Fledge watch 8-21-14
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
It was another dark, muggy morning with no sun and a starting temperature of 66 (F) 19 (C)
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I started my watch with Dot.Ca (DC)-he was on the top ibeam south corner of OCSR as I pulled over on the Broad St. bridge (BSB). I shot down to the hole for closer viewing.
I left the hole to park on Graves St. next to Aqueduct Park for a from below view of him. DC walked a few feet to the east and stretched his wing and tail feathers-it appears he may be molting.
I shared space with DC for about half hour then I took a ride on the east side-I hadn’t checked there yet. I went a different route than my usual to check Xerox and HSBC (I didn’t check the south sides) and found no falcons so I returned to the BSB to find DC gone. Back to the east doing my regular route and bingo, I found Beauty on the south side of Xerox on her old perching spot-the 5th column over from the southeast corner.
She didn’t stay put for long-about 5 minutes after I arrived on Chestnut St. the Beautyful one flew off going in and out of view near the southwest corner. I could hear DC chirping but didn’t see him so I drove to Court St. where I could see the west side. Beauty landed on the southwest corner momentarily then flew off to the north where DC joined her briefly near Bausch & Lomb (B&L). He disappeared behind Xerox and Beauty kept flying back and forth above and eventually landed on the roof apparatus that the juvies used to land on.
You can see that Beauty is still molting in that last pic. DC flew over Beauty and headed southwest toward the river and went into stoop formation as he passed above me. Half a minute later Beauty flew off to the northwest past B&L. I left to check around downtown and as I pulled in the parking lot of the Inn on Broadway I spotted Beauty on the RGS antenna. I drove over to East Ave. to spend some time with her.
I got a call from a friend who needed some help so I left my watch and thought I would return, but it took longer than I thought. I had to stop home (Seneca Towers) first and when I got there I spotted Veteran up on the northwest corner.
It was 8:15am and there was no sign of the female I saw yesterday. I ended my watch smiling for I had see our dynamic downtown duo and my own resident Peregrine Falcon! 🙂
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