LOL was just gonna post the same...your faster than me...I'm glad someone is! 

Thanks MAK

 

While were waiting for updates and pics of A B and C...here's a real tear jerker. Joyce posted this on youtube, just about a year ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKMCPk2xPb4  It's called Spending a 1/2 hour with Mariah. It's so beautifully done and I hope where ever the ***Beautiful Mariah*** is, she is happy.  Gee, if I lose anymore water, I may lose a half oz.

The write-up:
Late Sunday afternoon, Casey (my canine falcon watcher) and I joined Brian H, Shaky and Carrie on the pedestrian bridge.  I was told Falcon sightings of Beauty and Archer were sparse, and Mariah was sitting on Kodak with her back to us and motionless.  She likes those long afternoon naps.  For the next couple of hours we saw very little and talked a lot.   Before heading home, I stopped for an ice cream, and decided to drive by Kodak Tower one more time. Mariah was still perched on the east side, 16th floor ledge.   Hooray, she was facing forward for a change.   Since we aren’t able to see Mariah on the webcam, I thought I would get creative…here is my FIRST videoshow with music. 

Thank you Joyce for such a beautiful video.

You all remember when Kaver, (just like Archer), brought food to the eggs? This was in 2007. He was a funny little guy too.

It was only 6 years ago, and yes, Grissom was named after Gus, the man who would have been the first to walk on the moon.

  Yes, sorry!

[Mike was so lucky to have "such a moment" with Grissom.]

What a moment this must have been!  Thank you so much for sharing with us "newbies" who weren't Falcon followers back then.  Better late than never!   

Mike was so lucky to have "such a moment" with Grissom.  Your welcome Janet. I re-post this pic every once in a while. I just love it.

 

Wow, I can't believe it's been 6 years already since this pic was taken. Grissom, (named by Shaky), found himself in a tight situation and had to be rescued. Mike Allen, from the DEC released him and this pic has been a favorite ever since. Every time I look at this photo, it brings tears to my eyes. It's a Kodak moment, Mike will never forget. Grissom stayed on his arm for a few seconds, as if to say, "thanks Mike", then he flew off.

B on TS. Dan and Mak on duty

[Independence Day, commonly known as July 4th or the Fourth of July, commemorates the Continental Congress’ adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The document, primarily written by Thomas Jefferson, served as a formal announcement]

Independence Day, commonly known as July 4th or the Fourth of July, commemorates the Continental Congress’ adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The document, primarily written by Thomas Jefferson, served as a formal announcement that the 13 American colonies were no longer part of the British Empire and would henceforth be free and independent states. Regarded as the birthday of the United States of America, the day is typically celebrated with parades, fireworks, ceremonies, barbecues and family gatherings.

Happy 4th all!

 

A & B flying around.. Go Callidora

Many years ago, I was showing a rather large Lilac Point Siamese boy, named funnily enough, Ch. Petmark Kleine D'Artagnan of Tokira.  One weekend, we checked into the hotel, and I got him out of his carrier, and put his cute little stud pants on him.  He dove under the bed, emerged from the other side sans pants, and promptly hopped up on a chair and HOSED the curtain.  He spent the remaining nights in the hotel in the bathroom <G>
This boy was a trip to show, he had a regular fan club :-)
Carol
WV

Wow! What a guy he is! Thanks for the story.

Lou, I love that song!!!!!  I looked him up also after seeing that ad.  So sad that his time "came" after he passed.

I love the liberty mutual "responsibility" ads as well. One of the songs from those ads is "Half Acre" by Hem:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR0CWvbl51o

That's cool too Jeanne. Thanks for sharing. I saw that commercial too. It's the one of people helping other people.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH5AynTb3Tg

Great songs...listening now. Thanks Lou & jeanne. I  like that "responsibility" commercial too, wish the world was like that.

[Again, Mark tells it like it is!]

Again, Mark tells it like it is!

!!! While the kids maybe out of the house, the parents still have the hardest job ahead of them!
July 03, 2010 - Toronto - Uptown Yonge and Eglinton
Mark Nash Reports:

While the “kids� maybe away from the house (or off the nest ledge) at the moment, its only for a short time. The resident adults still have the hardest part of their job still to come.

Ongoing protection, feeding and training the “teenagers� to fend for themselves is a huge task for the two resident adults.

So far, the three remaining fledglings seem to be doing quite well, staying aloft and away from the windows. The very good news: Is that each of the juveniles have all brushed up into the windows, and unlike many other birds, the young peregrines actually learn the dangers of the windows, and if they hit them softly and don’t injure themselves on these initial collisions, they do learn to stay away from glass.

This is an important lesson learned, as they will soon be picking up incredible speeds as they get older and more experienced, and if they have not learned the “window lesson “ early in their flight development, collisions with the windows at advanced ages usually results in serious injury or most often mortality due to the speeds that the juveniles are now travelling. We actually hope that they experience the “window lesson� early in their maiden flights, as they are slow and sloppy in their flights, and usually hit them softly at this stage.

For the next 30 to 60 days, the juveniles will be utilizing the nest ledge and still sleeping there most nights. Far from independent and able to feed them selves at this point, the youngsters have much to learn now that they can fly.

The adults will have to teach them many of the life skills that the juveniles will have to learn to survive to adulthood, or should I say, just survive another day)!!

Remember that by mid September, thousands of years of hard wired instincts will have the young juveniles head south on a migration and with upwards of an 80% mortality and many perils and risks, the juveniles will need all of the help that they can just to survive their first year.

The adult parents have their job cut out for them while teaching the juveniles how, what and where to hunt food, and how to recognize and escape from all of the “bad guys� out there. At this point, even their landings are terrible, as it takes allot of practice just to brake and coordinate a good landing!

Even after the juveniles have learned what to hunt (where and how to hunt it), there will be many trials and errors (misses and failures) before they are actually able to catch anything them selves, and this will take some time to hone their hunting skills. During this entire period, they will still be dependant on their adults parents for all of their food.

Stay tuned, and look to the skies, as the best viewing is yet to come!!

Thank you Mark Nash!