
1996	name: Comet gender: F breeder: sd fws: 877-42555 color: 11V hatch-year: 1988 hatch-location: Rouchleau Pit Virginia	name: Lindee gender: M breeder: wpr fws: 2206-18522 color: 1/*A hatch-year: 1993 hatch-location: North Central Life/Bremer St. Paul	eggs: hatch date: fledged: 1 augmented: 0		Young not banded, possibly more than one.
1996	name: Lindee gender: M breeder: wpr fws: 2206-18522 color: 1/*A hatch-year: 1993 hatch-location: North Central Life/Bremer St. Paul	name: Comet gender: F breeder: sd fws: 877-42555 color: 11V hatch-year: 1988 hatch-location: Rouchleau Pit Virginia	eggs: hatch date: fledged: 1 augmented: 0		Young not banded, may have been more than one.
1997	name: Comet gender: F breeder: sd fws: 877-42555 color: 11V hatch-year: 1988 hatch-location: Rouchleau Pit Virginia	name: Lindee gender: M breeder: wpr fws: 2206-18522 color: 1/*A hatch-year: 1993 hatch-location: North Central Life/Bremer St. Paul	eggs: hatch date: 5/17/1997 fledged: 3 augmented: 0
1997	name: Lindee gender: M breeder: wpr fws: 2206-18522 color: 1/*A hatch-year: 1993 hatch-location: North Central Life/Bremer St. Paul	name: Comet gender: F breeder: sd fws: 877-42555 color: 11V hatch-year: 1988 hatch-location: Rouchleau Pit Virginia	eggs: hatch date: 5/17/1997 fledged: 3 augmented: 0
1998	name: Comet gender: F breeder: sd fws: 877-42555 color: 11V hatch-year: 1988 hatch-location: Rouchleau Pit Virginia	name: Lindee gender: M breeder: wpr fws: 2206-18522 color: 1/*A hatch-year: 1993 hatch-location: North Central Life/Bremer St. Paul	eggs: hatch date: 5/17/1998 fledged: 3 augmented: 0
1998	name: Lindee gender: M breeder: wpr fws: 2206-18522 color: 1/*A hatch-year: 1993 hatch-location: North Central Life/Bremer St. Paul	name: Comet gender: F breeder: sd fws: 877-42555 color: 11V hatch-year: 1988 hatch-location: Rouchleau Pit Virginia	eggs: hatch date: 5/17/1998 fledged: 3 augmented: 0

Banding records [24]

Year	Details	Bands	Bird	Parentage	Dates	People	Comments
1990		fws: 1807-29422 color: bl 92V R	name: none gender: F h/w/a: w did bird breed: injured: Other (trapped in chimney, etc)	male: 816-21949 female: 877-42555	hatched: 6/9/1990 banded: fledged: 7/20/1990 deceased: age: 34	breeder: wpr bander:	Rescued from inside base of smokestack at nesting site, 07/27/90, cleaned and released OK.
1991		fws: 2206-13867 color: bl 54X R	name: none gender: M h/w/a: w did bird breed: injured:	male: 816-21949 female: 877-42555	hatched: 5/24/1991 banded: fledged: 7/1/1991 deceased: age: 33	breeder: wpr bander:
1991		fws: 1807-29449 color: bl 27R R	name: none gender: F h/w/a: w did bird breed: injured:	male: 816-21949 female: 877-42555	hatched: 5/24/1991 banded: fledged: 7/1/1991 deceased: age: 33	breeder: wpr bander:
1991		fws: 2206-13868 color: bl 55X R	name: none gender: M h/w/a: w did bird breed: Y injured:	male: 816-21949 female: 877-42555	hatched: 5/24/1991 banded: fledged: 7/1/1991 deceased: age: 33	breeder: wpr bander:	Paired with female 4/5 at NSP Black Dog, Eagan, 1993. 3 eggs, fledged 2 male and 1 female young. Band read at banding of young 06/22/93; 1994, paired with female 90R, same place, fledged 3 young; 1995, same place, same pair, fledged 2 young, 1 banded, 1 bolted unbanded; 1996, same place, mate female U/R, fledged 2 young; 1997, same place, same pair, fledged 3 young.
1991		fws: 2206-13869 color: bl 56X R	name: none gender: M h/w/a: w did bird breed: injured:	male: 816-21949 female: 877-42555	hatched: 5/24/1991 banded: fledged: 7/1/1991 deceased: age: 33	breeder: wpr bander:
1992		fws: 2206-13799 color: bl 79Z R	name: none gender: M h/w/a: w did bird breed: Y injured:	male: 816-21949 female: 877-42555	hatched: banded: fledged: deceased: age: - - -	breeder: wpr bander:	1994, nested at NSP Sherco, Becker MN, paired with female 36R; fledged 3 young. 1995, same pair and place, fledged 3 young.
