Out of the blue, Crowley received a call from the Buckhead Grand’s building manager. Window washers found a nest. Not surprisingly, it was placed on the steepest, most inaccessible extreme slope of the building. Mama Falcon had laid her eggs inside an empty light fixture, an ingenious substitute for hidden crevices on a mountaintop. Two babies — known as eyasses — were inside. Crowley notes, “You couldn’t get a safer, more protected spot, and one with a fantastic 50-mile view.â€
An elderly gentleman called to report a great egret entangled in fishing line and struggling on a branch a few feet above a pond. Since he was unable to retrieve the bird, we called a volunteer "Conservancy Critter Courier" to help with the rescue.
Ebernhahn - Tragic accident: A 60-year-old birder from Eschelbach found in a clay pit at Ebernhahn (Westerwaldkreis) an agonizing death. The avid birder is, according to the detectives went Montabaur an observation tour on Sunday in the pit "Unity," presumably by a thin frozen layer of ice and broke it in a tone hole.The man who versackte up to their bellies in clay and was stuck, could not extricate themselves from their own efforts, and died at outdoor temperatures of minus 5 degrees of hypothermia.