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So, what do we know about the history of the Rochester Falcons?  We all know about Mariah and Kaver and before Kaver, Cabot-Sirroco.  Now the new kids in town, Beauty and Archer have started their own section of Rochester History.

There is a vast amount of information out there.  Many of the members, old and new, on this forum have much to contribute.  It's time to pull all this info together onto this site.  The goal is to have one place to go to read all about the Rochester Falcons.

I am putting out a call for volunteers to help with this project.  Everyone is welcome to join this team.  We'll have lots of fun and maybe shed a tear now and then as we all work to bring back our favorite falcons to share with the world.  They ALL deserve to be remembered and cherished.

Please reply to this if you would like to join this team.  I can use all the help I can get.

Take care all and thanks,
Carol P.

Carol, I saved a few old posts of the fledgewatchers, probably 2001 or 2002. Do you need such things?
I'm not sure if I'm the best person, but of course I will help.
greetings Aafke

Thanks Aafke.  You are definitely most welcome to help out with this project.   :thumbsup:

I'll help Carol. Should be interesting.

I'll help if I can. I'm not too good on the computer. And the only history I know is what the veteran watchers have told me. ;D

Thanks MAK and Donna!   :clap:

This is going to be a very big project and lots of volunteers are needed.  I'm talking about the whole history of the Rochester Falcons, not just Archer and Beauty.  This is long overdue.  Please help if you can.

Carol P.

Carol,
I'll be glad to help where I can!!
Vandrefalk/Karen R

Yes!  Karen, you are most welcome!  Thank you.   :2thumbsup:

Carol, do you have any idea what sort of help you'll be wanting? 

I'd like to help.

Paul

Patty - In about a week I was thinking of scheduling a chat with all the volunteers and brainstorming ideas of how we want to handle this.

I'd like to see several sections, one Pre-Mariah, two Mariah/C-S, three Mariah/Kaver, and four Archer/Beauty.  Each section would have their own history, stories, pictures, maybe interviews.  There is so much potential here.

I'm hoping a lot of people will volunteer so that each person will have a different task.

Awesome!  Thanks Paul!   :happy:

I'm on Carol's list too.

Put me down for a task. My Computer skills aren't great, but I follow directions to the letter.
I always come out of "lurkdom" to help.

ginha

Carol,

I don't have volunteer time now, but what I do have is DJ dale's falcon raps, which feature a lot of quirky M-K-and-eyas-related events and characteristics of at least a couple of years mid-decade. If any of that can be useful, do remember to let me know. I have that readily accessible. (I also have jpgs of falcon drawings from several years -- the 2005 ones, and maybe more, are actually labeled by name of eyas - but I can't imagine that would be of use in a history)

Actually, they would surely be useful as reminders of events!!  WhenI read them I am blown away at all the stuff I'd forgotten!!


Good idea.

Dale

I'm thinking that perhaps interviews can be done with people from the early days-- and with Dan who has a wealth of info but isn't on any form of technology. 

I wouldn't mind helping out!

Thanks Joyce, Ginha and Jeanne!  This is going to be the best Falcon History ever!  WooHoo!   :thumbsup:

Dale,

This is a great idea!  Your pictures and words are an important part of the Rochester Falcon History.  We would be honored to include them.  Thank you.   :happy:

Carol P.

Ei is very busy working on the Rochester Falcon Family Tree and she has offered to also help.  Thanks Ei!

well, I more meant that they would be useful in helping us remember some of the funny stuff, but whatever you want to do with them is fine. So the history doesn't get too dry. I mean, if a fledgling did something really stupid or funny, that could go in too!  Whoever is working on the mid-2000s M&K era can let me know and I'll send all of the raps (there were a LOT!) in a word file.

Like Dale, I'm struggling a lot with time commitments now, so I'd rather not take responsibility for a main task, but I've got several years worth of falcon watch photos, with perhaps some stories to go with them, if anyone puts out a call for those.  

I've also got some falcon haiku, falcon limericks, and falcon poetry (which include some of DJ's creations) that I collected over a year or two ending in May 2007.  I'm sure I didn't get all of them, but I grabbed my favorites to a document that I still have, if that's useful, either as entertainment or history.  

I could also do something in the wee morning hours like help proof-read or edit (English major, ya' know...), if there is any need for that.

 :wave:

(back to work)

Thanks Patti and Dale!  We'll know more how to go forward once we brainstorm ideas.

Kathy O just volunteered!  Thanks Kathy.

Obviously the hardest part will be gathering information from the early years with Mariah & Cabot-Sirocco.  I've started sending emails to the folks that were running the old Kodak Birdcam way back then.  Hopefully we'll be able to get some pics/stories and detail from those early years.

