Remember the Riverside Park Red Tail nest that blew down in severe winds?  They lost all 3 eyases. 

Well, the pair built a new nest and laid another set of eggs.  There are 2 new eyases in the nest!  Read more on Bruce Yolton's blog Urban Hawks

If the quaker does NOT have a band..... it is probably wild born.  There are many flocks living wild over many of our US states & even in Canada.  Check out your area before you capture it to be sure it is an escaped rather than a free born bird.

One flock even has it's own web site...

http://www.brooklynparrots.com/

One quick story & picture before I crash (339 pictures and quite a few of them actually have falcons in them! Be a few days before I sort through it all...)

When I left the hotel this morning I saw Beauty on the SE corner of Changing scenes top I beam.  Took a couple of pictures & went on my merry way to the Broad St. Bridge and met up with Don, Suzanne & Dana.  Don asked if I had seen Archer on Changing Scenes.  I said, no, it's Beauty.  He said, no, it's Archer-here's his picture.  I said I stand corrected.  He said they had switched, so I figured I had just missed it while I was walking over.  Until I looked at my pictures...



   Good night everyone!

Just a quick note that I'm home safe & sound.  Need to get my arms convinced I'm not driving any more before I can post more...

Great weekend-thanks to everyone!

There is not a blankety-blank PEFA to be found anywhere.  Going to my room for a bit-back at it a bit later.

I finally found the REALLY slow public computer here at the Raddison-tiny room back by the garage-creepy!  Anyway-

Met up with MAK at City Hall.  She graciously drove me all around town until we FINALLY found Beauty and Callidora on the jail comm tower.  Callidora is GINORMOUS!  They took off to the east & we followed.

Found Callidora (and Beauty hiding) on HSBC.  Jeanne, Shaky & Carrie joined us. C did some beautiful flying-you could just tell she was flying just because it was fun!  She and Beauty played some talon tag then flew way out east then back.  Around Xerox...scared up some crows.  Eventually Archer came in and we saw all 3 flying together! Archer took off west...Beauty took a trip out east then suddenly showed up on Midtown...then Callidora took of way to the west.  At that point it was getting too dark to see. 

It was great to meet MAK & see Jeanne, Shaky & Carrie again!  Can't wait to see the rest of the gang & meet some new friends!  Goodnight!

OK-ready to hit the road-see you all later!

Is someone could tell me if there is a nest where they had vaccinated the eyas for trichomonasis at the same time of banding ?  I mean for prevention. Thanks. Nicole

Nicole, I think it's the Jersey City nest (the one Bonnie watches).  They give them a dose of medication before they're big enough for banding, then another at banding.

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And, while searching to recall what type of falcon it was (Bat Falcon) I found this video on youtube of the very same falcon!

[Miraflores Lock cam]

Remember watching the falcon on the Panama Canal cam a few years ago?  Saw this on the Yahoo board...
   
Tue Jul 13, 2010 1:00 pm

"tommoughan" <CHRISTIANE@...>

panama canal.com has a beautiful falcon on his red pedestal with prey now.

If I recall correctly, it was the Miraflores Lock cam.  The cam is pointing the other way right now...guess we need to start watching again!

Huh?    I grew up in Brooklyn.  Prospect Park is not even maybe close to any NYC airport.  Smoke screen, if you ask me!

Rhea Mae (pretty sure) visiting the nest tray.  The nest tray cam is still overexposed...

Archer came in at 5:23 and left at 6:46 

I wonder if he saw something & felt a need to protect the nest box? 

You know I'll be there! 

Archer's been there quite a while now...