We are thrilled to announce the arrival of the newest addition to the Rochester Peregrine Falcons Beauty & Dot.ca’s family. This evening at approximately 9:50 pm, a 3rd eyas hatched in the nest box on top of the Times Square building.

Beauty & Dot.ca's 3rd Eyas Hatched at 9:50 pm on 5/26/13

Here is a picture captured by the RFalconcam main camera today of Beauty & Dot.ca feeding their young.

Dot.ca and Beauty Feed Their Young Eyases 5/26/13

At 4:04 pm, this afternoon, a 2nd eyas hatched. Two eggs remain. Falcon fans from around the world are watching the Rfalconcam cameras and live streaming video to see what happens next.

Here are some pictures from today.

Beauty with 2nd Eyas at Hatch 4:04 pm on 5/25/13

Beauty with 2nd Eyas at Hatch 4:04 pm on 5/25/13

Beauty Feeds Her Two Eyases 5/25/13

Dot.ca Takes a Turn in the Nest Box 5/25/13

Here is a picture captured by our Main Camera this morning of Beauty and her first eyas.

Beauty and her Eyas 5/25/13

Be sure to click on the picture twice for a beautiful close-up!

The two resident Rochester Falcons, Beauty and Dot.ca, have a new addition to their nest box on top of the Times Square Bldg in Downtown Rochester, NY.

At approximately 7:55 pm, an eyas (a young Peregrine Falcon) hatched, to the delight of the many viewers from around the world watching the RFalconcam live streaming video. Just click on the following link to watch.

http://rfalconcam.com/rfc-main/streamView.php

Beauty has kept her eyas tucked under her to keep it warm, so we have not had a good look yet.

Here are some pictures from just after the eyas hatched.

1st Eyas 5-24-13 - Hatched 755 pm

1st Eyas 5-24-13 - Hatched 755 pm

1st Eyas 5-24-13 - DC Brings Food

This morning at 9:37 am, Beauty laid her 4th egg in the nest box on top of the Times Square Bldg in Rochester, NY.

Dot.ca, the tiercel (male), brought food to Beauty this afternoon and took his turn on the eggs.

Peregrines won’t begin incubating the eggs, or brooding, right away. Believe it or not, that’s perfectly normal for Peregrines. She’ll begin brooding when the next to last egg is laid, so when she starts, we can be pretty sure we know how many eggs she’ll lay– just add one to the current number. Before then, she’ll mostly leave the eggs uncovered. Don’t worry though– Peregrine eggs can survive just fine unless the temperature drops below freezing. If that happens, she’ll sit on the eggs just to keep them warm enough to stay viable.

Beauty and Dot.ca began brooding after the 3rd egg was laid, so chances are, this will be the last egg this year.

For a look into the world of Peregrine Falcons check out the Rfalconcam cameras at:

http://rfalconcam.com/rfc-main/cameras.php

Live Stream Video:

http://rfalconcam.com/rfc-main/streamView.php

Early morning, at approximately 2:07 am, Rfalconcam Watchers were thrilled to see Beauty lay her 3rd egg! Our Camera #2 caught the moment the egg arrived.

We caught a glimpse of Beauty and her three eggs as the sun rose.

The Rochester Falcon Watchers reported that Dot.ca brought food to Beauty at 7:40 am and then took his turn on the eggs.

At 8:43 am, Beauty finished her meal and joined Dot.ca at the nest box. It was Beauty’s turn to keep the eggs warm! This picture shows Dot.ca getting up from the eggs as Beauty watches from the platform in front of the nest box.

Rfalconcam fans from all over the world will be watching to see what happens next. Will Beauty lay a 4th egg? Be sure to check out the Rfalconcam Cameras at

http://rfalconcam.com/rfc-main/cameras.php

More good news! Beauty, the peregrine falcon nesting with her mate Dot.ca in a nest box on top of the Times Square Bldg, downtown Rochester, NY, has laid her 2nd egg at approximately 7:40 pm this evening.

Over the next few days, Beauty may lay more eggs. Be sure to check out Rfalconcam cameras at:

http://rfalconcam.com/rfc-main/cameras.php

We Here at Rfalconcam Are Very Happy to Announce that Beauty Has Laid An Egg!

At approximately 2:19 pm, some very excited Rfalconcam camera watchers reported that she laid an egg. She had been spending most of her time at or near the nest box the last couple days, so there were many Rfalconcam fans watching, anticipating the arrival of an egg.

Stay Tuned and keep watching!

Thanks to Rochester Falcon Watcher Joyce Miller, we have this wonderful news to share with everyone. Diamante has been positively ID’d and is the current tiercel (male) at the Central Terminal in Buffalo, NY! Here are a couple pics that Joyce took while visiting this nest site on Thursday, October 25th.

There will be more current pictures of Diamante shared as soon as we receive them.

Diamante’s band is 21/R black/green. He was named by Ms. Dawson’s Class, School 28, in Rochester, NY.

This year (2012), there was a change at Central Terminal in Buffalo, NY. Stash and Stella were gone and there was a new pair in town. The Buffalo and Rochester Falcon Watchers teamed up to attempt to get ID’s on this new pair. The female was ID’d fairly quickly. She is Gleig, hatched in 2009 at the Hamilton Sheraton Hotel nest site. The male continued to elude identification by the Watchers, until now!

We are very happy to announce that the new tiercel (male) at Central Terminal in Buffalo, NY this year is none other than our very own Diamante from 2008. He is the son of Mariah and Kaver and brother of Quest, Linn & Rhea Mae. He hatched the same year as Quest. Here are some pictures of a very young Diamante and his brothers & sisters.

Diamante and Susan B were the last to hatch in 2008, but they very quickly caught up with their siblings Quest, Seneca, & Zephyr. Here are a couple of pics from 2008. The first one is Diamante peaking through the tree branches on the gorge wall. The second picture is of Diamante and Quest in a game of talon tag above the Genesee River.

In 2012, two young females hatched on at the nest box at Central Terminal, Alfreda & Wagner. The Mariah & Kaver Legacy continues!

and you are NEVER going to guess who it is!

DIAMANTE!

More information and pictures coming very soon!