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5866  Rochester Falcons / Rochester Falcon Discussion / Re: 2013 Pictures from the Rfalconcam Cameras on: 09-Mar-13, 04:51:23 PM
UT on top of the Nest Box

5867  Member Activities / Birthdays / Re: Happy Birthday Mary Tyson on: 08-Mar-13, 10:55:31 PM
Happy Birthday Mary!!!

I truly hope you had a wonderful day

 rose rose rose birthday rose rose rose
5868  Rochester Falcons / Falcon Watches / Re: A Late Thursday Afternoon Watch - 3/7/13 on: 08-Mar-13, 08:45:15 PM
Nice report and pictures Carol.
Thank you.
                    music
                        Lola


Thank you Lola!   wave
5869  Rochester Falcons / Rochester Falcons History / Re: Carol P's Blast from the Past Falcon Watch Reports on: 07-Mar-13, 11:11:17 PM
Here is another Blast from the Past Watch Report!  This one is from Rochester Falcon Watcher Dawn from June 29, 2008.  Not from the cave man days, but old enough.   lol

"A Long Post on a Short Day"

No gorge or tower flying today for these five when I was there today.
I went to the tower at 10:30 am. No falcons to be found. Off in the
distance we saw them flying above the tall downtown buildings. Joyce
showed up and Brian & I took a ride with her to the communication
tower where there was a juvie (Seneca maybe). We looked at her for
awhile and then drove near the Xerox building. Up we went in a
parking garage to the top level, right across from the Xerox Tower
and Bausch & Lomb building. BTW, I'm now calling that Pizza Stone II
(after Shaker's high rise garage parking in Cleveland). It was so hot
there! There were at least 3 juvies and M & K. Quest was very easy
identifiable with her transmitter. We were thinking Zephyr was on the
edge of the B & L building. Not sure who the third juvie was. They
played a little talon tag a couple of times and then disappeared
around the opposite side of Xerox. On the way back to falcon
headquarters I spotted our little gal still up on the communications
tower.

Anyway, I'm thinking that's very likely they may not go to the gorge
area this year. A lot of variables around the tower. New construction,
two less stacks, etc. It seems like Mariah is heading them right
downtown. I don't think it's the first time, however. I think this
has happened before from what I've heard. I hope Mariah gets them
back to the tower tonight. She's such a good mom!

Hopefully, we will find them next season with the new move and all.
And I'm hoping they don't take up residence in the heart of downtown!

A few out of towners still here today that I saw....Judy, Ei, Kapi,
the three gals from Kentucky. Sorry I'm bad at names. Our regular
watch people Carol P, Joyce, Brian H, Ginha, Dave, Kelly, Shaky,
Carrie, Lou, Dana, Linda (our tatooo woman). Great fun, great people!!

Dawn
5870  Member Activities / Birthdays / Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY DONNA! on: 07-Mar-13, 08:53:16 PM
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday Dear Donna!
Happy Birthday to you!

Hope you had a wonderful day!
5871  Rochester Falcons / Rochester Falcons History / Re: Carol P's Blast from the Past Falcon Watch Reports on: 06-Mar-13, 06:20:38 PM
Okay Patsy. Will do.

By the way, has anyone figured out the descendents of the watchers in the caveman report?  All can be identified...

Lou

Dana, Dan, Lou, Lisa, (Shaky) was a given. Cathy??  Brian, Carol.....one looks like MAK, was she there in the caveman days?? Watchers alunda Falcons!! heart heart wub2

Shaky must have been a family name that endured all these years.   Wink
5872  Rochester Falcons / Rochester Falcons History / Re: Carol P's Blast from the Past Falcon Watch Reports on: 04-Mar-13, 09:21:06 PM
Here's another one from a few years ago.  Ahhh for the good old caveman birdwatching days...

 harhar
5873  Rochester Falcons / Rochester Falcons History / Re: Carol P's Blast from the Past Falcon Watch Reports on: 04-Mar-13, 09:20:09 PM
Is this perhaps the first sighting of Beauty and Archer in Rochester?

