At approximately 12:15PM EST the first falcon eyas made its debut in the Peregrine Falcon nest located in Downtown Buffalo, NY.  Again this year the hatching was right on schedule!

Now to wait for the remaining eggs to also hatch.  Peregrine Falcons normally lay their eggs every other day and not all eggs hatch at the same time so it may be another 24 hours before the next chick makes its appearance.

Last year this nest fledged four young peregrines and the fifth egg remained unhatched.  Will there be five young this year?  Only time will tell!

The Buffalo Peregrine Falcon Web Cam can be viewed here:
http://www.buffaloaudubon.com/falconcam.htm

I’ve had an email from a long time falcon watcher/friend and two forum members also report that they saw a fourth egg shortly after 4:30pm today. 

Unfortunately the cam has been frozen or unavailable since late this afternoon so no one has been able to get a better look, BUT the reports are from long time falcon fans and looking at the current frozen image from 4:44pm I have to agree, it does look like a fourth egg is in the back of the main three. 

**Unfortunately because Buffalo Audubon Society has claimed copyright on all of their web cam/nest  images we are unable to post or share a copy of the image in question, but if you go here (http://www.buffaloaudubon.com/falconcam2.htm) you might still see it – it’s been frozen for hours now**

Will Lady falcon lay egg number five again this year (last year there were five, but one egg did not hatch)?  We’ll have to wait and see!

Forum members report seeing the third egg in the PeFa nest this morning!  If there is a fourth egg it should arrive on Thursday or Friday.

It’s a sunny morning in Buffalo/Western NY and the second egg arrived sometime Saturday night (3/29) or Sunday morning (3/30)!

If “Lady” falcon follows her pattern of laying a third egg should arrive on Tuesday.

Short and sweet posting!

the first PeFa egg of the 2008 season for Buffalo, NY arrived around 1:30am on 3/28/08 (what is it about these birds that they like night time egg laying?)

 We can’t post a pic of the egg because of Buffalo Audubon Society’s claim of copyright.  But rest assured it is there and hopefully it will soon have some company in the scrape!