Since it was too dark to see much after Nova and Neander’s 2nd eyas hatched last night at 8:45 pm, we thought we’d share a few captures from our Rfalconcam cameras early this morning.

It looks like there may be a pip on one of the remaining two eggs. Stay tuned!

At approximately 8:45 pm, our second eyas broke free from its egg.

Welcome #2! The last two eggs should hopefully hatch soon.

Neander has been providing food to Nova throughout the day. At this time she will do the majority of the feedings.

We are so very happy to announce the arrival of our first eyas early this morning at 6:03 am. While most of us were sleeping, this little one was fighting to break free under the watchful eye of momma, Nova.

As you can see in the picture above, there is a pip in the egg next Nova. So it shouldn’t be long before the arrival of a second eyas.

We’re still waiting for Neander to get his first look.

Stay tuned for news of new arrivals!

We finally have closure for our loss of Dot.ca.

This morning we received an email from Neal, a Rochester Firefighter. While on a 911 call at the old Rochester Riverside Hotel (it was the Radisson Hotel before that), he and his partner found a deceased Peregrine Falcon.

Our contact at the DEC, Amy Mahar, was notified and she came to Rochester this afternoon. She was able to verify that the deceased falcon was Dot.ca, Black Band/13 over Y. It looked like he collided with the building and died instantly.

Dot.ca was an awesome dad. He loved his eyases and after a rocky start, became a devoted mate to Beauty. He did not abandon her.

Fly Free Dot.ca! We have no doubt that you and Beauty are together again watching the sunset.

Since our new pair arrived, we’ve been calling them UF for Unbanded Falcon (female) and UT for Unbanded Tiercel (male). Well, it’s about time they received their new names.

After a week of intense voting, our Rochester Falcon Fans have chosen their favorite names from a list of names submitted by the Rochester Falcon Watchers. We received 533 votes! Thank you!

UF will now be known as Nova and UT will now be called Neander. These names were chosen by Rochester Falcon Watcher Linda King. Congratulations Linda!

Please join us in welcoming Nova and Neander!

UF entered the nest box, chasing UT out. It was time to lay egg #4!

It didn’t take very long. UF stood with her tail into the corner, making it hard to see her deliver her 4th.

Mostly standing motionless, with just a few little shimmies, her new egg arrived at approx 12:08 pm.

Will there be a 5th? Stay tuned!

Please check out the previous Imprints for instructions on how to vote for UF’s and UT’s new names!

Finally! This is the moment you’ve all been waiting for. It’s time to name UF and UT!

The polls are open! From the many excellent suggestions that we solicited from our local bifocaled, bespectacled, balding, binoculared, and/or big-lensed bipedal bird watchers, we have selected 13 candidate name pairs. And now everyone gets a say on which pair of names will be given to Rochester’s fastest couple!

Voting is easy. Just click/tap on the link below. It will open the ballot form where you’ll start by filling in your name and email address. Then select your favorite pair of names and click/tap the Submit button. Be sure to read the brief description we’ve included with each name. It might help you make your decision. We’ll announce the winning names on Monday, May 2nd.

Use this link to vote:

https://forms.gle/o78dhfN5txdiMz6x6

Voting closes at 11:59 pm EDT on Sunday, May 1, 2022.

Good luck!

There were a few early bird falcon fans, like our friend Carly, who were awake this morning to witness UF laying her 3rd egg at approx 6:06 am. She posted a picture and announced the arrival on our Rfalconcam Forum.

UF relaxed and dozed on the three eggs until UT brought her breakfast at 7:26 am. She took off with his food offering and UT had his first look at his three eggs. After sizing up this new challenge, UT was eventually able to cover all three eggs.

Soon after posting the video, UF returned to the nest box.

Will UF lay a 4th egg? Stay tuned!

While most of us were sleeping, UF was busy laying her second egg. Online Rochester Falcon Fan, NCA Falcons, was awake and posted this picture on the Rfalconcam Forum.

UF spent the overnight in the nest box with her eggs.

UT brought UF breakfast early this morning and got his first look at his eggs.

On this rainy Monday evening at 7:03 pm, UF laid her and UT’s first egg! We are so eggcited here at Rfalconcam.

We believe that this is a young pair, so this may be her very first egg.

For those new to watching the Rochester Falcons nest, at some point UF will leave the egg alone. They don’t start full time incubation until the next to last egg is laid.

If she lays a 2nd egg, it will likely be laid somewhere in the 60-72 hour time frame.

Here is a video of UF laying her egg. Enjoy!