They're back. The Falcons of Water Street, New York.

oo. A break. That's not good news. Maybe mom and dad were just switching places.

Four eggs is doable.......
Joe(should be any day now.)Nation

The link on Water Street won't open. It looks more familiar than the actual boid site.

Camera working in NYC....still no babies!

Guess what Falcon followers?? Our Falcons at 55 Water St. have laid their fourth egg on March 14th. Incubation started on March 22, 2010 and and the eggs are expected to hatch by April 22nd or April 23rd. Stay tuned for future updates.

The camera won't open for me on Water Street. I'm counting on you, Joe, to let me know what's happening. I can see the boids in PA. Recognizing and remembering that zoned out, who-invented-eggs look from the female.

i really enjoyed this podcast last year, it's just started up again

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/ospreys


Cumbrian Ospreys

The latest news on the Cumbrian osprey project including interviews with those involved and updates on the Ospreys as the story of their journey from birth to fledging unfolds.

The birds are back!
Fri, 9 Apr 10

The Cumbrian ospreys are back on the nest and getting ready for another summer perched high above the Lake District. Belinda Artingstoll starts the new season with a chat with Jill Damment from the Osprey Project.

you can download it, podcast or listen online at the link above

more info on Cumbria here

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/cumbria/hi/people_and_places/nature/

and a link to the Osprey webcam

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/content/webcams/osprey_latest_image_webcam.shtml

Thanks!! Ospreys are amazing fishers.

Joe(going to check in daily)Nation

Here it is the 21st of April and .... no chicks in New York. Mom must be getting pretty tired....
http://falcons.55water.com/birdcam.htm

Punch up the camera, w a i t it takes over a minute sometimes for the video to come up.

Nice view up the river...meh.

Joe(Uncle to the boids)Nation

Lovely day in NYC.

but

Joe(no babies yet)Nation

Still sitting.... http://falcons.55water.com/birdcam.htm

Joe(getting late...)Nation

Both parents present this morning. She is wiggling and nestling, he is grooming up on top of the shelter. http://falcons.55water.com/birdcam.htm

excellent.

Mom is all fluffed up this morning...

Wait... Is that a little white fluff there under her breast???

Joe(is it?)Nation

She looks the same to me, Joe. So does the mother bird in PA.

Hatch already!

THEY'VE HATCHED!!! THEY'VE HATCHED!!!
Four little fluffy white birdies! Mama is feeding them now. Dad is sitting on the top of the shelter looking very proud of himself.

YAY!!!

Mazel tov to the Water Street boids.

I've only been able to see the rear end of one of the fluffballs.

Here's the camera: W A I T for it to load.

Joe(enjoy)Nation

HMM, the falconlings in Harrisburg arent hatched yet. The winter of 2009-2010 was a biyatch.

Heres another refreshed website for the falcon cam on the PA DEP headquarters .

http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/falcon/photopopup.htm

I saw babies in NYC! And a very zoned out falcon in PA.

Last night I was flipping channels. Happened to encounter a falcon in full swoop with a camera nearby and one on the boid. 200 fmph! Holy ****. Phenomenal. It was after a pigeon. The falcon missed. (Pigeons are very good at ducking and diving.) Interesting discussion about how the boids are adapted to that kinda speed. Special something in their nostils to protect their sinuses from the wind. Special stuff in their eyes to keep them from drying out from the wind. Love this stuff.