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

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

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

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