After spending the overnight incubating the eggs, Nova stood up at 6:06 am. Neander flew in and landed on the end of the nest box platform at 6:11 am. He made his way to the nest box, and sat down on his eggs.
Neander stayed on the eggs until 6:41 am, when he stood up and left. A couple minutes later, Nova returned.
As you’ll see in the video (link below) that Rochester Falcon team member Dana made from the stream, Neander is still very wobbly. But he does seem improved from yesterday. I was very happy to see him this morning! We’ll continue to keep an eye on him.
After Nova leaves, Neander arrives at the nest box. 6:11 am.Neander immediately goes to the eggs to continue incubation. At 6:41 am, Neander stands up and leaves the nest box.A few minutes later, Nova returns.
Here is the link to Dana’s YouTube video showing Neander coming to the nest box this morning.
At 4:25 pm, Neander entered the nest box while Nova was incubating the eggs. To those watching the live stream, it wasn’t his most graceful entry. You could tell that something wasn’t right. He was leaning a bit to his left. Nova left and Neander laid down next to the eggs, not on them.
From the pictures, which I’ll post at the end, you could tell that his left leg was bothering him. He made no attempt to lay on the eggs. Thankfully it was a very warm day here in Rochester, NY, with temperatures in the 70s.
Neander slept from 4:26 – 6:08 pm. He stood up and moved to the front of the nest box where he stood for awhile. We could see him lift his left leg to attempt to scratch. He was able to put some weight on it, but you could tell it was bothering him.
He wobbled out to the end of the platform, using his wings for balance. He waited for Nova to fly in and land nearby. At 6:13 pm, she entered the nest box to continue incubating their eggs and Neander took off. In the next Rfalconcam still picture, I could see that he landed on the Wilder Chimney, where he remained for awhile before again taking off.
So we know he somehow injured his left leg, but he can move it and put a little bit of weight on it.
The DEC has been contacted and we’ll be giving them updates. At this time, because he is flying well, there is nothing we can do except keep an eye on him.
Through the years, many of our falcons have had injuries and healed well. We hope Neander will do the same!
Neander entered the nest box at 4:25 pm.Nova left. You could see that Neander’s left leg was injured.From 4:26 – 6:08 pm, Neander slept next to the eggs. He did not attempt to incubate them. At 6:08 pm, Neander stood up. He put some weight on his injured left leg and lifted it, attempting to scratch with it.Neander standing up.At 6:13 pm, Neander wobbled out to the end of the platform using his wings for balance. Nova flew in and entered the nest box to continue incubation. Neander took off and landed on the Wilder Chimney where he remained for awhile before taking off.
