Sounds like you had a wonderful Birthday Anne!   

 

 

There are still 105 candles burning for Beauty, but I see many are burning pretty low.  Keep the light on for her.
 

She's down to 70 candles.

Here's the link.

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=RFC

It is Monday 5:07 pm

I was patient all weekend so....

WHERE IS BEAUTY'S UPDATE

 

Nothing yet.  Now that Beauty is in the care of our friends at the DEC, we must be patient.  As soon as we get an update, it will be posted. 

Happy Birthday Anne!

Hope you had a wonderful day!

 

Yesterday (Sunday 2/19/12)

Kathy O, Lisa, Dana and I saw Linn and Rueben sitting on the Yellow Pages building yesterday.  Both sitting in the sun.  It was wonderful seeing them.  

Sounds like you all had a great trip!  Any pictures?

Why of course Ei!     Now to find the time to go through them all.   

Yesterday (Sunday 2/19/12)

Kathy O, Lisa, Dana and I saw Linn and Rueben sitting on the Yellow Pages building yesterday.  Both sitting in the sun.  It was wonderful seeing them.   

Beauty, Rochester Peregrine Falcon, Bathes on Genessee River - 5/2/10

Well, why don't we go for the Bathing Beauty Video!   

Update on Beauty from Barbara Loucks, NYS DEC
The peregrine is doing pretty well,  and still eating on its own.
The blood work reveals that the kidneys are showing some effects of possible dehydration, which needs to be looked into further. They are repeating the blood work on Monday and we should know more after...

Link:
http://rfalconcam.com/imprinting/?p=1651

and she continues to heal.....   

where exactly is the latest on Beauty's condition? I get very little computer time right now I thought it would be here. Can the powers that be maybe put a link in the shout box that would take you to the latest. Nothing on imprints nothing here.  Just saying I do not have time to go looking.   


Funny never thought I'd warm up to Beauty after what happened with Mariah but all it took were two little eyases and that girl has a talon in my heart.

Bird Crazy - As you were posting this, an update on Beauty's condition was posted on Imprints.  I've added the link to the shout box at the top of the forum home page.  Good suggestion!

While looking at Joyce's album I browsed another of her albums and just had to remember...



Mariah flying off Sears building. Positive ID - Blue with Yellow Stripe Band. 10/24/2009



Mariah flying off the center pyramid on the roof.

 

Ditto!   

Thanks for posting this Kris.   

Brian reports: Female pefa was under SE wing TS building. She took off, can't find her. I'm warming up at library. She will go 2 box soon. Keep watching. 3:38pm

Checked the cams, didn't see any activity. Oh boy, she's getting closer.  

Unfortunately, that was probably her MO.   

I believe the bird I watched hunting over the river last Thursday was not Beauty, so the new female has already been on the TSB at the NE Wing and the gridwork between.

That's what many of us thought too.

I remember reading your comments last week, Carol, and looking at the pictures, but your words..."I think it's Beauty".  Something was telling me that you knew it was n't our Beauty.  The battle last Sunday- Super Bowl....there was a lot going on.  I do have a question...do you think Beauty was hurt last Sunday (Feb.5) or Tuesday?   I know she wasn't found until Friday, so my question remains, was she wounded and not found until Friday?  Who found her?   Sorry, I'm still trying to piece together what I read
She is such a creature of habit - and was always on the same perches...much to our delight, so her absences last week alarmed us.  And now, looking back at pics from the week before, she seems agitated. Do you think U was invading B's space prior to the battle that you saw on Super Bowl Sunday? 
I know I'm asking many questions that you may not be able to answer, but you have so much experience watching our falcons....

Hi Margaret - The bird I saw on Tuesday, late on the old Changing Scenes Restaurant, I do believe was Beauty and she seemed ok.  She was preening and when she took off she flew just fine.  The bird I saw Thursday, I had a suspicion was not Beauty.  This bird was landing in spots that Beauty usually did not land on and did not seem as dark as Beauty.  But again, due to losing light so quickly at night, I could not tell for sure.

We'll never know when Beauty was injured.  I'm just glad that she was seen by someone who got her the help she needed.  Wish we knew who this good samaritan was.  I'd like to shake his or her hand and thank them.   

Sheesh, let the woman talk!! She was nervous. I would be too!!

Amen to that!  She knew he was going for snowy owl but ain't no snowys in the woods!

I was not able to hear June and Lonsberry today, but I did get a text from June after it was finished.

"There are no white owls in the woods."   

OK, I had to agree.  It wasn't until later that I realized why she said this.   

It sure does sound very positive.   

Today I received a message from a concerned citizen, I am not saying who but this person brought up some good questions that maybe someone can or try to answer. Thank you!

I am confused about the idea that Beauty was fought by Unity.  Did anyone see the fight? Are her wounds consistent with a fight?  How is it that Beauty nearly killed Mariah and beat her up badly and yet this experienced fighter loses to a bird nearly her same age.  Is Unity showing any signs of the fight?  Is it possible Beauty fought with owl or eagle rather than Unity?  Was there any reports of Beauty showing signs of her fight with Mariah back 3 years ago?  I am really finding it hard to believe Unity and Beauty fought.

Any takers?

Did anyone see the fight? - Last Sunday Brian H witnessed aggression between Beauty and another female Peregrine Falcon.  I have not heard that anyone witnessed a fight on Friday, the day Beauty was found on the ground.

Are her wounds consistent with a fight? - No one, except the vet and rehabber, have examined her wounds, so I cannot answer that one.

How is it that Beauty nearly killed Mariah and beat her up badly and yet this experienced fighter loses to a bird nearly her same age?  - When Beauty fought Mariah, she had help from Archer.  The day Brian H and I found her, both Beauty and Archer were attacking her.  Every time Mariah tried to fly away, they knocked her down, until we were able to rescue her.

Is Unity showing any signs of the fight?  I watched her very closely through the scope while she ate on the roof on Saturday.  I could see no outward evidence of any injuries, but that doesn't mean there aren't any hidden injuries beneath her feathers.  She seems to be ok.

Is it possible Beauty fought with owl or eagle rather than Unity? - Anything is possible, but we know that Brian H witnessed her fighting with another female the weekend before and now there is a new female on territory.

Was there any reports of Beauty showing signs of her fight with Mariah back 3 years ago? - No, Beauty did not appear to be injured at that time.  But again, it is impossible to see injuries covered by their feathers.

I am really finding it hard to believe Unity and Beauty fought. - Although we cannot be 100% sure (until we positively ID this bird) that Unity is the new female downtown, we know for sure that both Beauty and Unity were seen fighting on the Kodak Tower last year.  A security guard was able to get some pretty intense pictures of the fight.  Also, Kathy O and I saw Beauty at Kodak Park with Archer, checking out the nest site.  Thankfully Unity was not there at the time.  So they were definitely aware of each other.

These are all very good questions.  To whoever asked these questions through Donna, thanks.  It really helps to piece together what happened leading up to Beauty's going to rehab.  It helps to understand what may have happened.