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  1. Hi Admin, I have viewed the pm stills. Is Carrollton viewing the am stills? If you havent heard from him, let me know and I’ll look at the am stills (Oct.. 27 – 31)

  2. Hi Admin- ALMOST done with the stills…. Just going to say on Nov. 4 the pigeons made a major appearance around 9:30 in the morning! Looked like house hunting to me…

  3. Hey – Cheryl’s birthday greeting got cut off!! We cant have that….! HAAPPYY BIIRTHDAY CHERYL !! (This is her REAL birthday…)

  4. Ok admin, all stills from Oct. 27- Nov. 5 have been examined, both am and pm. No peregrins but a couple house-hunting pigeons….

    • I had got thru some of them too, and looks like a intruding pair of pigeons…not the same ones that were there before…or…… wait!hhmmm…maybe Mystic Really liked the prior pair!!!

  5. Hi Admin, I see you have the live streaming on again… Just wondering, has someone been working on the cam and fixed some of the glitches? Also, do you need us to look at stills again? Have a blessed Thanksgiving!!!

  6. One more of Mystic and Maverick’s daughter’s was identified in Canada, she is “Midnight”. She hatched in 2011 (Maverick’s last brood) and is Nestmate/sibling to Moxie, who is the resident female in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
    Click below under Blogroll for pics and more links at the Third Thread on CMNH.

  7. What a great story about Midnight! I always enjoy Tracy Simpsons narrations – and his story about Midnight makes her sound like quite a charater!! (Kind of a female Peenie ?)

  8. MERRY CHRISTMAS! To Mystic and Maurice, Lula and Bravery,Peenie and Atticus, and the whole Canton Forum Family!! Including Alison, Carl, Chuck, Vicki, Suzette, Cheryl and Chad!! 🙂

  9. What a great start for the Canton nest!! Not only are Mystic and Maurice still “in house”, but several of our graduates have established homes of their own, and now even Magnum has been found! Carrollton thanks for all you’ve been doing lately – a regular “wild man”! 🙂

  10. Admin, I tried to look at the stills, but my computer couldnt load them – said it was a “long running script” ? I know my computer is old and sometimes reminds me of a drunken sailor, but is there anything I can do to get around this?

    • I will have to break the images into smaller groups, I was hoping to save some time, having 9000+ images in a directory is not working very well though. I will have to move the images into individual days.

      • I’ll suggest eliminating the night stills during the off season….But not sure if that is posible with the still program. Just a thought though…..

  11. Hi Admin, I viewed the stills (10th-19th) with mixed success. On some days, only 3 stills per line would load. I found I could view some of the “black” ones if I advanced each minute by hand, but that got tedious. I got a message when I left the thumbnails that my “something” driver was not working but had fixed itself… But I need to get some other things done, maybe I can try again tomorrow. I know I missed one picture on the 12th. However, I did find several that I would consider “keepers”! And they are:
    December 12, 2012 snapc1 121212 07482
    December 13, 2012 snapc1 131212 08013
    snapc 1 131212 08033
    December 16,2012 snapc1 161212 13292
    December 17,2012 snap c1 171212 07542
    Hopefully more will be coming!

  12. Hi Admin, I have 2 more stills to add to our keeper list….
    Dec.1 , 2012 snapc1 011212 07510 : and snapc1 011212 08010
    It seems like often the live cam is off, right around 8:00, and that is about the time Mystic and Mo have been caught in the stills… I dont know if its a person who turns it off then or not, but if its up to you, could the cam be on from 7:30 – 9:30am for sure? Thank you if thats possible. Also, whats the cool golden night light?

    • I will add them when I get a chance.
      The live video may still be intermittent depending on several factors beyond my control, however that does not affect the stills unless of course the internet connection fails. The golden night light is the result of turning off the Infrared light at night. Since there is not much action at night & the IR lights will dim over time I decided to turn them off at night. The golden light is from the ambient light downtown, until it gets to a point where the camera switches to black & white.

  13. Hi Admin- I appeciate that the cam was running around 8:00, unfortunately, Mystic and Mo did not see fit to visit… I actually thnk they prefer to visit on sunny days. I do try to check the cam any day Im not out substitute teaching…. Thank you!

