That is not a duck is it??? 

Say it IS a duckling... I did not know that falcons took prey other than on the wing. I would be interested to know if they take prey from the ground.

Dot! I missed your day! Sorry! (Work is such a distraction...) I am glad there will be cake!

Slainte!

 

Nest Box Blue.

(OK - I am going now... always thought I could be gainfully employed by naming paint colours and car types... Well... someone has to!)

 

Little Piglet!!!

Yep, she's a big girl.  And look at those gorgeous blue feet!  I think we'll need to come up with a name for that shade of blue.  How about falcon blue?

Hers are even bluer than Nor'easter...and maybe even bluer than Rosetta's...

Maybe Tesh blue?

Big Crop Blue.

 

Well, I think Rhea Mae's legendary appetite has met it's match! No wonder Tesh couldn't stand up!

 

Little Piglet!!!

Little stinker, scared us all stiff too!  I can breathe now!  

And thank you to DEC for sticking around to make sure all was well...

Yes big thank you and big sigh of relief. 

Talk about a heart-stopping few (!) minutes!!! Sheesh!

No we noticed it too, it's not moving at all and is laying on it's back.

A good 10 minutes by my count. Not liking this.

OK, I am probably fussing, but the little one in the back has been lying like that for a while now...

WHAT the HECK was THAT all about??!!!

Thanks!

Also... nice to see that our Kindergarten Falconers are online. 

What are they doing with the nestbox, Ei?

I do no like this, Sam-I-Am!
I do not like that great big hand!
I do not want it in my box,
So next year, we'll install some locks!

I do not like this, Sam-I-Am!!

Banding Day??!! Oh my goodness! I almost missed this!!! Good luck to all!!!

 

This might be in the wrong place, but I wonder how on earth the eyases manage to survive the germs and diseases that must accumulate in a nest box that filthy with poop and rotten prey parts. In their natural cliff habitat, I suppose the wind would blow away most of the body parts, but that isn't happening in this box.  Ick and double ick

Dot in PA

Good point, Dot. Still... it seems loads of raptors have no probs, esp when the nestboxes get cleaned every year... don't they??