By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

I always check the livestream before leaving the house to check out what Orion is doing.  He flew up to can 4 and perched there for the first time just like his mom. I thought at the time he was going to fledge before I could get there. So when I arrived downtown I fully expected Dan to be telling me he was on a building somewhere. Orion was on the wall and shortly after he flew up and landed on the main cam. I was having trouble deciding whether to stay close by or go up on the Broad St. bridge with Dan and Larry. I walked the bridge and as I got them in sight Larry started yelling excitedly and pointing south over the river toward Court St. I thought for sure Orion had fledged but when I got past the Blue Cross Arena where I could see I instantly knew it wasn’t him but Beauty flying with prey dangling from her talons. They had witnessed her stooping on a pigeon and Larry was so excited! She took it somewhere to clean and pluck and eventually returned to feed Orion. The guys left and Carol and Joyce joined me on the bridge. We ended up going down to the hole for a closer look.

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After being quite active Orion settled down and most of the watch was quiet with Beauty and Dot.Ca hanging out mostly on OCSR  and under the Times Square wings. Visits by DebbieH  and Patsy on their lunch breaks. Carrie and Dan joined us in the afternoon as we searched for shade on a very hot summer day.

Rain moved in late in the day just after Orion had been wing flapping hard and we thought he would go. The rain put an end to that ubtil afterwards when Beauty tried enticing him off with prey scraps. Nothing doing,he wasn’t fledging on this night. I am sure he will be going today sometime. Jeanne,Carrie,Shaky and Diana were on watch with Joyce and I at the end of the night. Again I’m sorry for the short report but time is not in the program while fledge watch is taking place. I must be leaving soon for downtown. I did have a smile on my face for much of the day due to my great falcon friends and the antics of Orion. 🙂

Click the links below for pics and a very short video

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AaN3DFm0ZMWrDpg

http://youtu.be/sExTvCWOVXk

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