Fledge Watch with a bit of Talon Tag

Hazy gray skies kept the photography pretty basic and the quality poor, but I did get some shots of some of the juveniles flying around the tower today. Here's one we identified as Skye. Her transmitter's not visible in this picture, but it was obvious in our binoculars:


Given some of the recent comments about Mariah's supposed absence, we were paying special attention to the adults today. We're pretty sure this was Mariah, flying around the area shortly before she headed south, then went high up and headed to the northeast for some hunting:


Kaver came in too, and dropped off some food, which spurred at least three juveniles into flight. I shot a short (11 second) and somewhat jumpy video clip (400kb) of two of them enjoying a light game of talon tag:


Here's a landing shot following another short flight:


And finally, a pair of fledglings on the 19^th floor railing:


Well, that's about it for the day. I had a meeting at 1:00 PM, so I couldn't stay outside very long, and as you can see, the weather was hardly conducive to good photography. I hope for better weather and photographs in the coming days.