Four Eggs Over and Over Easy
The larger falcon spends most of her time on the eggs lately. She gently pushes, prods and rolls the eggs slightly when she re-adjusts her position. If the male shows up at the nest while she is...
View ArticleEyes Wide Shut
While the capacity to zoom in on the nest has not yet yielded a positive ID of the falcons, it does show what looks like a drowsy bird. As she lies on the eggs, her eyes close for 15 to 30 seconds...
View ArticleRumor Has It It’s Adele
We call her Adele; her left leg band is black over green sideways Y over sideways 9. She is definitely the same adult female that nested here last year. Adele was banded on 5-26-06 at the Hilton Casino...
View ArticleHappy Mother’s Day X 4
Between 12 pm and 4:15 pm Friday May 8th (thank you Barbara Saunders, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation) and completed by Mother’s Day May 10th, all four of our eggs have hatched....
View ArticleGrowing
All four young falcons are growing rapidly, no obvious runt in this group. They eat 5 or more times a day, every time Adele brings some headless carcass to the nest they are ready for more. Within the...
View ArticleVisitors to the Nest
Willing Visitor- Another adult falcon was in the nest picking at and eating the kill as Adele was feeding the youngsters. Identity of and if the other falcon brought the kill is unknown. Unwilling...
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Yoga Classes Will Be Available to 55 Water Tenants
Yoga classes will be available to 55 Water Tenants for the months of June, July and August. Wednesday mornings 7:30 to 8:30. The post Yoga Classes Will Be Available to 55 Water Tenants appeared first...
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Banded, Named and a Big ID
On Friday 5-29-15 three (3) female and one (1) male falcon fledglings were banded, examined, named, admired and returned to their nest. Our 55 Water Street Falcons are as follows Adult Female-Y...
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Movie Nights on the Elevated Acre
55 Water Street will be hosting Movie Nights on the Elevated Acre. Join us for a movie at 8:30 P.M. on the following dates: June 17th = High Jinks (multiple short films) July 8th = White Men Can’t Jump...
View ArticleLiving on the (L)edge
The falcons are spending less time as a pile in the covered area of the nest lately. They sit individually next to the edge or actually on the (approximately 1 foot wide) ledge adjacent to the nest....
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Father’s Day Finale
Father’s Day weekend marked the last time any of our 55 Water Street 2015 falcons were sighted at the nest. Only days before, Bama Bari 55 and Candy Queen 55 were exploring all areas of the nest box...
View ArticleQueue at the Nest
On most days one falcon will cover the eggs for a few hours and then fly off. A few minutes later the mate will come to lie on the eggs. Today as the female was on the eggs, the male stood within an...
View ArticleFour Eggs Over and Over Easy
The larger falcon spends most of her time on the eggs lately. She gently pushes, prods and rolls the eggs slightly when she re-adjusts her position. If the male shows up at the nest while she is...
View Article11-10-15 Fond Fall Falcons
Frank (adult male) and Adele (adult female) returned to the nest on a cool gray rainy afternoon. First Frank was spotted scratching the ground and chirping. Within 5 minutes big Adele showed up. The...
View Article2-25-16 Windy City Falcons
As her feathers tousled in the 40mph wind gusts, Adele calmly surveyed the East River scene from her nest at 55 Water St. Strong talons held her (guessing under 5lb.) body upright and steady on the...
View Article3-10-16 Previously Unobserved Behavior from Frank
While chirping continuously, Frank purposefully strode from the nest to the parapet ledge (10 feet away) encountering another Falcon on the wall. Just as he reached the visitor, it flew off. Who was...
View Article3-21-16 Early Easter Eggs
Half marathons and snow storms did not deter Adele from laying TWO eggs over the weekend. More eggs may follow. March eggs have not been the norm for the Falcons at 55 Water St. in past few years,...
View Article3-24-16 Three Eggs and Counting
When the incubating parent moved off to hunt, three eggs were visible in the nest. The post 3-24-16 Three Eggs and Counting appeared first on New Water Street Corp..
View Article3-24-16 Three Eggs and Counting
When the incubating parent moved off to hunt this morning, three eggs were visible in the nest. The post 3-24-16 Three Eggs and Counting appeared first on New Water Street Corp..
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3-28-16 Happy Easter Egg #4
Frank and Adele celebrated Easter weekend with their 4th egg. The adults share the incubating duties though Frank (male-smaller) keeps his wings spread wider to cover the brood. The post 3-28-16...
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