2012 SOUTH BEND~Guinevere & Zephyr

kittenface · **Posted:** Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:29 pm

I was just getting ready to post the article also thanks carly
Zoe I love it and the reference to Zephyr
Riewe and her fellow falcon watchers have named the chick Zoe, the Z an intentional reference to Zephyr.

gigi · **Posted:** Sat Jul 14, 2012 1:35 pm

Zoe is good and I do like the reference to Zephyr. :girlluv:

kittenface · **Posted:** Sat Jul 14, 2012 1:43 pm

Oh my goodness that taco is to cute I'm sitting here giggling

gigi · **Posted:** Sat Jul 14, 2012 4:52 pm

I forgot to mention, Beth originally posted the little airplane a while back. I thought it was so cute I kept it. Thank you Beth for that darling emoticon!

marineof2 · **Joined:** Fri May 25, 2012 3:36 pm **Posts:** 112

I've seen one of the falcons a couple times out in Osceola (about 20 minutes from south bend). I wish the cam would stay up :( Every time I check the cam when it is up, the nest is empty and no one is perched nearby that I can see. SBWatcher is right...downtown SB is mostly safe in that area (but still be careful!)

SusanE · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 7:32 pm

Hey, marineof2, haven't seen you in awhile. Thanks for your report. Hope you get to see one downtown soon!

kittenface · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 11:27 pm

Nice to see you again marineof2 do you think that its G or Zoe you are seeing? Can you get some pictures or videos
I'm not asking for to much am I? :teehee:

but serious its great you get to see one of them hope you can get a chance to see them together

gigi · **Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:19 am

Listen KF, If you don't ask you will not receive. I was thinking the very same thing.

Even far away pics and videos marineof2! We will take anything and they will be

!

kittenface · **Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:12 pm

gigi wrote:

Listen KF, If you don't ask you will not receive. I was thinking the very same thing.

Even far away pics and videos marineof2! We will take anything and they will be

!

I do get carrried away on my requests sometimes .

gigi · **Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2012 3:39 pm

sbwatcher · **Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:50 pm

I was just going to post that the falcons don't seem to be around during the daylight hours, when I dropped by a friend's house, and she told me that she had seen them on cam today around 6 p.m. Zoe was in the box, (for how long my friend doesn't know, as she wasn't glued to the cam like some folks ... :teehee:

) Then after a few minutes, Guinevere showed up, my friend thought it was a food delivery, but after some falcon in-box maneuvering, the two of them left the box. Apparently, G came to fetch Z for a bit of evening hunting. I was downtown just now at 8:30 pm. and saw no one, so they are probably still out.

I really wish I could take and post photos, but can one photograph a far away falcon with a cell phone or cheap camera and get a picture that is worth anything at all? :?:

And what about at night in a well-lit downtown setting?

marineof2 · **Joined:** Fri May 25, 2012 3:36 pm **Posts:** 112

I can try. I usually only have my cell on me, but it can take photos and video. I need to get my decent camera out and take some pics. Although, I don't have a better zooming lens, so they won't be too great lol.

kittenface · **Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:48 pm

marineof2 wrote:

I can try. I usually only have my cell on me, but it can take photos and video. I need to get my decent camera out and take some pics. Although, I don't have a better zooming lens, so they won't be too great lol.

Oh thats alright for sure it is great having 2 on the ground there now thank you both for the reports it is great to hear your updates

gigi · **Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2012 11:04 pm

kittenface wrote:

marineof2 wrote:

I can try. I usually only have my cell on me, but it can take photos and video. I need to get my decent camera out and take some pics. Although, I don't have a better zooming lens, so they won't be too great lol.

Oh thats alright for sure it is great having 2 on the ground there now thank you both for the reports it is great to hear your updates

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 61875

too. .

sbwatcher · **Posted:** Thu Jul 19, 2012 6:37 am

BIG RAINSTORM, ( Which we have really been needing !) so I figured this might be the best chance to catch a falcon in the nest box. 6: 15 a.m., no falcons visible downtown. 6:30 a.m., I arrive at my friend's house to use internet, and the falcon cam is ...... whited out !! :tearhair

Probably affected by the weather, lots of lightning last night.
Oh well, at least I tried. Maybe there is nothing wrong with cam, it might be this computer, so maybe someone else should try viewing today. Pretty please !

gigi · **Posted:** Thu Jul 19, 2012 9:04 am

I also get the white screen this morning. Thanks for trying to check sbwatcher.

gigi · **Posted:** Sat Jul 21, 2012 10:11 am

Thank you SGB for posting this tribute banner to the Indiana falcons lost in 2012. It is beautiful.

sbwatcher · **Posted:** Wed Jul 25, 2012 2:34 pm

Ground report from South Bend:

I've been either too early or too late to see any falcons for the last several days, not sure if they had both left entirely.
Yesterday morning, I decided to go early, and I was there about 15 minutes after daylight, but no falcons. No falcons last night either.
This morning, I'm out walking the cat, and break off our walk to head downtown. I get there and am excited to see a blob on the building, and my binoculars let me see that this is not a pigeon blob, but a falcon blob. :ohyes:

Falcon still here ! :ohyes:

I watched for some time as she sat, preened, stretched, preened, walked a slight distance on the roof and then sat some more. She was there for over an hour. Even with the binocs, I couldn't tell if this was Guinevere or Zoe, but I did see the distinctive black cheek stripe of the peregrine falcon.
Falcon watching season is still open ! :smile:

gigi · **Posted:** Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:03 pm

Thanks for the report s watched.

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