Yep.

http://shakymon.com/frosted_falcon_flakes.html

OMG!!! this is hilarious!  I forgot about the frosted flakes!

Some of our students took pictures of snowflakes-- they are awesome!!!

The link is here:

http://biomed.rit.edu

**at the bottom right, follow the link that says snowflakes.

One of them is still in the nest box:)

It does keep snowing and it is soooooo cold!

Snow and 8 degrees in Rochester but I'm sure with windchill, it's worse. Right now it's colder here than in Antarctica  

Just spotted this over on the other board from nonasnest11...

MESSAGE FROM MARIAH? ? ? ? ? ? ?

It's winter in Rochester
And the gentle breezes blow
Seventy miles an hour
At thirty-five below.

Oh, how I love Rochester
When the snow's up to your butt
You take a breath of winter
And your nose gets frozen shut.

Yes, the weather here is wonderful
So I guess I'll hang around
I could never leave Rochester
My feet are frozen to the ground!!!

pricelss!

Happy birthday, Ginha!!!!!

Hey Jeanne - Falls St is the one that decends to the bottom of the gorge near the BeeBee Station.  It's quite a hike down and back up.  The building Isaura was on is (I believe) the DDS Bldg??? on the NW corner of St Paul and Smith St.

I love this story!! 

  Mariah is  such a special falcon and such a wonderful mom. 

I'm not sure where falls st is and which building???

Thanks so much, Carol!!!

Yike!!!  What a fledge!   

 

I love this story!! 

  Mariah is  such a special falcon and such a wonderful mom. 

I'm not sure where falls st is and which building???

Thanks so much, Carol!!!

When Rhea Mae fledged and went down the smokestack, I remember the whole falcon family moved across the street and stayed on the stack/catwalk/railings.    The watchers moved too!  What a year!

Carol, was this the same year the mourning dove had its unfortunate experience?  I seem to recall that when Lucky was in the tree, we immediately thought of you and birds.

My requested favorite story is Mariah and Isaura-- when Isaura started losing altitude and Mariah went to assist.  It makes me cry but I love that story.

There are so many sweet stories like Kaver trying to coax Mariah out of the nestbox after she was injured.

Here's a couple of Susan B stories.

I missed Quest's first fledge though spoke with the exhausted   watchers who had to assist when she was  close to traffic.  When I returned, she was hopping and walking on a building across the street and to the left of Kodak.  This was not the typical fledge (why should we be surprised by her now)!  Many times, at first fledge, the falcons seemed to be attracted to those blasted smokestacks or sliding down the roof of Kodak.  She hopped around for 4 hours-- rather than getting tired and staying put.  We hadn't seen Susan B in a day or so.  I think Brian and a couple of others checked for sound near the apts that were being constructed in what used to be "our" parking lot. 

I walked over to the building with Carol P and Jim P.  We saw Quest and she was just hanging out.  Suddenly she flew to the smokestacks.  We were walking over when Jim pointed and mouthed "Susan B."  She was walking in a parking lot near the stacks.  Carol and I walked toward the area and I think, Jim went to get a towel.  When she started walking around parked cars, a rescue was in order.  She walked in through  a fenced area and Brian jumped the fence, covered and grabbed her and put her in the box.  Can't remember who had the water bottle and spritzed her.  Jim took the box to Kodak and released her.  Up close-- as from afar-- she was very cute!

Also during that summer, Dan S., Carol P and I were on a morning watch.  We heard kakking.  It was close.  Sure enough, Susan B was on the bridge on the outside of the railing-- looking at us.  We stayed far from her but worried because we didn't want her to not fear people.  Just an inquisitive baby falcon, that was all!  (Esperanza once landed with a stick near one of the brewery workers and looked up at him).

Merry Christmas to all!!!!   

And their christmas present to us!   

Fly free, sweet Linda

Ginha,

So glad to see you on this and to hear you are feeling better!!!  Merry Christmas to you and Dave!!!  Hope 2010 is happy and healthy!!!!

Jeanne