Fledge watch 6-24-14
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
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It was a very humid, warm morning with a temperature of 75 (F) 24 (C) at 6am and overcast dark conditions
As I arrived on the Broad St. bridge Dan was there in his chair, Beauty was under the northeast wing, 2 kids were on the deck and 2 were on the well wall. Dan told me that Dot.Ca (DC) was on the jail tower prior to my arrival and had flown off and not returned. A couple minutes later, Beauty flew to the heel of Mercury, DC came in and took her place under the northeast wing and all the kids were now on the deck as it started to rain. We could see lightening in the western sky as well.
A few minutes after that Beauty flew off to the east side across the river, behind Xerox and returned coming to rest on the base of Mercury.
Next, Beauty stooped on 5 or 6 pigeons over the river-they split up going in different directions, she missed and flew up under the southeast wing of the Times Square building (TSB). DC flew to the Mercury money bag (MMB). Beauty was off again after a moment flying east once more behind Chase and Bausch & Lomb then hovered high above Xerox just riding the winds scoping out the area.The Beautyful one went into a stoop to the south out of sight. As I turned around to face TSB I saw DC on the north corner above the nest box just before he took off and showed up next on the top arm south side of the jail tower.
DC quickly flew off into a stoop to the northwest out of sight. While we were watching for him to resurface, a food drop occurred at the nest box which we missed-reported by both Donna and Annette. Thank you ladies! DC was now on the MMB and all four eyasses were in our sights.
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Just before 7am Annette announced Beauty was on deck feeding the family-thanks! Dan left and I went down to the hole for closer viewing and where I can see the north end of the wall, as is my usual routine. It was raining a bit harder at this time.
One of the boys went to the north end of the well wall flapping his wings-he turned and walked a few feet, then turned and went the other way, repeating it several times before going to the parapet to yell something at Beauty prompting her fly off and land up on cam 1. They are so fun to watch!! Annette reported that an eyas was on the nest box roof (probably Nor’Easter as he likes it up there). From my position by Aqueduct and Basin St. I couldn’t see him, so thanks for the heads up Annette! .
DC flew off Mercury around 7:40am and came back around 8am with food-landing on the deck to feed one of the kids. When he was done he went to the top ibeam west corner of OCSR while Mercury did some wingercising on the wall.
DC flew over to Times Square 10 minutes later and landed on the southeast wing ring and Beauty remained on cam 1. The kids had all settled down up on the deck and nest box and things remained this way for an hour at which time DC flew north to the OCSR top ibeam west corner.
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A couple minutes later an eyas went to the parapet and another came to the front of the deck-then another surfaced replacing the one on the parapet as he set out to go north on the wall as Beauty watched.
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Around 10:45am there were 2 eyasses sleeping on the parapet
It was quiet time again until Beauty flew down to the nest box as reported by NCAfalcons-I missed Beauty fly down to it. Thanks!! The sun came out and the kids got active as one went to the parapet flapping its wings and one to the north end of the wall. A minute later they went to the deck.
An hour later one of the boys went to the very end of the wall and leaned up tight against it as he took in the sights and started getting sleepy. Pat came by on her lunch break for a few minutes and Beauty flew up under the northeast wing.
KrisG reported around 1:15pm that there was an eyas in the box, one on deck, one on right side of the nest box and one on the north wall. Thanks! Lisa came by on her lunch break around 1:30pm and at 1:38am Carol tweeted that Beauty was on cam 4-I could just barely see her head poking up.
Everybody was quiet again as Joyce relieved me just before 2pm. I drove off smiling after an 8 hour fledge watch with our beloved downtown Rochester Peregrine Falcon family! 🙂
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June 24th, 2014 at 8:24 PM
And the watch goes on…Thanks, everyone!
June 24th, 2014 at 8:55 PM
You’re welcome June! 🙂
June 24th, 2014 at 11:13 PM
Cheeky kid, yelling at mom. Must be a teenager. LOL!
Thanks for the great report. I hold my breath through each one these days!
June 24th, 2014 at 11:44 PM
You and me both Beth! 🙂