More Banding Day Information
In case you haven’t heard the news yet, our two eyases will be banded tomorrow morning by wildlife officials from the New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation. Here are a few things you should know.
The banding event will begin around 10:00 AM Rochester time. It shouldn’t take more than an hour to conclude. Local fans and birders are invited to gather at the corner of Broad and Exchange Streets in the city. From there you should have a front row seat for all of the flying we anticipate from Archer and Beauty as they defend their nest box and eyases during the banding process. Unfortunately, you won’t be able to see the actual banding of the eyases from the street, and due to space considerations and other factors, the number of people who will be present at the banding will be limited to only a few invited guests. Therefore you may want to consider Option B.
What’s Option B? Why, it’s to watch the banding LIVE from the comfort of your home, office or wherever you have a computer and an Internet connection. We’ll be broadcasting a live video stream during the banding event. Here are a few things you should know.
- The official source of information during banding will be the Rfalconcam Now board. Look for a Banding Day 2010 topic to appear around 10 AM EDT (Rochester time). One of our Forum moderators will post comments to the Banding Day 2010 topic throughout the process. To make the commentary easier to follow, you will not be able to post to the Rfalconcam Now board during this time. However, feel free to post to the other boards and chat areas.
- There will be streaming video from the banding room during the banding, but there will not be streaming video from the nest box. To watch the video, go to Rfalconcam’s Streaming Video page
- Rfalconcam’s famous high-quality pictures will continue to update throughout the banding event. Pictures from inside the banding room will appear on Camera 4. You will be able to view the pictures on Rfalconcam’s View All Cameras page or in the Archive Viewer
You can ensure that you don’t miss a thing by opening 3 browser windows on your computer:
Rfalconcam Now
Rfalconcam’s Streaming Video,
Rfalconcam’s View All Cameras
Be sure to refresh the Rfalconcam Now page every few minutes to see new posts.
Twitter users will also be able to receive the latest information by following RfalconcamNow.
We hope you’ll join us tomorrow for another exciting banding day event!
June 9th, 2010 at 8:05 PM
I cannot begin to tell you how excited I was when you went to live stream. I have watched other sites because they do have the stream and I am fascinated with them so when Rochester decided to do the live stream I was without a doubt very happy and am watching all of the time. I just wish that camera one was able to get the u=stream also but we can not complain with all that you have accomplished so far this year.
Please keep up the good work and I will be able to watch the banding since I don’t have to go to work until after 1:pm.
This year is turning out to be one for the books…
Thank you for caring as much as you all do.
Shirley Liktor
PS: Is there any update on Mariah or Kaver (deceased?). Still miss them
June 9th, 2010 at 9:34 PM
Wonderfully thought out and technologically superior, as always from the Rochester team. I am not sure I will be home to see it, but I will be with you in spirit.
June 9th, 2010 at 10:26 PM
If you want to come downtown, some of us will be gathering on the roof of the South Ave Ramp garage. Larry O
June 10th, 2010 at 8:43 AM
Appreciate the clear and concise directions of where and
how to follow all the excitement as Rochester’s newest
get their bands. You guys rock!
June 10th, 2010 at 6:48 PM
@shirley-Kaver has not been seen since 2008, but since he was never banded there’s no way to know 100% for sure what happened to him. Mariah was last seen north of downtown Rochester. She was positively ID’d in late fall/early winter but there was a probable sighting in March.