By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

The morning started out much warmer than yesterday, which was in the 50’s.  Today started in the 70’s with blue sky and sunshine.

There wasn’t much activity during my watch, but I did see all four at one point and some very nice flying.

I first stopped at Seneca Towers (ST) for a quick look.  Sorry to report, I saw no falcons there.  Because of my stop at ST, I didn’t arrive downtown until close to 7:30 am.  MAK and Larry had ended their watch.  It was tag!  I’m it!  lol  🙂

From the Court St Bridge, I could see Dot.ca at the Powers Bldg nest box sitting on camera #5.

<— Dot.ca at the Powers Bldg Nest Box.

Five minutes into my watch, I saw three falcons flying in from the east.  It was Beauty, Rachel and Ontario, just lazily flying over the river towards the Times Square Bldg.  One juvie was carrying prey.  They were in no hurry, just gracefully weaving back and forth until I could no longer see them.

I drove over to Aqueduct St (aka “the hole”) to see if I could find them.  No luck.  Next stop the Andrews St Bridge (ASB).  From there, I could see Dot.ca at the Powers nest box and Beauty on the west corner of OCSR.  Now where had the juvies gone?

<— Beauty on OCSR.

While I was watching from the ASB, a juvie flew past the Powers Bldg towards the Frontier Communication Tower (FCT).  It looked like it would land there, but it turned back towards the Cross Rds building, past Beauty on OCSR and continued east towards the Xerox Tower. (7:50 am)

Just after this, both Beauty and Dot.ca went into the Powers nest box to do some bowing and bonding.

<— Dot.ca in the Powers nest box.

Here are a few pictures captured by the Rfalconcam cameras at the Powers Bldg during this time.

<— Beauty and Dot.ca at the Powers nest box.

I spent the next hour cruising downtown Rochester, attempting to find Rachel and Li’l O.  Pretty sure I saw a falcon face looking down from the northwest corner of Xerox.  I wondered if they were both up there.

At 9:30 am, I ended my morning watch.  I had seen all four downtown Rochester Falcons, so I was happy.  The temps are rising to the mid 80’s today.

Here are a few pics of Rachel and Ontario from yesterday, when they visited the Powers nest box.  These are pictures captured by the Rfalconcam cameras.  LOVE seeing them together.

Enjoy the day!

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