Buffalo Falcon News 2011

[Donna]

If you're in the area UB KIDS ARE LIKELY TO FLEDGE!!!  One accidentally went to a roof yesterday but got back.
Bring cameras, scopes,boxes, gloves, coffee and bagels!  The rest of this week should be exciting!

Statler kids will be right on the heels of the UB fledges!

Pix on http://www.facebook.com/pages/Peregrine-Place/182371738440433

High temps today - mid-60s!

Ahhh geeze, their all going at once. How do you cope? You guys need about 10 volunteers. I wish I lived closer. Good luck Sage, I feel for you all.

[~Sage~]

And after UB>Statler, then CT, then North Bridge, then Niagara Gorge

btw, eggs in nestbox at South GI Bridge were broken open and apparently looked like Beauty's~
  What's up with that?  The very cold weather this late-winter/early-spring?

[Donna]

And after UB>Statler, then CT, then North Bridge, then Niagara Gorge

btw, eggs in nestbox at South GI Bridge were broken open and apparently looked like Beauty's~
  What's up with that?  The very cold weather this late-winter/early-spring?

OK, you need more than 10 people!!    So sad about the eggs!

[MAK]

Sage, I wish I had my own vehicle and the means to pay for the gas so I could help you out! 

[~Sage~]

Move here, MAK!     Car...yeh...our main pefa-mobile, 13 y/o,  is about to cost us $3500 in repairs this week.     fix it?  or diminish retirement to replace it?   ???  took it from one mechanic to another today.  inspection month. 

UB birds were still there today and we didn't see anyone at the pefa-watching station UB set up!  One year ago today, we were on hand when Harry Potter got in trouble and had to be rescued, boxed up and returned to the roof. 

[~Sage~]

Oh, Yankee was on lookout and BB took off after a vulture who made the error of entering the UB campus!

[MAK]

Move here, MAK!     Car...yeh...our main pefa-mobile, 13 y/o,  is about to cost us $3500 in repairs this week.     fix it?  or diminish retirement to replace it?   ???  took it from one mechanic to another today.  inspection month. 

UB birds were still there today and we didn't see anyone at the pefa-watching station UB set up!  One year ago today, we were on hand when Harry Potter got in trouble and had to be rescued, boxed up and returned to the roof. 

     Let's compromise Sage! We'll move CT and UB here to Rochester or maybe I could find a room at CT. I love that place.    They have many open rooms with their own air conditioning!    

[Joyce]

Hey Sage and MAK...I have an idea.  On my way to work, I'll drop MAK off so you can pick her up at UB or CT and then you guys can go watching together.  Then I can get MAK after I leave work.

[MAK]

When? 

[Donna]

When? 

ASAP, I would think, things are getting flappy there.!

[Joyce]

Things are pretty flappy at UB this evening. This is the best way I can get my fledgling fix.  Looks like two have fledged.  Only two left on the perches and moving on and off the ledge on either side of the nestbox. 

Pics below from this evening.  An adult must have been above them with prey, because I could see feathers falling and these two were vocalizing (can't hear them on cam), flapping, and looking up.

The one that is on the right perch stayed out there flapping most of the time.  This one doesn't quite have the balance down pat yet.  The closest one has been hopping and jumping from perch to ledge and back. I suspect that one will go first.

As dusk approached they came back into the nestbox.  One nibbled on scraps and then both were beak to beak. 

Will there be a morning fledge?

[Joyce]

Pics continued...

[~Sage~]

Great idea to bring MAK to help, Joyce!  Tues may work and we'll likely have two sites with 7 fledges then.  
We just found out the pefa-mobile is gone for the rest of the week and with no garage, everything from two cars is crammed into my little car.  A couple thou in car repairs this week but Roger decided to keep it and get the work done.  Monday a doctor appt and I may be getting a bunch of shots in my head.  

I can't get on this site to post updates during the day when we're out.  Site tells me I don't exist!  

Two pefas fledged early this morning!  One went to the roof, the other was on the opposite side of the tower, in a little niche that was fairly low.  Later in the day, both fledges had made it to the top of the tower!  One was walking along the edge and flapping, lifting off a bit. 

At the Statler, we saw just one on the perch and hope the others were inside.  We couldn't find any on the ledges.

CT - the kids are getting their dark feathers and losing the fluff which mixes in the air with the cottonwood fluffs.  Both parents were on the tower above the nest, Stash always higher.  Stella fed the kids then flew off and away.

[Joyce]

Tuesday is the one day I won't be in Buffalo.  Twelve Rochester watchers are planning on making a trip up to Toronto for the banding of Quest's little Harlequin.

But we'll see what we can do on the weekend. I'll bet you have another fledge at UB tomorrow morning.

[margaret]

Things are pretty flappy at UB this evening. This is the best way I can get my fledgling fix.  Looks like two have fledged.  Only two left on the perches and moving on and off the ledge on either side of the nestbox. 

Pics below from this evening.  An adult must have been above them with prey, because I could see feathers falling and these two were vocalizing (can't hear them on cam), flapping, and looking up.

The one that is on the right perch stayed out there flapping most of the time.  This one doesn't quite have the balance down pat yet.  The closest one has been hopping and jumping from perch to ledge and back. I suspect that one will go first.

As dusk approached they came back into the nestbox.  One nibbled on scraps and then both were beak to beak. 

Will there be a morning fledge?

I love your word choice, Joyce:  "fledgling fix".  That soooo fits this year!  I find myself looking to the TS NB, and saddened.   But I am getting my "Fledgling fix"  by looking at  Rhea Mae/Tiago's nest, and I adore  Quest and Harlie's webcam.   Maybe "fledgling  fix" should be added to the rfalconcam glossary?