Lots of vocalizing on the wing-one brief glimpse of A (?)

[THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS]

THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS

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A    Archer Resident tiercel Rochester, NY since 2009 (hatched 2006 in Port Colborn, Ontario).  Mariah and Kaver's grandson. His father is Freedom (hatched 2002). He was a mate to Mariah for a very brief time in 2009 before pairing with Beauty

anthropomorphizing   attributing human characteristics, motives, and emotions to animals; a favorite watcher activity

B  Beauty Resident falcon Rochester, NY since 2009  (hatched 2007, Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh, PA)  First seen with Zephyr (M/K's offspring) in the winter of 2009. She then fought Mariah for territorial dominance in downtown Rochester in 2009.

BBRR  Braddock Bay Raptor Research  Hawk watch and banding station on the shore of Lake Ontario

BL Bausch & Lomb  Building in downtown Rochester, NY; occasional perch

Cabot-Sirocco   Hatched in 1997 to Victoria & Pounce-Kingsley in Toronto, ON. First mate of Mariah (1998-2002)

CB  Charbay Peregrine falcon seen at Charlotte, NY & Irondequoit Bay

cere Fleshy part of the upper beak containing the nostrils

CMNH   Cleveland Museum of Natural History   Forum where we followed Seneca (Rochester, NY 2008) and her nest with Cheyenne in 2010

CPF     Canadian Peregrine Foundation     Our neighbors to the north who keep watch on many Rochester offspring residing there

ee-chup    a sound of affection.  Heard often with the adults

eyas     newly hatched peregrine falcon

falcon    small to medium-size birds of prey with long pointed wings,  female peregrine (falconry term)

FC     falcon central     Stairs on Broad St. across from the Blue Cross Arena that go down to Aqueduct St.  Next to the Thomson Reuters building and the empty Philippone building

FCT     Frontier Communications Towers     Favorite perch. This is across from City Hall. A/B seemed to bring their fledglings there.  Calidora (hatched 2010) used to frequent the tower, screaming for food from her parents.  

FF     Falcon Flakes     The dedicated watchers who keep an eye on the peregrines no matter the weather

fledgling    A young peregrine after it makes it's first flight

GVAS     Genesee Valley Audubon Society     Sponsor of Rfalconcam

HSBC     building across from Xerox     A building in downtown Rochester.  Often, A/B areseen there at night.  It is across the street from Xerox. A/B will consistently perch on certain columns of the Xerox building at night.

IB     Irondequoit Bay     Large bay on the shore of Lake Ontario

Jail Tower    Communication tower on the Monroe County Jail building.  A favorite perch.

kakk    if done in a hurried manner, can be an alarm call but regular kakking can also be done for attention

Kaver     Wild hatched. Second mate of Mariah (2002-2008) Known affectionately as QTP2T. An extraordinarily faithful mate.  In 2006 when Mariah was injured he successfully hunted for her and the newly hatched eyases.

Kestrel      A small falcon species; very colorful with a red dish brown back and blue-grey head; most common falcon in North America

KO     Kodak Office   Kodak Tower, the highest building in the complex, was the original nestbox site and birthplace of close to 50 peregrine eyases

KP     Kodak Park     Properly, Eastman Business Park. Ironically, where Mariah had been seen for awhile after she relinquished territory.  It is a few miles down the same road as Kodak Tower.  Lady Pefa is on one of the buildings of that complex

LP     Lady Pefa     Peregrine falcon with a purple midwest USFWS band residing at Kodak Park.

M&K; M/K     Mariah & Kaver     Resident peregrine pair 2002-2008

Mariah     Peregrine Falcon matriarch-- first falcon on Kodak tower (1998).  First mate was Cabot Scirocco (1998-2002), then with Kaver (2002-2008).  She spent most of her time at Kodak tower until the nestbox was moved to Times Square in 2009.

Mercury    Statue across from Times Square Building     across the road from Times Square building.  Favorite spot of A/B.  Seems to be the statue they prefer for mating and eating purposes.

Midtown Plaza     Going, going, almost gone.  An almost nest site for Mariah and Archer, then Archer and Beauty. Watchers witnessed many a coming and going of Falcons at the Midtown Tower, which is the only section of Midtown that will remain in the future.

NB     Nestbox     Manmade box with gravel substrate used to simulate the peregrine's preferrednest site of a gravel ledge on a cliff face

OCSR    Old Changing Scenes Restaurant.  Properly the First Federal Building     place where falcons seem to go but not for mating or nesting.  Mariah  and Kaver (M&K) used to store food in the elevator shaft of that building. This is still used for those purposes by Archer and Beauty.  Fledglings in 2010 also would go there with their parents.

ORB     Orange Rail Building.  A building at Kodak Park where Lady Pefa and a tiecel have been perching.

Orville      A round white stone from the original scrape on Kodak Tower that was often mistaken for an egg.  During the long days of waiting for the eggs to hatch the stone was given the name Orville.  When the nest box was moved, Orville was taken to the new nest box where he is proudly overseeing the newest generations of Rochester Peregrines from the back left corner

PC     Psych Center     about 3-5 miles from Times Square.  We have seen Pefas there through the years (including Zephyr in 2009).  Again this winter, 2010, two have been seen on that building.  It is privately owned so viewing is restricted

PF or PeFa Peregrine Falcon

Powers Building    Another nestbox site after the box was removed from Kodak.  Birds have been seen near there but the nestbox has not been used.

Quest    Hatched Rochester, NY 2008.  Outfitted with a transmitter that is still broadcasting her position as she wanders along the north shore of Lake Ontario.

Raptor     birds of prey that generally hunt on the wing, using powerful talons and beak as well as keen eyesight to capture prey

RFC     Rfalconcam The place that brings all the falcon fans, both on the ground and on the internet, together!

