San Francisco Falcons: January 1-March 11, 2013 (PART I)

Beth · **Posted:** Mon Dec 31, 2012 2:54 pm

Please start your 2013 posts here ...

CAM LINK:

Quicktime Player: rtsp://bird-mirror.ucsc.edu/birdback (this must be entered into your Quicktime Player--it won't automatically open)

2ND LINK

Beth · **Posted:** Mon Jan 07, 2013 12:55 pm

11:46 EST :))

Beth · **Posted:** Mon Jan 07, 2013 5:19 pm

Back this afternoon...
:snowflake6i:

SF was the first egg for 2012 in the USA ~ Feb.19 :)

catwoman · **Posted:** Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:20 pm

Nice catches, Beth! :snowflake2:

ljames · **Posted:** Wed Jan 09, 2013 12:55 pm

catwoman · **Posted:** Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:59 pm

mwplay · **Joined:** Sun Feb 28, 2010 1:15 am **Posts:** 10250

Posted by Jim on the Yahoo forum:

Dan & Lil are getting busy egg making.

:snowflake8:

I have not seen it yet, but the new nest box was installed and based on comments in an email, I'm guessing it might be a little smaller than the old box.

ljames · **Posted:** Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:57 pm

Thanks for posting the video. I kept thinking that was going to happen while I was watching. :cheer

Alison · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:31 pm **Posts:** 2776

mwplay wrote:

Posted by Jim on the Yahoo forum:

Dan & Lil are getting busy egg making.

:snowflake8:

I have not seen it yet, but the new nest box was installed and based on comments in an email, I'm guessing it might be a little smaller than the old box.

Thank you for the video, mwplay! This is encouraging.

Why would they make the new nest box smaller? That makes no sense to me. Of course, I haven't seen it either, but it doesn't sound like a good idea.

mwplay · **Joined:** Sun Feb 28, 2010 1:15 am **Posts:** 10250

Alison wrote:

Why would they make the new nest box smaller? That makes no sense to me. Of course, I haven't seen it either, but it doesn't sound like a good idea.

IMO, SF had a big nestbox compared to other sites. Luckily, once the eyasses are out of the actual box, they still have a huge runway to practice on, so there is no concern about falling out, etc.

And, honestly, I don't know the circumstances in making it smaller. Could have just been the physical manpower needed to build it that large and bring up all the materials (wood/gravel), or maybe the host site wanted it smaller? I know it was reported that there was a leak directly under the old box, so maybe they needed it smaller in case future repairs needed to be made? I'm clueless here...

Matrix · **Posted:** Thu Jan 10, 2013 12:31 am

This cam is on now!! Where have I been?
Egg talk! :ohyes:

catwoman · **Posted:** Thu Jan 10, 2013 7:07 am

Matrix wrote:

:shock This cam is on now!! Where have I been?
Egg talk! :ohyes:

Hi Matrix! This cam & the San Jose cam are both on year-round! :sum9:

Beth · **Posted:** Tue Jan 15, 2013 4:50 pm

Only got one pic - darn! Sorry so small...by the time I could enlarge m/f was gone.

mwplay · **Joined:** Sun Feb 28, 2010 1:15 am **Posts:** 10250

Wow! Much smaller box....

Thumbs down!

catwoman · **Posted:** Tue Jan 15, 2013 6:38 pm

Looks like they went from one extreme to the other (nest size-wise). :girlcrazy:

ljames · **Posted:** Mon Jan 21, 2013 7:34 pm

mwplay · **Joined:** Sun Feb 28, 2010 1:15 am **Posts:** 10250

Someone was sleeping on the ledge this evening until approx 9:30PM. I just happened to tune in and see that something caught his/her attention, then she walked down the ledge and out of the picture.

I don't know which bird it was. I'm thinking maybe Lil. We normally see this when it gets closer to egg time (Clara does this about 1-2 days before eggs, but don't remember Lil's pattern). Of course, could be that she's always on the ledge and I just don't see her because the smaller camera view.

:snowflake5:

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64346

Thanks for the pics...

everytime I check this cam, it is never facing the scrape..and I never see anybody!!!!

Beth · **Posted:** Thu Jan 24, 2013 1:03 pm

Pulled up the cam - falcon on the ledge - food had been delivered-not sure :)
Wish I can time to enlarge but didn't...

Beth · **Posted:** Thu Jan 24, 2013 2:46 pm

See them :))

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