Rochester

James River Bridge: with Sir James

Terminal Tower Cleveland

Oberhausen: mit vati

The gerries are here with their dad or in German "mit vati" at the end of the day.
Three weeks ago the first of these 3 where born. And look at them now.Changing rap
idly into juvi's. The transformation is going full speed ahead.

Rhea Mae

Linda Woods of the Canadian Peregrine Foundation took this fantastic image of Rhea Mae as she settles down to brood her four eggs at teh Toronto Sheraton Hotel.
Rhea Mae is teh 2006 daughter of Kaver and Mariah of Rochester. And together with Tiago, the resident male she is having her first cluctch ever.

Cobb Island

A few days left before hatching starts here at Cobb Island.!! Estmated hatchday will be Tuesday.

James River Bridge: evening snack

How these darlings grow. It each time amazes me how fast it goes. It only seems yesterday that I saw the first one hatch. This high metabolism requires enormous amounts of energy. That's why they are having so many meals a day and in between sleep. They have to have a full crop constantly to have a constant energy supply. Sir james and Elizabeth are very busy all day hunting for- and feeding their 3 babies.

Rome on sunday

De Mortel: excitement

Well the ecitement was more on our side than it was at the peregrines side. It is always a tricky thing to predict hatching. 33 Days from the last egg was today. But our dear lady of the Tower has been away a lot. There have been a few territorial disputes in the past weeks. The eggs have been left alone several times for a longer period. That adds to the incubationtime. So we will just wait and see. In the next two days at least one of the eggs should hatch.

S2 looked very aggitated today. She kept on moving on the eggs and looking down. Perhaps she does hear a little shri-shri from within the eggs?

Richmond Virginia

Heidelberg: 2 growing eyases

These two are so qute! Look at them on each side of there mother Aurora. They are growing so fast. The third egg is still there.

Indianapolis

Nijmegen: no hatch yet

We have been waiting today for the hatch in Nijmegen and Eemsmond, but the eyases are not very anxious to appear into the world. Maybe tomorrow. We will wait.

Oberhausen: yet again a big meal!

These three chicklets are being stuffed all day. They are so very lazy from all the food. They are looking extremely healthy and strong. Notice how the amount of black protruding along the edge of the wing indicates that the flight feathers continue to develop at a rapid rate, but it isn't until the wing is spread that the state of development can be fully appreciated. You can see how the flight- and tailfeathers are emerging from their shafts.

Read all about Scott and Orville in the Ohioperegrine falcons blog:
http://ohioperegrinefalcons.blogspot.com/

James River Bridge: early breakfast

Harrisburg

Just brooding, and dreaming of 5 white eyases developing within the eggs beneath the,

And those white fluffy thinhs look like this:

Rome: 2 eager customers

Brighton Sussex Heights

Eemsmond: no hatch yet