They sure do like the corner of the elevator shaft

So I finally got around to changing my calendar this morning, and this is what I found...



2002 Freedom, Isis and Kaver

Before I call it a night-for those not watching on video, see those 2 bumps on the top of the elevator shaft?  One on the far right corner and a larger one close to the corner facing us?  That's Jemison & Callidora right before they flew back to Times Square for the night.  I do have the whole adventure recorded, but it will have to wait until tomorrow to upload.

[@rfalconcamnow]

Here is a handy feature for those who tweet from the field.
But did you know that you can have your tweets appear on the streaming video page too? Just preface each tweet with @rfalconcamnow.

This convenient trick is really handy, especially when you want to tell your friendly cameraman where to point the camera.

So Shaky-Lou's tweets this evening didn't show up on the stream chat.  I copied them over.  Was it the capital R?  never mind-one of them had a lower case...just glitchy I guess...

All pumped up after a swell day of flying.

So cute-he has a paler strip of feathers right down the middle of his head

thanks Lou!

that's as high as it will go!

...any cam movers around to move cam 1 to OCSR?

Callidora on OCSR

I would like to add my belated thanks to the wonderful watchers.  I think everyone on the chat stream knows how worried I was about Callidora.  I didn't sleep properly for two nights!

Thanks again folks 

Welcome aboard Gail! 

Jeanne, you are right, there needs to be a central database!!  There is that place in Maryland (I think) which tracks all the USFW avian leg bands.  At least that is what I have been told.  We have requested info on a couple of bald eagles, but still no response.  Maybe they would respond to GVAS? 

Did you realize that USFW even controls the leg bands we put on the crows and keeps the record?

Suzanne 

That's odd about Patuxent, Suzanne.  One of the photographers on the Norfolk eagle forum sent in a band he photographed-I think it was a brown pelican-heard back all about it about a month later.  Maybe try again?

I do wish we had an eastern database like the midwest one.

Someone just walked past Jemison-not a clue-though I'm sure the wall is higher than it seems

Jemison's 4-5 stories up from street level (I wasn't counting closely-- too busy taking pics of him).  He made a nice long flight before landing there, including a nifty dive toward the river just north of the Broad St. bridge.  It looked like he might have been chasing a bird but I can't be sure.  We were near the War Memorial/Blue Cross Arena and looking into the sun at the time.  Still, based on what I saw today he's in the Zephyr category for me-- flying & landing well, no worries about him (unless he does something foolish like fly too low into traffic).

Pics and blog post to follow.

When the cam zoomed back I realized how high it was-the parked cars looked a lot closer zoomed in

Just before takeoff

Someone just walked past Jemison-not a clue-though I'm sure the wall is higher than it seems

It's my privilege to keep my friends in the loop. We really should thank our Rochester falcon family for the privilege of watching them.  For many good friends we have made and will make I salute this forum and everyone and everything connected with it. Thanks from my    MAK

It has been quite a season...so far...it's far from over!  Still lots of new friends to meet in a few weeks!