Gorgeous shot of Orion in the nestbox as the sun was rising this morning.

Oop!  Sorry, that would be the NW corner of the statue.

10:48am 

Here's a camera phone shot I took through a dirty window in my building.  You can see a dot (tee-hee) at the NE corner of the base of the statue.  That's our Dot!

WOW!

Nice wings Orion!

I was just about to post the same picture! Awesome wingstretch!
 

[WanderingFalcon (Carol P.):]

WanderingFalcon (Carol P.): KPT still at KP. So all 5 Rochester Pefas seen by the Rochester watchers this morning!

Link:
http://twitter.com/WanderingFalcon/statuses/224512909525520384

I'm thinking 'Hmmm 5 pefas.  Beauty, Dot.ca, Pigott, Kodak Park Tiercel.  Who's the 5th?'  I forgot Orion! 

Farewell, dear Angel Egg. We will never forget you and your parents, Unity and Archer, wherever he may be.  Here's our last moment with you.    

Orville's got multiple purposes - friend, teddy bear, pillow...

brought to attention by patsy6 on ustream:

Thanks for posting, ezsha! Looks like baby has a bit of a July 4 hangover.   

There is a nice if slightly out of date article on the Rochester falcons in today's Democrat & Chronicle at http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20120701/SPORTS/307010020/Outdoor-notebook-Rochester-Peregrine-Falcon-Project-still-soaring?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Home|s.

Thanks for the info and the vintage picture, Ei.  And Shaky, I like that Ralph idea. We could call him Ralph Mercury, although people might think we're referring to Freddie's brother.   

Remeber last year when Mercury got a cleaning?  Well, the crew took a few pictures when they were up there in the basket.  Turns out Mercury's base has a face on it.  Here it is.  Who knew?  Must be part of Mercury's Greek mythology.