Ginha, it didn't wok. try uploading them from here. Click on Additional options, then browse....find your pic and click on it.  Good luck.

I can't get it either.

We're having high winds and heavy rain right now that might be heading for Rochester.  Hope the girls stay inside!

News Flash!      
 Tuesday, June 15, 2010

~ Statler chick who went down is a healthy girl named "Statler" and returned!   More on blog now and pix and web album of the event by tonight!  Just wanted to share this much with you quickly!

Great news, Sage, with a happy ending!!  

Kris and Sage - Thanks for the updates.  I merged the two topics under this thread.  Kris, how do you see the Buffalo stations in Rochester? 

I feel terrible about the Statler fledgling.  With so many nestsites around Buffalo this year, Buffalo watchers are limited.

I hope this little one will be okay.  I figured the fledgling couldn't be returned to the top of the Statler because DEC does not have permission to access that building.  Once the falcon gets a clean bill of health, it will probably get released nearby.

Sage - please keep us updated.

I agree - some strange happenings.  I sure hope the area residents don't get so upset with BB that they force the UB nestbox to be removed.  I have to admit this is one very aggressive peregrine falcon, but she didn't do this last year.  Could young Yankee not be the protector that Smoky was last year?  With the publicity and cam this year, could people be getting too close and upsetting her territory?  Whatever happened, BB feels very threatened and she is going to continue until her fledges are on their own.  Wonder what kind of a dog it was?

Joyce

Joyce-We live between both cities so we can get both Rochester and Buffalo stations on TWC.

I'm so happy that this man realized this young Peregrine needed help, stopped and with others, guided it off the road.  It could have been struck, severely injured or even killed by traffic. A very lucky young fledgling! 

National Zoo is currently in negotiations with China to extend Mei and Tian's stay for another 5 years - that was always the plan.  I know SDZ negotiated Bai and Gao's stay for another 5 years as did recently ZA - they both got the pandas for half the cost this time so I expect NZ will get to keep Mei and Tian for a few more years yet!

Read that in the Washington Post awhile back in an interview with the new Director for NZ who happens to be the old ZA Director so he has experience renegotiating Panda Loan agreements.

ps: Yes I am also a pandaholic :

That's good news to hear!  Thanks, Carly!   

This is very weird:

http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/local/Falcon-dive-bombs-unwitting-pedestrians

Falcon dive-bombs unwitting pedestrians
Updated: Monday, 14 Jun 2010, 10:53 PM EDT
Published : Monday, 14 Jun 2010, 10:39 PM EDT

George Richert
Posted by: Eli George
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - Remember oohing and aahing over those cute peregrine falcon chicks who showed off for a UB nest cam? Well, the chicks are out of the nest, and the protective mom is dive-bombing anybody who gets too close.

Resident Antoine Lanier said, "And you can hear them, they're up there. The big one's about to land, and they're up there."

It was Sunday evening at around six when Antoine watched a peregrine falcon chase a teen-aged boy across Winspear.

"You know what scared me is he ran out in the middle of the street. He coulda got hit by a car," said Antoine.

Minutes after that, his dog was attacked.

Antoine recounted, "I felt something, something go right by me, and it hit my dog, and you know, she yelped, and I could see it was a big bird and it was trying to pick her up. It was shaking, she had blood on her paws and her ears. These were all ripped off, the nails were down, she has cuts underneath her body."

It's all happening around the McKay Tower at UB where state wildlife officials and UB put a nesting platform and a live camera on a family of peregrine falcons that have taken up residence there.

>>>Watch George's reporter's notebook as he "hunts" for shots of the falcons in their tower nest

NYS DEC Wildlife Biologist Connie Adams said, "The unique thing about this week is that their chicks have fledged, or left the nest, which they did on Sunday, and so they are especially defensive."

Falcons are only about the size of a crow, but this family has one over-protective mama.

"She is acting differently from any other peregrine in New York State at this point," explained Adams.

On Saturday, a pair of bird watchers were attacked. Then, on the roof of the VA Hospital, a worker was forced over the edge.

Adams said, "And he was tied in, but he was struck several times in the head and back area."

What's next?

"It will get better in about two weeks," stated Adams.

Antoine added, "We can't wait two weeks."

