By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was overcast and humid this morning with a temperature of 65 (F) 18 (C)

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I began my watch at  5:05am on the east side checking the 5 Star Bank where I’ve found Beauty the last couple days. She was there on the east side below the railing in the darkness. I left her and went over to the Strong Museum of Play parking lot to have a look around. From there I could see a juvie near the northeast corner of Xerox.

I drove back over to Broad St. and found 2 juvies on Xerox with their mother hiding from them on the back of the bank still.

I no sooner got settled in when the kids flew off-first Ontario and then Rachel right behind him. They headed east over my head and out of my field of vision. Beauty tried to escape but they saw her and chased after mom. Just before I pulled away I checked Times Square from Broad and Chestnut St.

I drove over to the Court St. bridge (CSB) to join Dan and found the Beautyful one had gone to the Powers building on the northeast corner of the railing. Rachel flew to the Hyatt Hotel a couple minutes later landing on the southwest corner of the lower roof.

Rachel flew southeast out of view after less than a minute on the hotel. I took this time to check the river for my water bird friends. Baby ducks, teenage ducks, a Black-crowned Night Heron and Buddy the duck were on hand to greet me.

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Beauty flew over to the jail tower around 6:15am and around 6:30am Larry reported seeing 2 falcons flying near Xerox with one landing on the northwest corner. I saw one of them fly near the north side of Xerox at that time and lost it when it seemed to land up there.

Larry and Zeke joined us on the CSB after Beauty flew to the Mercury money bag. During the lull I took some pics of starlings on the Wilder building, the eagle statue behind the Blue Cross Arena and yes, more pics of the baby ducklings. I can’t get enough of them! I also have a thing for our American flag so I clicked off a pic of the Powers flag just because!

And then about 6:50am it happened-the highlight of the morning. Beauty flew off Mercury went into a stoop over the CSB heading south. She went after something at the far left end of the locks and suddenly her kids flew in out of nowhere and joined her. She was unsuccessful because of Rachel and Ontario wanting to help mom but it’s all part of the learning experience. The 3 of them flew over to the Cornhill area with all of them taking turns stooping out of sight then back up. It was too much action to keep track of at times and then as quickly as it started it came to an end with the juvies flying over to the Spectrum tower. We didn’t know where Beauty went but we did find Dot.ca on the northeast corner of Powers.

Satisfied after that show Dan and Larry decided to leave while I drove over to the Spectrum parking lot to check on the kids before starting my day.

I ended my downtown watch around 7:15am. On my way to take a friend to the airport I checked Seneca Towers but didn’t find any falcons. No juvies seen there in a few days-I hope to see them again before they start their life’s journey. They’re all branching out further from their nest sites every day and soon they’ll be gone but until then I’ll still be smiling for having shared space with them! 🙂

Click on the links below to check out today’s videos

https://youtu.be/wLnsF7dYGYs

https://youtu.be/la1LrDCZIDs

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