Am I  correctly reading that latest map tracking Quest?  Is she in NY again?  Lockport area?  That is so cool...especially given the information from Pickering. 

 



Happy Birthday, Lou.  I wish you a happy, healthy year of everything you wish for...and lots more of your beautiful bird pictures!  I wish you the best.

unless my memory is faulty. I believe Archer did bring plenty of food for the little ones. He just did very little feeding of it to them himself. He left that job to Beauty or maybe she "made" him leave that to her. She is a good Mama. lol he did look lost when he had to face the kids on his own. He was fine when they were just eggs. 

I don't know..my recollection of last year was that Beauty did a  good deal of the hunting and bringing in the prey for the young.  Archer did have that "deer in the headlights" look when dealing with the offspring, and I think his maturity will kick in this year.  It will be a good year to watch. 

Archer sure does know how to court Beauty this year...a lot more presents too.  Does that mean he'll be bringing in more food his year...expecting a larger brood?  Pretty soon he'll be digging to Antartica.

I agree, Joyce, Archer is doing his best to impress Miss Beauty.  The pair-bond seems to be quite strong, and makes me realize how our Miss Beauty  was just "keeping company" with Mr. T, but the bond was not there.  I love watching the presents that Archer is bringing in, and I think that he will be a much better "provider" to their off-spring this year.  Beauty won't have to work as hard as she did last year.  Just read "birdcrazy's" post, and I agree.   Beauty's demeanor certainly did change when Archer appeared.  This has been an education!

YAY!  At least there will be young again this spring.  So happy.  As I commented in MAK's blog of this morning, perhaps when naming the young, the name "Mercury" should be considered in honor of "their place".  Not to jump the gun, but does it mean eggs around April 10, and if that 's the case, fledging might be when?  You experts can probably estimate that.   Will this be a little earlier than last year?

My Boyfriend's Back - The Chipettes on Alvin & the Chipmunks

Too funny!  ...and so appropriate!

 :heart

Isn't Mother Nature great?

 

I meant to say...now THAT is bowing!

I agree with you that THAT is some INTENSE bowing.  We can learn so much from watching .  I too, am shaking and tearing up to see this picture of Archer and Beauty.  The bond is there!   I also wonder about Mr. T.  Has anyone seen him?    You know...yesterday, Beauty was on the nest for so long, I think  I posted that she sensed Archer was on his way.  He was!  This afternoon Beauty was on the nest box for a long time...leaving at 1:30 or so.   And now, per this pic,  Archer was there in less than half an hour.  I wonder where he was.

Beauty finally left the nest box at about 3:28 or so. Dare I hope that maybe she senses Archer is on his way?

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Beauty at the nestbox a long time this afternoon-alone.

She is still there at 3:11.  Over an hour. 

[MAKfalcon (MAK):]

MAKfalcon (MAK): I can see flocks of geese in every direction of the sky. Spring is here! WOOHOO! Come home Archer!

 
Link:
http://twitter.com/MAKfalcon/statuses/46193600622641152

I thought the same think, MAK.  Yesterday, driving home from work, and this morning, driving in -- the sky was filled with flocks -- thousands -- of migrating  geese and ducks.  Every place I looked, the sky was filled.    Every available corn field that is filled with water is filled with hundreds of geese and ducks taking a break  (or taking a bath).  I, too, thought of Archer, and hope he is finding his way home.    I am also seeing  many, many hawks high up in the trees and poles .

Well, what can I say

Oh no! This is looking really serious!   

 :pray:I hope you are right, MAK!

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Does that look like the start of a scrape?

I think that's just the drip from the leaky roof.

I thought wet spot after I posted that although, the way he's acting, I wouldn't be too surprised to see that activity start in the near future. If Archer's coming back, he better start flapping faster!

I think it is just dampness in the next box, but the behavior is certainly "courtship".  Wasn't Archer back by this time last year?

Margaret, I believe Mr. T showed up just before Christmas. 

Thanks, MAK! How did you beat Donna in answering my question?   Since you 've been on the spot and seen more than many  of us, do you think Mr. T. has matured, and grown, in the past few months he's been in town?    And, has our Beauty been teaching him the "ropes"?  Just from reading the posts, that's that I'm gathering.  Do you see them as a nesting couple?   I am seeing that just from the  few pictures I've seen from the camera, and from the reports.     What do all of you watchers forecast?   I do want Archer to return, but nature is nature, and our Beauty and Mr. T. are  "compatible" ...as they say.  That said...I am still hoping for Mariah and Kaver.....