Pretty

Beauty's with her girls.

Very sad news I've just read on CMNH - Leopold has passed away and 3 of he and Millie's chicks are in rehab ...she's having a hard time but sounds like the people there are helping her out and being supportive.

Here is the link to the news postings:

http://www.falconcam-cmnh.org/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?51584.210#post_54094

 

That is sad...poor MIllie, (Freedoms's Daughter). Hope they all  do well. Poor Leopold. He was 15. 

Here are the Dad thick-billed murre in the sea at the bottom of the cliff.

Gayle

That's a rather nice pic gayle, thank you. 

And of course now that they are back in the nest box in plain view of 2 cameras, Camera 1 decides to work again.

Good Grief Shaky 

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Nest News 2010

2010 June 07 - The chicks are getting bigger and spending a lot of time outside of the nest box. A fourth chick has not been seen in the nest box for a few days so we're hoping the chick is simply out of camera view. The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection will be heading out onto the ledge this week to band the chicks so we'll be sure to update Falcon fans on the status of the fourth chick.

No updates after this one.

And sleepy! Rough day for the girls. 

They're home! 

Today, I was so nervous watching Callidora that I held my cell phone with me at work in case I had to scream for Brian H or Susan!  She fell over this morning almost when she was walking in the nestbox so seeing her preen on the edge of the ledge was almost too much for me.

My two modest fledgewatch shifts this year reminded me of the most nerve-wracking thing about this time - how these birds' boundless energy and power is coupled with their utter discombobulation!  They flap and flap and flap and do big old hops from one side of the windowbox to the other, basically flying back and forth, with no sense that they had any idea what was happening to them! They'd flap on the edge, and would have flown off a million times if not for the fact that they were gripping the edge with their talons! I also had a phone gripped in my hand - to call for backup in case!!

Juvies:  I swear they do it to us on purpose!

In and out

The camera took off to the left and got stuck looking at the pole. I'm hoping that it will unstick itself after it sits for a bit.

OK, I thought so...thanks!

Pan cam stuck? Must be, it's not moving. Are the kids under Main Cam?

Your not kidding Ei....almost a Juvie...

and the smart one 

AWWW-er