A couple years ago, I actually sat down for a nice conversation with Mary Ann Giglio, George Fisher's administrative assistant, and had her write up the story of Mariah's arrival.  She also wrote up the story of George's first encounter with a young fledgling, pretty funny, and what happened to Maxine, when she was injured and rehabbed up in Canada.  All pretty neat stuff!  Thanks Mary Ann!   :clap:

I just checked some of my old files -- back to 2002.  Have various pictures through the years -- some comments -- messages from Birdman, etc.  Maybe some of this will help?
Vandrefalk/Karen R

I would like to help, too, Carol.  I've already explained my limitations to you in a personal email, but am willing to do anything that you think I can...  I have photos from the beginning of the peregrine season 2004 to 2009 and they are fairly accessible, although I'm sure everyone has these, too.  I can use a word processor etc., but don't ask me to compose anything -- I don't know how to write anything briefly...  I'm sure you've all noticed!
Anyway, thank you for heading this up and for starting to get this organized!  I know you are a busy woman in your own right!!

Anne in Toronto

That's just the sort of thing we'll be looking for!

Ei

Thanks for starting the search Karen.  We will definitely need to look through everything everyone has.  I'm so glad that you saved some of the older stuff.   :happy:

Carol P.

Thanks Anne!  I'm sure there will be lots of stuff to do to put this together.  Keep your pics handly, because we may definitely need them.

Carol P.

Heard from Brad Carney and he is more than happy to help with the earlier Mariah/Cabot-Sirocco stuff.   :clap:

I'll be posting some information soon, so we can get started.

Thanks to all that have volunteered.  We could sure use some more help if anyone else is able to help out.

Current List of Volunteers:
It's understood that some have more time than others to help or contribute to this project.

Kris G.
Aafke
Donna
MAK
Karen R.
Patti from KY
Paul H.
Joyce
Ginha
Dale
Jeanne
Ei
Kathy O.
Anne in Toronto
Jim P.
Shaky
Brad C.

Have I missed anyone?  Is there anyone else that would like to volunteer?

Thanks!
Carol P.

I think these will be the sections we should consider.

1) Mariah & Cabot-Sirocco Years
2) Mariah & Kaver Years
3) Archer & Beauty Years

We might also want to include a section on the time before that, when RG&E was involved with helping to bring the Peregrine Falcon back to this area.  Lisa McK are you out there?  I know you have a lot of information from that time.

Any other suggestions???

Carol P.

and one other section should be:

4) Falcons at KP???

I have high hopes that we'll need this section.   :happy:

Just a little thought that flickered for a moment -- any follow-up on offspring we know are somewhere, succeeding in their adult lives?  Or is that covered somewhere else...?  I'm still not caught up on everything that is going on here...although I am looking more!  Of course, I am thinking about your "adopted" daughter, Carol, the one and only Rhea Mae!!  But, there are some others.  Or is this strictly what has happened in Rochester and The Nesting Box?  Just looking for clarification, I guess... Thanks, Carol!
Anne in Toronto

You are absolutely correct Anne!

We will definitely include sections for the M&K/M&CS young that we know about; including Rhea Mae, Valiant, Seneca, Freedom, Alkyonis, Quest, etc, etc. and then there's the grandkids.  I think Ei has a pretty extensive list due to her work on the family tree.

Also, our transmitter birds and what happened to them; Hafoc, Skye & Quest.

Let our brainstorming session begin!

Carol, that's pretty much how I've been thinking-4 main topics

-Rochester's role in the peregrine recovery effort
-Mariah & Cabot-Sirocco
-Mariah & Kaver
-Archer & Beauty

with chapters by year.  And since it's a living history, we'll add whatever happens at KP as it happens. 

Yes, I have most of the names of grand & great-grand-eyases-and if not a name, at least the gender.  There's a LOT of birds!

Ei

Carol,

Do you think Mike Allen would be interested in contributing?  (At least providing some oral history-- or a DEC perspective)?

Good idea Jeanne.  I was thinking that we should also have an area that would contain interviews with key people, Watchers, Falcon Fans.  Also, a section for all of our stories, of which there are many.   :happy:

Hi Carol P.

Yes, I am out here, but very rarely do I have chance to check the forum.  I'd be more than happy to contribute what I know about the early years of the Rochester Falcons.  Just give me a call or send me a text, I don't get to the board very much.

Lisa McK.

Thanks Lisa!  I'll be in touch soon about this.  We really need to get this going, now that the holidays are almost over.

I like the idea of the interviews-- I think there was a lot that went into the initial nestbox/idea/hope for falcons!

OK, volunteers.  I'll be soon setting up a place for all of us to start collecting the Rochester Falcon History.  Keep watching!  Any one else want to help?  Just post here and I'll add you to the list.  It's a great time to get started on this project.  Thanks everyone!

Carol P.

I guess the best thing for people like me is to offer a big round of applause to those who are able to help. Thanks to all of you!!

 :clap:

Bobbie