Very nice Janet. Your garden is looking real good. What size pool ya putting in and WHEN?

Beauty on building next to the nest box.

Beauty is actually still on TS.  That's another bump-out identical to the nest box side.  I don't think I've seen her over there before.  Maybe scoping it out for a first flight?

Oh...oops...looks far away from here.    Thanks Ei.

Hi Donna, Thanks for the update!  I spent some time yesterday enjoying the cam of her and the chicks!  They are getting so big! 

They sure are...I love the call of the Osprey too. Fingers crossed momma makes a good recovery from whatever happened to her. She's amazing.

Jemison's hang out.

J & C

Beauty on building next to the nest box.
Does she cache food there? This is where she came from when she fed the kids.
Callidora

A deadly parasitic disease kills one of the four birds and has afflicted a second. It is a common ailment that affects the birds' digestive system.

Red, a male peregrine falcon being treated at Red Creek Wildlife Center in Schuylkill County for a head injury, is one of four falcons hatched this year in downtown Reading.
One of the four peregrine falcons that hatched this year in downtown Reading has died, and two more are hospitalized.

The bird known as Yellow, a female named for the tape on one of her legs, was found dead Sunday morning in her cage at a wildlife rehabilitation center.

She was being treated since last Tuesday for a disease called trichomoniasis at the Red Creek Wildlife Center in Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County.

A second female bird, this one with blue tape, was brought to the rehabilitation center by Pennsylvania Game Commission personnel Saturday night and is also suffering from the disease.

Peggy Hentz, owner of the center, said Blue's disease is not as advanced as Yellow's was, but Blue is in much worse physical condition.

Blue has lost about a third of her body weight since she was last weighed by the Game Commission on May 21.

The third bird, a male named Red, was brought in Thursday with a head injury from a collision with a vehicle at Fifth and Penn streets.

He is now eating on his own and will be returned to his parents' nest on a center city building this week, Hentz said.

Trichomoniasis, the illness that took the first bird and ails the other female, is a common parasitic disease affecting a bird's digestive system.

It causes a thick growth the consistency of hard cheese that fills an afflicted bird's crop, which processes food before it reaches the stomach. The growth kills the bird by filling its mouth, leaving it unable to eat and, eventually, to breathe.

When the now-dead female falcon arrived at the rehabilitation center, her crop was completely filled and the infection was in her mouth and airway.

Hentz said the parasite had not yet fully invaded Blue's oral cavity upon her arrival at the center.

However, Hentz said, Blue's condition is critical, and she is not confident that the bird will recover.

Hentz chose a five-day course of medication for both birds.

Emaciated when she arrived, Yellow had not yet gained weight at the center, but was not losing weight either. Hentz said Yellow had been improving before her death.

"She was vocalizing on Saturday," Hentz said. "We were real hopeful - and then she just crashed."

The birds had hatched in the nest on a downtown building. The Game Commission asked that its exact location not be published.

All three birds were found at Fifth and Penn streets.

The birds left the nest June 9, said F. Arthur McMorris, the Game Commission's peregrine falcon coordinator.

Game Commission personnel brought Red and Blue to the rehabilitation center. Yellow, the now-dead bird, was brought there by Heidi Gonzalez of Reading.

Four babies are considered a full brood for peregrine falcons, and the pair that live in Reading are the only couple in Berks County, McMorris said.

Peregrine falcons are very aggressive and don't allow others to nest within 10 miles of their home, McMorris said. The birds are banded and studied because they are an endangered species in Pennsylvania.

The fourth fledgling's whereabouts are unknown.

McMorris said it is not unusual for peregrine falcons to die young from injury or disease.

"Between one-half and three-quarters die before they reach the first year of age," he said. "It's a hazardous world."

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24 June 2010
Morning all
It was great to come into another glorious morning and to see our girl feeding the chicks. She was also not happy at another osprey taking a look at the nest, she was shouting at it while continuing to feed the chicks so could not have posed a serious threat to her.

On the loch we have three bar-headed geese at the moment, probably escapees, it is a lovely change from the usual Canada geese we have here all year round.

Thanks for your posts during the night I do look forward to reading them in the morning. It is a shame we can't be here to moderate them. Peter

For those wanting to find a different view of the nest, try Camera 2 – available on the webcame home page under the SWT Red Squirrel logo. We often have this camera on other things like squirrels but at the moment we thought you’d like more ospreys! Sorry if we forgot to make this clear. Emma

http://www.thewebbroadcastingcorporation.com/swt/swt2.php Cam2

Beauty feeding but I didn't see any food when she came in.
Nothing here
or here

Maybe it will be like Mariah and Seneca-- Mariah spent a lot of time with Seneca because she was the last to fledge.  I hope for little Warrior, that it will be a special mom and daughter time.  It is sad that she won't be playing talon tag and having a sibling to snuggle with though.  

It kind of looks like she is missing some feathers.  Is that normal.

It does look like she's missing feathers, Jeanne. Here's a different angle.

Will that hinder her in flying? A split wing would be nice but missing feathers?

Love that building, great detail up close. Pics are wonderful Marcia..thanks.

Callidora is sleeping like an adult.

Yeah, but does Jemison pee standing up, is what I want to know.

 

[Another Cheyenne, she's adorable....good luck with her.]

Our New Female Feathered Educator has just flown in from Alberta  , via West Jet!

We’re all very happy to report that “Cheyenneâ€� has just flown in (sort of) from Alberta via West Jet this afternoon and wasted no time telling us what was on her mind.  FEED ME NOW!!!

No worse for ware, little Cheyenne as she had been named will spend the next 30 days with her new CPF human foster parents and will of course be the centre of attention for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week until she is flighted - (fledged).

Adorable is the only way to describe her.  Barely able to stand upright, she wasted no time voicing her opinion and demanding food from her new human foster parents.

I watched both Marion and Kathy scramble to prepare the food, as Cheyenne watched impatiently while her food was cut up.  (I guess that the food on West Jet was simply just not enough, or not up to her standards)?  Or, maybe there was no in-flight meal?

We hope that you all will welcome little Cheyenne to our educational team, and we all are looking forward to spending some time with her throughout the imprinted process.

Stay tuned for some really great baby photos to follow......

Another Cheyenne, she's adorable....good luck with her.

Callidora is sleeping like an adult.

I think Warrior will do well and get special attention from mom and dad. Yeah, it's no fun with no brothers and sisters but....

Powers Building across the way.
Pan Cam is good!