Last night at 10:52 pm, Nova laid a 3rd egg in the Times Square Bldg nest box! This egg came 58 hrs after her 2nd egg.

When can we expect to see a 4th egg? If Nova does lay a 4th egg, it should be some time between 9 am and 4 pm on Thursday, 3/28. Or whenever she decides. 🙂

After an overnight snowfall of about 5 inches and a current temperature of 29 degrees (F), Nova laid her 2nd egg at 12:51 pm. It was a little over 65 hrs after she laid her 1st egg on 3/20.

Neander will show up soon to see their 2nd egg. But for now, Nova has settled in for a nap.

Assuming Nova isn’t in the process of laying another egg, we’ll be shutting off the cameras tonight at 8:30 PM EDT in observance of Earth Hour.

https://www.earthhour.org/

On this first full day of Spring, Rochester is under a Winter Weather Advisory. The temperature is 27 degrees (F). The winds are gusting at 40 mph and the snow is flying!

That did not stop Nova from laying her and Neander’s first egg of 2024 at approx 7:31 pm!

Many thanks to Rochester Falcon Watcher Linda for letting us know!

We absolutely LOVE to hear about past young from the Rochester nest site.

Our friends at the Utica Peregrine Falcon Project posted pictures on their FB page on Friday (3/8/24). Rochester Falcon Watcher Dana Mulhern shared the pictures with our watcher group, including an enlargement of the intruding female’s band. We all agreed, Black 86 over Green BA.

After checking the banding list, we were surprised to see that it is Lilac from 2016! Lilac was last seen 8 years ago, after fledging from the Times Square Bldg nest box. Her parents are Beauty and Dot.ca.

So, where has Lilac been for 8 years after leaving Rochester in July, 2016? We’ll probably never know, but wouldn’t it be awesome if she could tell us about her adventures!

The following pictures were shared by Rochester Falcon Watchers from the 2016 Fledge Watch.

Many thanks to Deb and Matt from the Utica Peregrine Falcon Project for providing the following pictures of Lilac’s visit from the Utica nest box cameras.

We all hope that Lilac, Astrid & Ares (the current pair in Utica) all remain safe. Our friends in Utica will remain vigilant and report any further visits by Lilac.

Happy New Year!!! It was time for our 2024 Toast to the Falcons! The watchers gathered at the entrance of the Blue Cross Arena on Broad St. We decided to meet at 9 am, which is a little earlier than we usually meet. It was bitter cold this morning. Only 28F. At 9:30 am, we had some excitement!  The local pigeons were very agitated, flying this way and that. Dana called out that 2 falcons flew over us heading south. Soon after this, both Nova and Neander returned. They were tandem hunting. Nova came very close to catching a pigeon right in front of us, over the corner of Broad and State St. After missing the pigeon, they both zipped around the building in front of us. Nova landed on the SW corner of the Wilder Bldg and Neander on the Wilder Chimney. It was very nice of them to join us! Ten Rochester Falcon Watchers were there to toast today. Shaky, Pat, Dana, Lou, Larry O, Linda K, Tim, Lynda, Joyce and Carol P. Happy New Year everyone!

Thanks once again to the generosity of our dedicated falcon supporters, we raised over $2,000 yesterday, including two $500 bonuses for the outstanding teamwork demonstrated by those who stayed up late to make their pledges at just the right time. Well done, folks!

ROC the Day officials will send us a financial statement and donor list sometime in the next few weeks, at which point we will know who to thank individually. Until then, thank you to everyone who donated. Your contributions will be used to fund Rfalconcam operations and improvements throughout 2024.

ROC the Day is November 28 !

Join us tonight at midnight to ROC the Day for Rfalconcam.

Get the latest news on ROC the Day activities at our Forum.

Let’s ROC the Day together!

ROC the Day is November 28!

Are you as ready to ROC as we are? Join us on Tuesday, November 28 starting at midnight to ROC the Day for Rfalconcam.

Get the latest news on ROC the Day activities at our Forum.

Let’s ROC the Day together!

Hello Falcon Fans! The Rfalconcam Merchandise Team has been very busy. We wanted to make sure that we had plenty of gifts ready for the holiday season!

The first item available for your consideration is our updated Quest Tour T-shirt. The original shirt was offered back in 2008 when Quest left Rochester, NY, so we never had all her travel locations included. After sadly losing Quest this year, we decided to redo her tour t-shirt so that it included all the places she visited before settling in Canada to raise a family of her own. We want to thank our friends at the Canadian Peregrine Foundation for watching over Quest and her family. The juvie Quest picture was taken by Lou Capuano and the adult Quest picture was taken by Ann Brokelman.

We’re offering this shirt in white and multicolors. Zazzle links below.

White Quest Tour T-shirt

Multicolor Quest Tour T-shirt

Next is our new 2024 Rochester Falcons Calendar. This calendar includes pictures of Nova, Neander, Artemis, Jubilee and Sterling from the 2023 season. Just click on the picture to order your 2024 Rfalconcam Calendar from Zazzle.

Who could resist these cute ornaments featuring our young eyases from 2023?

Artemis Ornament

Sterling Ornament

Jubilee Ornament

Finally, as you all know, this was our 25th Anniversary and we wanted to offer our official 25th Anniversary T-shirts and 2-sided ornament.

Ornament – 25th Anniversary

Heart – 25th Anniversary T-shirts – White

Heart – 25th Anniversary T-shirts – Multicolor

Eyas – 25th Anniversary T-shirts – White

Eyas 25th Anniversary T-shirts – Multicolor

The Rfalconcam Merchandise Team wishes all of our Rochester Falcon Fans a safe and happy holiday season!

Carrie – Kathy O – Shaky – Lou – Dana – Carol P.