Fledge Watch 6-20-15
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
It was kinda chilly this morning with a temperature of 52(F) 11(C) with clouds and sun
I checked the Crossroads building as soon as I got downtown this morning 5:30am to find that Cadence was still in her balcony/jail cell. Then I went up to the Broad St. bridge (BSB) to check in with Dan-he had seen the boys fly this morning but didn’t know where they were. Beauty flew in and landed under the northeast wing of Times Square (TSB) and I set out to find the boys. I found a boy and his name is Dot.ca (DC) on the south side of the Powers building from the Andrews St. bridge.
DC flew off downriver over the High Falls then back downtown to come to rest on the west corner top ibeam of OCSR. I could also see one of the boys on the east side of Crossroads. Lisa joined the watch as did Larry , who was on the bridge with Dan and Mary. Lisa said there were 2 boys on the east side so I joined her in the hole.
Lisa and I went up to the South Ave. garage after we lost sight of them on the roof. We didn’t stay up there for long as it was windy and cold. We could see Cadence and we saw DC stoop to the west out of view but we couldn’t see the boys who were on the air conditioning unit of Crossroads as reported by Larry. This made us decide to go back down to the ground level.
Lisa and I went to the hole and shortly after the boys went out of view so I took a ride down to the Andrews St. bridge to see what I could see.
I stopped on State St. when I saw DC on the west corner top ibeam of OCSR and soon after a juvie flew past dad and hit a window while trying to land on the top ibeam north side. He didn’t hit hard just kind of touched with his feet and pushed off flying to south side of Crossroads. DC flew there as well and joined a boy on the east side as tweeted by Larry. I returned to the hole with Lisa then Dana arrived. Beauty was under the northwest wing and a juvie landed on the Wilder elevator shaft roof.
We watched the Crossroads boy fly across to the TSB and while we watched him Cadence escaped jail and flew past on her way to TSB as well. They went under the northeast and northwest wings. Food was dropped off for the Wilder boy and Cadence. When she was done she started wailing then flew north out of view. Dana,Lisa and I ended up watching from the Main St. bridge as all 3 juvies reunited on the Wilder elevator shaft roof where they played and ran around-just having a blast with each other.
I ended my watch at 10 am due to illness at Seneca Towers where I saw a falcon north of the building. I have to say it put a huge smile on my face when both Cadence made it out of jail and when the 3 Rochester Peregrine Juvenile Falcon siblings reunited! 🙂
Click on the link below to see today’s snippet movie
June 20th, 2015 at 7:11 PM
Great report! Thank you, MAK!
June 20th, 2015 at 9:20 PM
Great report and video MAK. Wonderful shots of Cadence in jail and then OUT. Thanks for,all you and the watchers do. Thanks again
June 20th, 2015 at 10:23 PM
Happy to do it Nora! 🙂
June 20th, 2015 at 10:25 PM
No problem Amy-it’s a true labor of love! 🙂
June 20th, 2015 at 11:55 PM
Nice pics, MAK! I was wondering if she went under, but from your shot of her, looks like she fit herself thro the far left bar! Glad she figured it out! LOL 😀
June 21st, 2015 at 4:55 AM
Thanks Patty, she got up on that left side more than once but when she went to leave her wings held her back. We’ll never know how she did it! 🙂
June 21st, 2015 at 10:53 AM
Bottom line: she did it! What a good girl! Thanks again MAK (and all the other watchers) for keeping us in the picture..What a picture!
June 21st, 2015 at 11:12 AM
Exiting to see the falcon juvie events! Thanks again for the “watch”Mak.
June 21st, 2015 at 4:11 PM
It’s a pretty big picture too June! 🙂
June 21st, 2015 at 4:13 PM
Diane, there are many more juvie events to come so stay tuned! 🙂