The life of an eyas in San Francisco --huddle, wiggle, sleep.

Paul

What a cute video....can't wait til we see ours up close like that wiggling too!! 

Now it is 1st BABY!!        

  YAY!!

[DeMortel all over..except Pa did his best to feed the eyas's. S2 was sneaky but Pa fooled her after a few days by caching food and letting S2 take one and he went to get another to feed his kids. What a good dad he was...yes, 1 died but the rest survived and S2 finally took the reins and helped. Poor Ma and this poor mother also. I'm sure it happens all over and we just don't see it unless there's a cam. I feel awful but I'll live. Thanks Carla.]

Hi Donna,
The mom was driven off, but watchers don't know if she was killed.She is not found yet.The male did not get a chance to feed the babies because the new female took all his food and she did not feed the little ones.It's very sad.There is a new female and maybe there will be new eggs.I cannot think clearly about that.
Greetings Carla

DeMortel all over..except Pa did his best to feed the eyas's. S2 was sneaky but Pa fooled her after a few days by caching food and letting S2 take one and he went to get another to feed his kids. What a good dad he was...yes, 1 died but the rest survived and S2 finally took the reins and helped. Poor Ma and this poor mother also. I'm sure it happens all over and we just don't see it unless there's a cam. I feel awful but I'll live. Thanks Carla.

[Oh boy and I was gonna sneak into my neighbors yard and snip some Lilacs for myself!! I'm KIDDING! Oh Ei, I feel so bad for you. Lilacs are beautiful and smell wonderful. They only bloom once a year then nothing. Guess your gonna have to wait til next year. I'm really sorry...*&%$%#'s]

I got home from work to discover someone had cut most of the flowers off my lilac bushes!  And my neighbor saw someone in a white van pull into my driveway & do it!  And thought nothing of it!  And said he'd seen him in my driveway before! (Yes, I always tell the neighbor when I have work being done when I'm not home)

The nice young trooper of course said there's nothing to be done unless he shows up again...and told the neighbor to call 911 if he does.  Said there's actually a better chance than usual of catching them since someone saw him-usually doesn't happen that way.

The $(&^% just took loppers & cut the flowers off!  There's nothing but bare naked stems sticking up in the middle of the bushes!  And he didn't even take everything he chopped!  Left cut branches with flowers everywhere-which I can't even put in a vase now 'cause they've been laying on the ground all day.   The bushes were big when I moved here 30 years ago-you can only imagine the size now.  I had a lot of old branches damaged this winter...now this *&^%!$## chopped off all the young growth!  I hope they survive.

I think my blood pressure is down out of the stratosphere but still not very pretty.  How could somebody do this?  I always felt safe here since so many of my neighbors are retired & home all day.  I guess that's shot right to heck.

Thanks for listening...now back to our regular programming...

Oh boy and I was gonna sneak into my neighbors yard and snip some Lilacs for myself!! I'm KIDDING! Oh Ei, I feel so bad for you. Lilacs are beautiful and smell wonderful. They only bloom once a year then nothing. Guess your gonna have to wait til next year. I'm really sorry...*&%$%#'s

[Received an email from them today saying they have 3 eggs now..LOL. I wrote back and said Oh no, you have 4 eggs...Brother..]

I just checked the cam, the falcon was standing next to the eggs, there are now 4!  

LOL, I just wrote to them to tell them. Hope they update..

Received an email from them today saying they have 3 eggs now..LOL. I wrote back and said Oh no, you have 4 eggs...Brother..

 

[The 1st of 4 eggs has begun hatching for Kathy Q and Kinny]

  The 1st of 4 eggs has begun hatching for Kathy Q and Kinny   

Seems like 4-ever ago, she laid them...

[Carol P]

Anyone going on Saturday for the Rochester Falcon presentation?  Be sure to say hi!  

In case anyone doesn't know it, Carol P is also part of the the Rochester Peregrine Falcon Project presentation at 11:00 am on Saturday Apr. 23rd.

Bird of Prey Days 2010 Event Schedule

Wowm she's a star! Way to go Carol! 

As long as them Pigeons stay away. Great news....I was waiting for the 1st egg.

Very cute!   

  Ei

[Oh them male swans can be dangerous....ask my butt!!!]

Oh them male swans can be dangerous....ask my butt!!! 

[He's made it!]

"He's made it!
April 19, 2010

Although the planes have ceased flying across northern Europe, swan Y6K has safely negotiated the outfall from the Eyjafjallajökull volcano and made it to Iceland! The southeasterly winds pushing the ash cloud towards Britain meant that Y6K was effectively flying into head winds, which may well explain why it took him 4.5 days to cross from the Outer Hebrides to Iceland. But he finally came in over east Iceland at mid-day on 17th April and spent the next 24 h resting in fields near Höfn. It is of course difficult to determine the extent to which he changed direction to avoid coming in near the volcano; he should certainly have been able to see the plume whilst still out to sea. But in any event it’s good to find that his arrival tracks were well to the east of the volcano!

Despite the reassuring news of Y6K’s arrival, we do remain concerned for the welfare of Icelandic-breeding goose and swan populations over the coming months. Whilst most of the outfall to date has been in a relatively restricted area to the southeast of the volcano, a change in wind direction could affect humans (notably farmers) and wildlife in other parts of Iceland, particularly if the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruptions continue and if Katla blows. WWT and Icelandic colleagues therefore will continue to monitor any impact on the swan and goose populations breeding in Iceland this summer, both during the summer months and following their migration to Britain and Ireland next autumn."

Paul

Well after reading the Amsterdam news....at least this is good....Thanks Paul!

[So what exactly happened here? Was there a take-over by another female and was the resident female killed?]

So what exactly happened here? Was there a take-over by another female and was the resident female killed?   Oh wow!

Someone cleaned up the Amsterdam nest box....so sad.    I was actually afraid to look this morning but I had to.

Yes it is soo sad! I just saw the dead babies, they are just so tiny.

But very good news that there are other hatches and I will try to look at them.
greetings Aafke

Zwolle has a hatch !!