By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was quite balmy this morning with a temperature of 71 (F) 22 (C) No jacket required

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As I turned the corner from South Ave. onto Court St. to my surprise Dan wasn’t sitting on the bridge in his chair. As I looked towards the jail tower with my binocs a falcon flew off of it. I followed it in the darkness over the river to the south and east until I lost it behind buildings. I checked the usual spots and found no other falcons so I headed east where I found the Beautyful one on the 5 Star Bank near the southeast corner. I could see tail feathers from prey right around the corner from her. She flew off to the west leaving the prey behind after I heard a juvie whining.

I went around the block to have a look and then I checked from the Museum of Science parking lot. Found some pretty hanging flower baskets and could see a falcon back on that corner so I returned to get a closer look near Martin Luther King Jr. park. I believe it was Rachel who was checking out the prey her mom left behind. She flew off with it in one of her talons and then I saw her flying with Ontario near Xerox.

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The juvies did some nice flying around the Xerox area and then Dot.ca (DC) came into the mix. He had food and landed on the northeast corner of Xerox with it. Rachel took it from him and Ontario stood back. DC flew off and the kids flew from the northeast to northwest corners of Xerox with some super flying and talon tag in between.

I quick drove over to Spectrum to check out their hours as I needed to speak to them about my service and as I was leaving I spotted a mockingbird on a light. I taped him as he sang his repertoire of songs for me-jumping above to grab bugs out of the air. One of my favorite songbirds!

I returned to the east side to find more flying, eating and shenanigans on the north side roof of Xerox.

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Larry had reported being at the high falls just for the heck of it. He stopped by to tell me that the falcon sucking tree in the gorge over there had been removed. He also said that he didn’t tweet it out because he didn’t want to get all the hate mail over it! LOL Meanwhile, Rachel and Ontario stopped flying and landed on the north side roof of Xerox for some rest & relaxation. Lil O literally dropped to lay down flat out and closed his eyes while big sis watched over him. Such a cute site to behold!

Carol reported she was on her way downtown so I tagged her it and ended my watch at 7:20am. I stopped on Broad St. to take a pic of the flowers there as I was admiring them the other day when I was driving around looking for the kids.

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What fun I had watching our downtown Rochester Peregrine Falcons this morning-they so make me smile! 🙂

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https://youtu.be/cYfohYzH4Ps

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