Patsy - This was too early for Beauty and Archer.  Beauty was actually first spotted at the BS location and Archer was Mariah's mate for a short while before she lost her territory.
Ah, okay, thanks Carol.  I didn't know Beauty once made BS her home, and I think I forgot on purpose that Mariah and Archer were mates at one time (don't want to think about that grandmother/grandson thing).   Shocked

Someone had mentioned in one of the comments...before Beauty was ID'd at BS her nickname was Clarice. And if memory serves me correctly, she was hanging out there with Zephyr. Or at least he was spotted with her once. Winter 2008-2009. And as much as I love her now & hate to recall it, she is the female who took down Mariah.

Zephyr was seen at the end of March, 2009, in his juvie plumage doing lots of fancy flying and vocalizing for Beauty when she was still at the BS location.  Of course at that time, we had not positively ID'd her.  I think I have a video out there on Youtube showing Zephyr flying for Beauty.  Since then, there has not been any reported sightings of Zephyr.
5874  Rochester Falcons / Rochester Falcons History / Re: Carol P's Blast from the Past Falcon Watch Reports on: 04-Mar-13, 09:05:24 PM
Have you known Cabot-Sirocco, Carol? He is my first falcon. I remember the news on Toronto TV many years ago.

I do remember Cabot-Sirocco Penelope.  I was more a lurker back then though and wasn't involved with the Falcon Watch officially. 

My friend and long time Watcher Dan has told me many wonderful stories about watching Cabot-Sirocco, Mariah and their young.  He told me C-S was a very large tiercel and that he and Mariah were incredible together.  He was missed by many when he did not return.   heart

His and Mariah's daughter, Ranger, continues to be seen in Toronto, very close to where her father was born.  That is so amazing.
5875  Rochester Falcons / Rochester Falcons History / Re: Carol P's Blast from the Past Falcon Watch Reports on: 01-Mar-13, 11:57:11 PM
Here's a real blast from the past!

Jim P's Noon Hour Falcon Watch Report from August 8, 2002.  The juvie in this report is Freedom, Archer's dad!

I got out to the bridge late today, arriving about 12:40.  Andrea, Kathy R and Dan were clustered at the east end of the Pont du Rennes bridge.  I thought nothing of that as I waved a hello, until they began beckoning me with urgent arm flapping and pointing.  Instant intrigue and excitement gripped me, and I shifted into high gear, sprinting the last couple hundred feet and reaching back into my lumbar pack for binoculars and camera (not an easy feat, let me tell you! :-D )

My fellow watchers eagerly indicated Freedom sitting on a sumac branch, in nearly an identical position to that which Chris reported on several days ago.  I turned on my camera, but it balked at my urgent desire to take a picture.  Checking the LCD status display, I saw the reason why-- Low Battery :-( .  Muttering muffled curses at Mr. Murphy and decrying this downside of digital photography, I doffed my pack and reached quickly for the spare battery which I always carry.  In a few seconds, I was powered up and ready to shoot.  I got this closeup of the Juvenile while Dan recounted how he'd watched Freedom take a bath in the pools below the bridge before flying up to his present perch.

Wow!  This was even closer than the pictures I took of Freedom a couple weeks ago on the railroad trestle.  What a treat!  I took dozens of shots, just for the sheer joy of observing this terrific bird so closely.  He seemed alternately to be drowsing (his eyes were often closed, and alert.  He didn't miss any of the birds that flew by either, swiveling his quickly, even tilting it at some pretty odd angles.  Some strident chirping presaged the arrival of a robin which quite brazenly approached and challenged Freedom (who looks rather bored and unimpressed).  Perhaps the raptor had invaded its territory, or perhaps the robin simply had a daredevil complex.  In any event, it chittered at the juvenile for a while, then flew up into the foliage and out of sight.

Soon after that, Freedom apparently decided he'd had enough rest.  He began to rouse, providing us a good look at his leg bands .  Here you can see the red and black band on Freedom's left leg, and the faded orange tape covering his US Fish and Wildlife ID tag on his right leg. Then he stretched his wings , in what we took to be preparation for a flight.  A final look around , and he was off, soaring over the gorge.  I caught a short video clip of the end of his flight, where it appeared he landed in the trees near the top of the gorge.  It was not until we moved west on the bridge that Eagle-eyed Dan located first Mariah, then Freedom on the gorge wall itself.  It is practically impossible to pick out the falcons on the gorge wall unless you see them actually land.  Mariah was particularly hard to spot, perched as she was in a shadowed cleft in the wall with her head obscured by intervening foliage.  Had there not been wildflowers growing on the wall near Freedom's location, I would likely never have spotted him.  As it was, Dan had to describe his location to me twice before I found him.  Then, until I memorized the details of the rocks and tree branches, I kept losing sight of them whenever I switched from camera to binoculars.

