Okay, good to know, Jeanne.  Hopefully it will resolve itself as the last glitch did.

I got everyone's tweets this morning, and I'm the only one who has been tweeting this afternoon, Jeanne.  Do you have me set up for mobile notifications in your Twitter account?

So what do we think this is in the sky over the Powers nestbox; a) an insect on the camera lens, b) a helicopter, or c) a Dalek spaceship about to invade Earth?  My vote is for the helicopter.  I saw one flying around at about that time.

Aria on Telesca this morning!

So glad to see she took flight and landed well.  Aria knew what she needed to do (just rest) and she did it. 

Welcome aboard, Zaph!

 

I recorded this video yesterday a bit after noon from the cam controller so it has no sound.

Aria & Matilda on the wall bump.

http://youtu.be/zaKoMTQXsw0

That was nice Ei-thanks! 

That was cool when they both looked up, turned, flapped their wings and squawked at the same time.  Thanks, Ei. 

The white building is called the Tallman Building.  That's it's official name.  Key Bank used to rent space on the first floor, but they closed that branch a couple of years ago. 

 

[A Belated Happy Birthday to you, Dot!]

A Belated Happy Birthday to you, Dot!     

With my friend Ray Baumler's permission, I am sharing with you a song that he wrote recently about our downtown Rochester falcon family.  I let him and his partner Sue know about the falcons perhaps two or three years ago, and they've been watching the cam during nesting season ever since.  Ray and Sue are excellent musicians, and Ray is a great songwriter as well. I'd love to hear them sing it sometime.

A TIME TO UNWIND
by Ray Baumler, copyright 2016

In a nest at the top of a building
The eggs of the falcon were laid
Mother and Father would warm them
And beautiful babies were made

I look at the family each morning
My Macintosh shows them to me
I’m struck by their vibrant behavior
And intrigued by all that I see

Chorus:  I soon must get back to the news online
              To learn all the things I should know
              But I’d rather be watching the falcons
              And observing the little ones grow

The parents are hunting zealously
Food for the young chicks to eat
Feeding the babies, beak to beak
Filling their bellies with meat

The youngsters are growing rapidly
Getting bigger and bigger each day
Still they are mostly balls of fluff
Too young to be flying away             Chorus:

So much of the news is distressing
The good is eclipsed by the bad
Life can be so disappointing
But at times it’ll make you feel glad
    
The birds are a healthy distraction
Calming my uneasy mind,
Witnessing closely the action
And enjoying a time to unwind       Chorus:

Great news!   

A year of firsts...first Union Trust fledge...first voluntary trip to the well...first juvie stuck on main cam!

Lilac got up there but had some trouble coming down!

   

Seems none the worse for wear. Oh, and Leo is back 

Some of us watchers saw this happen from the hole, and our hearts were in our throats until she managed to free herself.

Pat

2:22

Pat

Pat

9:49 AM