By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

4:00 – 7:00 pm

Watchers out during this time: Dana, Kathy O, Jo, Tim and Carol P.

Temps in the low 60’s (F); Cooler Down by the Lake (Ontario).

After work I headed over to Seneca Towers to start my watch looking for the juvenile falcon.  After checking out the building and finding no falcons there, I was just getting ready to head over to Hawkeye when I received a tweet from fellow watcher Dana.  She was down at the lake on the Summerville side and she was watching a banded juvenile Peregrine Falcon on the Coast Guard Station antenna.  I decided to join her instead of going downtown.  I was very happy to find the juvie still on the antenna when I arrive.  Dana was nearby and I joined her.  During the couple hours we spent with the juvie, she flew off on hunts and returned to the antenna three times.

There were lots of folks out, passing us and asking what we were looking at.  We were happy to explain.

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Pat joined us for a short while and she was able to see her first stoop as the juvie took off and stooped on the ducks in the river (Genesee) that emptied into Lake Ontario between the Summerville and Charlotte Piers.  Pat was thrilled!

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When the juvie flew to the Charlotte side, diving on gulls and ducks, we followed because she did not return.  So over to the Charlotte side we drove.  When we arrived there, we looked across and she was back on the Coast Guard Station antenna.  lol  We went back over to the Summerville side.

Here are some pics of the juvie during our watch.

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We know for a fact that she is banded, a silver USFW band/no colored tape and a green/black band.  Our suspicion is that this may be the same juvie that we’ve been seeing at the Seneca Towers and Hawkeye, but of course we cannot be sure.  None of my pics are clear enough to show the numbers/letters on the bands, but my hope is that Dana’s pictures will show them.

Note:  During the time we were watching the juvie, Kathy O, Jo and Tim were at the BS location with Pigott and UT.

I’ll leave you with some other pics I took down at the lake during my Watch.

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