Fledge watch 7-12-14
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
The starting temperature for our 1st Watchers Weekend morning was 61 (F) 16 (C) with abundant sunshine throughout the day
We had a total of 35 watchers come out to watch our young fledglings-if you would like to know who you can refer to my tweets from yesterday where I listed them all by name as they arrived. You can find them under Falcon Watches-Twitter. Sorry, no time for a detailed report.
Genesee Valley Audubon Society president June Summers presented Shaky with an appreciation gift for all his work to keep our cams up and running-it was a laptop carrier bag. We had a Black-crowned Night Heron in the tree by the Broad St. Bridge and our turtle was up on the rocks along with a Great Blue Heron to keep us occupied while we waited for our falcons to get into action.
We had lots of long distance flying by our young fledglings and a lot of down time. They were seen all over the downtown area and the highlight of the morning was Beauty thumping on and chasing a Bald Eagle out of the area. In the afternoon Nor’Easter, Mercury and Tesh had a siesta on the Frontier Communications Tower (FCT).
The evening featured Nettie on the Thomson Reuters building-the fact that she never left her spot to join her siblings leads us to believe that she may have a problem-she is still there as I write this report at 6am Sunday morning.
We will be keeping a close eye on Nettie. It was a fun filled day getting together with everyone with lots of smiling going on! 🙂
July 13th, 2014 at 7:03 AM
Awwww! What fun!!! I am so sorry to be missing this! And Donna there too??? And a fine day?? What could be better! Thanks for the report, MAK!
July 13th, 2014 at 7:22 AM
Happy for your group gathering while praying Nettie will be ok. Sad to hear she’s acting off.
July 13th, 2014 at 7:28 AM
you guys have a wonderful site. I’m in Washington pa. South of Pittsburgh. And with Dorothy’s problems this year it was great to have her daughter and grandchildren to watch. I better stop before I start singing “circle of life”.
July 13th, 2014 at 7:41 AM
Thanks again for another great report MAK, sure hope Nettie is okay and it’s nothing serious.
July 13th, 2014 at 7:58 AM
Yes! Forgot to say I too hope all’s well with Nettie. Little girl!!
July 13th, 2014 at 9:40 AM
Praying for her <3
July 13th, 2014 at 2:53 PM
Had a busy day..Just got to look in on “our gang”.. Wish (as other out-of-towners have said) I could join you in the actual watching..Thank heaven we have you and Carol to keep us up on all the goings-on. Sorry Nettie had a down day..Maybe she’s resting up! Hope that’s all it is. Thanks again MAK.
July 13th, 2014 at 3:13 PM
Oh please let Nettie be ok!! She’s such mother type. Makes me cry to know she’s not well.
July 13th, 2014 at 4:03 PM
Thanks everyone! Not quite sure what happened to Nettie-she is walking ok, spreading her wings evenly and is alert. Screamed at mom and dad when they flew past so it’s a mystery. I’m sure whatever happened she is just trying to build up her confidence to fly. We must be patient just like we were with Nor’Easter. 🙂
July 13th, 2014 at 4:29 PM
Thank you so much for the weekend reports and pictures.I hope you have enjoyed all the visitors and company on your watches. My fingers are crossed for Nettie,a challenging time for all the fledges,so many challenges for them . Diane
July 13th, 2014 at 10:24 PM
Diane, Nettie made it off Thomson Reuters and flew successfully to the Democrat and Chronicle and then to the Telesca building across from Times Square. 🙂