1992		fws: 2206-13769 color: bl 82Z R	name: none gender: M h/w/a: w did bird breed: injured:	male: 816-21949 female: 877-42555	hatched: banded: fledged: deceased: age: - - -	breeder: wpr bander:
1992		fws: 1807-34828 color: bl 99R R	name: Selma gender: F h/w/a: w did bird breed: injured:	male: 816-21949 female: 877-42555	hatched: banded: fledged: deceased: age: - - -	breeder: wpr bander:	Named in honor of Don Gabbert's mother.
1992		fws: 1807-34829 color: bl 96R R	name: Marjorie gender: F h/w/a: w did bird breed: Y injured:	male: 816-21949 female: 877-42555	hatched: banded: fledged: deceased: age: - - -	breeder: wpr bander:	Seen 10/23/92, and for about another month, Shreveport LA, using office building, hunting pigeons, J. L. Ingold (318/797-5236). Seen again, same place, 04/09/93, JLI, 10/28/93.
1993		fws: 2206-18547 color: b/r 1/*7 R	name: none gender: M h/w/a: w did bird breed: injured:	male: 816-21949 female: 877-42555	hatched: 5/25/1993 banded: fledged: 7/6/1993 deceased: age: 31	breeder: wpr bander:
1993		fws: 2206-18548 color: b/r 1/*8 R	name: none gender: M h/w/a: w did bird breed: injured:	male: 816-21949 female: 877-42555	hatched: 5/25/1993 banded: fledged: 7/6/1993 deceased: age: 31	breeder: wpr bander:
1993		fws: 1807-49711 color: b/r 0/7 R	name: none gender: F h/w/a: W did bird breed: injured:	male: 816-21949 female: 877-42555	hatched: 05/25/1993 banded: 06/15/1993 fledged: 07/06/1993 deceased: age: 31	breeder: wpr bander:
1993		fws: 1807-49712 color: b/r 7/1 R	name: none gender: F h/w/a: W did bird breed: Y injured: Frounce	male: 816-21949 female: 877-42555	hatched: 05/25/1993 banded: 06/15/1993 fledged: 07/06/1993 deceased: 10/22/2009 age: 16	breeder: wpr bander:	Spent winter of 1995-96 at Key West FL, where color band was read (info from Wm. Mattox, 04/96). 04/29/97, band read at Prairie Island MN nuclear plant; bird thought to be male. 1997, paired with male 0/*7 at NSP Prairie Island, 4 eggs, 4 young fledged, 3 male, 1 female. 1998, same place, same pair, fledged 2 young, 1 male, 1 female. 1999, same place, male not identified, fledged 4 young, 3 females, 1 male; 2000, same place, male not identified, fledged 4 young, 3 males, 1 female; 2001, same place, male Zeus*S/U, fledged 4 young; 2002, same place, male unidentified, nest failed, 2003, same place, adults not identified, 3 young fledged unbanded because too old; 2004; same place, male not identified, 3 young fledged; 2005, same place, male not identified, fledged 4 young. 2006: same place, male not identified, 2 males & 1 female fledged. 2007: same site, unknown male, 2 young fledged. 2009: Bird arrived at TRC on 6/22/09 with a severe trichomonas infection, but sufferred, mild neruological disease and had progressive eye lesions in the lens. The bird was euthanized 10/22/09 at TRC.
1994		fws: 1807-49777 color: b/r U/P L	name: Chip gender: F h/w/a: w did bird breed: injured: Undiagnosed disease	male: 2206-18522 female: 877-42555	hatched: 6/2/1994 banded: fledged: 7/14/1994 deceased: age: 30	breeder: wpr bander:	In TRC, 10/21/94, sick, cause not yet determined; found near NSP Marshall Avenue facility.
1994		fws: 1807-49783 color: b/r U/R L	name: Skywalker gender: F h/w/a: w did bird breed: Y injured:	male: 2206-18522 female: 877-42555	hatched: 6/2/1994 banded: fledged: 7/14/1994 deceased: age: 30	breeder: wpr bander:	1996, at NSP Black Dog, Eagan MN, paired with male 55X, fledged 2 young. 1997, same place, same pair, fledged 3 young.
