By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

I got a break today from the bus and dragging my cart around all day cuz Joyce picked me up for a fledge watch. Thanks! As soon as we arrived on the Broad St. bridge there was action. Dot.Ca was a stooping maniac as he excited us with 4 stoops including  down the front of the Times Square building for Orion to see! Also he and Beauty chased a crow out of the area together! Woohoo what a way to wake up!!!  After things settled down Beauty ended up on the base of Mercury, DC on the Wilder fire escape and Orion front and center to see all.

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Pat and DebbieH came by for a bit before work. DC went to the heel of Mercury where Beauty barked some orders at him as Orion watched them. KathyO stopped for a quick look/see. Both adults fed Orion a tiny bit trying to tease him into fledging with no luck. They both flew back and forth in front of the Times Square building to get him to follow and no luck with that either. So what’s a pair of falcon parents to do? Hang out on Mercury together and discuss things, well Beauty did all the discussing! She did a lot of talking today. lol

They would also go to OCSR and under the wings of Times Sqaure to wait it out- and wait they did! Most of the rest of the day was spent waiting and waiting for this kid to fly but he would have none of it! He explored the top of cam 4 where his mum likes to perch at night while he sleeps and from there to the top of the main cam. He ran around the well wall and flew from one spot to the next in the nest box and well areas.

He’s ready to go he just doesn’t know it…yet.

Carol joined the watch around 11 :30am. We met Newbie(Suzanne) who works in the Bausch&Lomb building.  Dana joined us as well. Things stayed quiet in the afternoon. Willie and Dan and SusanC were with us into the evening hours. Orion did lots of flapping throughout the day but no fledge. At the end of the fledge watch Jeanne and Lisa came to see Orion flying from cam 4 to the main cam and back. We thought for sure he would slip off and have to fledge but that little daredevil  caught himself every time ending up at the nest box. As we got ready to end the watch and leave Dan brought the full moon to our attention-of course I took a pic!  So another 14 hour fledge watch was in the books for me. I have to say it’s nice to see the Beautyful one and DC  displaying team work where Orion is concerned, certainly something I would never have thought would happen back in the spring. Tomorrow is another day and hopefully a fledge will take place which will make all of us smile! 🙂

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