  14. Hi- as I was looking up info about Storm/Val, I went to You tube to see if there was anything about falcons on the Westinghouse Bridge. Nothing about the falcons, but there is a neat video about the bridge and surrounding area that’s pretty informative. On You tube, type “The Westinghouse Bridge, Pittsburg, PA” , click on the one by Freewayjim- its quite interesting. Also found an amusing video by BBC called “Speed Race: Pigeon vs Peregrine falcon” on You Tube. Try it, youll like it…. 🙂

  15. Admin, We are concerned about the condition of the ceiling of the nest box. I emailed DOW about this and did hear anything ,

    Admin, How do we get the ceiling of the nest box repaired for next year? I did email DOW about the condition of the ceiling but didn’t receive a response, We are concerned about collapse or insects, bees/wasps, setting up home next year. Do you have any advice regarding who we contact to resolve the disrepair?
    We are willing to volunteer and contribute we just need the backing. Thank you.

    t

  16. I need some stills (7th thru current) to see which bird pooed on the landing platform in front of the nestbox. 🙂

  17. Hi – would you guys be interested in a picture of the nest box when it was brand new? In your search engine, type” 2008 Archive CMNH Falcon forum”. Click on one that says” Forums/other Ohio Falcons”, then scroll down to Canton peregrines, 2008. Actually the whole site is interesting to read, but the picture of the new nest box is the last picture on page 3. Where are all the people that used to post on Canton’s forum?

    • Susan, I checked it out this morning. The box looked beautiful then. It definitely needs some work especially that scary roof. In the housing market we refer to that as deferred maintenance. Our Falcons will be the ones that need hard hats.

      • I DO NOT understand why they have put off refurbishing the nest box so long. It should have been done weeks, even months ago. They wont let a group of competent,supervised civilians fix the box, but they wont do the job themselves. Just think of the thousands of people who have viewed that run down nest box, especially we are on BCAW now. GREAT PR!

        • I find it perplexing myself. Four people I know wanted to help. I think it would have been great to involve the boy/girls scouts or any youth group. Would have been a great project. I’m not sure what it takes to get repairs done. I emailed DOW. I too wonder where the people have gone especially since we have the cam. Perhaps they don’t know how far the Canton nest has come.

  18. And in those same archives, if you look on the 2nd thread of the Hilliard Rd. forum, on page 4, youll see Mystic on banding day! 🙂

  19. WE GOT STILLS!! 🙂 Admin loaded stills thru Jan. 19th. I’ve looked at 7- 12 with no peregrines. The funny angle of the sun casts strange shadows in the nest box at certain times of the day. Makes it harder to see if any body is home….

    • OH NO! on the 15th at 130052 (1:00) A whole FAMILY of grackles (?) – I think grandma and grandpa came too – paid a visit to the nest box! Thankfully they did leave……

      • Perhaps by staying away from the area, Mystic is procuring a future food source for this spring…LOL!
        Those were starlings…..
        Patience will be rewarded…..Right Cheryl? But it is sooo hard waiting.. to see what we know is coming!

        • Mystic’s Fast Food Mart, eh? Starlings would be just the right size to pick off bits for the babies…. Id feel a whole lot more patient if that nest box had been worked on by now!! Stay warm friends!

        • They are staying away because those tiny little hard hats I ordered haven’t arrived yet. It was especially difficult to find ones that will fit the eggs, special order.

  20. Anyone see anything today? There is an small area where nest/scrape was last year that kind of looks new. Thougt maybe with the warmth there would be a visit?
    Earlier this morning I saw the pigeons fly out from under the nestbox again. about 9:30 or so…..

  21. I was working today…. But its so “Springy” out you’d think somebody would have checked on the nest box… Cant wait to check the stills for January 29 !

  22. Thanks For the B-Day wishes!
    And Susan, I think you may find something on the stills when they are posted…..
    Go for the 4th…5th, 6th and 7th of february… ;0

    • Chad, the first thot I had of what Id see in the box was YOU in there waving at us……! 🙂 Or if not you, maybe some peregrines we know??? I do check each day hoping to see new stills…

      • LOL Susan…no… you’ll not see me…..I wish! But maybe in a couple years 😉
        Will be trying out the parking garage though…soon…
        Need my Mystic and Maurice fix….

    • I think its a conspiracy…. If we cant see the cam, then we will stop complaining about how bad the nest box looks.?
      Admin, if we cant have the cam, could we please have some stills loaded? Pleeeeeze admin? (sniff)

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