OH / Columbus - Rhodes Tower - 2008-16

[carly]

Great shots!  I wish our camera was still functional as mom and dad have been up on the nest box for the past week, every day so at least I get my fix daily..even though it's from 17 floors down and I have a sore neck from craning up to see them ..hehe.  It went down to one degree last night and they're both still here and tonight they're calling for wet snow..they sure are tough birds.  I'm out there shivering to get a look at them and they're just up there preening away like it's nothing! 

[Elaine L]

The Ohio falcons have again graced us with their presence, at 11:23 Mountain Daylight Time.  He/she is right in front of the camera again, but is being coy, so I cannot read the leg band.  But what a nice set of feathers!

[maggieblue]

Wow! Monitoring all of these sites must really keep you busy.  I will have to check these out.  Thanks

[Alison]

Wonderful pictures. Thanks Alison    I love these two.  It is also about the only place these days to get my Peregrine fix.

I could only see one on the ledge today.



There are still some peregrines around, visiting some of the nests. Here is a mini peregrine fix for you, Maggieblue.

Pittsburgh Cathedral of Learning: Dorothy or E2.



King Plant, MN: Brent in the nest, and Brent and Belinda on the railing.





Black Dog, MN: probably the female.



Cleveland: Buckeye.



Fort Wayne, IN: Freedom and Roosevelt still frequently visit the nest box. Today the cam angle was changed, but here is Freedom from a couple of days ago.







 

[maggieblue]

  Wonderful pictures. Thanks Alison    I love these two.  It is also about the only place these days to get my Peregrine fix.

[Alison]

I haven't seen much of Orville and Scout lately, but today Orville showed off his feathers close up, and then both were on the ledge.

[maggieblue]

There is an incredibly beautiful closeup view of either Scout or Orville (2 on the band which both have) on the ledgecam.   

[eagle63_1999]

And then she was gone! Wow what a nice treat watching the side of her at the webcam.

[eagle63_1999]

Very up close and personal, interesting perspective that's for sure. LOL

[Elaine L]

The falcons in Columbus, Ohio, are happy to give us a superb close-up this morning - you can count every feather!  I am glad they do not seem to migrate, as this way I get my falcon fix until our migrators return from away.

[The Peregrine Chick]

There's a blog entry on the site with information on the repairs now if you are interested in the details Eli!

[Elaine L]

When I first looked at the Columbus nest site today I was shocked - there seemed to be two guys and two birds all crowded on the ledge; I couldn't believe it, so I went away and came back, but they were still there, and the birds seemed to be remarkably tolerant of the crowd and activity around the nest box.  I read the blog from the wildlife biologist about repairs, but I still am not sure about what I was seeing - if no one else has seen this, then I will really start to worry. 

[skygirlblue]

This is my lucky day for peregrine falcon viewing at every camera I visit.  A falcon, I think mom, is at the nesting site right now (2:48 MST), cleaning her feathers, looking about, and, I expect, preparing for her long journey south.

Hello Eli...if you are referring to the Columbus pair, neither one of them migrated last year and stayed pretty active at the nest site.  I hope they repeat that again this year as they were fun to watch last winter...

[Elaine L]

This is my lucky day for peregrine falcon viewing at every camera I visit.  A falcon, I think mom, is at the nesting site right now (2:48 MST), cleaning her feathers, looking about, and, I expect, preparing for her long journey south.

[skygirlblue]

Thanks for the welcome...so glad you liked the video...makes me misty-eyed as well....I hope our four are doing ok....I love having S&O come to the ledge everyday...but I think we'll all be holding our breath through the spring...I certainly don't want anything to happen to Victory, but I don't want there to be a territorial battle either...

If S&O follow the same pattern as last fall/winter...they'll continue to visit the ledge...I hope they are able to keep the streaming going as well...last winter when they had snow...you could see their little footprints on the ledge and in the box...