C&C plan to release Cheyenne today!

http://www.falconcam-cmnh.org/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?63141.last

Thank you for the update Carol.  I'm happy to hear she will be released, the timing sucks though - high hormone season and Archer will likely be home too - bound to be stressful for everyone. 

   

Here's hoping no news is good news!  Love your new avatar Carol! 

Wow that picture changes my perspective. No wonder they like sitting on Mercury.

Ditto, what a gorgeous view.  I love the bridges!

I hope that's not what's in store for us here in Rochester! 

I have a feeling Unity is waiting on Archer and the new guy is just back up in case Archer doesn't show.  Of course now that I've said that watch them both show up at the nest box bowing and scraping...

!!! Battle Royale for Resident Female

February 17, 2012 - Port Colborne - ADM Mill
Doug Garbutt Reports:

Today as I was leaving work at 3:30 pm I glanced at our monitor in the lunch room & noticed there were 3 adult falcons bent down facing each other squawking (1 female, 2 males). This went on for a few minutes until Trillium (our resident female) sort of backed away & the 2 males got aggressive towards each other. I’m not sure which one, but I think the resident male Buffalo Bill 68 over R chased the intruding male from the box. We thought the confrontation was over however the intruder returned. The tiercels then went at each other locking talons & pecking viciously at each other with their beaks. During the conflict, one of the birds got a talon hooked into the band of the other & they could not free themselves. The circumstance accelerated the animosity towards each other and they got even more aggressive. This went on for what seemed to be a very long time (I’m guessing 5 minutes). All the time pecking at each other. At one point, they made their way perilously close to the edge of the nest box with a sheer drop of  at least 150 feet! Thankfully they did not go over the edge. The birds were becoming exhausted & at one point we thought that one was dead or severely injured as it was flat on it’s back with the other pecking at it. The bird somehow got back up and as if a miracle the talon became free and he fled the box. This was a little too much action for me because I thought that perhaps there could be serious injury to Buffalo Bill. I’m pretty sure that he was the victor but I haven’t positively ID’d him since. I think he’s OK though because the following day there were 2 falcons in the nest box for most of the day (but I couldn’t see the band colour). I’m pretty sure it’s Buffalo Bill.

Love the video Kitty!  I just love when they chup and she's absolutely gorgeous 

Woohooo ...thanks for the heads up!  I think they were first last year too?

And so it begins.... 

Found the first one I took..hehe!

OMG,  she is pretty.  This is the closest I think we have seen her

She is lovely and making herself right at home too!  After seeing the photos of her last nest, this must be a nice change for her.

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Lol...duh...I feel silly now.  Thanks Kitty, here am I saving them crazy to my desktop.  

Ok I can't get the images to copy here..but here's the link to my flickr page..first 4 photos are the best ones.  In the third one I put unity at end so you can see where I saw the red/black band.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/carly77/

Do you see a red/black band??  I thought I did, saving shots as fast as I can.

Falcon on cam at the moment.  In the nestbox now!!!!

On the refresh whoever was on the cam was gone I quickly cycled through the other views and got the same sighting on Cam 2 as you and then refresh and gone again.