Is there any way to put ID band info somewhere, maybe on the camera page, to help us uncertain ones ID who we're looking at?  I've searched unproductively to find it, and I think I got Archer and Beauty confused again this morning...
Thanks!
ezsha

Good idea, but a quick ID tip-Archer's right band is all black, Beauty's is black/green

Ei-Those bands are on their left legs-both A/B have silver bands on the right leg.

Great album, Ei!  Thanks!   

Hot XXX falcon-on-falcon action! See your favorite Rochester falcons in steamy live XXX action on Mercury's Heel!

Was a very brief show, though, lasting only a few seconds.

    

Donna,Is this the egg laying look??

we call him Buffalo Bill

Oh-I like that name! 

                                           

Egg Laying
 
LETHARGY Just before and during the period of egg laying (approximately eight days for four eggs) the female becomes lethargic. She can look "dumpy", including fluffed-up feathers while perched, hanging her vent feathers (the feathers in front of the cloaca, underneath the tail) to an unusual degree, leaning slightly forward while perched, waddling when walking, dozing with one or both eyes closed for long periods, and generally remaining near the nest and being inactive. She might also spend considerable amounts of time in the nest by herself. After laying an egg, she may have periods of being more active, but lethargy is a general demeanor to note. Those without much previous experience with Peregrines should be aware it is comparative and subjective.[/i]

News From The Nest

23/03/10
We have a new nest and a new pair of Goshawks this year:

The eagle eyed amongst you may have noticed that the female appears to be an escaped falconer's bird. She is larger than the male and has an extended white stripe from above the eyes to the back of the head. Both are mature birds, denoted by the orange eyes. Younger birds tend towards yellow.
 
http://www.newforestgateway.org/Wildcam/LiveCameras/tabid/117/Default.aspx

[Does anyone here know Tiago's ancestry? It seems he's a local by Linda's comment.]

Does anyone here know Tiago's ancestry?  It seems he's a local by Linda's comment.

Ei-I found this on the Kfalconcam site-

On August 16th, I was able to finally be at the right place at the
right time and see the leg bands on this female that has been
fraternizing with Tiago. Perhaps, Tiago is just following in his
father's footsteps ( Windwhistler) and she has followed. With the
assistance of fellow peregrine lover across the border together we
were able to ID this female peregrine. Her name is RHEA MAE and she is
a 2006 Hatch from Rochester, New York.

Then I found this:

Windwhistler and Mandy, a male and female peregrine falcon couple, have been residents at 18 King since 2002, says longtime CPF volunteer Linda
Woods.
There is a particularly urgent need for a webcam at the moment, as Windwhistler and Mandy have reached a pivotal moment in their relationship. Windwhistler has been straying to
a girlfriend, Wind, who has a nest at the Sheraton Hotel at Queen and University. Woods says CPF volunteers hope to use the webcams to keep a close eye on the peregrines’ activities in order to find out if and at what nest a successful incubation has occurred.

And wasn't Tiago with Wind before Rhea Mae?  Hmmmm...

I peeked in just in time...Rhea Mae & Tiago & 3 beautiful eggs!

Good catch!

Wesley hatched this afternoon!  What's with all the male names Max, Pattison, Austin and now Wesley. ???  Molly has her wings full!

It's funny...you can't tell male/female names anymore...the only person I know named Austin is a girl!  And there was another odd one...can't recall right now...but at work there was a guy & a gal in the same dept with the same odd name...I don't get some of the names-or weird spelling of regular names...

I know what you're saying, Ei.  Times sure have changed!

Great news!!!

Wesley hatched this afternoon!  What's with all the male names Max, Pattison, Austin and now Wesley. ???  Molly has her wings full!

Harmless Creature Killed Because of Superstition

David Knowles
 Writer

AOL News (March 27) -- For some residents of the African island nation of Madagascar, encountering the tiny mammal called the aye-aye is as bad as meeting death itself.

The 4- to 6-pound animal is believed to creep into the houses of villagers and use its peculiarly long middle finger to lance the hearts of sleeping victims, according to Discovery News.
 
Natives of Madagascar often kill harmless aye-ayes over fears of what the animal represents.
For that reason, locals often kill the harmless animals on sight. Along with the loss of habitat caused by deforestation, superstition is a major reason the aye-aye is now considered to be at risk. Aye-aye population estimates range from 1,000 to 10,000.

Found only on Madagascar, aye-ayes are nocturnal primates that tend to live high in the trees of the rain forest, where they build nests of leaves and twigs. They use their long middle fingers to extract insect larvae from tree bark, according to National Geographic.

Some locals believe the legend that the appearance of an aye-aye -- which does not seem to fear the presence of human beings -- is a sign that a villager will soon die.

The animal, the largest nocturnal primate in the world, is now officially protected by law, but that often does not protect the aye-aye from residents convinced of its evil nature.

Children in the West, however, best know the aye-aye from the character Maurice in the animated "Madagascar" films.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB_fQ1Rg_K4&feature=player_embedded

YIPPEE!  Cam 1 is back!

And it's back down again..