COLUMBUS ~ JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2015

Beth · **Posted:** Tue Jan 27, 2015 7:18 pm

Wow-adult stayed on the ledge a long time...

One more... :snowflake2:

Anowlwithknees · **Posted:** Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:11 pm

Wow! Awesome updates from everyone!! I had been sidelines by whatever virus had been going around and didn't really get a change to check the cam out!!

Looks like there was an update from Donna..http://ohioperegrinefalcons.blogspot.co ... ntown.html
interesting that there is a supplemental nestbox installed..I hope that this would not encourage our nesting pair to dwell off camera from all their fans!

Good to hear that the contrast will be adjusted.It can be hard to view during direct sun...however this evening during the sundown did result in some pretty cool exposures on the camera!

I am also really interested in this potential nesting pair near OSU!! I run near the river up north on the weekends and I will make sure to be on the lookout if we can pinpoint the nesting and hunting locations of the pair. I usually have my phone with me so I might even be able to snap some photos!

Carolyn · **Posted:** Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:12 pm

skygirlblue wrote:

Falcon at sunset~ :girlluv:

Beth wrote:

What lovely pics with the pink sky in the background! :girlyes:

Beth · **Posted:** Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:16 pm

Thanks Carolyn!
:girlluv:

Thanks Anowlwithknees for the update link!

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 10:41 am **Posts:** 12730

WHY??? I don't get it! Good thing I'm not @ the Rhodes Tower ... I'd be jumping off right about now ... I'll go away and try and figure this one out ... sorry you all, this is not sitting well with me!!! :tantrum2:

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64400

What????!!! Do they want Durand and Spark to move? So strange...maybe Donna will share more of her/their logic later, cuz I don't get it!!

I can't imagine D & S moving...but ya just never know!! I think I would be more concerned about another couple attempting to move into the box which would trigger territorial battles since the sites are so close to each other!!

We've all seen what can happen when sites are too close together...and it ain't pretty!!

ljames · **Posted:** Tue Jan 27, 2015 11:47 pm

Another nest box? What an odd thing to do, to offer them a choice as if they don't already have one. I'm more concerned that another pair might choose to nest there. Even a single battle could be fatal to Durand or Spark.

Beth · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2015 6:43 am

catwoman · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2015 7:48 am

How odd! I'm not sure what they're thinking, unless they think the peregrines would be cooler in the summer at the other location? :girlcrazy:

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64400

oooooo...did they fix the cam? ...and it looks wider?

Matrix · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2015 12:23 pm

I'm interested about the additional nestbox. I wonder if it has to do with delisting. Probably a smart move if one building owner does not want to be responsible, and another building owner does.

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64400

Matrix wrote:

I'm interested about the additional nestbox. I wonder if it has to do with delisting. Probably a smart move if one building owner does not want to be responsible, and another building owner does.

Possible...but we all know falcons..the "if you build it, they will come" mentality doesn't work with them...

ljames · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2015 1:42 pm

I wish they had been more clear about the strategy. Spark, I think just landed and ran down the ledge and is sitting in front of the cam now.

Oh wait, he flew and Durand arrived. He comes back and is currently in the box calling to her

She left and he flew out and back to the cam, where he is currently standing. I took pictures of all this but have no clue how I labeled them as I can't find them. Oh well.

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64400

Anybody else having problems with the streaming starting/stopping? (or is it my internet~which wouldn't surprise me...)

Mr. Spark..

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 10:41 am **Posts:** 12730

Same here!

Anowlwithknees · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2015 2:45 pm

Any idea what that black thing laying on the ground is?

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64400

Anowlwithknees wrote:

Any idea what that black thing laying on the ground is?

on the lower ledge? I think its some type of covering...maybe protecting a drainage grate? (not really sure.) I think its been there for as long as I can remember...we just don't ever see it...that's why I was wondering if we had a wider view of the ledge..

ljames · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2015 3:20 pm

My cam is cutting out too. I remember the first time I saw that thing over there, I thought it was a dead falcon for sure.

:sum5:

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 10:41 am **Posts:** 12730

I don't live in Ohio, but I consider Columbus my home site. I love Durand and Spark and naturally I care and have concern for their well-being. Moving to a new home is not necessarily a bad thing, but finding out that one has already been built and placed and no further information is "jolting"! From what I have looked up, the Rhodes Tower and the Riffe Center are properties of the state of Ohio and property management of both buildings is contracted to the same company. There is not a camera @ the new site, but if Durand and Spark move over there ... will a camera be placed in the future? Will we possibly miss one season if they move or never to see on cam again? When there is a lack of information/knowledge ... the mind can run rampant ... especially, when their is an emotional attachment ... :loveheart2:

bev. · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2015 6:31 pm

sometimes the powers to be make no sense. Why fix this cam , if they have put out another box. They are courting trouble, if there are other falcons out there.

Winnipeg , downtown is a good example. 2 nests very close together, but this was not encouraged. It just happened.

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