Joyce, I can't say enough about my appreciation for what you do.  I am in awe.  The last 60 hours have been excruciating for us in the web world, but I can't imagine being in you and the other watchers' shoes.  Thank you

Dittoes, dittoes, and double dittoes!  Did I spell that right? I couldn't even sign on to check.   

13/Y!!   

Looking good, Dot.ca!  Be strong for your eggs and babies to be!

I hope all will continue to watch for DC
His life important also
I know B is the big thing becsue of eggs, but DC may need help

Bev do you really think we would give up looking for DC? I spent 13 hours yesterday in the field to keep track of him and another 9 hours today looking and hoping he was alright. We Rochester watchers are as dedicated as they come for ALL our falcons. Please don't ever doubt that ok!? 

We know that MAK. I  know how dedicated you are.   I know how hard this is on you, too!  I love all the pictures you captured of Dot.ca yesterday.  In number 28, he especially looks exhausted leaning against the window.  I do hope that he  will be okay. 
 

[wnyfalconfan (Joyce):]

wnyfalconfan (Joyce): BS: I have a falcon on westside window near extension. Looks like P with full crop. 2 TVs on southside roof above vent. Others circling.

Link:
http://twitter.com/wnyfalconfan/statuses/335404943567618048

TVs not good to see right now.

[WanderingFalcon (Carol P.):]

WanderingFalcon (Carol P.): BS. Found Pigott on the east side of the bldg on the 1st window down from the tree ledge near where the east ext juts out from the bldg.

Link:
http://twitter.com/WanderingFalcon/statuses/333329129560752129

So glad you spotted Pigott!  With all the excitement about the babies, I was hoping she would be seen by someone!  Thanks, Carol.

 
WOO HOO!   A first hatch for the first lady of Mexican Red Nailpolish/Transmitter Queen of 2008!    Our Quest has her first baby of 2013!      Five years old and a momma to one baby today!    Go, Quest!   I hope all your eggs hatch and they all fly high as you did!

 

Oh happy day, indeed!  Congratulations to Rochester's and Toronto's most wonderful pair on their first hatch of 2013!  They are such terrific parents.    Happy Hatch Day!   
 

After a 13 minute standoff, a Rochester first...

   


Is it just me, or do these pictures take you back to the cam at Kodak Tower?    Quality wise?   It's amazing how far technology has come to allow us to share in HD - the lives of these creatures? 

Dot.ca won!

nah Beauty was just finally ready to go

On the way home Saturday, I stopped in at Harlequin to see what Kendal & Quest were up to ... nothing really new, Quest was on the eggs - and Kendal was enjoying the breeze at the back of the Harlequin building while keeping his eye on robins & starlings down below. Patty Gale

Eggs due to hatch this week!

 
 
 


Happy news to start this week!  Quest and Kendal's eggs may begin to hatch!  Let the Hatching begin!?    I hope for all four.  

Must be DC on MMB 18:42. B was startled but OK at explosion. Ei

Hope all this commotion down in the streets is not bothering Beauty and DC too much.  It's so fun to watch the action.  Shaky, you are doing a great job of covering all the Spiderman action!
Had the live stream on for my freshman study hall (all boys) today and they were loving the steam, and this was only setting up for the crash!  They didn't even want to leave!  LOL!   Give a boy a crash  and they're happy!

R.I.P. dear Mariah.  My condolences to you, Jeanne.  Treasure the time you shared with Mariah.

Just zipping through jotting down shift changes & spotted this...so cute 

Proud Papa! 

YAYYY!!
  For Egg number 4!   Good morning, Beauty!   

If it's not too late, I'd like to guess 3:28 pm on Tuesday, April 23 for the ultimate egg.

I took Cornell's Courtship & Rivalry in Birds course this winter. A young male sneaking into an established pair and adding himself into the gene pool is quite common in smaller birds. Before so many pefas were banded, who knows how often this might have happened.

I've been reading a book called The Nesting Season (subtitle: Cuckoos, Cuckolds, and the Invention of Monogamy) by Bernd Heinrich that discusses this and many other facets of bird reproductive habits.  He's an academic, but I find the writing accessible to the lay-armchair-naturalist.

Thanks...adding it to the list...

It is an excellent book and totally accessible to the lay person!   Read it if you get the chance.