1994		fws: 2206-25411 color: b/r D/*6 L	name: Squawker gender: M h/w/a: w did bird breed: N injured: Toxicity	male: 2206-18522 female: 877-42555	hatched: 6/2/1994 banded: fledged: 7/14/1994 deceased: age: ?	breeder: wpr bander:	Found dead 12/27/94 near Smith High Bridge, St. Paul MN in backyard: no outward signs of trauma, full crop, pigeon feathers in right foot. Probable poisoning, more to come from TRC.
1995		fws: 2206-25480 color: b/r 0/*L L	name: Doug gender: M h/w/a: w did bird breed: U injured:	male: 2206-18522 female: 877-42555	hatched: 5/15/1995 banded: fledged: 6/29/1995 deceased: age: 29	breeder: wpr bander:	2003, NSP King, Bayport MN, paired with Mae 31V, fledged 3 young; 2004, same place, paired with Belinda W/E, 5 eggs, 3 young fledged; 2005, same place, same pair, fledged 1 young. 2006: 2005, same place, same pair, fledged 1 young. 2006: same place, same pair, 5 eggs laid, 3 hatched = 2 females & 1 male. 2007: same place, same pair, 5 eggs laid, 4 fledged.
1995		fws: 2206-25481 color: b/r 0/*Y L	name: Miller gender: M h/w/a: w did bird breed: N injured: Collision with vehicle	male: 2206-18522 female: 877-42555	hatched: 5/15/1995 banded: fledged: 6/29/1995 deceased: age: ?	breeder: wpr bander:	Found dead, hit by car, Hiawatha Ave., Mpls MN, 10/30/95, by Bruce Fall.
1997		fws: 1807-61940 color: b/r *5/V L	name: P.W. gender: F h/w/a: w did bird breed: Y injured:	male: 2206-18522 female: 877-42555	hatched: 5/17/1997 banded: fledged: 6/30/1997 deceased: age: ?	breeder: wpr bander:	1999, Mendota Bridge, Fort Snelling State Park MN, paired with her father Lindee 1/*A, fledged 3 young; 2000, mate not identifed, same place, fledged 3 young; 2002, same place, paired with male Cielo b/r *B/*7, fledged 2 young; 2003, same place, same pair, fledged 3 young, not banded; 2004, same place, same pair, fledged 2 young late, probably second attempt. 2005: same site, nesting failed. 2006: new arch in park, paired with new male Matrix b/g 74/P, 3 young fledged. 2007: same arch, new mate Chandler b/g D/28, eggs laid and young hatched but died before banding. 2009: Observed on territory same site, no mate.
1997		fws: 1807-61941 color: b/r *6/V L	name: Joanne gender: F h/w/a: w did bird breed: Y injured:	male: 2206-18522 female: 877-42555	hatched: 5/17/1997 banded: fledged: 6/30/1997 deceased: age: ?	breeder: wpr bander:	04/19/98, paired with Chase 06T at Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN; still partly juvenile plumage, being heavily courted. Ended up not laying, killed and ate peregrine chick supplied to keep pair interested. 04/13/99 at Lansing IA power plant, had been there for about two weeks; 1999, paired with male *T/M, Alliant Lansing, Lansing IA, fledged 3 young; 2000, same pair, in box on cliff near stack, fledged 4 young, 3 males, 1 female, young female died in bottom of smokestack just after fledging; 2001, same place, same pair, nested, failed, re-nested, failed.
1997		fws: 1807-53996 color: b/r *7/S L	name: Bridgit gender: F h/w/a: w did bird breed: injured:	male: 2206-18522 female: 877-42555	hatched: 5/17/1997 banded: fledged: 6/30/1997 deceased: age: 27	breeder: wpr bander:
1998		fws: 1807-69741 color: b/r *K/*5 L	name: Star gender: F h/w/a: w did bird breed: Y injured:	male: 2206-18522 female: 877-42555	hatched: 5/17/1998 banded: fledged: 6/28/1998 deceased: age: 26	breeder: wpr bander:	2000, Faith, John Latsch State Park MN, paired with unbanded adult male, fledged 3 young; 2001, paired again with unbanded male, fledged 2 young; 2002, same place, paired with unbanded adult male, fledged 3 young.
1998		fws: 2206-41007 color: b/r *E/T L	name: Vern gender: M h/w/a: w did bird breed: injured:	male: 2206-18522 female: 877-42555	hatched: 5/17/1998 banded: fledged: 6/28/1998 deceased: age: 26	breeder: wpr bander:
1998		fws: 1807-69742 color: b/r *K/*6 L	name: Joe gender: M h/w/a: w did bird breed: injured:	male: 2206-18522 female: 877-42555	hatched: 5/17/1998 banded: fledged: 6/28/1998 deceased: age: 26	breeder: wpr bander: