2012 SOUTH BEND~Guinevere & Zephyr

gigi · **Posted:** Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:50 pm

Thanks Susan.

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

Thanks Susan. . a much better article and tribute to Zephyr. .

catwoman · **Posted:** Thu Jun 21, 2012 5:12 am

skygirlblue wrote:

Thanks Susan. . a much better article and tribute to Zephyr. .

I agree, & as much as we're going to miss him, I don't think he would have been happy living in captivity after spending his life free. :egg15:

Thanks, Susan!

sbwatcher · **Posted:** Tue Jun 26, 2012 2:03 am

A piece of good news from South Bend: Guinevere is hunting and also giving flying lessons to her chick. It is beautiful to see them floating on air and catching updrafts !

a South Bend falcon watcher

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue Jun 26, 2012 2:14 am

sbwatcher

and thank you for the update do you get to watch and take pictures if so maybe you could post some this nest has really taken its toll on all of us this year and to hear this great news is awesome

Beth · **Posted:** Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:19 am

Thanks for the news article (link) Susan!

:hi:

and welcome to BCAW sbwatcher - thanks for the good news on Guinevere and baby :egg 19:

gigi · **Posted:** Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:26 am

Thanks for the fantastic news sbwatcher. And welcome to BCAW! We look forward to hearing more first hand reports of Guinevere and the little [not so much now] one.

I was almost afraid to open this for fear of more bad news.... Thank you again!

SusanE · **Posted:** Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:47 am

to BCAW, sbwatcher!

Thank you so much for this report from the ground. I look forward to more news about Guinevere and her daughter.

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue Jun 26, 2012 1:52 pm

gigi wrote:

Thanks for the fantastic news sbwatcher. And welcome to BCAW! We look forward to hearing more first hand reports of Guinevere and the little [not so much now] one.

I was almost afraid to open this for fear of more bad news.... Thank you again!

Your not the only one afraid to open I saw a new name and thought of sh** now what??????

sbwatcher · **Posted:** Wed Jun 27, 2012 5:48 am

Thank you all for the warm welcomes, the happy emoticons, and the beautiful blue fairy! I will enjoy looking at them in the future also.
I can see that this board is a friendly place. :eggthumbs:

As you may have guessed from my screen name, I live in South Bend, and I try to make it downtown for a bit of falcon watching at least three times a week. I will be happy to share sightings with all of you here, especially since all the falcon action is probably now off the web cam. Unfortunately, I have no camera that could capture decent pictures of faraway birds and these falcons are usually located much higher than me and so far have shown no interest in posing for pics. :teehee:

(This next paragraph is in past tense, but please don't worry, the falcons are fine, I am only reporting last week because I haven't been downtown for a little while. )
As of last week, the juvenile was frequenting the northeast corner of the County-City building, perching there for long periods, and looking around. Sometimes she would stretch out her wings and tilt them slightly in different ways. It seemed to me that she was testing the different air currents and feeling how they would react against her wings. Once she took flight all on her own, riding air currents, she made a large circle around a building and then, eventually back to perch on top of the nest. After a few minutes there, she was treated to a late lunch by Mom, who was still feeding her by beak. The two of them look alike now, so I have to guess who is who.

I'll try to check on the guys today and report back.

South Bend Watcher

SusanE · **Posted:** Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:31 am

Excellent report, sbwatcher! I'm so glad you found us here so that we can enjoy hearing about what happens outside the nest box. I'll look forward to your next report. :thumbup

kittenface · **Posted:** Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:59 am

This is just awesome you found us here we are so in love with this nest, it has been a sad yr for sure but it is mother nature and we have no control of her thats for sure, its great that you get to see all of the learning that our girl is getting from "G" she is a great mom and will teach her well and you get to see it I'm so jealous :egg11:

but serious thank you for getting the updates for us we do worry alot when we can't see anything

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

And welcome to our forum, sbwatcher .. its really great to have you here and and to read your report. I am so happy to hear that the juvie has been spotted!! Such a sad nesting season with the loss of the 2 siblings and, of course, zephyr. What a great dad and provider. I certainly will miss checking the cam in hopes of seeing him. .

Now, if we can just convince the "powers that be" to change the position of the box.. . move it back a tad. . . :biggrin:

Please let us know if you have any questions or run into any problems.

sbwatcher · **Posted:** Thu Jun 28, 2012 5:41 pm

Saw the girl early this morning, perched on the County City building corner. :egg7:

Last night around 7:00 I ran into some fellow falcon watchers. They told me that the juvie still sleeps every night in the nest box. She comes in about 9:30 P.M. (eastern time) and lies down about 10:00 p.m., and Guinevere sleeps on the roof. I thought, hmmm, that's one awfully well-behaved teenage falcon. A regular bed-time and everything ! So I went down that night, still plenty light out, and there was the girl on the roof. After a few minutes a bird flew by, I wondered if it was G, and then the girl swooped down to meet her, so I guess it was. One last flight before bedtime for the girl. :offtobed:

gigi · **Posted:** Thu Jun 28, 2012 6:27 pm

Thanks for keeping us posted on our South Bend girls sbwatcher. As far as bedtime goes, it sounds like the juvie is better behaved than my kids when they were teenagers.

kittenface · **Posted:** Thu Jun 28, 2012 6:42 pm

Wow I wish my kids would have been that good, thanks for getting the info and for see her and"G" its
is heartwarming to hear that they still spend the night together :girlluv:

SusanE · **Posted:** Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:09 pm

I'm so happy to hear that the juvie female is doing so well. You should name her, sbwatcher, so we can call her something proper. What kind of personality does she have? This, of course, will be totally unofficial but just something nice for our forum to use.

kittenface · **Posted:** Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:59 pm

SusanE wrote:

I'm so happy to hear that the juvie female is doing so well. You should name her, sbwatcher, so we can call her something proper. What kind of personality does she have? This, of course, will be totally unofficial but just something nice for our forum to use.

Oh yes yes yes that is a great idea Susan
I don't like calling her her or female she needs a name

gigi · **Posted:** Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:06 pm

I agree an unofficial name would be nice. You have such good ideas Susan!

One suggestion would be to name her Aura honoring her father Zephyr whose name in Greek Mythology means light wind or west wind. Aura was the Titan goddess of the breeze and the fresh, cool air of early morning.

kittenface · **Posted:** Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:09 pm

AWEEEE sweet gigi

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