ROCHESTER, NY ~ 2014 April - May

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

thanks for the great coverage/egg news!!

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64757

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.

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

I just saw that. I was looking at Google maps. I think KP is about 3.7 miles North of TSB, but someone from Rochester will have to confirm. So, at least there's some separation.

Kris G. · **Posted:** Wed Apr 16, 2014 10:50 pm

mwplay wrote:

I just saw that. I was looking at Google maps. I think KP is about 3.7 miles North of TSB, but someone from Rochester will have to confirm. So, at least there's some separation.

That's where Unity nested...until she came DT, attacked Beauty and took over her territory.

MAK · **Joined:** Wed Apr 11, 2012 11:16 pm **Posts:** 48

Kris G. wrote:

mwplay wrote:

I just saw that. I was looking at Google maps. I think KP is about 3.7 miles North of TSB, but someone from Rochester will have to confirm. So, at least there's some separation.

That's where Unity nested...until she came DT, attacked Beauty and took over her territory.

Kris this is not KP where Unity hung out-Power plant on Weiland Rd. is her spot. KP research building on Lake Ave. between Eastman Ave. and Merrill St. is where these 2 falcons have been seen. The adult could very well be the one seen at Unitys' KP on the Stack catwalks which is 2.5 miles west from KP Lake Ave.

And mwplay you are correct on the 3.7 miles from downtown to KP Lake Ave. :easterbask:

bev. · **Posted:** Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:51 am

the more I see Belle an d her mate, the more they remind of Beauty and DC so the girls have inherited same genes LOL

Anca · **Posted:** Thu Apr 17, 2014 1:12 pm

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

2:56 - Reverse Standoff. DC is on beam whining to get in and Beauty isn't moving...

:teehee:

He got his way, after a minute or two...

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

Looks like she meant business this time...

Kris G. · **Posted:** Thu Apr 17, 2014 6:57 pm

MAK wrote:

Kris G. wrote:

mwplay wrote:

I just saw that. I was looking at Google maps. I think KP is about 3.7 miles North of TSB, but someone from Rochester will have to confirm. So, at least there's some separation.

That's where Unity nested...until she came DT, attacked Beauty and took over her territory.

Kris this is not KP where Unity hung out-Power plant on Weiland Rd. is her spot. KP research building on Lake Ave. between Eastman Ave. and Merrill St. is where these 2 falcons have been seen. The adult could very well be the one seen at Unitys' KP on the Stack catwalks which is 2.5 miles west from KP Lake Ave.

And mwplay you are correct on the 3.7 miles from downtown to KP Lake Ave. :easterbask:

Oh, OK. I thought KP, where Unity was, was KP on Lake Ave...the large complex on the left heading towards the lake and I thought this was the same place where these 2 were seen. I'm not that familiar with Rochester so didn't know they were 2 different places. :egg16:

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

9:50am - Another reverse standoff. DC is on corner of deck near well wall, calling for B. He's preening a little now. I think he wants to get on eggs, but she's in major zonked incubation mode and responds a little, but staying put.

:flirty:

10am - she's rotating eggs, chupping a little, but basically not moving. He's still there on corner calling to her.

10:20 - she's not relenting. He's still on the corner. She just got up, preened her chest, and back down, chupping a little and back down.

:egg8:

10:35am - He finally tries to make his move nad heads to the beam. She's not moving. FUNNY... She's zonkied. I think he's trying to diffuse situation by preening and looking around. Trying to do quick bowing movements. Waiting to see if he jumps in box.

10:45 - he finally jumped in box and Beauty finally got up!

bev. · **Posted:** Sat Apr 19, 2014 12:42 am

glad all is well here

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