A Report From Banding Day

[Yarak]

Lots of pictures and a couple of video clips from today's banding of Callidora and Jemison:
http://birdblog.marchlords.com/2010/06/new-bangles-for-calli-jemma.html
Jim

Link:
http://rfalconcam.com/falconwatching/?p=525

[jeanne]

Wonderful!!!!!!!!

[Judi]

Amazing photos, Jim!  Can we make your photo of Archer the photo of the day?

 

[Annette]

Your banding report with pictures and videos is very interesting. 

[Donna]

Great pics Jim, I tried to leave a comment on your site but it timed out when I went to preview. That never happened before. Was that Joyce in Mark's office window? And the "cookie" of the day was? I hope the TS building peeps had a good 1st banding show. 

[valhalla]

  Great report, Jim!  I liked the images of the various watchers - added a fun twist to the day.  Thanks!

[MAK]

Great pics Jim, I tried to leave a comment on your site but it timed out when I went to preview. That never happened before. Was that Joyce in Mark's office window? And the "cookie" of the day was? I hope the TS building peeps had a good 1st banding show. 

Yes Donna that was Joyce in the window. She said it was too close and the sky too gray for any good pictures. Like there are any bad pictures!!

[MAK]

    Jim, you always do a great job reporting and your photos speak for themselves!!   

[Lord G]

Amazing photos, Jim!  Can we make your photo of Archer the photo of the day?

 

Certainly.  That would be great!

[Donna]

Great pics Jim, I tried to leave a comment on your site but it timed out when I went to preview. That never happened before. Was that Joyce in Mark's office window? And the "cookie" of the day was? I hope the TS building peeps had a good 1st banding show. 

Yes Donna that was Joyce in the window. She said it was too close and the sky too gray for any good pictures. Like there are any bad pictures!!

Even when you guys say it's a bad pic, it's always a great pic! 

[Bird Crazy]

if it has a falcon in it, its a GREAT picture 

[margaret]

   Jim, you always do a great job reporting and your photos speak for themselves!!   

I second that thought!  Jim, your pictures and narrative are always a joy to view.  Thanks.

[Shaky]

Yes Donna that was Joyce in the window. She said it was too close and the sky too gray for any good pictures. Like there are any bad pictures!!

Someone should have been shooting video from that window, holding the camera fixed and having the falcons fly through the frame like the "speed" shot used in auto racing where the camera looks down the wall at the cars zipping by.

[valhalla]

Yes Donna that was Joyce in the window. She said it was too close and the sky too gray for any good pictures. Like there are any bad pictures!!

Someone should have been shooting video from that window, holding the camera fixed and having the falcons fly through the frame like the "speed" shot used in auto racing where the camera looks down the wall at the cars zipping by.

Now, That would have been cool! 

[Joyce]

And the "cookie" of the day was? I hope the TS building peeps had a good 1st banding show.

Everyone knows I'm not a morning person...and would you believe I got up early and put 2 cookie trays in the oven.  They were yummy chocolate chip cookies full with decadent dark chocolate mini squares.  There were peeps all over: in the windows of the empty building across from TS, farther down in the old Aquaduct Bldg (now called Thompson-Reuters), South Avenue garage, the First Federal Bldg rooftop (old Changing Scenes), the Court bldg (Jim caught a photo of Carla P on the roof), and of course on the street looking up.  A lot more than I expected to see for a weekday, including classes of children too.

Someone should have been shooting video from that window, holding the camera fixed and having the falcons fly through the frame like the "speed" shot used in auto racing where the camera looks down the wall at the cars zipping by.

Sorry Shaky. In hindsight, if I had known that was the situation, I could have handled both my camera & video.  I didn't want to give up trying to take pictures when I didn't know anything about video.  Space at the TS window was also very limiting too, especially when we joined by the Rochester Business Journal photographer.