By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Yesterday June 1,2013 Joyce and I traveled to Toronto,Ontario Canada to attend a memorial service for the late great Frank Bert Butson known to us as Big Frank. He was a member of the Canadian Peregrine Foundation (CPF) and we Rochester Falcon Watchers had become good friends with him and all connected with CPF. It was a very emotional time for all of his friends and family as we celebrated his life and memories of him. He will be missed deeply and remembered always.

After the services Joyce and I met Patty Gale at the Don Mills/Harlequin nest site for a watch. I was happy to finally meet Patty who before this had been a cyber friend only on fb. We had a good time observing Quest,Kendal and the 3 eyases they have produced this year while we dodged raindrops. When we first arrived at the sight parking in the rear parking lot of Harlequin enterprises we could see 2 eyases in the nest box with Quest out in front of it napping. We walked to the front of the building where I spotted Kendal at the far corner after he had brought himself to my attention by whining.

<Quest and 2 kids   Kendal> Click on pics for full version

<Kendal  Quest>

After a downpour of rain Quest woke up and started flying and Kendal followed suit after some coaxing. They both kept flying around and landing on the Harlequin building where they had a great view of the nest building across the street and their babies in the nest box.

Joyce and I left after 1-2 hours and headed back home around 5pm. We stopped by the Burlington Bridge nest site on the way where Cirrus and McKenzie reside with their 4 eyases. We were pleasantly surprised to find CPF members Tracy Simpson and Bruce Massey on watch there. Fledge watch officially starts at this site tomorrow as the kids have been doing some wing flapping. The parents were flying all around trying to entice the young ones out of the box but it didn’t work. They finally were fed and quieted down for the night.

Joyce and I left at 9pm to make our way home to the states. Although our visit began with tears at the memorial service it ended with smiles! 🙂

Click on the links below for more pics and videos from the day-overcast conditions made for not so great pics today

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http://youtu.be/InxELvtciS8
http://youtu.be/PVsz3BQ-ED8

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