This was sent to me from Jan. This photo captured at 5:15p.m. today.
All is well.
For those of you that have been following the Rochester falcons, you already know that there resident falcons there have had a tough go this year. If you don’t know I’ll bring you up to speed. 1st of all, they had to move their nest box as Kodak needed to do major repairs to the structure where the falcons were nesting. The female (Mariah) was traumatised by the netting they put up to restrict her access & the male (Kaver) did not return this year. Mariah ended up severly injured in a terreratorial dispute by 2 young intruders, a male & a female. It turns out that the male in question is a 2006 bird from Port Colborne named “Archer”. For those of you who don’t know, our plant name (ADM) stands for “Archer Daniels Midland” so we thought Archer was an appropriate name. Please keep in mind that Freedom (the male who produced Archer) is the 1st offspring of Mariah & Kaver, so although it is very sad to see what has happened to 2 of the most prolific falcons in recorded history, we here in Port Colborne are glad to hear that one of Mariah’s grandsons lives on in the skies of Rochester hopefully to carry on the legacy. I have more news but it will have to wait until tommorow.
Again I was unable to snap a photo of the adults on the eggs. I manage to get the top of Tiago’s head.
I’ll keep trying
Yesterday, between 1:00 and 2:30 Bill and I made our daily visit to the Lift Bridge. When we arrived, there was nothing to be seen. All of a sudden, the chirping started. An adult emerged from the nest box, standing guard on the corner, and another adult came out of nowhere and landed on the old nest ledge. We knew something was amiss because of the chirping. Low and behold, another adult appeared flying above the Hamilton tower. The chirping continued for quite a while as the third adult soared over the tower. Then the pursuit started. The chase was on and two birds disappeared over CCIW and out of our view. After about 15 minutes, an adult reappeared and disappeared into the nest box. So when we left around 2:30, there was still only 1 adult accounted for. It sure is different this year with all new perches and hiding places. These birds are darn difficult to spot. This is the third visit in the last week that we have seen 3 peregrines on site.
Good Morning;
It is confirmed that there are 5 eggs at 18 King St. east this year. I managed to catch the female come off the nest for a minute, just enough time to see all five. I wasn’t sure if it was the male came in or not, but when the adult came back to incubation, one egg was left out. As of 11:15, it appears that the egg is now with the others, under the adult.
I was back to the Sheraton this morning and Tiago was tight on the eggs. This year they have managed to keep the eggs close the edge of the nest tray. The image on the web cam is a better picture of what is going on.
I tried again to snap a picture but when I look through the viewing port, the web camera itself is blocking my photo opportunity while they are on the eggs.
Jan has reported a regular hand off of the nest today, which is very good to know.
Keep watching the web cam. Time goes quickly, and I can’t believe that it’s close to hatching. First egg was laid on March 26th, so expected a hatch near the end of April or the first few days of May.
After sitting and watching the camera monitor this morning for more than an hour, I was not able to catch the female coming off the eggs to confirm the 5 eggs. Hopefully someone else is watching and can send in a second image to confirm the 5 eggs. The female got up briefly, but I wasn’t able to see the clutch of eggs.
This photo taken from the webcam and sent into CPF from Catwoman.
This might mean King St. has for a second time in it’s history, produced a clutch of 5 eggs. Good catch of the image. Hopefully someone else will send in another image to confirm we are seeing 5 eggs and not play of the light. Thanks so much Catwoman for sending this. Keep your fingers crossed!
I was watching the birds this morning and saw them both off the site at the same time. The first time I lost the one behind the building and then a few minutes later I saw one leave the nest site. Think maybe I just missed seeing him return but then I was following the flight of one towards the 401 and soon after saw the other one leave the nest ledge but returned shortly after.
These are the pics.
Paul also thinks this is their site and has seen them in and out of there.
Kathy
While the birds have been difficult to get a handle on this season due to their nest ledge change, it appears that we have finally got some good news. Kathy reports seeing a changing of the guard earlier this week and it appears that the full time incubation is under well underway. Until the camera is up and running, we will have to rely on the good old way of observing from the street level to further gather logistics on the happenings. Both adults were observed on site and everything seems to be playing out the way it should be. Stay tuned…..