You know what we want next (besides hatching to begin)?  We need the LiveStream archive!

If there's a wish list for the website, I vote to add an archive of this.

Deb in 84 degrees Houston

This is very exciting!  Thanks for providing it to us!!

Deb In Texas

My neighbor is in Louisiana, helping to put out boom lines, plotting where to put them and such (he's some kind of crew chief).  Anyway, he told his wife this week about the news helicopter buzzing the island where a bunch of Brown Pelicans were nesting.  The birds scattered, and then the seagulls moved in to snatch the eggs.  Wildlife, fish, and plants are going to have a hard enough time surviving the oil - they don't need the added disturbances from news slugs.

Debbie in Texas

Two of the five eggs are hatched!  Beauty & Archer's can't be far behind.

Deb in Texas

I got a tweet this morning that had photo of Zeus and Hera changing places, and all five eggs visible.

It is May 3, and they are still here!  I watch them perch daily on the building across the street from my office.  (How do I get any work done!?)  During winter, they would frequently perch together (Ms. Perrie and Silverback).  For the last few weeks, it has been individually, but spotting both at some point during the day.  Also see the occasionally 'feathers flying' when they are eating.

If by chance this pair is nesting here, how far away might the nest be from this daily perch spot?

Debbie in Texas

Since we are a main migration flyway, and many birds fly across the huge Gulf to head back north, there are always losses.  This report is one of the worst in many years, that I can recall.  Jim Stevenson is one of the most knowledgeable experts around (came to TX from FL), and is always willing to share and educate.

Anxious for hatching - both Rochester & Woodmen!

Debbie in Texas

Wa-Hoo!

DebInTexas

A lot of mouths to feed!  I haven't figured out how to put a pic in a message yet, but here's the link.

http://woodmen.typepad.com/falconwatch/2010/04/one-two-three-four-five-oh-boy.html

DebInTexas

Thank goodness, one of them is back on the egg!

DebInTexas  (68 degrees here)

Woot!

Debbie

Maybe she's finally going to lay an egg!!

Deb

Glad to see that Hera didn't get in any fights this Easter!

Deb in Texas



http://woodmen.typepad.com/falconwatch/2010/04/er-make-that-four-eggs.html

I guess I could call this a small introduction of myself and my long-time interest in Peregrines.  It started with my spotting the wintering birds back around 2000.  This year's pair is still here, as of today!  Many of us Houston birders believe some are nesting here, but I haven't seen it yet.  Enjoy the article that appeared in our local paper in Nov. 2007.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5299690.html

Good birding to us all!

DebInTexas

This morning, Woodmen's Hera and Zeus have 3 eggs.  Beauty and Archer have to work to catch up!!

Thanks for the welcome, All!

Debbie in Texas