Very early this morning, when most of us were sleeping, Nova laid her and Neander’s 3rd egg at 4:32 am.
3rd egg arrived at 4:32 am.
It wasn’t too long before Neander came in for his first look.
Neander Checks Out His New Egg!Neander and Nova and Their Three Eggs!
At 6:46 am, Neander brought in breakfast for Nova. She accepted his food offering and left with it while he entered the nest box to guard his eggs.
Neander Brings Breakfast for Nova!
So, will Nova lay a 4th egg?
Nova has been averaging approximately 63 hrs between eggs. If she lays a 4th egg, it should arrive Thursday evening around 7:32 pm, give or take.
Many thanks to Rochester Falcon Team member Dana for making a YouTube video from our streaming video of the arrival of the 3rd egg and early morning activities!
At 1:49 pm, Nova laid her (& Neander’s) 2nd egg! It was approximately 63 hrs since she laid her first egg.
This 2nd egg was very pale in color compared to the very dark red egg already in the nest box. Peregrine Falcon eggs can vary greatly in color from pale creamy to a deeper reddish-brown. They often have darker markings, including blotches or spots of brown, red or purple. We’ve had very light colored eggs before and they’ve successfully hatched.
Nova settled on the eggs and didn’t give us a good look at them until Neander entered the nest box to check on Nova and the new arrival.
If Nova lays a 3rd egg, it should be sometime early Tuesday morning. EGGWATCH #3 starts now! Keep watching!
Rochester Falcons Team member Dana made these two videos from our streaming video. Thanks so much Dana!
This first YouTube link is for the arrival of Egg #2.
This second YouTube link is for Neander’s First Visit.
Once again, Earth Hour is nearly upon us. Assuming Nova isn’t in the process of laying another egg, we’ll be following our tradition of shutting off the cameras for one hour on Saturday, March 22nd at 8:30 PM EDT.
We are very happy to announce the arrival of our first egg of 2025! At approximately 10:43 pm last night (3/19), Nova laid an egg in the Times Square Bldg nest box! Let the 2025 Rochester Falcon season begin!
Nova Lays First Egg of 2025
Both Nova and Neander are staying close to the nest box guarding their precious egg!
Neander, Nova and Their EggNovaNeander Their Egg!
Rochester Falcon team member made this YouTube video of Nova, Neander and the arrival of the first egg. Thanks Dana!
Dana’s Video of the First Egg!
If all goes well, their 2nd egg should arrive sometime Saturday morning, or later or…. well hopefully sometime Saturday! 🙂
As you know, we have two nest boxes set up in Downtown Rochester. Both were originally installed to give the Rochester Falcons a choice after the Kodak nest box was taken down. The nest box at the Times Square Bldg was their choice!
This summer, the Powers Bldg will be doing work on their building. Due to this, netting was placed over the front of the nest box located there. This was done to make sure the falcons would not go there.
Nova and Neander haven’t shown any interest in this nest box, but as our viewers know, we’ve had a pair of pigeons that have used it by laying eggs there. One year, a couple of their eggs actually hatched. It did not end well for their young.
The DEC has been notified.
So, let’s watch the cameras at the Times Square Nest Box as EGGWATCH continues. We believe that Nova is very close to laying her and Neander’s first egg of 2025!
Our web hosting provider will be moving the server that runs our website to a new location Wednesday morning. Rfalconcam.com will be unavailable during the move. The interruption in service will start at approximately 2 AM EDT and last for 5 hours. Please note that streaming video channels will still be viewable on YouTube by entering “Rfalconcam Live” in the search box on the YouTube.com home page.
A new blog has been set up which will contain our Rochester Falcons History, Stories, Mysteries and all kinds of interesting stuff.
From 1998 to 2024, from Mariah to Beauty to Nova. 86 young Peregrine Falcons have fledged successfully from nest boxes located in Downtown Rochester.
Over time, we will share stories and information about our falcons.
So far, there are three posts. Did you ever wonder what names were given to our 86 fledglings? How did it all begin? A Rochester Falcon History – Mystery; who wrote Rhea Mae’s Rime?
Under Blogs, there is now a 3rd link that will bring you to our new Rochester Falcon Blog. Please check it out and let us know what you think. cp
It’s a New Year for the Rochester Falcons. Watchers continue to see both Nova and Neander keeping watch over their territory this Winter.
It’s way overdue for us to thank our current, hard working Rochester Falcon Watchers. Many have been watchers for 20+ years! From 1998-2024, Watchers have watched over 86 successful fledglings! Amazing!
On January 1, 2025, many of the Watchers gathered for the Annual Toast to the Rochester Falcons. It was cold and rainy, but 14 hardy souls (plus Callie, Joyce’s new puppy) gathered under the awning of the Blue Cross Arena.
2025 Rochester Falcons Toast (Pic by Tim)
We toasted all our Rochester Falcons from over the years, including reading the names of our 86 fledglings.
We have 20 current Rochester Falcon Watchers. Over the 26 year history of the Rochester Falcons, there have been many Watchers, too many to remember them all. We have sadly lost many over the years too. Here are our current Rochester Falcon Watchers! Thanks Lou for taking these pictures.
Current Rochester Falcon Watchers Pics by Lou
From left to right. Including the year they began watching.
Dan (1999), June (2000), Carla (2008), Ei (2003)
Brian H (2002), Lou (2003), Dana (2003), Shaky (2002)
Jeanne (2005), Carrie (2005), Linda (2010), Joyce (2005)
Kathy O (2003), Larry O (2001), Pat (2012), Lisa (2001)
Carol P (2003), Tim (2003), Lynda (2003), Lukka (2012)
As you can see, we have many long time Watchers and we’re always looking for more! Please consider joining us in 2025 to watch the first flights of Nova and Neander’s young. It can be quite exciting! cp
Thanks once again to the generosity of our dedicated falcon supporters, we raised nearly $1,500 yesterday. Thank you, folks!
ROC the Day officials will send us a financial statement and donor list sometime in the next few weeks, at which point we will know who to thank individually. Until then, thank you to everyone who donated. Your contributions will be used to fund Rfalconcam operations and improvements throughout 2025.
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