Larry O: June 23rd (All sighted) 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
8:00
Arrive to find Dan S on watch. He reported 3 juvies on the stack earlier. He showed me Quest on 17 and 1 juvie on 16, both on the SE corners.
8:10 – 8:30
Took a walk around the neighborhood. I found 2 juvies on 16 and 17 SE corner, one on 19 NE, Kaver on the landing pad NW. No sighting on the stack, Bldg 9 or 10.
8:50
1 juvie arrives from the east to the 19th floor east-side. Then it goes north around the Kodak bldg and fliews west. I lost sight of it over Bldg 9.
9:00
1 juvie spotted on the south face of 20, sitting on a rail.
9:10
Quest (on 17) and Susan B (on 16) are spreading their wings to full length in the sun.
9:15
A short flight for Quest to 19 NE. She disappears up there.
9:20 – 9:30
Based on the following activity, I had Susan B on 16, Seneca in the playper, Diamante on 20 south, Quest on 17. I had 2 falcons fly in and out. All flew less Seneca and Susan B. I had M&K in the air with 2 juvies over State St and around the tower. 2 juvies were in talon tag. The parents were encouraging the juvies to fly. One juvie was on 19 SE. The parents buzzed it several times.
9:32
Zephyr and Mariah were chasing around the 10th floor and over Bldg 9.
9:35 M&K were working on Susan B (16 SE) by flying loops near her and over State St. 1 juvie flew to the stack (?Zephyr). Then M&K were over the river where they flew loops together.
9:38
Susan B is on 16 SE. Seneca is in the playpen. 1 juvie (?Zephyr) is on the stack. So this means that I had Zephyr, Diamante and Quest flying together.
9:50
Zephyr walked to the far side of the stack. I can’t see him now.
9:52
Starting a walk up Morrie Silver Way.
9:55
Saw one adult on the lilies.
10:05
Finished my walk aournd the neighboorhood.
10:10
1 juvie male flies into 17 SE
10:55
The male on SE 17 goes to the northside.
11:09
M&K are cirlcing. 1 juvie is in the air. It went to the north side. Mariah went to the scrape. One is on the SE floodlight. 1 is on 16 NR. Kaver is on the lilies.
11:40 Kaver is gone.
11:45 Kaver brings food to 17SE directly above Susan B on 16SE. She is crying out. Kaver is cleaning. Mariah is still at the scrape. Kaver brings the food to Susan B and drops it off. Seneca is still on the SE floodlight.
2:10
There is now a strong wind out of the east. Strong enough to blow my chair over.
2:15
1 juvie on the east playpen railing (not Seneca). 1 juvie on the 18th floor south side railing. 1 juvie on the SE corner of the playpen. 1 juvie on the SE floodlight. 1 juvie on the 20th NE pyramid on the 20th.
2:25
1 male juvie lands on the lilies. Then goes to launch pad – northside with both some nice flying and a nice landing.
2:30
Susan B is still on 16th NE.
Seneca is in the playpen.
1 juvie on the east launchpad.
1 juvie by the SE rocket.
Kaver on the lilies.
2:47
Zephyr and Diamante play talon tag from the tower to the stack.
2:55
Kaver takes off over the river. 1 juvie from the stack follows and chases with loops, dives and climbs. The adult goes further out over the river. The juvie comes back. I lost both behnd bldgs. Susan B and Seneca are both still in the same place.
3:10
3 juvies sighted with one each on 16, 17 and the floodlight, all on the SE.
3:30
The 17SE juvie flies loops around the tower and goes to the stack. Nice landing. Strong flight.
June 23rd, 2008 at 9:05 PM
Wow. You are thorough. Long day for you. Is Diamante markedly smaller in the air than other juvies? I keep thinking he’s only 2/3rds the size of Quest, Zephyr and SusanB. Like the size of a kestrel.
Thanks for your post. Glad to hear all are present and accounted for.
June 23rd, 2008 at 9:27 PM
Thanks for the report, Larry! I marvel at your detail.
@Gail- Zephyr and Diamante, both being males, are about a third smaller than the females. The word for a male falcon, tiercel is descended from the latin tercius, meaning one-third, to indicate their smaller size.
June 23rd, 2008 at 10:42 PM
Fascinating insight into what the day is like for our falcon family. Thank you for the report !
June 23rd, 2008 at 11:24 PM
“2:10
There is now a strong wind out of the east. Strong enough to blow my chair over.”
Got a good chuckle out of that, hope you weren’t in it when it went over! Thanks for the updates!!
June 24th, 2008 at 5:16 AM
I am so thrilled to be able to feel that I can enjoy these birds from my room,as I am a shut in. Having a great time!
June 24th, 2008 at 9:42 AM
Great detail, thanks a bunch. JenP i also got a chuckle out of that too. 🙂
June 24th, 2008 at 11:06 AM
Thanks Jim for your response to my question about Diamante’s size. However, Zephyr seems to be the same size as Susan B and Quest and while in the nestbox at least, Diamante looked even smaller than 1/3 less than the others.
🙂 ?
Gail