I'm convinced that many of these days we have not seen the falcons they have, in fact, been nesting nearly under our noses.  They are simply so hard to spot on the gorge wall that if they are napping, or just not moving, our chances of finding them are next to zero.  Nevertheless, we were quite fortunate today, and our watch was a real treat!
5876  Rochester Falcons / Rochester Falcons History / Re: Carol P's Blast from the Past Falcon Watch Reports on: 01-Mar-13, 11:48:46 PM
Is this perhaps the first sighting of Beauty and Archer in Rochester?

Patsy - This was too early for Beauty and Archer.  Beauty was actually first spotted at the BS location and Archer was Mariah's mate for a short while before she lost her territory.
5877  Rochester Falcons / Rochester Falcon Discussion / Re: 2013 Pictures from the Rfalconcam Cameras on: 01-Mar-13, 07:44:44 PM
Interesting comparison Donna.  Looks too small to be Beauty in today's Mercury pic.
5878  Rochester Falcons / Rochester Falcons History / Re: Carol P's Blast from the Past Falcon Watch Reports on: 26-Feb-13, 11:02:15 PM
11/16/08 - A Falcon Watch Report from Lisa McK.

Falcon Watch Sunday 4:00-5:15 p.m.

Hi Everyone,

I headed out for a little birdwatching today. After checking out the
pier for the snowy owls reported there and finding nothing, I headed
downtown. I arrived around 4:00 p.m. and found a falcon sitting
between the rockets on the south side of Kodak Tower. After watching
for a few minutes, I headed downtown to look for more falcons. My
first stop was on Andrews St bridge, nothing on Changing Scenes or the
communication tower. I looked back at Kodak Tower and the falcon was
gone. Hmmm, where did it go?

I headed to the Sister's City Garage and drove to the top. Again
nothing on the communication tower and nothing on the Powers Building.
Once again I looked back at Kodak Tower and now there was a falcon
perched by the rocket on the southeast corner. Time to head back to
Kodak.

I parked on Plymouth Ave by the ballpark and when I looked up at Kodak
Tower, the falcon was gone. Ok! Is someone playing a game with me?!

I started to head towards downtown, but at Morrie Silver Dr & State
St. I saw Joyce's car parked on Platt St. So I parked near her car
and followed Joyce and Brian out on the bridge. They reported that
the falcon flew southeast toward the Midtown area. They had seen her
before she flew off and did not believe it was Mariah. No split wing
tip and a real dark head. After seeing nothing from the bridge, we
all stopped at the High Falls Museum to say hello to Sally.

When we left the Museum around 4:30, Brian reported seeing the falcon
flying between the Hyatt Hotel and Xerox. I decided to head to the
Broad St bridge, followed by Joyce and Brian. Upon arriving at the
Broad St bridge we saw the falcon flying around the south side of
Xerox Tower, so we headed over to the Frontier Parking lot.

Now for the best part of the watch!!!!

There were two, yes two falcons, flying around the top of Xerox Tower.
A male and a female. They were both showing off for each other.
Neither falcon had the split wing tip and it was definitely a male and
a female. It was "young love", it felt more like a March watch with
the male and female performing courtship rituals than November. We
watched until first the female, then the male stooped out of our sight
behind the building to the south.

It was the most exciting watch I have had all fall. Looking forward
to tomorrows lunch time watch, despite the cold temperatures.

Lisa McK.
5879  Rochester Falcons / Rochester Falcon Discussion / Re: 2013 Pictures from the Rfalconcam Cameras on: 26-Feb-13, 10:41:19 PM
Oh, look.  It's snowing.   snowing



No, you sure?? It's about time!! devil

It's been so long since we've had snow.  NOT!   lol
5880  Rochester Falcons / Rochester Falcon Discussion / Re: 2013 Pictures from the Rfalconcam Cameras on: 26-Feb-13, 10:36:31 PM
Oh, look.  It's snowing.   snowing

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