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John Pytlak
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From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
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posted 03-26-2002 01:46 PM

For the last five years, a Peregrine Falcon family has nested and raised their young chicks on the top of the 19-story Kodak Office tower in Rochester. A few years ago, Kodak installed digital "Birdcams" to transmit this "slice of life" over the INTERNET. Each spring, the "Birdcam" becomes one of the most popular parts of the Kodak website:

http://birdcam.kodak.com/

Warning: The falcons have been known to eat their prey on camera!

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John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7525A
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
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E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
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Will Kutler
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posted 03-26-2002 01:53 PM

Hey John,

A favorite saying among Ford Falcon people---"Just Falcon Around!"

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John Pytlak
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posted 03-26-2002 02:00 PM

My first automobile was a '67 Ford Falcon. Nice dependable car that I could easily maintain myself.

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Christopher Duvall
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posted 03-26-2002 04:40 PM

What a cool site. Where is the Kodak building anyway? Is it in New York?

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Scott Norwood
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posted 03-26-2002 05:28 PM

Very cool! Nice looking building, too...

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Sean M. Grimes
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posted 03-26-2002 06:25 PM

The wonderful company of Kodak is located in Rochester or as I lovingly call that great town, ahem "Rockchester". So many better live bands travel there than Syracuse, and the best "worst" restaurant in the world - Nick Tahous. Worth the seventy mile drive any time

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Gordon McLeod
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posted 03-26-2002 07:24 PM

And also the home of a good pub "the old toad"

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John Pytlak
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posted 03-27-2002 07:08 AM

Kodak Office is the home of the corporate headquarters, and is located in the historic "Brown's Race" district near downtown Rochester. Just a short walk to the "High Falls" of the Genesee River.
http://www.vintageviews.org/vv-r/industry/cards/ind020.html
http://www.vintageviews.org/vv-r/industry/cards/ind021.html
http://www.mssgraphics.com/Roch.html
City of Rochester Tour
http://theoldtoad.com/
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Loge/5981/Tahou.htm
http://www.geocities.com/garbageplates/

For Steve Guttag: Note that the falcons have a "Bird's Eye View" of the Rochester Red Wings baseball games at Frontier Field, which shares parking with Kodak Office:
http://www.redwingsbaseball.com/
http://www.redwingsbaseball.com/frontierfld/photogal2.html

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Randy Stankey
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posted 03-27-2002 09:41 AM

This is quite cool!

Do you have less problems with pidgeons, now that the falcon's are on patrol?

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John Pytlak
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posted 03-27-2002 10:06 AM

As I noted, these falcons have been known to eat their prey in front of the camera, pigeons included!
http://birdcam.kodak.com/cgi-bin/asCgi.pl?node=18&app=birdcam&laf=playground&instance=12

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Jeffry L. Johnson
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posted 03-27-2002 10:31 AM

There's also a Falcon Cam in Cleveland, Ohio.

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John Pytlak
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posted 03-27-2002 10:42 AM

Jeffry: Must be a bit warmer in Cleveland --- your birds are incubating the eggs already.

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Mark Lensenmayer
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posted 03-27-2002 02:36 PM

The City on the Lake doesn't have ALL of the falcons in Ohio. We have some too. And, there is a mysterious newcomer.
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/wildlife/resources/falcon/columbus/falcons.html

There is a list of some of other Falcon sites here:
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/birdcam2000/resources/reference.shtml

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John Pytlak
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posted 03-27-2002 03:11 PM

Mark:

Thanks for the many links posted on the Kodak website! Watching these beautiful and noble birds helps us remember that we must share the earth and treasure these natural gifts. Dare I say all these pictures help us "Share Moments. Share Life".

Other links for shared moments:
Kodak Photo Quilt

http://photoquilt.kodak.com/aol
http://pictureoftheday.kodak.com/cgi-bin/asCgi.pl?app=potd

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