Oh, my goodness Patti. What a wondeful trip and a great way to celebrate your 50th! Good for you! :-)

Seeing all the different birds and flowers and critters and people and scenery was fun.  Thank you!!!  

I totally apologize if this has already been posted before.  I was looking through the old comments left on the Imprints posts and came across this one from Cynthia from the University of Toledo, where Unity was born.

Cynthia says:

May 24, 2011 at 1:02 pm

Hello from Unity’s birthplace: the University of Toledo. I’ve been following her progress in Rochester since stumbling on it via my regular google searches for UT peregrine progeny. Glad to hear that Unity is doing fairly well, given the awkward aspects of her current situation. In case anyone has a family tree going, one of Unity’s brothers from 2007 – Chayton – has bred successfully for two years now in Jackson, Michigan: http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2011/05/break_out_the_cigars_jacksons.html. So Unity is an aunt and Beauty a great-aunt.

This year, Belle and her mate Allen hatched four 2011 siblings for Unity: 2/2, bringing their total to 16. So far, we only know of Chayton, Unity and (sadly) Rocket, who was killed in Michigan a year after his 2008 fledge.

http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2011/05/break_out_the_cigars_jacksons.html

So it looks like Unity's brother Chayton is doing great.  We had a Chayton too, named by Aafke!

I hope Cynthia has joined the forum.  :-)

Thanks to everyone that has posted so far.  It's so nice to read what everyone has to say about what's been going on here in Rochester.  We are such a diverse community, and the one thing that holds us together is our love of these beautiful creatures.  Please continue to post what you think about the Rochester Falcons situation.  We would love to hear from you all.        

Here, here Janet!  When the Falcons are sitting and snoozing, there are so many things to Watch!  Never boring.   

When I worked at the accounting firm, I had the Kodak camera feed on in the background all day, it was my stress relief.  I shed tears on my desk when Mariah was hurt and still taking care of her babies, and Kaver was taking care of them all.
Now, I don't have that access at work, but I do read all the posts, it's just not the same size part of my day.  However, I must say that the *people* here are as big a draw to me now as the soap opera actions of the Falcons.  WE will never know what became of Kaver, but since Mariah was banded, at least we may someday know her fate.  Meanwhile, we can follow some of her descendants, which is great too...
Carol
WV

I think many of us shed a tear in public that year Carol, my friends wonder about me sometimes.   

and I, like you, no longer have access to the internet during the day.  It's a bummer, but that's the rules. 

It's truly amazing that there are so many M&K kids out there for us to see and follow.  Including Beauty and Archer's young ones, Callidora & Jemison.  Quite amazing!   

I am not happy with the situation either- two females, one male, no young, potential fatal territorial battles. But all truly wild creatures carry on with their lives as they have been programmed to do for ages. My pleasure is to watch and learn the intricacies of their lives. Any sadness I feel, and I do indeed feel sadness, has to do with wanting an outcome that increases the number of peregrines. I love seeing how they interact with their mates and how they nurture their young and teach them how to survive. That is unfortunately not always possible. Beauty, Unity, Archer, and Mariah are living their own peregrine lives. Just because I don't always like the results doesn't mean the birds are evil or unhappy. It means they are wild peregrine falcons, nothing more and nothing less. There have been so many sad stories from this year's nesting season, and I wish it were not so. Still, I feel privileged to have the opportunity to look in on them. I give my most sincere thanks to all the watchers who keep me informed even though the news may not be good.

Dot in PA

You're very welcome Dot.  We all do it with much pleasure.   

Great video - watch twice!   

http://www.arkive.org/osprey/pandion-haliaetus/video-00.html

Wow is right!  That is such incredible footage.  Love the mid-air roust.  Thanks Janet!

Love Osprey!  So beautiful!

Does camera #1 or camera #4 point toward Kodak Park??

I believe that Camera #1 can point in that direction, but it's too far to zoom in on.  I don't think there is a clear view of KP from Times Square, but I could be wrong.  It would be great if it could though.   

I can see the blue bldg where the KP scrape is from the 9th floor of bldg 10 at Kodak Office.

[wnyfalconfan (Joyce):]

wnyfalconfan (Joyce): Falcon spotted on SE corner of Xerox

Link:
http://twitter.com/wnyfalconfan/statuses/101429501719875584

Thanks Joyce & Brian for checking on the Falcons.   

Ei, Donna, anyone else that would like to move to Rochester.  You're all welcome!   

Well, you all know me after all these years...excessive anthropomorphizing tends to get my hackles up...
I cannot find it in me to feel sorry for Beauty, Archer or Unity because I don't believe they feel sorry for themselves....
I feel very sorry for US that there weren't any fluffballs this year...

What she said!

Seriously, I'm pretty much with Ei on this...it's too bad there weren't young peregrines in Rochester to watch, both for the sake of the local watchers and the remote ones, but I don't feel comfortable projecting my feelings on Beauty, Archer, or Unity.  Also like Ei, it's been hard-going lately, I've lost both parents and a job in the last two years and my worry list is full enough.

Patti

So sorry for your losses Patty. 

All I know is I wanted to move to Rochester and Ed said NO!!! That's how much I love Peregrines! Nuff said! 

Ah, poor Donna.  We would love to have you here.   

Well said Ei.  I really do think that this has been a year of "balance" between two territorial females that just happen to have the same mate.  They seemed to feel each other out and maybe "except" the situation just a little bit in the end.  Certainly not in time for either to have successfully had young.  There was a little pushing back and forth between Beauty & Unity.  Feeling out boundaries.  Unity entered Beauty's territory with a witnessed battle on the Kodak Tower.  Beauty was seen at Kodak Park once.

Let's hope that next year will be successful, either with one male or two (preferably two!).  We'll all just have to wait to see what happens when Archer migrates.  This may be a very interesting Winter for the Falcon Flakes.    

I just like watching falcons and I love them all!  

Me too MAK, me too.  

I've been reading the comments here and on Face Book about what has happened this year with "our" Falcons.  Now that the season, as it was, is over.  Two females, one male and no young.  Not a great situation, but it is what it is.  None of us would have chosen for this to happen, but it did.

Many comments say that they are sorry for Beauty, but not Archer & Unity.  Others are sorry for both Beauty and Unity.

Personally, I feel sorry for both Beauty & Unity and even Archer, who is only doing what he is driven to do.  Am I happy about it?  Of course not.  

Also, we lost many members when we lost Mariah in a battle with Beauty.  I've had conversations with many of you about this.  I wasn't happy about the situation, but I have come to love and respect Beauty over the past couple years.  Loved her and Archer's young, Callidora & Jemison.   I do not blame her for doing what she did, for being a Peregrine Falcon.

When S2 took over the nest from Ma and became Pa's mate, the old KFalconcam board exploded with some pretty bad stuff.  Now, we all cheer her on.  Hoping that she gets well and returns to Pa.

So, what's on everyone's mind about this situation?  Let's have an open discussion about this.  I am forever curious.