Thanks Bobbie!  Love those little birds.  Like Janet said, so different from the American Robins.

 

Love your squirrels Paul. They are so darned cute.   

Unity is a lovely lady!   

Beautiful greeting Aafke!  I love your flowers so much!  Thank you! 

 

[MAKfalcon (MAK):]

MAKfalcon (MAK): From high on the TS building in the well below the NB we can see B on Mercury. CarolP June Shaky Robby and MAK reporting from the main cam

Link:
http://twitter.com/MAKfalcon/statuses/145901032441004032

Whoo hoo, MAK got up to see the nest and the view!! NICE!!

We had to go up for a quick fix on one of the cameras.  It was a perfect opportunity to have MAK go up and see the nest box up close and personal.  Now that her knee has healed she was able to climb the stairs to the top.  While we were up there, Beauty was on top of the Mercury statue checking us out.  She didn't show much interest in us at all.  After about 10 minutes she flew south down the river.

Love the video!  Thank you.   

That is hysterical Donna!   

Beautiful greeting Annette.  Thank you.   

Since we did not have eyases of our own in 2011 and it was such an off year, it was my idea to put together a calendar including "Rochester Falcons" that have left the area and have successfully nested and raised families of their own.   

My call for help to our CPF friends brought an outpouring of shared pictures of our girls.  Many thanks to all of them.   

We spent many hours watching them while they were here in Rochester and now as adults in Toronto.

I truly hope that we will have young of our own next year.

I hope that everyone will enjoy this calendar filled with beautiful pictures of Rhea Mae, Linn and Quest and their new families.  I think you'll be very impressed with the beautiful pictures in this calendar.   Thanks.   

Here's another turning of the tote board Falcon Fans!   

What's the matter Eyecat?  Are you having a hard time reading the tote board?  Here, let me make it nice and big for ya! 

Drum roll please!  pdpdpdpdpdpdpdpdpdpdpdpdpd   

and the number is!   

$1,369.88

With 1 hr and 43 mins to go!

This is astounding!

Time to turn the tote board numbers again!  Drum roll please..........pdpdpdpdpdpdpdpdpdpdpdpdpdpd!

 

With 2 hours and 26 minutes!  Left to go!  We have.......................................

$1,033.46!!

Way to go!!!  You are all amazing!  Thank you everyone!  

 

 

With 3 hours & 21 minutes remaining, we are up to .............................

$983.46

 

Thanks Donna!  Nice Harlie and Quest greeting.   

DJ Dale rap.  Oh how I miss it.   

I will always be teary when I see the precious photo of Kaver with Mariah Archer should have inherited some of those wonderful qualities.

I remember when Cali fledged.  She so wanted to be with her brother.  Sweet baby!  We really did not think she would make that leap but there she went!  I don't know if first flights are traumatic for the birds but they sure are for the watchers!  The biggest surprise, I think, was with Sacajawea who fledged at night, just as the watchers were leaving.  It might have been an oops kind of flight.  Kaver was on the other side of the playpen(the base of the tower where the nestbox was on Kodak) and she might have been going toward him.  Instead, she ended up flying, kind of.  I think it was about 9 PM. 

One of the things I will always remember about Jemi, aside from how sad it was that he was grounded (and it was very sad), was how absolutely beautiful he was.  We knew this from the camera but to see him up close was breathtaking.  We so wanted him to be better so he could be released back to the nest.  Calidora did fine but they would have had such fun together.

I believe you are correct about Sacajawea Jeanne.  She was definitely a premature fledge.  She got to flapping her wings and it seemed that a wind gust lifted her and .... well, off she went.  Much to the shock of the gathered Watchers that were getting ready to head home.