ROCHESTER, NY ~ 2014 April - May

Terka · **Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2014 3:46 pm

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

4:04 - B now back on eggs. DC was on eggs entire time. B had come back and was on deck for good amount of time. Good Daddy. Good Mommy.

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

Yes, I think it's here.

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

She chupped through this whole delivery. He must be close. I just can't see him and only recorded on non-audio pc.

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

Sorry, trying to do 15 things at once. My niece is here and trying to get Hubby out the door, so couldn't get the old PC turned on.

Anyway, she chupped during this whole labor and she started rapid "I see a falcon" chupping during LAST push. All I could think was... NOT TIME FOR AN INTRUDER

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

First reveal - right after last push and again, she was chupping through this entire labor.

Clear pic:

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

Labor #4

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

Now she just rapidly chupped, tail spread and took off very fast.

She's out of box. No egg coverage

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

I think they both came back to deck together for prey delivery. DC now on eggs.

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

carly wrote:

mwplay wrote:

I think they both came back to deck together for prey delivery. DC now on eggs.

Excellent, was worried it was an intruder but she's just hungry... :teehee:

That was probably what she was complaining about... thankfully. It is all quiet. She's probably telling him.. get me food - why didn't you get me something earlier. I'm starving and now I'm laying another one!

Beth · **Posted:** Tue Apr 15, 2014 10:01 am

thanks for the great coverage/egg news!!

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Catbird · **Posted:** Tue Apr 15, 2014 11:20 am

Congratulations to Beauty and DC on their 4th egg!

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

11:21am - Switch back. Beauty back on eggs, DC out.

bev. · **Posted:** Tue Apr 15, 2014 2:55 pm

great news. I have been keeping track of Belle at Toledo and she is recovering nicely. she is sister to Beauty , right :clap:

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

Someone's getting yelled at:

And in the last picture, I can just hear him thinking "She won't get off my back:

catwoman · **Posted:** Tue Apr 15, 2014 8:44 pm

Glad to see they have a full clutch this year! Oh, at least DC didn't have Beauty step on his tail to get him off the eggs like Eve did to Mitchell! (Didn't really work--he simply flipped around & slithered back onto the eggs!) :teehee:

I can't wait to watch this couple raise a family--they're so good at it!

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

carly wrote:

auntiewood (grannywood): KP East - 2 falcons on rail on lower building!!! One looks juvenile plumage & whining! Could this be Billy?

ps: DC was on eggs at the time of the tweet so he wasn't one of the two.

Thank you Carly!

Here are a few follow-up tweets:

auntiewood (grannywood):KP East- looking allittle aggressive here:( Maybe 2 females ?

auntiewood (grannywood):KP East- Carol P & I need to go. Could be love here or could be hate. Little tough to tell...

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

Thank you again Carly. I was processing/editing videos and didn't see her last tweet regarding bands!

Have you ever seen a subadult tiercel mate successfully with an adult falcon?

I know they didn't get a positive ID on the banded juvie who was out at BS, but at one point, thought DC and the banded juvie were the same size when they saw them flying together. Just wondering if the juvie was a male, would he be able to successfully mate/raise young with an adult falcon. We've seen the reverse (juvie falcon/adult tiercel), but I can't recall the other scenario.

catwoman · **Posted:** Wed Apr 16, 2014 6:09 pm

carly wrote:

Yes I've seen a 1 year tiercel mate and raise offspring with an adult female - Hudson bridge I think, a few years ago.

That's right, Carly. He was the one that would sit on the lip of the nestbox when the female took breaks (not incubating), but nevertheless there were 2 hatches! The following year they were doing work on the bridge & moved the nestbox, so we didn't find out whether he was there again or not.

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