Wow! Joyce posted that 12 people are going to the banding of Harlequin from here!  How did all of them get to go or who did the choosing?  Was it announced on the Forum asking people if they wanted to go?  Just curious as I never read anything about the chance to go being offered to Forum members.

http://www.break.com/index/the-dancing-chihuahua-2071811

Good job Joycie! 

They've posted an answer on that Forum.

Mike reported our first fledge!!  He is pretty sure it is Lady Liberty aka Libby.  Men were up working by the scrape again so he is not sure about Hudson.  Libby was happily bouncing and of course eating on top of 10 Exchange Place which is a block away and another safe building for the fledglings.  She is a very aggressive female.

Seems we have fledglings all over the place.

And the fun begins! Good luck.

Like Donna said, have fun and hope they all stay safe!

Pa and S2 have a quiet 1/2 hour together. They dine on the ledge. Check out the 1st video on the right. Pa caught the prey, S2 came and took it from him, then she fed him.  

2nd video is good too, juvie takes prey from dad.

http://www.beleefdelente.nl/slechtvalk

Loved these videos!  Look at the one from 6/10 where Pa is lifted up by the wind like a helicopter!  They're such a devoted couple-wish Beauty had a mate like that. 

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2035249874192.2116531.1032557688 Great pics

Wow-that was a really mad momma!  That lady needed some broom wielding assistants!   

I made an album of Sunshine flapping & running back & forth...

http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoard.jsp?token=897990642606%3A192769465&sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=eMail-_-Share-_-Photos-_-Sharee

no sign-in needed...

Great album, Ei!  Thanks!

3 are still there Kris....one is by nest box like Ei said.

Whew,  I didn't see Ei's post-now I see the 3 (well almost 3). I wonder if Ann's on fledgewatch??

I'm only seeing one now.  I know one has fledged but where are the others?

Gorgeous setting, Paul!  Has he fledged yet?  I see you got an ID band number on the female-do you know the names/origin of the parents?  Thanks for sharing your pics with us!

Come along with me for last week's Banding Day!

Bring your sunscreen.

Paul

Why is it when I click on the link, it brings up MAK's Toronto album. 3x's in a row!!

The link didn't work for me either.

It would be great to see Falcons in a natural setting.  Neil Grubb has posted beautiful videos on here of them on cliffs in Scotland.  Hope you get a chance to see yours there!

I've gotten to see peregrines three times now in settings where they were nesting on cliffs, and have pictures of two of the scrapes, but in those cases we saw the falcons fly in and out, but the scrape was inset into the cliff so you couldn't really see into it.  The first time was in Yellowstone, the second time was this spring in Sedona (a very excited forest ranger who had been monitoring the nest kept borrowing my binoculars to get a better look), and the third time was just this past Memorial Day weekend.  There is a pair nesting on a cliff in the Smokies, on our favorite trail, but the bluff on which they nest is under a rock overhang...and you can't see the nesting cliff from the trail.  You can get directly under it, but the view is blocked by the overhanging rock...so you can just watch overhead as they fly in and out...or listen for the screeching!  We're 98% sure that they had already fledged juveniles because as we were walking down the trail toward the scrape we saw a light-colored falcon flying in toward the scrape, and another fly out from the direction of the scrape, screaming bloody murder; the second falcon was much darker and looked like it had juvenile coloration, where the first falcon definitely had much lighter coloration on the underside.  The presumed adult flew high above the juvenile.  It reminded me of when Mariah or Kaver would fly in with a food delivery and the juvenile(s) would fly out to greet them.

What wonderful experiences just to see the Falcons, Patti!

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/06/11/injured.leatherback.turtle/index.html?&hpt=hp_c2

 

Another visit today.