Without a peregrine family at the Cathedral of Learning this year I’ve turned my attention to other falconcams. Here are two of the many cameras to watch.
My favorite outside-of-Pittsburgh peregrines are in Rochester, New York where Dorothy’s daughter Beauty and her mate DotCa hatched four nestlings as of Sunday 3 May. (Of course I’m partial to this family. Beauty hatched at the Cathedral of Learning.)
@rfalconcam has live streaming video and eight cameras trained on the nest. Watch the live stream, view snapshots from 8 cameras, and catch up on the news at @rfalconcam’s Imprints blog.
The three peregrine chicks in Harrisburg, PA are much older than those in Rochester having hatched by Earth Day, 22 April 2020. They are already on the verge of growing flight feathers! Watch them live at the PA Falcon Cam. Catch up on their news at Falcon Wire News.
Do you have a favorite falconcam? Share it by leaving a comment below.
(snapshots from @rfalconcam in Rochester, NY and PA Falcon Cam in Harrisburg, PA)
Usually I love the falcons at U. Mass, Amherst https://www.library.umass.edu/falcons/ , but this year they are having problems a bit like the Cathedral of Learning. Two males seem to be in undecided competition and the two eggs that have been laid are being largely ignored.
Sarah, your news from U Mass Amherst actually makes me feel a little better about the situation at Pitt. At least it is not completely unusual.
I also like watching Beauty and Dot.ca up in Rochester. I enjoy another New York falcon cam as well, up in Utica, where the pair are Astrid and Ares. You can watch from up to six cams on the Adirondack building where they’ve been nesting since 2012, the second pair to nest on that building. http://www.big-green.net/falcon/
Hover over the FALCON CAMERAS drop down menu and take your pick of views! I first started watching the year they had this feisty little eyas called Comet whose antics were fun to watch – he used to like to steal the prey his father was bringing to his mother.
Hi Kate! You know that Beauty and Dot.ca are my favs. Rochester was my home for 50 years. I miss having eggs at The Cathedral too. We will be here next year to see what happens.
Hello,
I’m on the West coast and I’m watching three nests in my area.
The University of California at Berkeley https://calfalcons.berkeley.edu/webcams/
The UC Davis Hospital where there’s a record 5 young and nobody moderating that nest, if I had more time I would start a FB page or something. The hospital will post short updates occasionally https://health.ucdavis.edu/welcome/peregrine-falcon.html
And finally the PG&E building in downtown San Francisco had a bit of drama this year too with a new male taking over after some eggs were already laid. The new pair laid more and now they are incubating 7 eggs or something crazy. Not sure how many are still viable. https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/in-your-community/local-environment/peregrine-falcons/peregrine-falcons.page
Hi Melanie, I follow these 3 nests too and if you don’t know about it, there is also a nest in San Jose:
https://sanjose.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=91
However, the cam is not so great. A second male drove out the 1st one, but the eggs are from the 1st male. There are 4 chicks now, so tiercel #2 is learning….
At UC Davis, you probably have seen that chick #5 is very small, 1/2 size, so I wonder if it will survive. There is no commentary about it.
I’m partial the Racine Cam in Wisconsin. She’s the most gorgeous falcon I’ve ever seen.
https://www.racinecounty.com/visiting/falcon-cam-1957
There is a nest with 4 new babies at the eckert power station owned by the lansing board of water and light. Some amazing video of a hatch.
Great Spirit Bluff chicks hatched May 5. Video cam is on and hatching clips are available.