NY / Rochester - 2008-15

[msdolittle]

holy ..... now that's a story.

[carly]

Holy..knew it wouldn't stay quiet here long.  High drama iin Rochester and Mariah gets some payback ...!!

Seems the watchers think Beauty and Archers eggs weren't viable, both are off them and behaviour changed now - no sitting on eggs. Mariah made her move downtown and Beauty spotted within viewing range of Mariah!!!

Mariah seen stooping another falcon and a bald eagle!!  No one knows what happened but they saw 3 falcons flying together and 1 was a tiercel.  Mariah is still flying around so she's not hurt!!  Let's hope she continues to stay safe..

See details: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/kfalconcam/message/98869

Stay tuned....

[allikat]

Oh I hope Mariah just stays put in her territory! 
It's such great news that she is hunting for herself and flying strong...Way to go Mariah!

[The Peregrine Chick]

Yup, sounds like incubating to me ...

[carly]

Yes they are 99.9% sure she's incubating.  They have no access to the suspected nest area and there is no cam there so no one has seen to confirm the eggs or how many.  The watchers have deduced by behaviour, she's on the ledge out of view and they have seen shift changes between Archer and Beauty and they've seen him bringing her food.  During shift change she will sit on some fire escape stairs for a bit and preen and eat then she goes right back to the suspected nest site and Archer gets up and they switch places.

[The Peregrine Chick]

So I guess they don't remember if someone tried to kill them TPC?  

Doesn't seem so from what I've heard, or at least between male-female.  Beauty may be occupied at the moment if she's on eggs ... is she?

[carly]

Watcher report posted:

http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/kfalconcam/message/98720

[carly]

Oh I knew it wouldnt' stay quiet here for long, I'm going to call it 'As The Peregrine Turns'.  Apparently Mariah and Archer - yes grandson who tried to kill her' were seen flying together twice today.  Just waiting on them to post the report on the site now to get the details.

So I guess they don't remember if someone tried to kill them TPC? 

[carly]

So I went to Imprints and posted today just to ask if what I had read about Mariah and Beauty's areas are not within the same territory and someone clarified it for me and they even linked a map.  Apparently what I had read before wasn't quite accurate and they are only about 1 mile apart but are separated by a river.  But no one knows if the Midtown building is considered within Mariah's territory or not, the other place where Beautfy was with Zephyr was a different building and 2-3 miles from the Kodak.

Glad I asked though even if that's not the reply I was looking for.  Going to keep my talons crossed that each stays on their respective sides of the river!!

[maggieblue]

I was just looking at the Rochester multicam, and WHOA the first cam now is a shot of the Kodak tower.     Really hoping to catch a glimpse of our heroine Mariah.

[The Peregrine Chick]

Bird can navigate from New York to South America and back year after year, she can find "home" let loose anywhere in few state radius 

[bcbird]

Thanks, Carly.  That video showed one gloriously vigourous falcon.  Go Mariah!

[The Peregrine Chick]

Mariah doesn't have chicks to protect so she should be willing to avoid real conflict for this year ... may annoy Beauty and Archer for the summer, but maybe not ...

[Pam]

Very good news indeed.

[carly]

From one of the watchers in NY today:

Mariah Returns to the Kodak

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNfMZqf13Fg