Morning Fledge Watch 8-6-15
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
A chilly start with a temperature of 56 (F) 13 (C) but once the sun came up it shone bright and beautiful
I could hear a juvie from the west side balcony this morning but I couldn’t locate him. After checking the perimeter of Seneca Towers and finding no falcons I headed for downtown. I found Beauty on the southeast corner of HSBC around 6:15am.
She few over to the RGS antenna 5 minutes later. I drove to Elm St. at Chestnut St. next to the Hotel Cadillac and to my surprise spotted Cadence on a shorter antenna below the Beautyful one after I heard her whining.
Beauty pretty much ignored her whiny daughter as she did a little preening. I was zeroed in on Cadence as she was looking up at mom and really screaming most likely “I’m hungry” when Beauty took off heading northwest. Cadence closed her mouth immediately and followed mom after half a minute or so.
I followed as well and 10 minutes later I spotted Beauty and Dot.ca (DC) on the Kodak Office (KO) launchpad from the City Hall parking lot. I whipped down State St. and found Beauty on the northeast corner and DC on the southeast corner of the launch pad. Both juvies were circling their parents on the tower and they had lots to say to them. Cadence settled on the northeast corner of the 20th floor and Genesee on the west side below the playpen on the peaked roof.
It was like winning the lottery to see all 4 together but it didn’t last long as DC and his boy flew off while I was fixated on mom and Cadence while taping a video. I still had the 2 Beauties preening until mom flew off without me seeing her. So it was now just me and Cadence, which is almost like having Beauty still there as Cadence looks so much like her mama.
Beauty returned around 7:30am coming to rest on the southeast corner of the launchpad-she flew off soon after and a few moments later a pigeon flew past Cadence and she took off after it to the west behind Kodak out of view. A minute later Beauty came back to the southeast corner of the launchpad.
I left her to go to the Cook Iron store to see if anyone could tell me who the artist of the falcon mural on the back of the building was-the guy gave me one of her business cards. Looks like her specialty is falcons.
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I searched downtown one more time and as I pulled onto the Broad St. bridge I saw a juvie on the lower Thomson Reuters roof but it flew off as I was getting out the door. It was chasing pigeons over the river to the north and disappeared behind OCSR. That was it for my downtown watch as I passed KO I could see Beauty still up there on the launchpad. I left for Seneca Towers and upon my arrival on Seth Green Dr. I spotted Bith on the west side railing.
The building security guard came over to chat with me about the falcons and Bith flew off while we were talking. I ended my watch at 8:40am smiling! 🙂
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August 6th, 2015 at 6:18 PM
Catching up on your watches MAK/till without computer and off to visit sister in Michigan for a month.Thanks for all the pictures and videos.Love the saying on the mural as well.
Hope to see your watches,when in Mi./can use sister’s computer.Good luck now .
August 6th, 2015 at 9:09 PM
I hope you can come along with me on watch while you’re in Michigan Diane. Have a safe trip and enjoy every moment with your sister. I’d love to be going to visit my sis for a month. 🙂