Everybody tired together after a big day!

This year we have three chicks. They are ahead of the Rfalconcam ones as they are almost ready to fledge. It is fun to have both the Rochester family and this family.

And so it begins!

Well yes, now that you mention it.

Yes, it is. That's not all that is there -- here is a picture Ricardo took just yesterday:

Yesterday, I went to visit my local peregrine falcon pair. The high river level made it difficult to get to the viewing spot off Plummer's Island. However, the experience was worth it. There are definitely chicks, as the pair keeps bringing food to the nest box and one can hear begging calls from far away. Here is the Dad, resting after a long hunting trip.

Here they are, eying one another:

There is a big behavior difference between the Rochester falcons and my local falcons. Both Mariah and Kaver and Beauty and Doc.ca have big faceoffs when it is time for one bird to relive the other on the eggs. In contrast, when one of my local pair returns to the nest box, the other immediately rushes out. poops, and heads for the horizon

My first sighting of a bird on Rfalconcam this year! They really are spending more time near the nest box now.

There is nothing that makes me feel as peaceful as a view of a falcon sitting on eggs.

Beauty is still in the box. It's Spring!

One of the most calming, restful sights I can imagine is a peregrine sitting on eggs. I love this time of year!

Great job! Thank you!

If she looks like Beauty and flies like Doc.ca, I expect it will be a long time before Etobicoke changes hands again. Go, Aria!

Welcome back, Mary! Much has changed, but the falcons are still fast and the fluffballs still cute.