By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

I had a wonderful morning watch today.  As I arrived on the Court St Bridge, a little before 7 am., both Dan and MAK were packing up their chairs.  Dan was on his way home and MAK was going to go closer to the jail communication tower to get a closer look at Ontario, who was being buzzed by two Robins.  Beauty was on the Widows Walk (WW) and Rachel was eating up under the NE wing on the Times Square Bldg (TSB).  Dot.ca was on top of the SE wing ring.  All 4 were accounted for.

I drove over to the “hole” aka Aqueduct St, but couldn’t see much from there.  Larry O arrived on the Court St Bridge and I joined him and Zeke over there.

<— Hello Zeke!

<— Dot.ca and his Shadow

Ontario took off and flew towards the Times Sq Bldg, where he knocked Dot.ca off his wing ring.  Ontario landed under the NE wing and shared Rachel’s meal.

<— Ontario and Rachel eating on the NE Wing Ledge, TSB

Dot.ca landed on the base of the Mercury statue.  That’s when I noticed that Beauty was already there on Mercury’s foot.

<— Beauty and Dot.ca on Mercury

<— My View from the Court St Bridge

<— Old Rochester and Newer Rochester

<— Beauty and Dot.ca on Mercury

I continued to watch from the Court St Bridge after Larry and Zeke left.  It gave me the best view of the area.  From there I could see all 4 falcons.  MAK signed off the watch at 8:11 am.

At 8:30 am, I witnessed a spectacular tandem hunt by both Beauty and Dot.ca.  This is when you put your camera down and just enjoy.  They are way too fast to get any kind of decent picture, so I don’t even try.  lol

Beauty and Dot.ca went supersonic over the river between the Broad St Bridge and the Frederick Douglas-Susan B Anthony Bridge.  They were chasing the scattered pigeons low over the river and popping up over the bridges.  So fun to watch!

Neither was successful on their hunt.  Beauty ended up on top of the Mercury statue and Dot.ca landed on the TSB SE wing ring.  I don’t think I was the only one watching.  Rachel was on the base of Mercury and, little did I know, Ontario was up there too.  They were probably cheering mom and dad on.  🙂

<— Beauty and Rachel on Mercury

Ontario flew off and headed towards the Powers bldg., landing on the railing.

<— Ontario from Mercury to Powers Bldg

At 9:00 am, Beauty, Rachel and Ontario were gone and Dot.ca moved over to the NE wing ring.

<— Dot.ca on NE Wing Ring

Dot.ca took off and flew over to OCSR landing on the top Ibeam, west corner.

At 9:15 am, I decided to move over to the Andrews St Bridge.  From there I could see only Dot.ca on OCSR.  Hmmm. Where had the others go?

I was going to end my morning watch at 9:30 am, but of course I wasn’t able to .  As I was driving towards State St, Dot.ca took off, heading north.  I followed, and saw him land on the Kodak Tower.  It had been awhile since I’ve seen a falcon there!  When I got closer, I was surprised to see that Beauty was up there with him, and they were both looking east, towards the gorge!  I drove around the tower, but could not find any juvies.

<— Beauty and Dot.ca on Kodak Tower

Well, you have to know where I headed next.  lol  To the gorge!

I drove over to the Genesee Brewery side and walked out onto the pedestrian bridge.  Beauty and Dot.ca were still up on the Kodak Tower.

<— Beauty and Dot.ca seen on the Kodak Tower from the Pedestrian Bridge

I didn’t find any juvies in the gorge, but there were so many other things to see.

<— Great Blue Heron in a tree and a Turkey Vulture overhead.

<— A beautiful Red-tailed Hawk.

<— The Falcon Sucking Tree with no Falcons in it.

<— New Tanks for the Genesee Brewery.

<— BeeBee Begone!

<— I do love the gorge!

Just before 10:00 am, both Beauty and Dot.ca left the Kodak Tower.  I watched as they made there way slowly back towards downtown.  They were in no hurry.  It was time for me to REALLY end my watch.

Hope the juvies make their way to the gorge!!!

This entry was posted on Thursday, June 22nd, 2017 at 2:43 PM and is filed under Fledge Watch. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.