[11:23 PM] Change of plan: Owlet no. 4 will spend one more day with Sallie. At the moment, only one of its eyes is just barely open, and the other one is still shut. By tomorrow, both should be open and Sallie can examine them for any damage. No damage is expected, but if it's present, it'll be worth knowing about.

I still find it amazing that it's so easy to spot and watch them! Nice pictures, Paul!

Darn, Ei don't get me started...
Here's one from 2006 - one strutting its stuff and the others not sure how to take it

I can't wait to start getting Rochester Falconcam reports live from an office at Bodice-Ripper Central (that'll be BRC on the forum).

I LOVE those shots...we get a couple every year. Can't wait.

I don't hear anything...do you?

I'm wondering if Quest is the best-documented wild peregrine ever...I mean, she was a star as one of M&K's hatchlings, photographed flying around Rochester, tracked for years, and now this...maybe a record, here!

Yaaaayyyy!

April 19 – Owlet no. 4 has cleaned-up well and does not appears as though he/she will benefit from additional medical treatment, so the plan is to return no. 4 to the nest tonight.

contact lens?

the only bird sitting up is the dead one

Quest and Kendal also made it on CTV News.

Oh, they sure did, Frank. Yikes, I have no comment at all about that antenna 

"I am so not in the mood for waxwing. Plus, Chris touched that one, ew."

Check out how the little one is cuddled up next to dinner. He's only like a week old and is already hanging out with the wrong kind of people, with no ambition, no drive, no brains...

This afternoon, in Evanston, I was fortunate enough to see Nona or Squawker performing a lazy peregrine glide over a neighborhood I was walking through. I was less fortunate in that he or she set off those cold-war-vintage buzzers on all 720 starlings in the vicinity, so I had to keep moving before someone tried to recruit me to help reset them all. Our starlings here are still 89% manual.

In a couple of blocks I came upon the Last Snowman. I guess there was a bit of snow overnight, although I only heard about it. The beast was about knee-high and composed of two balls. The bottom unit was a little bigger than a soccer ball, and for purposes of modesty had been rolled in dirty leaves and sticks. The upper module presented with an acute temperature-related deformity, but was about the size of a baseball. By way of facial features it had been provided with two eyes, about which I can give no specifics due to the fact that they were one-dimensional. The top ball was loosely draped with a dirty glove, folded once, to protect it from the elements. It was the most endearing snowman I have ever seen.

I am not being paid for counterespionage work, but I can report that there are two aliens ineptly disguised as Australian sugar gliders hanging out at the pet store. I couldn't find out anything about their mission here, except that the first stage may have to do with infiltrating the homes of the rich.   They either totally knew I knew or they give that look to everyone who disturbs their sleep.

[Kendal is another handsome tiercel!]

Kendal is another handsome tiercel!

Yeah, whew. Glad she didn't pick some butt-ugly tiercel, like...like...

Saw the video, it was a bit risque for my sensibilities.

Seriously, though, how terrific.

I guess all the "museum pieces" from last night's interior decoration of the nestbox have been EATEN.

oh, I guess not. When Mom moved, there they all were. She just redecorated HER way.