And Harley still looks like a balloon that will never get out of the scrape!!  That is one loved and cared for eyas.    Or could this bird be Harlea?

Isn't it exciting to have your own peregrines to watch?  I now have three scrapes here.  I have to take double doses of my blood pressure medications to make it through fledge season.

Your setting is just beautiful.  I am hopeful the female is from Jersey City.  That would make four young accounted for this year. 

I posted on bcaw. It is such agita right now.  Going through it in Jersey City.

She flew and they are watching. Look at all that white!!

Can't wait to find out if the female is from Jersey City, Elizabeth, nj,  Water St, or Riverside Church. Athena in JC is ferocious and fast. This year's female eyas, Lady Liberty or Libby is extremely aggressive like her mom.

Forgot to add New Jersey has green bands and New York has mostly red now (I think)

Kathy Clark, NJ biologist, has a relationship with WV

Nestbox News

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/peregrinecam/jcp-2011nestnews.htm

Has the update on 'Legs' who is on his way to West Virginia with 11 other eyases who will be hacked.  Pictures can be accessed through the NN link.

   and    and    to NJ biologist, Kathy Clark and Dr. Erica Miller of Tri Stste Bird Rescue and Research group.

I am sad about hope at this time. There is a slim chance she made it, but given she is a she with a couple extra ounces and the report from the street ...

Good news, bad news.

Our fourth bird, Girl, yes, girl, fledged today between 9 and 11:30 am.  I called the building at 1 and she could not be found in the scrape.  She was there up until 8:45 am when Dennis and Francois left.  Then my other friend who was watching the cam saw her take w very big wing flap and she was gone.  She was banded much later than the others.

There has been no signal from Hope after she fledged.  Dennis and Francois reported that she did make it over the FDR and the adults were circling behind the heliport, but chances are she went into the river.  We are holding out hope for Hope that she made it up to one of the buildings and has just been under an eave or overhang. 

I thought I posted pictures of the third eyas who is doing extremely well.  The condition was splayed legs which was corrected by calcium and exercise.   There is a very good chance the bird will be hacked in west Virginia.  I'll put up the pictures of rocky.  Mike and I watch when they fledge.

I'll ask Dennis to rename her.  Dennis doesn't know about Skye. 

Well we will see if these stay out of those free ringtone, wallpaper, photos sites.  I marked everything private.

Here are pictures from Dennis Edge.  I am sure Francois Portmann will post his on his web site and that you can get by searching for Francois Portmann Water St peregrines.

Our last eyas in the scrape.  Tomorrow should be the day.  Jubilee has been keeping him in the scrape.  Mother knows best.



Jubilee flies off after delivering a pigeon.



And Our Lady of the Skye Transmission taken last week when she fledged.  Still no word.  I couldn't find time to call the building.

Hi Bonnie,
I'm getting better, got there at 5:30 this morning followed shortly by François then Xavier. One adult was on the perch and the chick was just under in the box.
It then started to ledge while flapping its wings from one end of the nest site to the other. I thought "this is fledge day" but as we waited the adult flew out and the
chick settled back in the box. Barbara Saunders of DEC showed up and called the camera operator who said the chick had a pigeon in the box. So, not today.
We left at 8:30 and will return in the morning. I think tomorrow has to be the day. 2 shots from today.
See you,
Dennis


****pictures are coming and Dennis has named Hope, Our Lady of Transmission

The poor baby already had a full crop.  This eyas will never be able to fledge.  It won't be able to get out of the scrape with all that baby fat.   Bur Quest and Kendal may just feed it forever.

Quest:  Just one more bite then you can leave the table.

I did go down for about 45 minutes until the road was blocked off for a 5k run. I was afraid I would get blocked in and there was no parking.  Saw Jubilee and Rocky and one fledgling on One New York Plaza first low terrace closest to the Governor's Island Ferry. Chances were good thst all three fledglings were there.  The adults flew between One and 55 Water St.  Our youngest did come out on the ledge a little.  It should fledge by Tuesday, maybe.  Just hope it stays safe.  Pictures will come later.  No more photo bucket.  People are stealing my pictures from there.  Gotta learn to use Shaky's converter.