Archer can't get in there fast enough!



Nice dry eggs - Beauty did a grand job... and what's up with the end of one?

Tucked out of view
May 15, 2011 - Toronto - King Street
Linda Woods Reports:

More rain today, cold blustery winds. King St peregrines have tucked the little ones in the corner under the view of the camera. I’ll try again tomorrow for status update.

Last viewing, two hatches, two eggs.

Mother Nature's 'makeup', and someone is playing with the zoom...

Beauty, it's time for your unglamour shot... 



I'm glad she is so dedicated! That's what makes her beauty-ful today.

A clearer shot...



Archer looks more like a penguin...

Archer really did try again at 6:59, but Beauty wasn't giving up the nestbox. She told him briefly, and in no uncertain terms, to go away.

He's only visible in Cam 2 of the picture below... but it is proof he is doing his best!

This really shouldn't count against him in the brooding tables...

Sent away with almost no word... poor Archer

From their web post:

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Tiago tries

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Donna - you beat me to it!

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At 1:45, Archer tried talking her out of the nestbox, but no dice! He sat for a moment, all soggy and wet, and then he flew off for something drier.

Thank you again for your suggestions. It does appear to be canine vestibular syndrome, and so the prognosis is much less scary than originally feared. A quick update:

My almost-puppy is still improving, albeit slowly. She is capable of walking a very short distance on her own, but the rain has made outside difficult because she travels like a drunken soldier. The outside steps are too slippery, so she gets picked up for those. Other than that, she navigates on her own, and rests often. Today she found a space under a bush to hang out, to enjoy the cool air while staying dry. Her head tilt is mostly gone, and she appears much more comfortable now.

She still is eating very little, but she drinks like a fish, so we aren't too concerned, as she has some reserves.

She has yet to bark or talk, but rapid head movements and loud sounds make things worse. (She shook her head and couldn't stay on her feet, so it makes sense that she doesn't want to give herself a disabling headache by barking.)

All in all, things look much better from this end of the week!

Thank you again!
ezsha

What a yucky morning! Beauty had to do a bit of persuading to get Archer off the eggs - he definitely wanted to hang out! (I heard a new-to-me vocalization, which sounded kind of like a whine; given the weather, I understand completely!)

They had a bit of a conversation! I think Archer wanted to stay (drier), but he eventually caved. 8:13

And it is nights like these to be thankful our falcons have a roof over their heads! Imagine how wet she would be without it! (The dry spot refers to the one below her, which you can just see the edges of...)

I don't think that is hail. I think it is water beading up on her feathers glowing in the camera light. I watched your movie and went to the archive viewer for that time frame. I saw no hail on the deck. It would hit there too much more than on Beauty. She got very wet that is for sure but was not hit by hail stones that I could see.

I was going by what I heard and saw on Ustream - the hail was not very big, and was accompanied by lots of rain as well, but the sound is very different. I agree that most of what was on her back is rain - the night-vision makes it look a lot different. Amongst the pea gravel, however, there are small white flecks that appear and then disappear, which was more apparent on the live stream.

Perhaps there is a recording of it on Ustream. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong, but I truly believe I saw hail.