BIRDCAM.IT

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foto by Nora


by AlisonL


per Gio ( e chi vuole )
dai un'occhiata, se riesci, a questo link!
http://www.raptorresource.org/forum/index.php#1
(foriero di notizie aggiornate!)
c'è persino Bologna e le due di Roma sotto "miscellaneous falcons" :roll: ho chiesto di registrarmi, sono in attesa, poi inserirò tutte le "nostre" :D

4 per sua maestà! :D :D :D :D
Grazie, Sonia, stasera guardo. :D

ps per Gio:
anche nel forum che segui tu avranno tutte le notizie, ma se ti va, guarda cosa dice Joice.

http://www.buffalofalcons.com/forum/ind ... opic=50.30

con tanto di mappa dell'avvistamento :shock:

cara Gio,
nel forum di Buffalo, Roxy ha chiesto notizie anche di loro, e le hanno risposto:

da Carol P.:
"Good Evening Everyone. Carol P. here.

I wanted to thank Joyce for sharing my post with everyone over here on the Buffalo board. I was so excited to hear that Rhea Mae was positively ID'd up in Canada. It's so rare that we actually hear of or see any of our fledglings once they leave the area.

Roxy - To answer your question about whether Sabrina is still in the area or if Aura has been seen. The last time we saw Sabrina was just before Mariah and Kaver returned to the tower. As for Aura, there has been no confirmed sightings. But, Dana aka Granny has just posted an awesome photo album and watch report from yesterday, showing Kaver interacting with an immature female. We assume female due to the larger size. Could this be Aura? I guess we'll never know unless we get lucky enough to see the bands, as they did with Rhea Mae.

Take care everyone. Kimmarie has done an awesome job with this site and it looks like Joyce is now helping out, so she can keep you up-to-date on what's happening with Mariah & Kaver. I'll check in when I can.

Carol P. from Rochester, NY"

Inoltre Joice ha citato dei link con delle foto di Rhea del 13 aprile :D
ti metto il link al forum che facciamo prima

http://www.buffalofalcons.com/forum/ind ... opic=50.30

ciao ciao
sonia

un titolo ad effetto per un mistero non completamente risolto...

ecco i commenti del sito di rochester sulla scomparsa del 5° uovo

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It seems that the Rochester Falconcam has entered the Twilight Zone. Overnight, one of Mariah’s eggs vanished. A careful review of the images from the cameras didn’t yield any clues as to what might have happened. The only thing we know for sure is that yesterday there were five eggs, and today there are only four.

The Rochester Falconcam team used Camera 1’s ability to pan and tilt to search the catwalk area just below the nest box. We were looking for shell fragments or any other indication that the egg might have been pushed out of the nest, but despite a detailed survey we found nothing. That leaves us to speculate as to the egg’s fate.

It is possible that the egg was damaged while it was being turned by one of the falcons. You’ll recall that falcons turn the eggs during incubation to ensure even heating of the egg. Earlier this year at a Peregrine nest in Ohio, one of the eggs was broken, so it’s possible that might have happened here too. If that’s the case, the most likely explanation for its absence is that she ate the egg, or what remained of it. The egg shell is a valuable source of calcium, and Peregrines often eat the shells after their young have hatched.

Some readers have wondered if Mariah might have discarded it because she realized it wasn’t viable. That’s unlikely. Peregrines, including Mariah, have been known to incubate eggs that turned out to be nonviable, even long after the other eggs in the clutch had hatched. Also, during reintroduction efforts, Peregrines’ eggs would often be taken for artificial incubation and “dummy” eggs put in their place. In those cases the falcons continued to brood the fake eggs as if they were real.

Even though we didn’t see any evidence of an egg when searching with our camera, it is still possible that it was ejected from the nest, either accidentally or on purpose. The camera has a couple of blind spots caused by objects that block the camera’s view of the catwalk, and the egg could be hiding behind one of those. Also, the weather may have played a role. If the egg was dropped onto the catwalk, the high winds at the top of the tower may have moved it out of camera range, or even blown it off the catwalk entirely.

The only way to learn more would be to make a visit to the nest box in person, and we won’t do that. Mariah is in the middle of brooding her eggs, and we don’t want to disturb her, certainly not for the sake of satisfying our curiosity. Unless there is some great calamity, no one will venture anywhere near the nest box until the eyases are removed to be banded in early June. Meanwhile, we’ll have to settle for speculation, and hope that the remaining eggs go on to hatch successfully.
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sempre da Rochester... un divertente siparietto coniugale di Mariah e Kaver......... Negli States soprattutto nel nord est il tempo e' terribile in questi giorni piove misto a neve, c'e un vento micidiale e fa un freddo della madonna per essere aprile.. Rochester come avete visto dalla cartina sopra e' nell'area colpita (non lontana da NY e dal confine canadese... Il nido artificiale di M&K e' posto strategicamente in modo da essere protetto dal vento e anche se umido e' piu' confortevole dell'esterno. Di solito i due si danno il cambio nella cova ma Mariah ne fa la maggior parte... invece ieri ....
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It’s not quite a scene from the Wild West, but there was a standoff of sorts in the nest box today.


The weather’s nasty here, and Kaver’s been incubating the eggs for most of the morning and afternoon. As you can see, Mariah would like a turn.

It’s no surprise that Kaver doesn’t want to give up his comfy seat. After all, it’s cold, wet and windy outside the nest box. Facing to the south, the nest box is protected from the winds in Rochester, which usually blow out of the west. It is getting a little bit wet inside the box, but that’s nothing compared to the messy slush of heavy snow and rain that’s been falling steadily all day in Rochester.

Mariah’s not one to give up, though. For more than two hours she stood next to Kaver in the nest box, moving closer as time passed. Without doubt she’s been vocalizing, using her “wail” to try to get Kaver to move off the eggs. She even got so close it looked like she might sit right on top of him, but Kaver’s having none of it!

She usually gets her way, but not this time. In the end, Kaver stayed on the eggs, while Mariah left the nest box. Look closely at the roof in the upper left corner of the picture below and you’ll see where she went…

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vi posto la gustosa sequenza di foto... dove si vede come Kaver abbia deciso di voler essere un falchetto quasi asciutto e non un cavaliere........






e nell'ultima foto la evidente resa di Mariah che si rifugia sul tetto del nido...
onestamente non so per chi fare il tifo... la grande matriarca merita tutta la mia simpatia ma anche Kaver fa un po' tenerezza.....verrebbe da mettergli un nido a due stanze!

Giovanna ha scritto:Scena assolutamente stupenda oltre che divertente :!: :D

il fans di Rochester hanno sempre avuto un sense of humor speciale nell'interpretare gli atteggiamenti dei loro falchi...

ecco il riassunto della disputa per restare a covare di cui alle foto postate qui sopra!



traduco per chi non conosce l'inglese :

nella didascalia Mariah dice a Kaver : e porta con te il tuo stupido segnale!
il segnale aggiunto dentro al nido invece dice : parcheggio destinato ai soli falchi maschi. tutti gli altri saranno prelevati col carro attrezzi!