May
15
2008
Tonight WGRZ (the NBC local affiliate) aired a segment about the Buffalo, NY Peregrine Falcons.
You can read more here and view the video: http://www.wgrz.com/news/news_
article.aspx?storyid=57856
And a belated Update! The third egg hatched on 05/07/08 and number four arrived just after midnight on 05/09/08. The fifth egg remains unhatched at this time and will not hatch. We can anticipate these four young falcons to fledge and leave the nest sometime in mid June.
Hooray for four growing young falcon chicks and to the Buffalo adult pair for doing such a great job of raising a new generation in our city!
One of the 2007 Fledges
Photo Courtesy of Irinash
May
13
2008
Last year a new Bald Eagle nest was started in Alexander, NY but no young eaglets were produced.
Some of us in the area have been following the progress of this year’s nesting activities and on Mother’s Day I was able to visually confirm that there were two eaglets in the nest (and for the record, it was an amazing experience to finally see “mom” feeding her little ones on this special day)!
Forum member Joyce paid a visit today, only to run into 3 NYDEC reps. They banded the eaglets today! Visit our forum for pictures and reports http://www.buffalofalcons.com/forum/
index.php?topic=401.0
All I can say is WOOOO HOOOO! Two more eaglets in the world and another nest in Western NY! How amazing to see these birds close to home and get the opportunity to watch them grow (from a distance)!
photo below courtesy of Joyce
taken 05/13/08
May
06
2008
As I write this I am watching the second hatch in progress for the Buffalo Peregrines! TWO HATCHLINGS IN ONE DAY! WOO HOO!
Buffalo Audubon has a copyright on their web cam images, and unfortunately BAS will not give us permission to share cam captures from the cam on our website or forum but their live Web Cam can be viewed here (hopefully you will get to see our city’s newest residents!): http://www.buffaloaudubon.com/falconcam.htm
May
06
2008
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
Apr
14
2008
Our friend Lisa at Friends of Blackwater NWR has asked me to share news of her latest web log. She has written an excellent piece on Raptors and Lead Poisoning – I encourage everyone here to read it and spread the word!
From Lisa -
Raptors and Lead Poisoning
About a week ago, an event regarding a bald eagle came to my attention, and I’d like to talk about it here with the hope of producing some good out of an unfortunate situation.
One of our cam watchers was with his wife near Vienna, Maryland, which is not far from Blackwater Refuge on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. He spotted an adult bald eagle in a tree, and at first he thought the eagle looked very old, since the eagle was listless but with no visible signs of injury. He wrote me when he got home and sent me the photo you see to the right. I forwarded the photo to a volunteer with Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research, which is a wonderful bird rehabilitation outfit on the Eastern Shore. Before anyone could go out and look for the bird, a representative from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources brought a female adult bald eagle to Tri-State, and it had come from this same general area, so we suspect it was the same bird.
Lisa has also included the following:
What You Can Do
If you have a friend or family member who hunts or fishes, then pass along the two brochures provided below to these people. Show them what the consequences of lead poisoning can be and show them that they can make a difference by avoiding lead-based materials. Included in the brochures are tips for finding non-lead products at local retailers.
Fishing and Lead Poisoning (1.3 MB PDF) http://www.friendsofblackwater.org/wordpress/
eagle08/pdfs/WWLfishing.pdf
Hunting and Lead Poisoning (2 MB PDF)
http://www.friendsofblackwater.org/wordpress/
eagle08/pdfs/WWLhunting.pdf
Read the rest on her Web Cam Log here:
