This is such great news!!!!!!

[Beauty's thoughts....2:21 - I better get inside the nestbox.2:24 - Something's happening.2:28 - Which way in the scrape?2:33 - Oh-h-h, here it comes...2:35 - I see you watching me!2:37 - Aaahh...2:38 - Okay, just a peek.2:52 - Mine all mine.3:09 - Noone comes near this egg except for Archer!]

Beauty's thoughts....
2:21 - I better get inside the nestbox.
2:24 - Something's happening.
2:28 - Which way in the scrape?
2:33 - Oh-h-h, here it comes...
2:35 - I see you watching me!
2:37 - Aaahh...
2:38 - Okay, just a peek.
2:52 - Mine all mine.
3:09 - Noone comes near this egg except for Archer!

(movie)

3:09 and beyond-- what is that cheering I hear? 

Mariah and Kaver's great-grand baby

 

Our precious gal

So resilient after so much has happened.  I know she is somewhere,healthy and free.  Just wish we knew where

This is precious!  Thank you, Donna!  You find the most amazing stuff!

This article really tells us a lot about our precious Mariah.  She has been an amazing reproducer!

From the CMNH forum...Chad & Chris...

Joyce, you mentioned past Easter battles in Rochester-- well, we had one here today. They drove out a first-year female with Cheyenne taking on the main role as attacker. We'll describe more and post some photos tomorrow night (as it's too late again)!

CMNH forum

Never thought that the Easter battles would continue with a Rochester Falcon and not in Rochester.

Oh I hate these battles!!!  Glad that Cheyenne helped!!  And our baby is having a baby

from rnews:

Seneca County Wildfire Contained to 700 Acres
By: Chris Gallegos
A wildfire burned in Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in Seneca County for much of the day Sunday.
"It would come up and then would die down a little bit,� said L.C. Collins who saw the smoke from Waterloo. “Then it would go further and spread and come back whatever way the wind was going."

"We saw tons of smoke and ashes come up at us,� said Maggie Lesch of Auburn. "Me and my grandma and my mom hopped into the car to see where it was."

Refuge officials said 700 acres have burned, but the fire is 100 percent contained.

"The concern is with the peat fire, if it goes underground and could smolder for days and could create a real smoke management issue, especially with the New York State Thruway or Routes 5 and 20," refuge manager Tom Jasikoff.

The fire is on an island in the marshland and does not look to spread past the 700 acres already burned. The fire was concentrated in the cattails and marsh area of the main pool where Maple Island is in the refuge.

"We've had a lot of cattail burn,� said Jasikoff. “That is what is creating a lot of the black smoke."

Black smoke could be seen as far away as Auburn Sunday; motorists on the thruway could also see the smoke.

"The fuel load is tremendous,� he added. “It almost burns like cardboard. It's so hot."


The Auburn Fire Department said Montezuma does a controlled burn in the spring to clear out dried grass and promote new growth, but wildlife officials said this is not a controlled burn. There is some good news, however, to a wildfire like this.
"It actually may turn out to be relatively useful for getting rid of the excess fuel load and also for opening up the marsh, which we are trying to do anyway along the thruway,� said Jasikoff.

Montezuma National Park is located between Syracuse and Rochester in Seneca and Wayne counties. It consists of more than 8,000 acres.

Montezuma serves as a major resting area for waterfowl and waterbirds.

While fire crews are still investigating, refuge officials believe someone may have started the fire.

Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge

[I can't help but think about Mariah. It was a year ago that she was injured. I pray that where ever she is, she's doing well. Bless you Mariah, you gave us many years of joy. Bless my boy Kaver too. I will miss him forever.]

I can't help but think about Mariah. It was a year ago that she was injured. I pray that where ever she is, she's doing well. Bless you Mariah, you gave us many years of joy. Bless my boy Kaver too. I will miss him  forever.    

Thank you Carol & Brian for saving the "Queen"...we'll never forget!

If you all see Brian today....give him a  and a hug. Same to you Carol.

Beautifully said Donna. I miss them and am grateful to both M/K for being with us.  And to Carol and Brian for saving her.  I hope someday we see her again.  I would love to know she is in a good place thriving.  I know she is but would love to really know.  Our precious Mariah and Kaver!!!

How to confound a watcher:

Walk out of the Times Square Building in a suit, on your way to court. Notice Lord G. across the street with his glasses, baseball cap, 'noculars and camera. Stop, make eye contact, wave, then head off.

Yup, confused him I did.

Love it!!!! Thanks, Mark!!!!  You are fun!

"eagle eye"  Joyce has seen a white spot on Archer.  (Good grief, I am happy to just be able to identify a falcon )

I think that explanation is somewhere on this board

More of "Chook"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rouDlC3oBA

And we thought the Irondequoit mockingbird that Carol and Brian saw was creative

My guess is it is Lord G! 

That picture of Mariah with Jim's glasses is hysterical!  Where is that girl? 

Ok, who did the music for the videos????  My guess is it is you, Shaky