OH / Columbus - Rhodes Tower - 2008-16

[Elaine L]

Ha, Ha!  Jadoo, you are so right, isn't that the way it always is in life?  And, it is certainly true that since our experienced male died and our experienced female got killed by a guy with a broom a couple of years ago, this site has gone nowhere. 

In the present situation, I wish they would have taken the eggs out, replaced them with dummy eggs, and incubated them.  Then, we may have had fledgings.  But I don't know how these people operate down there in Ohio, I guess they have different ideas.

[jadoo]

...durand occasionally comes back, looks at her eggs, looks over her shoulder, and heads off again - she's REAAALLY making a play for somebody out there... ...obvious she's a young bird herself - hasn't she learned that the smell of desperation is SURE to put off potential mates  ?

[Pam]

This site has really had a rough few years.....

[Moonstar]

I agree with you Jadoo.  Things do not look good here.   

[jadoo]

...no go on the pip...Durand, although apparently on the eggs overnight, has not been on them for most of the morning;  I don't think this clutch of eggs is viable any more.  There is a new male coming around now, and the BCAW crowd watching this nest seem thrilled - me, not so much - it is another juvenile male...I don't know where any of the adult male "floaters" are around this area if this nest is in such a prime spot, but it seems like only very young males are showing up, and i really think that Durand and this nest site could use an older, even slightly more experienced male...sigh...

[jadoo]

...and again, it sorta looks like a pip in one egg, but i've been fooled here before   ...

[Elaine L]

We have a male.  He is young, but seems to have his wits about him.  He just finished visiting the nestbox.  There is a video of him from BCAW:
 http://www.peregrinefalcon-bcaw.net/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=1268&start=0

[RCF]

A second falcon flying by Durand's ledge  

Flyby at 1:43 in video - http://youtu.be/ZFaYwYNbDkM

[RCF]

Durand

[Elaine L]

The latest news at BCAW is that there is possibly a new male falcon in the area.  Now that the ledgecam is working again, photos have been posted of a couple of flybys of a falcon.  Durand has been on the ledge and in and out of the nestbox, kaaking away at this visitor, and she does not seem to be fearful or distressed.  Everyone would be happy and relieved if this is, indeed, a new male, who intends to stick around; Durand deserves a good partner, whether the eggs hatch or not. 

[Moonstar]

7:43 pm eggs are unattended.  I don't think this is a good sign.  I don't think there will be chicks here this year.
So sad.  This site has had so many problems the last few years.

[irenekl]

5:37 wpg time and Chance is not there, just eggs.  Earlier today she was off the eggs for over an hour, half shading them as the panted to cool herself.  Must have been very hot up there today.

[Moonstar]

The ledge cam there is not working.  The nest cam is.  There was just a bird there but it took off.  Eggs are left unattended right now.  One is a darker colour with white spots on it.

[RCF]

From Donna Daniel's blog, who is a wildlife biologist with the ODNR Division of Wildlife

Male MIA?

http://ohioperegrinefalcons.blogspot.ca/

[jadoo]

...i've been checking in fairly often during weekdays, and although i haven't seen the male here in some time, i've found that durand is usually on the eggs; also, except for a brief spate on wednesday or thursday, she doesn't seem agitated at all, and doesn't look hungry or anything like that...i don't know if you have been following any of the commenters on bcaw, but some are already calling for some sort of intervention, even though their biologist has tentatively guessed at may6th as an approximate hatch date, and that's not even until tomorrow...they (the commenters) worry a lot over this particular site...