Here is the video of Archer's evening visit.

http://ustre.am/_DGsO:r1V

video of A&B this morning

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/9451546

And we all know that falcon watchers are the world's safest drivers.

Here is a video of this morning's visit by A&B. Beauty was there for over an hour.

http://ustre.am/_DyZI:qTm

A video of this morning's visit by A&B. http://ustre.am/_Dup3:qOY

Alkyonis had a very rocky start on life.  She wasn't the best of fliers.  We worried about her.  Her first trouble was when she went down one of the smoke stacks at the BeeBee Station.  She was being looked over by her two brothers Hafoc and Grissom when she was rescued.  

Grissom wasn't looking over her when she went down the stack. In fact, he had gone down a smokestack earlier that Friday. While he was being rescued, Alkyonis -- a bird that had pretty much stayed put on the Kodak tower -- flew off and went down the middle stack. I believe only one or two people witnessed it, and even then they weren't really sure if it had happened because they didn't have a good view and were more focused on the Grissom rescue like the rest us.

As it turns out, we were fortunate that the vet's office was closed that Friday evening. Brad Carney, who had been called in for the Grissom rescue because he had a key to the BeeBee gate, took Grissom home with him to spend the night until he could take him to the vet first thing Saturday morning. On his way to the Vet that morning, he stopped by High falls, and after hearing that Alkyonis was missing and seeing how the other falcons were acting, he and Jim P decided to enter the BeeBee property to look for her. They eventually found her and took her to the vet with Grissom.

There was a detailed watch report on Grissom's rescue posted that Friday evening on the old Birdcam discussion board. Unfortunately, the board is long gone. However, we still have Jim P's blog entry about the Alkyonis rescue.

http://birdblog.marchlords.com/2004/06/rescuing-alkyonis.html

And these slide shows in our archives include a few pictures of Alkyonis.

http://rfalconcam.com/rfc-main/birdcam2004SlideShow.php
http://rfalconcam.com/rfc-main/bandingDay2004SlideShow.php
http://rfalconcam.com/rfc-main/fledgeWatch2004SlideShow.php

Some video of A&B this morning:

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/9281224

Please note that Quest has been in the general area of Tam O'Shanter Park. The park itself is very small and has a limited view of the many tall buildings that she could choose to land on.

About an hour later, while talking to a couple of cyclists, we noticed a 2nd falcon perched just below and to the right of the male. Going by size, it was a female, and it also had a full crop. It was facing us so we could not see her back.

Conclusion: the female is Quest.

Inquiring minds want to know...does she look like Mariah or Kaver or both? 
Any pictures of the overall scene so we can imagine we see 2 falcon shaped specs?

She was too far away to get a good look at her. She appeared to have a light breast like Mariah's, but not as white as Kaver's.

Google Maps Street View will give you the overall scene.

Carrie and I returned at the power plant around 10 AM Sunday. No falcons were visible. We stayed for over an hour before deciding to look elsewhere. As we were driving away at 11:30, we spotted the male perched on the same box he was seen on Saturday. We re-parked the car and unpacked the scope to get a better look at him.

About an hour later, while talking to a couple of cyclists, we noticed a 2nd falcon perched just below and to the right of the male. Going by size, it was a female, and it also had a full crop. It was facing us so we could not see her back.

Both falcons were still at that location when we left at 1:45.

The falcons were too far away to photograph with our cameras, but we are sure that one of them was Quest. Satellite data shows that she was southwest of Pickering during the morning.



The data then shows her near the power plant starting at about the same time we spotted the female.



The accuracy of the data is about 1/2 mile. The points scattered around the power plant are consistent with a transmitter located inside the plant perimeter.

Conclusion: the female is Quest.

Yes, it's a last minute road trip to Pickering.

Archer's visit on video

http://ustre.am/_Cqbq:pWu

Hope you will also find a way for us Luddites to see it as well.  I'm limited to a "not the latest" version of Flash, by the version of OS X I have.  My Son's advice for me to get a new computer is not an alternative at this point.  Since I lived for many years on both sides of Lake Winnipesaukee, your presentations are extra enjoyable for me 
Carol
now in WV

Hi Carol,

How does the Classic version work for you?  I confess I'm not fond of Flash either and wish it would go away.

Paul

Classic version worked for me.

My!  What big YELLOW feet you have Archer (I think)!   

Yes, it was Archer. I saw the Black 25/V on the video.

So that's what I heard earlier! I saw somebody fly up to the box, heard a bunch of chatter, then Archer (I think) has been on Mercury most of the afternoon.

Can the main camera pivot around and zoom in on Mercury?

The Main Camera can't turn that far, but Camera 1 can zoom in on Mercury. I would have done it if I had been available.