Bird Cams Around the World

Great catches this morning, ladies!

Good pictures, folks.

Great pictures ljames and Catbird! Nice to see them doing so well. A happy thing!

Let's hope and pray that Red Girl carries on her MOM's long and wonderful life.

Ditto Heida!

I didn't go near the Brandywine Building yesterday. Between Monday evening and this morning the falcons have taken at least one mourning dove (identified from feathers) and three flickers and one yellow-throated vireo (all identified from heads). Apparently CJ continues to carry on his father's traditions although I understand that Red Girl also is a person of interest in the police investigation.

Make that four flicker heads, plus a mystery beak that I'm going to have to show to the ornithologist at the Delaware Museum of Natural History.

Wow Greg, what happened to the pigeon population? All these other birds. Let us know what you find out from the museum.

I agree; it's remarkable that this couple is apparently not very keen on pigeons and/or doves.

In 2003 -- 2009 (the previous pair's reign), pigeons were the commonest prey item and mourning doves were second. Mourning doves are most common so far this year, with pigeons probably following cuckoos and flickers. I have, however, seen bursts of pigeon feathers on sidewalks a few blocks from the nest site that I don't usually survey. Red Girl is catching pigeons but eating some of them away from the Building so I often miss them.

This year was unusual, first because we had three different episodes of courtship feeding of females by males: Caesar of the old Mom. Caesar of Red Girl, and CJ of Red Girl. So mostly male-size prey. The year also was unusual in that there were no juvies, alas. In previous years both male and female falcons hammered pigeons hard when the young birds were growing and hungry. Hopefully we'll see that next year.

I hope so too.

That's just too funny, Greg!

Red Girl was in the nest box a short time ago, and then CJ appeared (or at least his feet did) at the top of the screen.

One of them is there now.

Mourning dove feathers and yellow-billed cuckoo head on the sidewalk. One thing I've learned from these falcons is that cuckoos are common, or at least they used to be.

Glad to see both falcons still there. do they migrate here.

Love the food reports.
I noticed a flicker at the Weber site in Edmonton. I love flickers, so although I know our falcons took it, I was sad. I also see a few beaks and feet of Grebes.

Our old male at Clinical always hunted Franklin gulls. Never pigeons. Now there is mostly pigeons ,with new male.

None the less, I wish nothing but the best at this site.