Allen is back in babysitting..so far so good, he hasn't poked or grabbed the kids.  

5.51 pm and looks like Cadence was out hunting, fresh food brought in by her, still has wings on and everything.  

6.25 pm and all the kids had a good feed by Cadence.  Thankfully she's a good huntress!

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I saw something today I've never seen in my decade or so of falcon watching.  D'arcy was perched on one of the building signs and under her on the glass I saw this massive lump of a dark bird and it was hunched over like it was eating something..and I thought what the heck is that???.  Then Lucky came around the tower and startled it and it flew up and it was Turkey Vulture eating food from their cache right under her nose.   Lucky chased it off but he/she came back a few minutes later with a friend and when I left to go back inside they were doing donuts around the building.

 

Did he hit his head maybe?  He's been really weird this year, almost like he's stunned half the time.  Last year he brooded like crazy, this year he seems like he doesn't know what they are.

All quiet the past two days, no sign of Aria at the site which is good, hopefully she is keeping safe somewhere.

 He picked up the tiny one and started carrying it around, was he going to throw it out like he did the other one last year cause it's smaller and hatched last?


Thankfully Cadence came back, kids are all looking for food..no sign of any.

#4 hatch for Cadence at around 12noon today, according to posts! 

 

She looks so beautiful in this light.  This is a calendar shot for sure 

Oh god Kitty ... the heck we went through with this band ID as I too said it was Erica.  DNR has her listed as D'arcy and I was told in no uncertain terms to call her D'arcy as that is what is on record with them.

Food was just in, missed the feeding but caught the tail end of it.

Good that nobody appears to be hurt. Maybe Aria needs to wander one more year before settling in somewhere. If she doesn't stay there maybe we'll be lucky enough to see her again elsewhere. 

I think you are right MAK, as was Joyce who said the same thing to me.  Aria is a free spirit, she's all about having flying and hunting - both of which she excels at.  I hope she finds a better place quite frankly, much as I"ll miss her she deserves better than what she experienced the past few months with all the interruptions and intrusions at our site. 

He seemed surprised to see 3 babies when he came in..it was weird.  Maybe he's dealing with something out there...or maybe I'm just cranky because my Aria has been displaced.  Maybe now that he's seen three he'll get to work!

Well maybe not, babies alone and uncovered for 10 minutes now.  Someone jsut took off like a rocket amidst a flurry of feathers.  Male came in briefly and didn't stay and then he took off.  Cadence back now ..still no food.  I've seen this male come in twice now with no food...I know he's cute and he likes to brood but I was hoping he'd step up this year.  This morning she had to yell at him to bring food.

Wonderful news to come home to. 

Amidst all the good hatching news for Beauty and Cadence, I have some sad news to share with everyone.  It's not a post I ever expected to make so soon but it is what it is.

Aria has been displaced by another female...before I go on - let me assure you I saw Aria just an hour ago and she is fine.  She is alive and I saw no visible injuries on her.  If any of you have been watching the cam since May 1st you may have been confused at who you were seeing as was I - Aria is still trying to come back home it seems so you may have seen her the odd time as well as this new female.

Lucky at this point only cares about eggs and whoever will lay them so he's staying out of this.  The new female has been positively ID'd by Roger as 69/BC who is Darcy from the Statler site in Buffalo, which makes her an M&K great grand child so there is that.  Her father Ralphie is RM and Tiago's son as you know.

We have all really come to love Aria - she's just been a breathe of fresh air at our site.  She even attracted the attention of younger workers at a new tech company at our site with her chattering and exceptional flying skills.  They were all so excited to learn about peregrine falcons and it's all because of her.  You just couldn't help but know when she was around and you could see and hear her exuberance.  

At this point I don't know what is going to happen, I am hoping she gives up and keeps herself safe.  Darcy is a very large falcon - much larger than both Aria and Lucky.  I suspect she is the female that came back in November as it was very much a case of deju-vu seeing all three of them in the air this morning.  Darcy chased her out of the territory and then returned a bit later but otherwise I didn't see any indication of a fight  so at this point I think it's more like a cat and mouse situation.  Lucky seems to have accepted Darcy and is providing food for her and mating with her.

I will keep you posted on any updates and you can be sure I will keep an eye out for Aria.

That's wonderful news!  Was out all day at family function and wasn't expecting hers to hatch so soon!