/\/\icah (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} zeade) wrote,@ 2007-05-09 16:44:00 |
|
Pretty much the best webcam ever
This is probably news to no one in the Bay Area, but a pair of Peregrine falcons have nested on top of the San Jose City Hall (some of the content on that page is broken on Mac Firefox2, looks fine in Windows IE7, zzz). And wonder of wonders, nature did its thing and the pair popped out 3 eggs. The eggs hatched a couple weeks back and now the offspring have progressed from oblong sphericals to grey fuzzy lumps with beaks.
There has been a webcam (looks human operated, how'd you like that as a day job) on the falcons since they took up the nest at City Hall. It wasn't much to look at when it was just Clara and Jose Fernando sitting there, but now with little chickies wobbling about the nest it's much more engaging, especially when it's feeding time. One can only wonder what Clara and Jose Fernando will call their young ones! Hopefully they'll update their blog soon! Mood: excited!
I've always dug on nature shows. I still remember as a kid watching a 123-year-old Marlin Perkins from Wild Kingdom wrestling down Yaks, narrating the whole step by step experience in his folksy drawl. Or something close to that. This webcam was nothing like that but it does feel a lot more voyeuristic, "real" snapshot of nature than the highly produced Discovery channel and Animal Planet shows (now with extra crunchy foley!)
Anyway here are some screen grabs I took last week:
Mmm meat...
I think it was a pigeon that the mama or papa falcon was ripping up for her little spuds. At one point I saw this bird claw she was trying to pass around to each chick. The chick would grab at it, choke a bit, then spit it out. The parental bird eventually took the claw and just ate it. Chomp.
This is probably news to no one in the Bay Area, but a pair of Peregrine falcons have nested on top of the San Jose City Hall (some of the content on that page is broken on Mac Firefox2, looks fine in Windows IE7, zzz). And wonder of wonders, nature did its thing and the pair popped out 3 eggs. The eggs hatched a couple weeks back and now the offspring have progressed from oblong sphericals to grey fuzzy lumps with beaks.
There has been a webcam (looks human operated, how'd you like that as a day job) on the falcons since they took up the nest at City Hall. It wasn't much to look at when it was just Clara and Jose Fernando sitting there, but now with little chickies wobbling about the nest it's much more engaging, especially when it's feeding time. One can only wonder what Clara and Jose Fernando will call their young ones! Hopefully they'll update their blog soon! Mood: excited!
I've always dug on nature shows. I still remember as a kid watching a 123-year-old Marlin Perkins from Wild Kingdom wrestling down Yaks, narrating the whole step by step experience in his folksy drawl. Or something close to that. This webcam was nothing like that but it does feel a lot more voyeuristic, "real" snapshot of nature than the highly produced Discovery channel and Animal Planet shows (now with extra crunchy foley!)
Anyway here are some screen grabs I took last week:
Mmm meat...
I think it was a pigeon that the mama or papa falcon was ripping up for her little spuds. At one point I saw this bird claw she was trying to pass around to each chick. The chick would grab at it, choke a bit, then spit it out. The parental bird eventually took the claw and just ate it. Chomp.
