Archer's not only got the fierce look, he's got dinner hanging off his bill...



Mmm, de-lish!

Marcia L.

When I click to enlarge - - what detail!!  He must have been in a rush for incubation duty.  No time to wipe his beak.

[Federal Bird-Safe Buildings Act of 2010]

Federal Bird-Safe Buildings Act of 2010

http://wildbirdonthefly.blogspot.com/2010/04/federal-bird-safe-buildings-act-of-2010.html

[Has anyone figured out when the "light" egg was layed? That's the only one that stands out from the others. Is this Helga Jean?]

Has anyone figured out when the "light" egg was layed?  That's the only one that stands out from the others.  Is this Helga Jean?

[YAY! Archer got to stay on the eggs for a little over 2 hours today (10:05 am to 12:19 pm). Archer thinking..."My time is up, here she comes."]

    YAY! Archer got to stay on the eggs for a little over 2 hours today (10:05 am to 12:19 pm). 

Archer thinking..."My time is up, here she comes."



After the incubation exchange, Beauty thinking..."Finally, ALL the eggs are completely covered again."

I didn't realize just how much of a hack job until now.  This is just one of the bushes...there are 2 others just as huge...this morning it was full of leaves & flowers...

Ei, this is horrendous!  As a child, I remember my parents had lilac bushes between our house and their single car garage.  Actually, they ended up being trees.  They grew so high that they only bloomed at the top and it was difficult to cut the flowers.  My dad made a decision to cut them back - way back!  My mom thought for sure they were done.  Low and behold they turned out to flower beautifully for many more years to come.  I hope yours will come back the same way.

It just seems to be our luck that every time she's maybe spotted for sure (since her Cape Cod region excursions)...the guys at Lennox didn't want to disturb Lennox man...our watchers got there a day late...excellent signals from her transmitter-except for the day we're pretty sure someone actually saw her...  AARRGH!!!

And, yes, the most important thing is that Quest is OK.

As someone once mentioned, she wears an invisible cloak.  Just as we think we can pinpoint her, there she goes being " the elusive falcon" again!  If we could stand hand-to-hand encircling Lake Ontario, we still wouldn't see that wandering peregrine with a transmiter.

[NOTE - 3 topics (Webcam at Montreal university, Question for expert, & Montreal university blog) are combined since they all discuss Polly and the Montreal nestsite.]

NOTE - 3 topics (Webcam at Montreal university, Question for expert, & Montreal university blog) are combined since they all discuss Polly and the Montreal nestsite.

Thanks for posting Donna.  Linda Woods also sent the article to Carol P and I was just going to post the same.  I went into the archives at http://ornithologie.ca/faucons/ and found  a photo of Polly caught on today's cam 4/21/2010-18:36, while Mom (Spirit) sits on the eggs.

Thought I would share some sentiments...

Many of us remember from Ma, Pa & S2 that the Dutch do not intefere.  Nora from the Netherlands posted the sad news and ended her post with..."Our policy is to let nature have her course, no human intervention.  Let the peregrines live their own lives, let them be peregrines in the peregrine way. We'll watch and learn."
I really like the statement let them be peregrines in the peregrine way. I need to remind myself of that every now and then as I warm up to Beauty & Archer.

Juanita expressed this on the Cleveland board...[/color]
"Nora, I am so sorry about Bea and her sweet precious babies. I feel her spirit waited until they joined her and they are together now.
It is difficult not to cry and grieve at a time like this, for how can we not get attached to such glorious peregrines."

~Joyce

[A lot of EGGSPOSURE today… (not including the one's already posted)]

A lot of EGGSPOSURE today… (not including the one's already posted)

[Carol P]

Anyone going on Saturday for the Rochester Falcon presentation?  Be sure to say hi!  

In case anyone doesn't know it, Carol P is also part of the the Rochester Peregrine Falcon Project presentation at 11:00 am on Saturday Apr. 23rd.

Bird of Prey Days 2010 Event Schedule

This is the nestsite that we noted the videos as Keepers: http://rfalconcam.com/forum/index.php?topic=565.0

A couple "eggsposure" shots from today 4/20...

The photos from the CMNH site are fantastic.  Here is another one of my favorites...

Buffalo Watch Report - Saturday April 17

I stayed over in Buffalo on Friday night, and checked out the Grain Elevators (GE), Central Terminal (CT) and UB the next morning.

It was mostly a tiercel watch in Buffalo. I started with GE.  You have to be very patient there if you want to see any falcons. I must have waited an hour to confirm they were there. It was very cold and windy, so I sat in my car.  Finally I saw the male flying. Then there were two. They did a little flying and talon-tagging together.  It didn't last long and they both disappeared on the south side of the building.  That's where I saw tail feathers on a ledge where they were sunning themselves on a nice 70 degree on Apr 1st.  I walked over to check and there was no sign of them.

There are so many easy-access openings into this building. It is surprising that peregrines are going inside the building, because they aren't cavity nesters. The fact that these two were seen flying together doesn't seem like behavior of peregrines who are incubating eggs.  Only time will tell.  I doubt the DEC would be able to band any young here. 

This site fascinates me and worries me at the same time. It will be a challenge for any fledglings.  The location is at the opening to Lake Erie and there is lots of water.  There is a break wall across the channel with a lighthouse. There aren't many low level buildings in the area, and to the south there are 7 windmills.

Then I headed over to the Central Terminal.  I ran into someone from the DEC checking on CT and she told me there were 4 eggs in the nestbox.  Boy the DEC is going to have their hands full at banding time in Buffalo this year!!   The male was up on one of the columns near the top of the building; never saw the female.

Then I headed over to UB.  The DEC was there checking that site out too. They left, and then I heard kakking.  The male came in with prey and landed higher up on the building.  I watched as he cleaned and ate his meal.  I wasn't dressed for the cold, so I left without seeing the female, but at least she is on camera.

Ezsha - That's great!  They say "think outside the box"...but you took it one step further..."think outside the box within the box"! 

I like to see things within things when I am looking at patterns, clouds etc. Especially when I take pictures, and see them after the fact.  I admire people who can do that while they are composing pictures.

Thanks for sharing - now it will always be in my in mind.
Joyce