Wednesday, April 27, 2022 – Another Quiet Day for the Utica Falcons & Little Falls Falcons Have Two Hatches Today!!

The overnight was cold and rainy. There may have been some snowflakes mixed in with the rain. The rain stopped during the morning but it remained cold, windy, and overcast. Astrid was on the nest all night. Ares screeched to the box at 5:12 AM and the pair did a rapid changeover. Astrid was seen on the State Building at 5:53. The next switch happened shortly before 7:30. Astrid took over incubation and Ares went to the State Building. She was vocalizing from the box at 8:18. He made a few forays out from the State Building between 8:20 AM and 12:16 PM. Most likely he was hunting. She called out a few times in reaction to his activities.  At 12:28 Ares relieved Astrid – it was another quick switch. She was out of view for a while, but at 1:29 she was back on the State Building. At 2:27 Astrid came to the crossperch. She had a conversation with Ares. The upshot was, he didn’t want to go. She let him stay and sailed back out into the canyon. The next switch occurred at 3:38 – Astrid came onto the eggs and Ares flew to the State Building. At 5:18 Astrid gave a very boisterous cackle call. She must have been reacting to a non-falcon raptor or Turkey Vulture flying through. We didn’t see it with our cameras. Ares was out of view at the time and so we don’t know if he hazed it or gave chase. Astrid stayed on the eggs until 6:10 when Ares showed at the box. He had been out of view for a while. After the changeover, she went to the State Building and made at least one foray out – probably to chase a Pigeon. She came back for a final switch at 7:51 PM. The temperature was only in the mid-thirties. It was going to be another cold night. Goodnight all.

The Little Falls Peregrines had two hatches today! The first one happened at 10:46 AM and the second, sometime between 7:30 and 7:45 PM. Congratulations to Anna and Erie! They have one more egg which is likely to hatch sometime in the next day or two.