Morning Falcon Watch/Genesee returns 9-29-15
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
It was dark with on and off rain showers and a humid 66 (F) 19 (C) degrees
Seth and Billie were on the top north window ledge of Seneca Towers to greet me this morning  as they do most mornings now.
I went downtown after a couple minutes and after one trip around I spotted a falcon on the Mercury money bag (MMB) as I was coming from checking the east side at 7:25am. I pulled over on the Broad St. bridge (BSB) to see who it was and ended up with two for one. It was Beauty on the MMB and Genesee was on Mercury’s head right next to her.
Genesee dropped down to the feather on Mercury’s hat a couple minutes later while the Beautyful one watched-she also was listening as he had a lot to say.
Less than a minute later Genesee dropped down off Mercury-at the time I thought he landed on the base because I was recording and didn’t know that D0t.ca (DC) had landed on the base. So Genesee flew off and came back in to buzz dad-DC got the jump on him and flew off with Genesee hot on his trail. (you can see the whole thing on one of my videos)
Both DC and Genesee flew east past the Chase tower as Beauty remained on the money bag watching. They came back flying west over the river at break neck speed-I couldn’t tell who was chasing who but I could hear Genesee squawking up a storm. When they disappeared past OCSR I looked up at Mercury to see that Beauty had left too. Around 8am I spotted 3 falcons flying above and around Xerox. I stopped on the BSB to watch and ended up on Chestnut St. after I lost them. Beauty was hovering above Xerox momentarily as DC and Genesee chased and talon tagged with each other. Then they all disappeared.
I left the east side and found DC on the east side arch of Kodak Office (KO). I parked near State and Brown St.-he was in hunt mode and flew off after some small birds only to return with nothing to show for his efforts coming to rest on the northeast corner of the playpen netting.
DC took off from there while I was tweeting his whereabouts and landed on the northeast corner of the launchpad with food-not sure if he caught something or had cached food but he plucked some feathers then ate some then stopped and stood there for a bit before walking over to the east side of the launchpad at around 8:20am, he just stood there as well. Perhaps he was looking for his son to give him the food.
DC eventually turned his back to me-I was going to leave at that time because I had a full day planned but I decided to check the Frontier Communications Tower with my binoculars. I spotted a falcon on the middle arm so naturally I had to go investigate. It turned out to be Genesee! I took a few pics and recorded a video and then I had to leave. It was 9am when I ended my watch that was spent mostly under rainy conditions, but it didn’t stop me from smiling as Genesee had come back yet again for another visit! 🙂
Click on the links below to see today’s videos (some of the commentary is incorrect on a couple videos as I don’t always know the correct story until I see my pics and videos on a big screen)
September 29th, 2015 at 10:36 PM
Great videos and loved those pictures of Beauty,Genesee as well as DC.Thanks as always.I wonder if Genesee is going to stay in the area? Lucky you to see Billie and Seth each AM .Keep up good work MAK.
September 30th, 2015 at 12:08 AM
Great talon tagging shots, MAK. Genesee was probably saying “Mom, you won’t believe what I saw! I flew a lot, and I came to this place where there was only water, and I couldn’t see the other side unless I flew really really high!”
September 30th, 2015 at 10:23 AM
Thanks Diane, I intend to keep it up for as long as my car keeps rolling! 🙂
September 30th, 2015 at 10:24 AM
Thanks Pat! I guess Genesee didn’t like Sodus Point cuz he came back home!! 🙂