Welcome to the 2026 RFalconcam season featuring Nova & Corazon!

Our faithful cam watchers have been following along through the winter but spring and new eggs always bring new watchers. We welcome everyone, near and far, to share the miracle developing in those beautiful red eggs!

If all proceeds as usual we should see the eggs hatch in early May. Nova and Corazon will raise the eyases at the nestbox from tiny fluffballs to feathered juveniles over the next 5-6 weeks. Then they will fly & grace the skies over Rochester! That is also when the human watchers get involved!

There are times when the young falcons get into an unsafe situation and need our help. We would like to invite others to join our dedicated core team on the fledge watch! If you are local to Rochester, NY please consider spending some time keeping an eye on the young falcons!

If all stays usual timing, the prime in-person watch needs will be in early-mid June. They are usually most active early morning and late afternoon. No need to commit now. Please just keep it in mind as you are enjoying the antics of the eyases in the scrape!

If you are not local to Rochester please consider finding a scrape near you to help out! We have RFalconcam offspring and descendants in New York, Ontario Canada and as far away as Missouri! Whether a direct connection or just the wonder of the peregrine it is a great way to spend your time!

The Rochester, NY falcon cams have been instrumental in the recovery of the peregrine falcon since 1995! The Art Deco high rise building ledges simulate the natural ledges peregrines use for scrapes in the wild! The nest box provides shelter from the weather and a safe place for the eggs to hatch.

Maintaining our cameras and network can be challenging. From hardware and cameras to the social media integration there is a lot to do! If you are technically savvy and would like to help keep Rfalconcam running smoothly please reach out!

Thank you for reading this long post! We have a lot of information on our main website along with our forum, still and streaming cams at https://rfalconcam.com As always, thank you to our sponsors at GVAS https://gvaudubon.org

Welcome everyone and remember to keep your eyes to the sky!

Ei/cp

It wasn’t an Easter Egg, but it was really close to being one. Just past midnight, Nova stood up from her two eggs and at 12:39 am, Egg #3 arrived! It was 68 hrs and 26 mins between her 2nd and 3rd eggs. That’s a pretty average time for Nova.

Here is the video of Nova laying her 3rd egg! Thanks Dana!

We didn’t get a good look at all 3 eggs until hours later when Nova stood up.

At 5:09 am, Corazon came into the nest box to see the newest arrival and give Nova a break. Nova took off and Corazon attempted to cover all three eggs. It took a bit of maneuvering, but he finally got it!

Nova returned and had quite the conversation with Corazon, We call these stand-offs! Over the years, our Tiercels (males) sometimes are very stubborn and don’t want to leave their eggs. Nova was quite insistent and Corazon finally stood up and left.

Here is the video of Corazon coming in to give Nova a break. Thanks again Dana! Be sure to turn up the video!

We finally were able to get a close-up picture of all three big, beautiful eggs. Thanks Shaky!

Will there be a 4th Egg? Based on their behavior, I think they had already started hard incubation before the 3rd egg was laid. So probably not. But, you just never know!

Thanks for watching the Rochester Falcons!

CP

It looks like we have an Eggatha Christie Mystery on our hands! Our 2nd Egg arrived early this morning at 4:23 am. 121.57 hrs between the 1st and 2nd eggs. This was twice the time it should have taken. So, what happened to the real 2nd egg, if there was one?

This is not unusual. The same thing happened in 2021. Beauty and Dot.ca were very late laying a 2nd egg in the Times Square nest box. Rochester Falcon Watchers had witnessed an intruder in the area during that time. Once the intruder left, Beauty laid 3 more eggs. Only 2 of the 4 eggs hatched that year, Freyja and Golden. Territorial battles can be very stressful for our falcons.

A very big thank you to Kate for bringing it to our attention that Nova had laid her 2nd egg early this morning. Kate was up early watching our streaming video!

A few weeks ago, Rochester Falcon Watcher Dana reported seeing a 3rd falcon near the Times Square Bldg. No other Watchers witnessed a 3rd falcon, but could there have been an intruder that caused Nova to lay her 2nd egg somewhere else? We’ll probably never know. It’s a true mystery.

At 6:09 am, Corazon brought in breakfast for Nova and got his first look at his new egg. While Nova was gone, Corazon spent time on his eggs.

Welcome Egg#2! Now we wait to see if Nova will lay a 3rd egg?

Here’s a 2nd video from Dana. It’s a video of Corazon bringing in breakfast for Nova and getting his first look at his new egg. Thanks Dana for all your hard work!

CP

By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol Phillips

Nova usually averages 63 hours between eggs. It’s well past that now. But, in the past, our Falcons have taken much longer to lay their eggs. So, we wait. Maybe not so patiently. But, if you’re going to be a Falcon Watcher, you have to have patience!

We also have to remember that eventhough Corazon helped raise Nova and Neander’s three young last year, he is a new mate for her. Plus we’ve had some nasty weather and a very long Winter. Spring has finally arrived!