                  Really weird!

An aphrodesiac needs to be discovered for pandas!

That is for sure, Jeanne!  The only thing that interests them is bamboo and naps!    

True!!!!  I felt so sad that Tian and Mei at the National Zoo had a false pregnancy.  They are scheduled to return to China at the end of the year.  Folks are already sad about Tai Shan leaving

I didn't know that.  Very sad to lose them both.

Kris G - Check out Sage's post on Peregrine Place http://www.peregrineplace.com/. If these are the photos you saw, then it was Harry Potter.

Sometimes when fledglings first come to ground, they look like they are limping and it just the way they walk.  They may be unstable and exhasted from flying so hard to gain height.  Unless it is obvious, when we fledge watch, we observe a downed falcon and leave it alone to see how it it behaves.

Joyce-I just watched the 11 PM news and they said that it was a juvie from the Statler Towers, that it's injured and that it was unable to fly.  DEC took it somewhere for an examination to determine the extent of the injury.

An aphrodesiac needs to be discovered for pandas!

That is for sure, Jeanne!  The only thing that interests them is bamboo and naps!    

Oh so sad....hope not one of the Potter boys. 

  All the newsman said was that it was "one of the Falcons that has been flying around."  I'm hoping that maybe Sage or maybe even Joyce can find out who it is.

I didn't know where to post this but just saw on 6 PM news (WKBW) a report on a Peregrine Falcon found around Niagara Blvd (Buffalo area) walking in the road and it was limping.  Several people lead it to the side of the road and then called Animal control.  The DEC came and got it. They showed closeup pics of it and it looked scared but alert.  Maybe Sage knows what happened and can get some info on who it is. It was definitely a juvie and hopefully it will be alright.

Wednesday, June 9
Things are starting to heat up a little bit with Yang Yang and Lun Lun. As I reported previously, we started seeing some physical changes in Lun and also some corresponding behavioral changes last week that may be indicative of estrus. This week we’re also seeing some hormonal changes.  We’ve started regularly putting Yang and Lun next to each other during the day to assess their behavior. Although we’re not there yet, things are looking good. It’s not possible right now to predict when Lun will be ready, but I don’t think we’ll have much longer to wait.


Friday, June 11
We are continuing to monitor Lun Lun closely. We expect ovulation to occur any day now. Dr. Dave Kersey, Assistant Professor at Western University of Health Sciences, arrived Wednesday and is at the Zoo running hormone assays daily. Dr. Kersey is an expert in giant panda endocrinology. He’s also an expert on Lun Lun’s hormone profiles. He has run hormone assays on her to time artificial insemination and birth windows since 2006.

Also on Wednesday, Dr. Liu arrived from the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. He is a reproductive physiologist and will be performing the artificial insemination if Lun Lun and Yang Yang don’t mate. As in previous years, we will put Lun Lun and Yang Yang together at the time of ovulation to give them the opportunity to mate. If that fails, we will artificially inseminate Lun Lun.

Estrus is always an exciting time for the pandas and for us. Hopefully, it will result in another furry, black and white bundle of joy!
Rebecca Snyder, PhD
Curator of Mammals

Monday, June 14
We had a very busy weekend at the Zoo Atlanta panda building. Lun Lun ovulated (finally), most likely late Saturday night or early Sunday morning. So, starting Sunday morning we did introductions between Lun Lun and Yang Yang to give them an opportunity to mate naturally. Since they did not mate, Zoo Atlanta’s veterinarian team, keepers, and curators, a Chinese colleague, and two American colleagues from other institutions stepped in to perform artificial insemination on Lun Lun. We were able to collect enough fresh semen from Yang Yang to perform two separate AI’s on Lun Lun. Now, we sit and wait to see if all our efforts will once again produce a cub.
Kate Roca
Carnivore Keeper III

http://www.beleefdelente.nl/steenuil

Check out the 3rd video on the right (6-11) ...owlettes playing soccer with unhatched egg and they scored a goal!

I watched that last night, Donna-hysterical!

Beautiful videos, Neil!

Wow!  and Wow again!  Great, great shots and I now can see everything!  Wonderful!  Where is (which direction) is Lake Ontario?

North

You took the words right out of my mouth, Ei!