Boy, did we ever have anyone dive right in there quite as well as Kat? That little Toronto PeFa family is in good and caring hands.
 

Good woman, Kat! You jump right in there! And Welcome!

Slainte!

Bobbie
 

Poor baby...fly free little guy!

And I'm glad a supporter was there to retrieve him...

OH no! In my anxiety to find the site, I did not know about little Wills! Sweet boy, you gave us great pleasure.

WHAT'S THE LINK, GUYS??!

http://harlequinblog.com/2011/06/harlequin-peregrine-cam/

Thanks, Ei - and everyone! (I sometimes find it hard to keep the thread...)

I can see the 2nd rope now.

Donna! Where you watching??? (I have nothing else to do, you understand...)

From my kitchen table!!! The Cam.

I can see people out there already from the reflection of the windows.

WHAT'S THE LINK, GUYS??!

I can see the 2nd rope now.

Donna! Where you watching??? (I have nothing else to do, you understand...)

I don't believe Rochester weighs the eyases

Correct.

Perhaps because it causes less stress?

I don't believe Rochester weighs the eyases

Correct.

Any reason for that, Shaky? Seems odd, but then... what do I know!

Wouldn't it be fantastic if Harlequin (the company) would sponsor a transmitter and tracking for Harlequin (the pefa eyas)??

One can daydream, yeah??

Good thinking, NYCB!!

Thanks for posting, Kris - so nice to see them again.

Hey, MAK - thought you were in Buffalo... speaking of who's where these days!

That was yesterday Bobbie! 

Ahhhh! As I said... who knows where anyone is at the moment!!! You need a leg-band, MAK!!

I will add my own "Thank You" for my wonderful Dad here. Til his poor 93-year-old knees gave out, he was one of my best birding buddies! And he still enjoys whatever turns up at the window feeders we put up for him.
 

Hey, MAK - thought you were in Buffalo... speaking of who's where these days!

Eventually the parents get fed up and abandon the ‘teenage’ puffin. The hungry fledgling has to leave the burrow on its own, at night. The little bird then makes its way to the sea.[/b][/i] Puffins!! 

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There's tough love for you!

Here's a little bit from the RSPB re "kids leaving the nest" - apropos the earlier story posted by Donna re Hurricane's and O'Connor's efforts.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/community/wildlife/b/notesonnature/archive/2011/06/17/it-s-time-to-leave-home-kids.aspx