ROCHESTER 2011

Catbird · **Posted:** Sat Apr 09, 2011 6:22 am

Ferenz - Great catch of egg #2 this morning! :egg5:

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 2:18 pm **Posts:** 64479

birdmusic · **Posted:** Sat Apr 09, 2011 8:21 am

WHEW!!!!!

obxbarb · **Posted:** Sat Apr 09, 2011 1:26 pm

Sorry to hear that Archer is two-timing. Hopefully he can help with both :???:

At least we've seen it can be done....

Knorrie · **Posted:** Sat Apr 09, 2011 4:26 pm

WOW the 2th Egg :loveshow:

A

for Archer & Beauty
So he can forget about the other one :egg8:

Alison · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:31 pm **Posts:** 2776

It's good to see Beauty with a second egg; and she is looking well fed.

Ferenz · **Posted:** Mon Apr 11, 2011 12:47 pm

obxbarb · **Posted:** Mon Apr 11, 2011 6:31 pm

Beautiful Ferenz! So this is Archer incubating?

Alison · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:31 pm **Posts:** 2776

Arles · **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2011 3:55 am

3th egg.

Ferenz · **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2011 5:08 am

Ferenz · **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2011 5:15 am

obxbarb wrote:

Beautiful Ferenz! So this is Archer incubating?

Yes it was Archer, see my pic #2 from yesterday -Beauty was sitting outside next to the camera

Catbird · **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2011 4:17 pm

Thanks Carly - That's great news about Quest being spotted in Toronto with a suitor! I hope that she (and he) have a successful courtship and partnership there.

And as for Archer, I sure hope he gives his undivided attention to Beauty from now on.

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2011 4:22 pm

When I read that last part the tears started rolling :egg12:

It would be quite an honor to host a such a magnificent female and be a part of the living legacy.

sewsueme54 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2011 12:03 pm

Great news about Quest. She FINALLY decided to settle down! As for Archer, he is going to be a busy, busy boy. Maybe this explains why Beauty has only laid 3 eggs, but then again, maybe that's all she can handle. Who knows, but great news!

Ferenz · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 2011 5:56 am

Beauty stays with 3 :egg12:

obxbarb · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:58 pm

That is great news on Quest!! Go girl!! Hoping Beauty can handle the bulk of the load here....

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 2:18 pm **Posts:** 64479

Ferenz · **Posted:** Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:17 pm

kittenface · **Posted:** Fri Apr 15, 2011 9:37 pm

Harlequin’s Newest Lovebirds—Peregrine Falcons

You may think Harlequin’s hottest new couple would be appearing on the covers of their novels, but you’d be wrong, because the publisher’s most buzzed-about twosome are a pair of peregrine falcons. A mating pair of the world’s fastest animal—they can reach speeds of more than 320 km/h when in their hunting dive—was spotted by Harlequin Publisher and CEO Donna Hayes nesting on the uppermost ledge of a building across from Harlequin’s world headquarters in the North York area of Toronto.

An avid birdwatcher, Ms. Hayes immediately contacted the Canadian Peregrine Foundation Tuesday, April 10, 2011 to alert them to the pair and noted that one of the falcons had a tracking device and antenna on its back. The CPF immediately dispatched a volunteer to Harlequin’s offices and identified the bird as Quest, a peregrine falcon born, tagged and fitted with a transmitter across Lake Ontario in Rochester, New York. Her mate has been identified as Kendal, a peregrine falcon born across from the King Edward hotel in Toronto in 2009.

“We’ve got a real cross-border romance going on here,” said Ms. Hayes. “Quest and Kendal have been courting around our offices. They’ve been putting on quite a display of aerial acrobatics, spins and dives—high-altitude flirting. Our lovebirds have started their scrape, the peregrine falcon equivalent of a nest, across from our building, and have become the most popular couple in our office—they’ve even overtaken the mating pair of geese that visit us every year.”

Ms. Hayes has given the CPF access to an office directly across from the scrape to track the amorous falcons’ progress and has even set up her own telescope for Harlequin employees to watch the birds and, hopefully, their offspring.

Marion Nash, director of the Canadian Peregrine Foundation directs people to their website (http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca) to follow the Harlequin peregrine falcons story, to pledge support or to help with the fledge watch should Quest and Kendal have offspring.

“We conduct a fledge watch at all the urban nest sites to help the little ones survive their first few days and their first flights,” said Ms. Nash. “Often during the first two to three weeks, as uncoordinated babies, the fledglings lose altitude and come to the ground, get themselves in all sorts of trouble or hit the building trying to land. We man the street in teams to keep an eye on them and rescue them when needed and get them back to the rooftop or to a vet if hurt. The fledge watch starts early in the morning and goes until dark for as long as needed—until the babies are doing well enough without us. There can still be accidents after that, so we are on standby right up until they migrate in the fall. If eggs are produced and we have a hatch we will be calling on our current volunteers to assist, as well as recruiting new ones on our website. Volunteers can fill out a form on our site.”

Harlequin employees are raising money to make a donation to the Canadian Peregrine Foundation and hope to adopt the birds. Ms. Nash said that if Quest and Kendal hatch any chicks, they will name one Harlequin.
-- written by Don Lucey & only shared by Lori! :-)

Bird Cams Around the World

ROCHESTER 2011

Who is online