At 8:07am, two peregrines appeared to come off the roof of 44
Charles West and headed to the north side of the CIBC building. A
couple of minutes later, one of them was circling just north of that
building. I checked the area just before 9am but couldn’t find
anything.
An adult male peregrine was on the west side of the CIBC building at
3:22pm and was feeding. No activity has been seen for several days
but food leftovers have been seen on both the west and south sides
of the CIBC building.
With many thanks to Terri in Rochester NY, one of the first photos of Rhea Mae and Tiago’s hatchling was captured just after the first egg hatched.
Terri, Rochester NY
After an early start this morning, along with other volunteers, up and ready at their computers to see the first hatch at the Sheraton Centre Hotel.
Carol, from Rochester caught the web cam image with all the eggs exposed. If you look closely, what appears to be blurred part of the image, is actually the adult bringing in food to the nest. Read along to find out what they did.
When I arrived on site, I was surprised to find previously used avian footwear ( leggings included) under Rhea Mae, I assumed it was left overs, to my surprise, the owner was still wearing them. Why is the whole prey there?
I have never seen this before. Were Rhea Mae and Tiago keeping lunch warm? Or were they using the heat from the prey to assist in keeping the other eggs warm? Don’t know.
It wasn’t long before I was able to capture quick photos of a hand off of the nest and Rhea Mae checking the eggs beneath her
I also captured the second chick begin to break through the egg shell. Amazing! This is a first for me.
Expect another hatch later today, one tomorrow. They other eggs also appeared to have cracks in the shells.
Looking at the webcam very early this morning 6:00 am, and I think we have a hatch. Debris beside Rhea Mae, where in last evening photo, the nest tray was very clean.
