Baltimore Falcon Cam

[Donna]

No, not another one!!!   

http://chesapeakeconservancy.org/peregrine-falcon-webcam

[MAK]

  No rest for the weary! 

[AlisonL]

I think this cam should provide good views of eggs and chicks, not to mention the view from the nest.

[Carol P.]

Wow!  What a view!   

[AlisonL]

Baltimore after dark, watched over by one of the peregrines:

[Donna]

Every time I look, he or she is in that same spot!   

[MAK]

I like the after dark pic best-wonderful view! 

[AlisonL]

Both birds at the nest:

[AlisonL]

On March 27, I noticed that Barb appeared to have been injured in a territorial battle. She returned to the nest in a dishevelled state and with blood on her front. The blood was not superficial; it was deep in her feathers. Her right eye looked swollen. Since then, she had been spending long periods of time immobile, and when she did move, she moved very slowly as if she was in pain. She did not look good to me.

March 27



March 29





On March 30 and March 31, I did see her eating, but she still did not look good.

[AlisonL]

When I checked the site today, I noticed immediately that there was a new female in the nest. Barb has been displaced. 

I would think that this female is probably the one with whom Barb battled almost a week ago. I think the same intruder probably returned, and continued the battle. But with her injuries, I am not sure Barb would have been able to fight. I hope she is not injured somewhere and needing help.

The new female is banded red/silver on the right leg, and black/green on the right. I have a feeling I should know this bird, but I'm not sure.





With the male:

[carly]

Oh no, I saw some of the photos on FB and they said they'd keep an eye on Barb.   

[AlisonL]

Oh no, I saw some of the photos on FB and they said they'd keep an eye on Barb.   

Pardon me for asking, Carly, but who are "they"? I was looking on the website for an appropriate contact to ask them to check whether Barb might be injured and in need for help, but there did not appear to be one.

[carly]

Let me see if I can go back and find the post so I don't misquote.  It's not a site that I personally knew of but I remember seeing the photos and was shocked at her appearance.  

Be right back if I can find it.

[carly]

Ok found it, it was posted on a Facebook page and a lady there - I won't publish her name as she may not appreciate having it publicized since she posted on a private site and it's likely her real name not a posting name - but she contacted the Chesapeake Conservatory to inform them of Barb's injuries. They were not aware of it at the time until she notified them but told her that they would now keep an eye on her.

I sure hope if she's inured and grounded, they can find her.

edit to add: she didn't post how to contact them but only stated that 'she had done so'.

[AlisonL]

Ok found it, it was posted on a Facebook page and a lady there - I won't publish her name as she may not appreciate having it publicized since she posted on a private site and it's likely her real name not a posting name - but she contacted the Chesapeake Conservatory to inform them of Barb's injuries. They were not aware of it at the time until she notified them but told her that they would now keep an eye on her.

I sure hope if she's inured and grounded, they can find her.

Thanks, Carly. I would have thought that the Chesapeake people would have been watching their own new webcam. It is almost a week since Barb was first injured. I was hoping that someone based in Baltimore might be able to go out and look for her.

What is it with these private sites, anyway??