Rfalconcam Forum

Descriptions:

Amelia for Amelia Earhart who was a famous pilot.

Artemis is the twin sister of Apollo, God of the Sun.

Bessie is for Bessie Coleman, the first black female aviatrix.

Flora is for the flower city.

Freyja is a Norse Goddess meaning 'lady' associated with beauty & fertility who possessed a cloak of falcon feathers.

Frightful is for the endangered peregrine falcon Frightful in the book Frightful's Mountain. She is endangered because of DDT.

Juno is queen of the Roman gods, married to Jupiter.

Lilac is for Rochester's signature flower. Rochester's most beautiful flower is paired with Rochester's most beautiful birds. Beautiful Lilacs are such a part of Rochester.

Nozomi means Hope in Japanese.

Rhiannon is probably derived from the old Celtic name Rigantona meaning "great queen". It is speculated that this was the name of an otherwise unattested Celtic goddess of fertility and the moon.

Shaylin is a modern English compound name composed of Shae "hawk-like" and Lyn "lake."

Venus is the ruling planet of the astrological sign Taurus -- under which the chicks were born. Venus is also the Latin name for the Goddess of Love.

Three polls have been posted (male name, female name, gender-neutral name). The voting period ends Monday night at 11:59 PM EDT.

One of this year's eyases will be given either an appropriate gender-specific name or a gender-neutral name, whichever receives the most votes. In case of a tie, the number of times each of the 2 names was submitted will be used as a tie breaker. If that is a tie too, a coin will be flipped.