Terminal Tower

These fabulous photo's are made by Scott Wright. He is a great photographer!! I am so very happy and honored he gave me permission to use his photographs om my Falcoperegrinus website.These 3 are from today. Buckeye scraping a bowl for his lady SW. He invites her to come into the nest and inspect his scrape for her eggs. Watch her stepping into the nest ever so gracefully ( great shot Scott!) and then they kiss. Marvelous captures.

Photo's are copyright Scott Wright.

Watch them all on the Ohio forum

http://www.falconcam-cmnh.org/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?24455.30

Egg-Hatch table updated

Cobb Island: first Egg!!

A first egg in the nestbox on Cobb Island. Congratulations to both falcons! It's a beautiful egg. She's so proud and so careful with it. More images to come!

Rochester

Always a joy to watch the Rochester falcons. The images are fabulous from the main camera. Jim Pisello did a great job in cleaning the lens!

There has been much confusion today about a brownish object in the nestbox. Many viewers mistook it for the first egg! The excavation activities of the falcons in the scrape brought something up, but it is definitely no egg!

Read all about that in the latest entry of Imprints here:

http://rfalconcam.com/imprints/

Zurich

Watched this beauty for a long time today and made a video of the preening activities.

Rome

In Rome all camera's where down today as well as in Bologna. Biologists have been wondering if the infra red camera's in the Rome nest have been bothering Aria. To prevent any chance of harm to the prescious falcons they decided to remove the infrared camera. So no more images at night. But that is no problem at all. The health and welbeing of these so special creatures is of the utmost importance. So well done ! Wise discision!

Nijmegen: 2nd egg!!

2 Eggs already in Nijmegen. She's right on schedule. How many more?

James River Bridge

Lady Elizabeth revealed her secret: there are 4 eggs en not 5. So 4 it will be.

She's carefully turning the eggs. Absolutely essential this turning. It has to be done at least 8 times a day to prevent the embryo to sticking to the membranes on the inside of the eggshell.

Heidelberg

Aurora has 3 eggs, but I have not been able to catch her off the nest. She is incubating already. Wonder if she is going to lay one more.

Harrisburg

You have to look real good, but the falcon is there! Sitting on the stick.

Eemsmond

Still 1 egg. I do expect more for sure. Maybe tonight.

Derby

Days of preparation. It will not be long now before she will start with laying her eggs. Copulations normally start about 2 weeks before the first egg will be layed. And Nick Moyes of the Derby Cathedral Project made this great video of very intimate moments of the 2 oeregrines.

Watch it here:http://derbyperegrines.blogspot.com/

Oberhausen: 17th day

The eyases in the eggs are developing rapidly now. They have all their little fingers and toes and are just growing now and getting stronger. Featherbuds are getting ready for growing the first neosoptiles from the follikels.

Bologna: 16th day

But without campictures. Cams where down all day. So we have to do it without Aisha and Vento for just one day. But they are both fine. Tomorrow we will see them again.