RFW     Rochester Falcon Watchers

RM&T     Rhea Mae & Tiago     Rhea Mae (Rochester, NY 2006) is nesting with Tiago at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto, ON

RTH      Red-tailed hawk; large hawk with brown back, pale chest and brick-red tail; probably the most common hawk in North America

scrape     Peregrine falcon nest; the depression scraped in the gravel to hold the eggs during incubation

Seneca     Hatched in 2008.  Nested in 2010 with Cheyenne at Brookpark Rd. Bridge near Cleveland, OH.

tiercel     male peregrine

TS    Times Square Building     new site of nestbox, used by Beauty and Archer

USFWS     US Fish and Wildlife Service     Issues the sequential numeric bands used in bird banding.  On peregrine falcons, the band color often indicates the region the bird was banded

VID band     Visual ID band Colored band with numbers &/or letters large enough to read with a spotting scope or strong binoculars

wailing     used by eyases/fledglings when begging for food.  Adults will also wail when laying on eggs to indicate change from one adult to another

Wild Wings     Rehabilitation center and sanctuary for injured and unreleasable birds of prey

Camera 1 caught him hiding behind Main cam at 8:54.

Braveheart reports on ustream hearing him coming 8:52-8:53 ish

8:55AM on eggs

Well, I've been told my whole life that I'm too trusting and far too willing to give everyone (PeFas included, I guess) the benefit of the doubt.  So Archer's a Don Juan, but then...
maybe he's only cheating on Beauty to keep Lady PeFa content and out of downtown! True altruism!!!
   

FWB 

Beauty perched over the eggs.  Not quite in full incubation mode yet.  Tomorrow may tell a different tale!

Another view

Beauty perched over the eggs.  Not quite in full incubation mode yet.  Tomorrow may tell a different tale!

At 5:30 Friday evening -- last night -- I saw two Pefas -- assuming it was LP and our Archer --copulating on "railing"    of "left-most" still at KP.  Looking at Carol's pics this morning, I can now identify it as western-most still at KP.   It's not the tallest, but I was parked in road right in front of it, and pulled out my binocs. 

I hadn't heard of anyone seeing them copulating before.  But it's been witnessed now, so...if it is Archer, yes, more good genes being shared.  I guess we'll find out in due time if there's another set of eyases!

Oh dear!  But remember Dundas?  He lost a foot in his juvie year, but went on to nest just fine as I recall.  These birds are more resilient than we give them credit for.

So we go to KP in time to watch for Archer's migration over. Well, he never showed, seemed he wanted to stay by his beloved Beauty and 2 eggs tonight. That's fine with me, I was glad he stayed by the nest. Had a great day, met many people: Bobbie, Brian, Carol, Dana/Lou, Kathy O, Susan C, Dan, Suzanne/Don, Linda/no Tim, Joyce, jeanne, Casey/Abby, June, ginha/Dave, Kelly and the stars...Archer & Beauty. Beautiful day and I have sunburn on my face, a bonus, I guess. Tomorrow, another adventure! Loved meeting you all today and now I know why you get excited on Falcon Watches!   

I am SOOOO happy you got to see everyone...most importantly Archer & Beauty!  Sunburned face = watching the skies! 

I spotted this note from Carla P in the Falconwatch responses.  Copying it over-I often forget to look there for comments...

Carla P Says:
April 9th, 2011 at 7:47 PM

Hello all!
I’ve been lurking for far too long, but I’ve been paying attention to the situation and have some thoughts. At first I was comparing Archer to Clark Kent; whenever Superman appeared, Clark was nowhere to be found!!! Two falcons at KP, one falcon at the NB. Hmmmmm………
When I read that no copulation had been witnessed between Archer and Lady PeFa, I recalled an afternoon spent on the pedestrian bridge after Mariah had returned from Rehab. Carol P. and I were there all afternoon, watching Mariah sleep on the gorge wall, and watching Archer watch Mariah. Remember Carol? Clearly Archer was trying to keep Mariah away from Beauty. So for now, I’m voting for Archer the protector, NOT Archer the two-timer! And right on cue - EGG # 2!!!

only showing cam 1

And what Kris said...

     

Archer on the Wilder building ladder while Beauty naps in the nest box

I wouldn't think a peregrine would nest in a hole per se, but there could be an open area not visible from the watch spot.

Memories sneaking back in...although I seem to recall the Niagara Falls pair getting to their presumed but never confirmed scrape by entering a structure through a window or hole in the wall...

Thanks, Ei.  I did click on the thumbnail of  the KP pic from CP.  The photo and Carol's labeling of the buildings/structures helped me...and I was there last evening!   I wish I had studied a pic like that before I was there.   I was just thinking that having the pic/labels in the glossary will be helpful...for new viewers and those of us with memory overload  :-) Thanks to Carol's labels, I now know what/where the ORB is, and the PPH (although I still don't know why it is called that). I think I missed something along the way...and I check in daily, all day!    WHY is it called PPH and do you think there is a nest in there?  Is it an enclosed structure?   It looks that way to me.  If that's the case, isn't it unusual for PFs to have such a nest? 
I learn more every day here...Thanks!

Sorry-I misunderstood-we do intend to put pictures into the glossary once it's ready to publish properly.  Until then, most of the points on the map have the pictures inserted already, so if you go there (there's a link at the bottom of every page Community "Ei's Landmark Map") you can see what the other places look like. 

Now, the PPH is new to me as well.  One of today's tweets called it the pigeon poop hole.  I suspect it's a hole in the wall with whitewash below it.  I wouldn't think a peregrine would nest in a hole per se, but there could be an open area not visible from the watch spot.