April 22, 2008
Little Falcons
Don't F*** with a Falcon Mommy
San Francisco is home to the cinema's most famous falcon, but San Jose has us beat when it comes to bird-of-prey reality TV. The City of San Jose, along with the Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group (motto: "Birds of Prey Know They're Cool"), has a webcam pointed at a falcon family living at San Jose's City Hall.
Now we can enjoy the full nerdy-ness of birding ("why yes, I too am a birder!") without the expensive binoculars and bothersome treks into the wilderness.
More screen shots after the jump.
If a baby owl is an owlet, does that make these "falconets"?
Glimpse of an egg (as of 2 p.m., three of four eggs have hatched).
Egg and fluffy sibling.
Multiple fluffballs clearly visible.
Our '64 Falcon also laid an egg. Where's our webcam?
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Sure, falconets or eyasses
San Jose has us beat
In, um, hockey.
And that's about it.
No they don't. Santa Cruz's site has links to George & Gracie's 2006 hatching in dear ol' SF. Sadly, they haven't had prosperous seasons these past two years :(
Good luck to SF falcons! There's plenty of pigeons here for you!