San Jose Falcons: May-December, 2014

ljames · **Posted:** Sun May 04, 2014 9:50 pm

Then some flapping.

catwoman · **Posted:** Sun May 04, 2014 10:15 pm

These guys are obviously very rambunctious! :loveshow:

Thanks for the captures, ljames!

ljames · **Posted:** Mon May 05, 2014 8:41 pm

OH my goodness, food cam in and all heck broke loose.

They are all down at the drain picking over scraps

ljames · **Posted:** Mon May 05, 2014 8:51 pm

This one is so funny looking.

Look at that form.
:girlluv:

catwoman · **Posted:** Tue May 06, 2014 8:06 am

I'm waiting for one of them to grab the food & run off with it like last year! :teehee:

Thanks for sharing your captures, ljames!

ljames · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2014 11:11 am

Food.

Boy these parents have their hands full with this crowd. They are ferocious, boys and girls alike.

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

ljames wrote:

Food.

Boy these parents have their hands full with this crowd. They are ferocious, boys and girls alike.

OMG - in this last picture, looks like they are going to get ready to eat the parent!

:egg21:

catwoman · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2014 6:05 pm

ljames · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2014 8:29 pm

Found some scraps in the corner.

Yellow Boy?

ljames · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2014 9:03 pm

Food was brought in and she just let them run around with it for a while until they settled down, then the feeding began.

ljames · **Posted:** Thu May 08, 2014 9:19 pm

Flapping and playing before dinner

ljames · **Posted:** Thu May 08, 2014 9:29 pm

Finally Red Boy gets his own piece of prey, well it might be the other male

ljames · **Posted:** Fri May 09, 2014 10:27 am

Looking too grown. I think he might be an official juvie now.

catwoman · **Posted:** Fri May 09, 2014 10:42 am

And too soon he'll be gone! :sigh

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

The kids have names.... from SJ Yahoo forum:

For those who may have missed the San Jose City Hall News Flash yesterday morning, please view at:

Thank you to the Office of Mayor Chuck Reed, the City of San Jose, and UC-Santa Cruz’s Predatory Bird Research Group, for sponsoring the contest and helping raising awareness of the peregrines that call San Jose City Hall home.

In a nutshell, we are proud to formally introduce you to the four 2014 season San Jose City Hall eyasses!
• Blaze (yellow band, U/36) – nominated by Katelyn and Nina, Grade 4, Holly Oak Elementary School
• Bolt (red band, U/86) – nominated by Samik, Grade 2, Delphi Academy. By the way, don't be seeking out that red band, Bolt made quick work of removing it on banding day! No worries however, colored bands are meant to be temporary. They were added to the banding process a few years ago to assist ground observers during fledge watch to more readily ID a bird (easier to see a color than read a band).
• Beatrix (blue band, 11/Z) – nominated by Alicia, Grade 9, Andrew Hill High School
• Halo (silver band, 35/R) – nominated by Daniela and Gia, Grade 4, Holly Oak Elementary School
In case you are wondering how the names were paired to the birds, that honor was bestowed upon the Camera Operations team by Glenn Stewart. Our all volunteer CamOps crew put in countless hours monitoring and directing the cameras, taking videos and still shots, as well as regularly updating the forum with their careful and thoughtful observations. I can't think of an individual or group better qualified to match the eyas personalities to the above names!

Many thanks , once again, to all of the students who submitted names. Every submission was highly valued, regardless of whether it was selected as a finalist or received the most votes during the on-line naming contest.

Happy viewing everyone, more big days ahead when Fledge Watch officially kicks off on Friday, May 16. Keep watching the forum posts for updates on Fledge Watch 2014!

Tina
co-moderator

ljames · **Posted:** Sat May 10, 2014 11:53 pm

Thanks for the name info. They are good names and typical for school children choices.
:biggrin:

ljames · **Posted:** Sun May 11, 2014 12:42 pm

First thing this morning caught a chick on the end ledge flapping, then everybody was hugging the drain.

One of the girls decided she wanted the spot already occupied by one of the boys so she started pecking him, but he did not move. She finally had to settle for another spot.

Later, they were all hanging out at the end, with parent above watching over them

ljames · **Posted:** Sun May 11, 2014 12:54 pm

I am now watching little Bolt maybe looking out at the world, wait I have a picture of him flying up there.

Anyway I was thinking what a pleasure it has been to watch the cam this year thanks to the operators who have shown exceptional instinct for what the viewers want to see.

:eggthumbup:

One still on the wall with two others looking on, trying to decide it they want to get up there.

ljames · **Posted:** Sun May 11, 2014 1:01 pm

Ok, I think Blaze just hopped up there with him. well , I can't see their bands, so guessing.

Ok, one of the girls just hopped up there too. If they zoom on the bands, I report back.

ljames · **Posted:** Sun May 11, 2014 9:41 pm

Poor Clara is dragging that prey around with 2 juvies attached to it.

:egg21:

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