Falcon watch 6-17-12
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
Just a quick report of a short watch this morning. As I walked up Exchange from Main street after getting off the bus I looked up at the Times Square building just in time to see the Beautyful one fly from the nest box. I lost sight of her behind the Phillipone building as she flew to the southeast. Donna and Campgee let me know that Dot.Ca had switched with her in the nest box. I started to walk up the Broad Street bridge and found DC on the heel of Mercury.
As I walked further onto the bridge he went down to the base of Mercury and I almost didn’t see him there. DC took off soon after flying southeast until I could no longer see him with the naked eye.
Larry stopped by for a couple minutes and 2 Great Blue Herons came flying in from the north. 1 landed in the river and the other on the south end rooftop of the Blue Cross Arena.
After a while it flew to the north end of the roof landing above the sign.
Everything was quiet so I decided to beat feet out of downtown before it got too hot. A short but sweet watch that left me smiling! 🙂
click on the links below for more pics and a short video of Dot.Ca
http://pix.kg/p/306208806213%3A637472601/scl
June 17th, 2012 at 11:14 AM
Great falcon and heron shots, MAK, and great to see DC on Mercury!
June 17th, 2012 at 2:00 PM
Great pics and video MAK.
Thanks for sharing 🙂
June 17th, 2012 at 5:52 PM
Thanks for sharing your photos. Is there a projected date for hatching of the falcon babes?
June 17th, 2012 at 8:43 PM
I love the shots of the pefas on Mercury! Perfect! But the GBH on the BC Arena is outstanding! Love it. I don’t remember seeing them up there before. Is it usual for them to be up there? Great shots and report.
June 17th, 2012 at 11:14 PM
I love seeing falcons on Mercury as well. @Melinda-we are thinking close to June 23rd for a hatch. @Margaret-It was a first for me seeing a GBH on the Blue Cross Arena however, I did photograph one on the roof of the Rundell Library once. Thanks everyone for your kind words. 🙂
June 20th, 2012 at 5:43 AM
Looks like one hatch at around 0643 Wednesday
June 21st, 2012 at 12:17 PM
As always, great photos & video! Thank you.