I don't think I have ever seen DC looking more handsome; every feather is perfect.

         

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The cam has just come back online at this nest after many months. The birds don't migrate, and the cam usually stays active all year. The view below is the one provided late in the season, when the chicks are out of the nest and running around on the roof.

My first view of the birds this year, as they landed at the nest together:





I can't tell from this view whether this is the same resident pair. I hope so, since they are very bonded and are excellent parents. Last year they raised four beautiful chicks.

The female who has been resident at this nest for a number of years is the daughter of an escaped falconry bird from Kansas, born in 1994, named Phoebe. After her escape, she headed north to Minneapolis, where she nested at a bridge site for some years before moving to a different nest site at Riverside Plaza in 2004 with a new mate.

That year, Phoebe and her mate raised four chicks, all girls. One of the chicks, banded black/green 49/C but not named, headed south to the area her mother came from when it was time for her to seek her own nest site. She nests in Kansas City, Missouri, just across the river from Kansas City, Kansas.

The resident male at this nest is unbanded. He is a very loyal mate, and a great father and provider.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/kansas-city-plaza-falcon-cam#

A couple of short visits from February 18 and 19:

[02/21/17]

From the site today:

02/21/17:

We're still waiting to see if the eagle couple that is visiting the nest will lay eggs. They still have time, but we should be seeing an egg soon. In the meantime, we had an immature bald eagle visit the nest. This might be a bird that was raised at the nest in a previous season.

One day recently, I saw two eagles at the Blackwater osprey nest. They stayed for a very long time. One of the eagles left, but came back a few minutes later, and they sat close together for a while longer. I don't know if these eagles are the ones who have been visiting the eagle nest.

The two most recent updates I have seen on Peace:

UPDATE ON PEACE: Audubon is treating Peace as a most special patient within a mew (enclosure) inside their clinic. Peace is doing ok. He did some PT walking around this morning. Peace is still hesitant with right foot but can stand and put weight on it.

They continue to test blood every 48 hrs and are closely monitoring him to rule out anything neurological. He is eating and gaining small amounts of weight every day since he was admitted on Friday, February 10. However his diagnosis is still unknown.

Please understand we will not speculate on what is or what is not wrong with Peace. We will only communicate the facts provided by Audubon as results are given. Al Cecere and I are the interface for AEF, and all information is given directly to us from Audubon. Our moderators (both in our chat rooms as well as in our Facebook pages) have no further information. We appreciate your understanding, patience, and well-wishes as we allow Audubon to do their job without our interruption. Please understand we are concerned about Peace as you are, but we know Peace is in good hands at Audubon and receiving the best care possible.

And this one:

Update Feb. 20, 2017

As viewed today, Peace was shy when he first came out of his mew, but quickly pranced around the clinic at Audubon for his PT exercise. He is progressing well and weighed in at 6.5 lbs. He was later feasting (behind closed doors in his mew) on his breakfast. Earlier updates confirmed that Peace is a male eaglet! Peace is a most special patient at Audubon with his own special mew (enclosure) inside their clinic. There is still no specific diagnosis yet.

Meanwhile, Hope has started branching, and a couple of nights ago she was sleeping standing up on the edge of the nest with head in feathers just like her Mom, who was up above her in the nest tree.

A small update on Diamanté from Peregrine Place today:

Isn't he beautiful? Dr. Karen took this pic for us today because she knows how much he is missed by his fans both here and Rochester! He is flying but is not strong enough yet for release.

Photo from Peregrine Place.



Good to know Diamanté is flying!  He is missed by his fans elsewhere too . . .

Clara with her brand new egg:

First egg of the 2017 season!

Congratulations to Clara and Fernando el Cohete!

Love the close-ups! Thank you, Shaky!

 

The Beautyful one:

   

DC came back again:

   

An early visit from DC:

Both:

 

Looking for Beauty: