2011 Pictures from the Rfalconcam cameras

[Carol P.]

Beauty and her friend are currently on the Widows Walk next to each other.  One is eating and the other is watching or waiting their turn.  For some reason I thought it was the Tiercel eating while Beauty watched, but I couldn't be sure.  Too far.

[margaret]

It looks and sounds as if there has been some pair bonding going on between Beauty and the Unidentified Male.  I think I saw some bowing to each other in the pictures the other day.
What does this mean?  And what happens if/when Archer returns?  Will there be a territorial battle?

[Joyce]

I didn't see him either and I looked and looked. After Shaky posted the stream, I went and checked, all I saw was a tail flash. Hmmm.

Donna - Here's a still shot of the male in flight for you from the video...

[Carol P.]

It looks and sounds as if there has been some pair bonding going on between Beauty and the Unidentified Male.  I think I saw some bowing to each other in the pictures the other day.
What does this mean?  And what happens if/when Archer returns?  Will there be a territorial battle?

Margaret - There's no way of knowing what will happen.  We can only keep watching and keeping an eye on the situation.
Carol P.

[Donna]

Both back
looks serious

[jeanne]

Apparently Beauty missed the part about mating for life.   ???

[Carol P.]

The Tiercel has a white fluff over his beak!  

[Bobbie Ireland]

OH MY! What is going on?!

[Annette]

The Tiercel has a white fluff over his beak!

Perhaps of last breakfast?

[Carol P.]

The Tiercel has a white fluff over his beak!

Perhaps of last breakfast?

Could be Annette.  Or it might be his own little white fluff, coming off.   

When that happens on my cockatiels, I just have to take it off.  lol

[Carol P.]

OH MY! What is going on?!

It will be interesting if this Tiercel sticks around.  Or maybe he has his own territory somewhere up north and is just spending the Winter with a friend.

I think the same thing is happening with Stella at the Central Terminal nestsite in Buffalo.  She has been hanging out with a new male, while her male is gone.

It would have been neat if this Tiercel hanging out with Beauty was banded and we could track where he came from and maybe if he was already part of a nesting pair somewhere else.

[Annette]

It would have been neat if this Tiercel hanging out with Beauty was banded and we could track where he came from and maybe if he was already part of a nesting pair somewhere else.

And when Archer returns?

[Carol P.]

It would have been neat if this Tiercel hanging out with Beauty was banded and we could track where he came from and maybe if he was already part of a nesting pair somewhere else.

And when Archer returns?

We'll just have to wait and watch.   

[Shaky]

Video highlights of Beauty and the male this morning:

Beauty and the male at the nest box

Beauty and the male at the nest box Tuesday morning

[Carol P.]

Snowing yet again in the fair city of Rochester, NY.  No visits at the nest box by Beauty or her friend yet today and I couldn't spot any falcons from KO South this morning.  I'll look again this afternoon.
Carol P.