[I shot this because I love the angles and lines in this pic with the bonus pefa!]

MAK, thanks for posting some pic!!!  I definitely have to get a scope!


I shot this because I love the angles and lines in this pic with the bonus pefa!

 
This one Roger got - "Twisted Pefa"

Stella and her unidentified winter mate wowed some Rochester fans again today!  We met up with Joyce, Carol P. Dana, Kathy O and MAK at Central Terminal today for a fun watch!  Though chilly, the wind which usually roars through the site was remarkably and thankfully still today.

I hope Dana or Joyce got some good leg shots of the male.  We'd all like to get an ID.  If he was just traveling through the area heading south when he found this spot, maybe he belongs to a nestsite further north. 

  CT pefa flying around tower

  UB pefas - one at top; one on perch

Buffalo Weather > teens to twenties 

UB Pefa keeping warm at the top of the heating tower while snow is swirling around with the smoke.

BB, above, at her UB tower with a male today but we couldn't determine if it was Yankee, who we haven't seen there lately.



Stella and a male were perching and flying around the Central Terminal today too.  More pix on blog   

Carol, thanks for rounding up some of the Rochester Pefa watchers and coming to Buffalo to help with the Central Terminal birds!  Your report is excellent!  It was great fun hanging out with you, Lisa McK, Kathy O and Dana, who was certainly kept busy behind the lens!     Dana, where are you posting the pix?  We're dying to see them!

So now we're wondering if Stash migrated away and another tiercel is just stopping here for a short time or if he is claiming the site.    And will Stash return?  And if he does and this male is still here...   

I think it is generally agreed that CT is a marvelous site and perfect for Peregrines, especially as a training camp for fledglings! 

And for pefa watchers too, with clear views, plenty of parking and the complex is elevated for decent views of incoming and outgoing birds.    

And this site may have a cam for the nesting season too!

That's so cute!

I can't paste the pic-url here and have to get a new mouse tomorrow so I can post pix!    

  Yea!  This thread will be plastered with pix tomorrow night!   

I can't paste the pic-url here and have to get a new mouse tomorrow so I can post pix!    

More pix posted tonight   

Just to let you know that BB is at UB but it's definitely a new pair at CT, both are banded.  More later~   

This is their first winter after nesting.  Roger and I have been in the Catskills for two months and are just getting back in touch.  Albany DEC was just here checking the co-ordinates of our new sites.     I never would have thought the Stash and Stella could have let this happen!   But these two birds are perching on different places than Stash and Stella normally used.

Roger and I are wondering if BB is at CT.  We checked UB a couple times in the week we've been here but have not found BB or Yankee on site.  That does not mean they are not there.  We will check again tomorrow.

(Mouse broken - can't post pic - plz check blog for pix)

I just made corrections to today's blog!  Both birds are banded!

A huge female also seen in yesterday's blog.  She has a silver band on right leg.   Jacquie @ DEC digiscoped her and saw green showing through the feathers on the left leg.  So, this bird is from an eastern state but until we can get a better view and catch some numbers, it remains another Buffalo mystery.  Where is our Stella?   

More pix, etc. on blog!  Rochester - is this your bird?

The Los Angeles Audubon assn isn't interested either.  I don't get this.  Watchers could have done a lot when BB was so upset this summer (when her baby was grounded and she was dive bombing people and that dog nearby). 

jeanne, Roger, I and another local fan were actually onsite when Harry went down and got trapped inside the fenced area.  There were also a number of UB employees who came to help immediately.   This spot is the most well watched plus it is equipped with a cam.  The dog incident was the next day and BB was still edgey.  The DEC and UB immediately posted signs on the perimeter to warn people.  It seems BB is in a very protective mode for the week or two after the kids fledge.    And there is that few week period during which all the nests are fledging and it's very difficult to be on hand everywhere. 

The BAS is not even located in Erie County.  And Carol, yes, it is bizarre.   I remember  when Audubon focused on just birds.  Now they have widened their scope, leaving less time for birds.  Esp. the BAS.  Unfortunate in this area where we have so many pefa sites that need attention.

From my blog today: 

~A Pefa pair again confirmed at the small boat harbor~
I just received an email from Jacquie Walters at the DEC with great news!

    First we went to Times Beach and saw a few Herons, Greater Yellowlegs, and Hooded Mergansers. Afterwards, we went to the grain elevators to scope for PeFas. None were on the old Cargill place, but as soon as we looked over at Holcim Connie spotted them right away. They were both perched on the huge Holcim sign! The male, who is white-breasted, was perched on top of the sign guarding the female who was sitting behind the sign right next to him eating a prey item. She has a tawny-colored breast and is rather big, so it is very easy to tell them apart. It was so great to see them still in the area! I wonder who else is overwintering? UB, CT, and Statler for sure. It would be interesting to know if our bridge and gorge birds are sticking around too.

 So if you're in any of the Buffalo-Niagara Falls pefa areas and spot our birds, please report in!