Breaking news from the Democrat & Chronicle:

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2016/01/21/updates-medley-centre-being-auctioned-off-today/79066628/

Wow, that's cheap! Wonder what they're going to do with it. 

My guess: tear down the building, get a tax break for undeveloped property, and use it as a giant parking lot to store vehicles for his car dealerships.

How much ya'll got??

I don't know how much today, but it's been snowing moderately since I got up today!   

Several inches. It was a manageable amount.

The only cam working at the moment! 

Your point being?

My point is, only 1 cam working. Never remembered TS cams being out in the cold. Powers is all new. Just saying, no biggie!! Chill!!

No problem. Just wondering if you were reporting a problem or making an observation.

The only cam working at the moment! 

Your point being?

The snow really brightens up the night. Now Camera 5 can see the wings on the Times Square building at night.

Notice the glow from the IR LEDs on Camera 4?
And Camera 5's glow is visible from Camera 4.

Mary Tyson, your time with us will always be remembered. You have been a loyal follower of our falcons and a valued member of the Rfalconcam community. For that we will be forever grateful. May you rest in peace.

And thank you, Janet, for passing along this sad news to the group. I'm sure it wasn't easy.

Shingles coming loose

Shingles coming loose

Did nestbox destroyer Nor'easter come back to visit? 

The roofing job was a last-minute temporary fix. It was never meant to stand up to the combination of cold, wind, and this:

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
A blustery, overcast morning after a dusting of snow overnite and a temperature of 22 (F) -6 (C)
I'm pretty sure I found Seth with his back to me on the north window ledge to start my morning watch. I could see that he had a feather stuck on his cere-we call...

Link:
http://rfalconcam.com/falconwatching/?p=37311

Joyce brought it to my attention that I have 2015 on all my reports for this year so I went to wordpress and changed them but I can't do anything about them on the forum. Maybe a moderator can do it. Thanks Joyce! 

Done.

Question...do we have sound capability at the Powers nest box?

Channel 4 has audio. Channel 3 doesn't because I forgot to bring a cable adapter with me when I replaced the camera Friday. Channel 3 audio will be restored when I return to the Powers Building Tuesday.

I probably haven't noticed because channel 4 has been offline most mornings when I check so I only run channel 3.

Yes, and you can thank Ustream and its poorly written Ustream Producer Pro for that.

Question...do we have sound capability at the Powers nest box?

Channel 4 has audio. Channel 3 doesn't because I forgot to bring a cable adapter with me when I replaced the camera Friday. Channel 3 audio will be restored when I return to the Powers Building Tuesday.

Rookie mistake.

We had to move Camera 5 farther away from the nest box to get a view of the whole nest box and the platform. It was too far to the left of Camera 8's view to get it and the front of the next box in the same frame. Therefore, we opted to aim Camera 8 at the nest box.

Camera 8 was pointed the way it was in order to view the top of a "pan cam" that was to be placed in the far corner (NW corner) of the "playpen." This other camera would have had a view of the tops of Camera 5 and Camera 8 much like Camera 1's view of Main Camera and Camera 4 at TSB. Alas, for many reasons I will not go into, we could not install this other camera.

Camera 5 is set back far enough from the nest box to see it from TSB,

New Camera 5
New view from Camera 8

Just wondering why nest top and bottom look curved on camera 5 and all Powers cameras look like brightness is turned up high?

Barrel distortion and WDR.

New Camera 5
New view from Camera 8

Camera 5, the last of the old cameras at the Powers building, will be replaced tomorrow. All of the Powers cameras turned off for a few hours while this work takes place.