Two cubs in a tipsy tub!    

2013-12-12 Mei Lun & Mei Huan:Two Cubs in a Tipsy Tub

It's such a unique looking building-perfect for Falcons with its cliff-like presence.

Just sent an email.  The mayor is so concerned with soda size; where is he for something important?

Thanks, Jeanne!

 

                  Go MAK!   Congratulations!     

ROC the Day has ended, and the final tally is $1300 plus a $500 bonus for a total of $1800!

Thank you to all our generous falcon ROCstars!

              Yay!  Great news!   

Haven't they learned from other issues??? OMG, this is CARP!!! I'm in!!

Thanks, Donna! Blogger/watcher Roger_Paw took pics of 27 new poison rat traps that are located all around the area where Bobby and Rosie feed!  Ms. Neilson believes that the only time they should not have poison traps in the park is when fledglings are there-not taking into account that Bobby and Rosie are year-round residents.  Rosie was seen by watchers there about a week or so ago eating a dead rat she found, that was believed to be poisoned.  Fortunately, she only ate a little of it and she's been seen recently so she's OK.

PLEASE HELP...
Our NYC Red Tailed Hawks need your help once again! Last year it was Pale Male's Sanctuary, Central Park, that posed a deadly threat to the hawks. Now, Bobby & Rosie, the much loved majestic pair of Red Tailed Hawks that reside in and around Washington Square Park, are seriously endangered in the same way.
The NYC Department of Parks &Recreation has placed an alarming number of toxin-filled rat traps in every area of the park and will not remove them. We need immediate action now. Your calls last year helped to persuade the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History to remove their traps. Please help us help the Hawks once again!!

Please call tomorrow, Thursday, December 12th, 9-5pm EST. Here are the names and numbers:

Sarah Neilson- (212) 408-0297, Exec. Director of the Washington Square Park Conservancy
Veronica M. White- (212) 360-1305, Commissioner NYC Parks Dept. Commissioner . ( Please call Ms. Neilson first, she usually will not answer nor get back to you, then let the Commissioner's office know that you tried and now need action.)
Tell them courteously in your own words:
1- That you are very disturbed about the rat poison traps in Washington Square
Park and concerned for the majestic hawks that live there.
2-How much you respect and love these hawks and why
3- That they and their offspring have been watched by thousands via a hawk cam and online blogs that document their lives. And how shameful it would be for the City if they were to be poisoned.
4-That there are other alternatives, such as:
-Emptying the garbage cans frequently and keeping them covered.
-Purchasing rat-proof trash cans and/or solar-powered waste compactors.
- Using rodent-repellant trash bags.
-Using snap traps rather than poison traps.
5-If food and shelter are not reduced, rat numbers can rebound quickly following lethal control measures by increasing breeding frequency and producing larger litter sizes.

Thank them and hope that they remove the poison soon.

You can email them also (and call when it is convenient for you).
Sarah.Neilson@parks.nyc.gov
hello@washingtonsquareparkconservancy.org
Veronica.white@parks.nyc.gov

[I am the chosen ROCstar who designated Rfalconcam to receive $500!]

I just got home from work and checked my email.

I am the chosen ROCstar who designated Rfalconcam to receive $500!

Even though it was announced this afternoon, it had to be from early this morning. I have not donated since then.

Our plan worked! 

  Way to go Shaky!! Congrats!!

                       

Can we only get one bonus of $500?

I believe w get more Joyce

I was planning to continue donations, but if we can only get one bonus, then I would still donate to rfalconcam and change my organization to Wild Wings. Does anyone know for sure? Thanks.

One organization, just a little while ago, got $1000 for time period 12-2 PM so they got $500 each hour.

They have two things I think.  One is Rocstar of the hour and the other said most donors in a two hour time frame.

OK-didn't see that-thanks!

Can we only get one bonus of $500?

I believe w get more Joyce

I was planning to continue donations, but if we can only get one bonus, then I would still donate to rfalconcam and change my organization to Wild Wings. Does anyone know for sure? Thanks.

One organization, just a little while ago, got $1000 for time period 12-2 PM so they got $500 each hour.

Yeah I've got both Calenders this weekend.They are Great !

Thanks Dana, Carol ,Kris G,Donna,Ei,Pat C Kathy M and Annette Bachstein.

And all the others involved with these beautiful Calendars.

Glad you got your calendars, Carla!

Hello everybody!!!  I say's on the Roc the day website we won $500!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                    Where did you find the information?

On the Roc the day page with the totals-it's left of the donate now box.  Whatever is there does not stay long sometimes.

Thanks-was on the mobile site and had to go to the full site to see it.

Sweet!


ROC the Day Updates

Congrats to Rfalconcam- thanks to the ROCstar of the hour they're getting a $500 bonus! Check back in an hour to see who wins the next $500.

Just found it! Yay!

Hello everybody!!!  I say's on the Roc the day website we won $500!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                    Where did you find the information?

JUST GOT THE INFO ON THIS BIRD-51/BD
IT IS A FEMALE BORN THIS YEAR, BANDED IN A NEST IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
INTERESTING TO SEE IF SHE SHOWS UP IN PELHAM BAY AGAIN, WHICH WOULD INDICATE THAT SHE IS STAYING IN THE AREA

Lynne, one of yours!!  

 Remember the falcon that was found by Steven Sachs the puddle jumper well its one that I had info on to start with. It is from the Manchester, NH nest 51/AD, sister is 50/AD brother is 17/AD. When it was found hanging out in New York I never thought to look in Manchester, NH

Both pics from fb

I watch that nest often!  I go by the building they are on all the time!  It's the only tall building for abount 10 blocks-next to the river.  They have a perch sticking out that you can see the birds sitting there. they never have watchs or let you know when banding is.  The audubon will not even let you know where the wild nests are!

Beautiful juvie!  Love the pic but sad there's no watches there and no info passed on to people interested.