Wanderfalken am Kodak Tower in Rochester
Moderator: Storchenzentrum
Guten Morgen!
Beauty hat in der Nacht ihr erstes Ei gelegt.
Beauty hat in der Nacht ihr erstes Ei gelegt.
Greetings Falcon Fan,
Good news! Beauty and Archer have laid their first egg in the nest box at the top of the Times Square building here in Rochester, New York!
Check all the action at:
http://www.rfalconcam.com/2011-begins
The Rochester Falconcam returns for its fifth year monitoring the behavior of Archer and Beauty, two Peregrine falcons who nest atop the Times Square building at the corner of Exchange Blvd and Broad Street. New for 2011 is a complete redesign of the website, which now boasts five cameras with live video feeds as well as high-quality still images that are updated every minute. Also, for the first time, viewers can take control of one of the cameras to follow the falcons as they move around downtown Rochester. Other features include two blogs, discussion forums, photo archives, falcon-themed merchandise, an extensive family tree and educational materials for teachers and school classes. All of the new features are available at the Rochester Falconcam website, http://www.rfalconcam.com.
“We’re proud to launch this year’s Rfalconcam site with streaming video and a viewer-controlled camera, plus many other improvements,” said June Summers, President of the Genesee Valley Audubon Society. “The website has been updated with a modern design and features that will make watching the ‘King and Queen of Rochester’s skies’ even more exciting.”
Archer and Beauty are back for their third year nesting in Rochester. Peregrine falcons usually lay 3-4 eggs which hatch after about a month. “We expect Beauty to begin laying her eggs early in April, with the first hatching around the middle of May,” Summers noted. After 12 weeks in the nest, the young falcons will take their first flights, then spend most of the summer learning to fly and hunt before leaving for winter migration or to find territories of their own.
The Rochester Falconcam is operated by the Genesee Valley Audubon Society, which promotes environmental conservation through education and advocates for protection of natural resources, focusing on birds and other wildlife in the Western New York communities of Monroe County and parts of Genesee, Livingston and Ontario Counties.
As always, we thank you for your support and hope to hear from you soon!
Regards,
Jess
