Wondered where you were yesterday.  Hope you had a good time! Yeah, not much action today so far.

I did, but it was a LONG day!



Synchronized preening!

Good catch!

What a bunch of lazy lumps today!

Someone was up on the stand pipe earlier, but I didn't have time to post it before coming in to work 

I missed yesterday-family reunion picnic-so I missed a lot (MAK & Joyce-glad you guys are OK)-but thankfully I still get to see all 4 this morning!

Wondered where you were yesterday.  Hope you had a good time! Yeah, not much action today so far.

I allready have try to find out more,couldn't find it.I think about Tine from Amsterdam,she has had contacts earlyer about the A'dam PeFa's,she is a member on this forum too.

In the article I read that Paul has seen the male and the adult female so many times together that there was no sign of breeding .Still there are three chicks now.
I have send Tine a personal message.I hope she can help us.
Greetings Carla

Thanks, Carla.  This is very interesting.

La Tuque in Haute-Mauricie, 3 hours from Montreal and 3 hours from Quebec City... It seems we have here 2 pairs of falcons at least who nest in cliffs but I haven't seen them.

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!

Glad to hear they made it home OK! 

Maybe, according to me, the name of Richard Dupuis, one of their photographers; but I'm not sure...
He is a good photographer of birds and nature...
Link here: http://picasaweb.google.com/Rickdqc

It sounds like it could be him-name suggested by Eve Belisle?

Do you know that our female in Montreal, Spirit, is a daughter of Hillary and Buckeye, the legendary Buckey from Ohio?

I probably knew way back but had forgotten. Thanks for the reminder!  She comes from good genes too!

I received a note from Nicole in Montreal today and it seems that all the females that were banded from the University of Montreal nestbox are now determined to be all males!  

10:24 AM 6/11 We now have confirmation that these are 4 males. For those wondering why there was a miscarriage early - like 4 falcons appear to have substantially the same size feet, we had to assume they were of the same sex. David Bird, in his experience, thought it was 4 males, we even tried the male rings on their legs and it seemed well adjusted. But, the weight in grams instead, was telling us little females. In a similar situation, we have no choice but to put rings females, because a ring too small for the falcon's paw cut off circulation and cause him serious problems. Now they have their adult size, we are set!.

The names have been changed to:

Tawodi        
Rick              
Eole          
Altius
 
Congratulations, again!

Thanks Carly, they are in good hands!! 

They sure are!

Archer decided to make an appearance today.

I just tried texting Lisa

I remembered I had Linda Woods cell, I called her and MAK and Joyce are with Bruce Massey right now. I called Sue and gave her Bruce's cell ph number to call. So all is good. Phew.

Oh and Linda would like to know if anyone knows anyone from LAZY BOY that can send up some recliners for them. This waiting is murder on the back!! Thanx!

Thank you Jeanne!!

Glad they're with someone familiar. Tough that this happened and especially being out of the country! 

Beauty at nest for 10 minutes.

Nice to see her this AM.  Wonder if she's missing MAK? 

And still there are four.  Kate has reappeared and all four are milling about.  Tomorrow is another day.

Though they are determined to give us heart failure! 

She was actually using her wings to get to some nestovers by the wall...phew!

Ritual to Rhiannon
Purpose: To heal grief, loss, or disappointment. To encourage moving forward.
Invoke - "We honor Rhiannon who comforts those in crisis and in times of grief and loss. Her sweet song eases us and gives us the closure we need to move on in our lives."

Thank, Ei.  I guess I could have looked it up myself.   

No paperbag, Kris!  I was curious too-I only knew of the song!  And fitting, I think, for the name of a grandeyas in such a sad year...

In reading the description of the name, it is indeed very fitting!

I've seen the name before but have no idea how it's pronounced.

It's most popular from the song by Fleetwood Mac.  Just did a quick search & found this:

Rhiannon Great Queen of the Celts a project by Rowen Saille

© All original material in this site is under copyright protection and is the intellectual property of the author. http://www.orderwhitemoon.org/goddess/Rhiannon.html#top


Origins

Rhiannon [RHEE-awn-on] is a Welsh underworld Goddess form. Her story is told in the Mabinogion ( 1 , translation by Lady Charlotte Guest). Her origin goes back further still according to Jean Markale ( 2 ) who believes that she might have been the original Mother Goddess of the Celtic people. She brings sleep, dreams, and sometimes nightmares (3, 4 ). She is found in several ancient cultures, called by several names (3 ). Through history Rhiannon has survived and influenced many cultures and legends. Her name translates as "divine" or "Great Queen." She may have been sun Goddess (3). She is Goddess of change, movement, and magic (3, 4). She comforts in times of crisis, loss, and illness (5). She gives us gifts of tears, forgetfulness (to promote healing), and humor to ease our sufferings in this life (5) and guides us to the next (3, 6). She is also accompanied by golden birds whose singing can call the dead or grant peaceful sleep to the living (4, 5, 6).

Ritual to Rhiannon
Purpose: To heal grief, loss, or disappointment. To encourage moving forward.
Invoke - "We honor Rhiannon who comforts those in crisis and in times of grief and loss. Her sweet song eases us and gives us the closure we need to move on in our lives."

Thank, Ei.  I guess I could have looked it up myself.