And here's Cheyenne flying with food (what looked to us like a yellow-bellied sap-sucker)-- he flew by the nest a couple times, probably wanting her to fly out for a food exchange. But then he landed, ate some, and flew out again before taking it up to the nest cubby...

   

   

Not all the pics, but a nice selection for those who can't access it...thanks to Chad & Chris & CMNH

Here's a sequence where we tried a different angle to try to see the eggs a little better. Even while they were off briefly we could only see two for sure, so maybe that's all. Here Cheyenne flew up, but then he took off before Seneca. She took off after him and then Cheyenne went back up on the eggs a short time later. In the second to last pic it looks like they are getting ready to race...

We're down to three eggs.  I did notice yesterday afternoon that one of the eggs was dented or dimpled, so I'm not surprised that we're down to three this morning.  More than likely that egg was not viable and Archer and Beauty knew this.  Being first time parents, this is not unusual.  Remember that only two hatched in 2002, the first year that Mariah and Kaver were a pair.

Phooey. It was probably starting to dry out & was lighter than the others...probably why it rolled out of the group the other day.  But 3 is a lovely number of eggs. 

FINALLY!  A picture where you can actually see 2 distinct owlets and one egg still waiting...

#1 big enough to stand up by herself!

Hi Everyone,
 I know you're all voting a lot.Thanks! Have you considered forwarding this to family and friends? I'd really like to see this school win!!!!
Linda

:Subject: April 23rd and weekend weather word
Date: Friday, April 23, 2010, 5:47 AM


Good Morning!!!
 
We are solid  third place with A.J. Schmidt in second and Holland is first.  As Andy said:  'What's Holland doing??"  I would certainly like to know that myself! 
 
Today and the weekend weather word is:  "Salubrious"
 
Remember this word is good today, Saturday and Sunday.   
 
Andy's former mentor Tom Joels gave him this word many years ago and he said to get your dictionaries out!   So I did!   It means "Healthful, Wholesome"
 
The April contest ends on Friday, April 30th at 9 p.m.  Please push those votes!   As many as you can each day!
 
http://www.wgrz.com/weather/andyswxmachine/
 
County:  Niagara
School:  Thomas Marks elementary
Weather Word:  Salubrious
Security Code:  Whats given on the screen
submit!
 
Thank you for all of you help!
Heidi

Just bumping this up to the top...

Oh ALL RIGHT!  I'll let you see them...


Although I STILL can't for the life of me figure out how many there are...I think 2 for sure, probably 3...

The cam situation there has been most frustrating & aggravating this year.  I keep wondering if our old main cam is still functional enough to donate to the cause.

I agree, the cam closest to the eggs is bad...too bright, can't see anything. What did they do?

I think the cam is broken...I think it got stuck on the night setting so any sunlight blows out the picture, and it's a sunny ledge most of the time.  We'll just have to count on the on site watchers to count beaks during the day...should start hatching end of this week.

The cam situation there has been most frustrating & aggravating this year.  I keep wondering if our old main cam is still functional enough to donate to the cause.

   

I can't figure out how many owlets there are right now...looks like at least 2.
We'd need a ceiling cam view to see if there are any eggs, but she's been stuck to them like glue all day.

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pefafollower (Kathy O): Beauty on jail tower.

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Jail tower?  Where's that?

First & foremost, thank you all for your kind thoughts & support...it really has helped.  The bushes will come back eventually but I may not get any flowers next year-this is year 3 of the 1/3 per year revitalization project and they cut all the new growth-they left the old woody stuff that was scheduled to get cut back this year anyway.

But there is some good news.  The trooper did as he said he would & interviewed my other neighbors the next day.  One of them came over today & told me he told a friend in the next town over, who had the same thing happen the day after me-not his personal bushes, but the trailer park where he lives.  His trooper told him they sell them in NYC for $1500-$2000 a van load!     So guy #2 was on the lookout because they hadn't gotten all the flowers in the trailer park.  Sure enough, they were back the next day...pictures of the people, the white van & license plate # are now in the hands of the troopers.  Hopefully they'll catch the $^&%#@s!

Somebody wants her eggs back.  Poor Archer

As Archer tries desperately to hide the fact that he let an egg slip out under his wing... 

I don't want to NAG, but have you voted today? bguitar

Thanks for the reminder...I forgot last weekend