By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was an overcast morning with a temperature of 63 (F) 17 (C)

Billie and Seth were on the south end top window ledge to greet me this morning as I started my watch. They were facing each other at each end of the ledge. I started on Seth Green Drive then drove out onto St. Paul St. so I could get a better view of Seth. While I was taping them Buffalo Billie flew south and returned 1 minute later and that was the extent of the action.

This was the first time in a very long time I’ve seen this pair so close together-they’ve been a little busy raising their boys whom I haven’t seen in a couple days.

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I left them as they were for downtown and as  I was pulled over on the Andrews St. bridge I spotted Beauty on the bottom arm of the Frontier Communications tower. (FCT)

I went over to Fitzhugh St. in front of the Sister Cities garage to watch the Beautyful one. The wind was blowing her feathers as she looked around the area.

Beauty preened a little as the sun broke thru the thick cloud cover for a minute or two. She then walked a couple feet to her right.

At 7:25am Beauty flew off to the south.

I left and ended up on the east side behind HSBC where I saw a falcon fly to the southeast corner and land with its back to me. It looked small to me so I think it was Dot.ca or Genesee. I had enough time to get one pic before he took off.

I saw it flying over near Midtown sending all the pigeons in the area scattering every which way. He landed 3 more times on the same corner staying only long enough for a quick look then off again. I kept losing him behind the buildings in the area as he flew in and out of the area and then I didn’t see him again. I had to get going early today so when I found Beauty on the way out of downtown on the northeast corner of the Kodak Office launchpad I didn’t stay too long.

I ended my watch at 8:15am with a smile ! 🙂

Click on the links below to view today’s videos

http://youtu.be/KBq_vk4vuHM

http://youtu.be/GS178oDEDzQ

http://youtu.be/tIELgO0lP68

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was sunny with blue skies and a temperature of 57 (F) 14 (C) to start this morning

I found Billie on the top window ledge south side of Seneca Towers (her spot) as I started my day. She did a little preening and stretching before flying southeast after sharing space with me for  few minutes.

I left for downtown when Buffalo Billie didn’t return. My first stop is always the Andrews St. and today I was pleasantly surprised to have 3 falcons in view from there. Now, who to check first-I opted for Kodak Office (KO).

Dot.ca (DC) was on the northeast corner of playpen netting on KO. Next I was able to ID Genesee as the falcon on the top arm of the Frontier Communications tower (FCT) when I saw his silver right leg band. And last I checked Times Square (TSB) to find that it was Beauty under the northeast wing.

So back to Genesee to observe him while he’s still around as I can see Beauty and DC all winter. He was busy while I watched as he preened, stretched, scratched, pooped a couple times and managed to get in a short nap while watching his surroundings.

Oh and Genesee also had lots to say too!

Genesee graced me with his presence for about 20 minutes then he spread his gorgeous juvie wings and flew northwest at 7:22am.

I went north toward KO and found DC to still be on the northeast corner of the playpen but no sign of Genesee so I left DC again.

The Beautyful one was still on TSB under the northeast wing with her back to the world so I parked in front of the Blue Cross Arena on Exchange Blvd. to get her profile. She too did some preening and stretching.

At 8am Beauty turned to the north and spread her wings leaving my field of vision. I thought she had flown off but when I drove over to the hole parking lot I could see that she had just moved to the north side of the ledge. Then I found out why Beauty went over to the other side-I heard a juvie whining and spotted a head peeking up from the north side of the back lower section of TSB.

I decided to go across the street to the parking lot next to TSB for a closer view. I could see more than just his head from there as he continued to yell at mom.

I thought maybe he was saying feed me but after a while he started plucking feathers and eating something he had under him. So then I thought he was probably saying this is my food and you can’t have it!! teehee

Beauty flew south just before 8:30am and Genesee finished eating and went to the back of the ledge out of view. I was in need of my own breakfast so I left for home where I found no falcons ending my watch at 9am. How nice to see Genesee again today giving me lots of smiles! 🙂

Click on the links below to see today’s vidoes

http://youtu.be/VIETYeL_KC8

http://youtu.be/1hyveY5vGL8

http://youtu.be/YgCTb73xa6k

http://youtu.be/R8zpJGZiKsI

http://youtu.be/XOfIwpHmDfM

http://youtu.be/X_um-t8uY6U

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was a bit cloudy to start with a temperature of 60 (F) 16 (C)

Last night at Seneca Towers (ST) from the west balcony I spotted Sellie on the south side bridge ledge eating around 6:15pm. While I was on the balcony I also spotted an osprey in the osprey tree again south of here up river. And I took a couple pics of the small Koi fish pond below across from the main entrance to ST.

He finished eating about a half hour as I observed him from the window at the north end of my 16th floor where I had a bit of a closer view. Joyce was on the west side of the river and saw another larger juvie join Sellie a while later after I went back to my apartment. I think Cadence may be hanging out here the last couple days as I thought I’d seen a big juvie as well.

Sellie done eating

Fast forward to this morning-I spotted a falcon on the south top window ledge but it flew off heading east just as I came to a stop. I waited for it a little bit then headed south to downtown where I had quite a falconless watch until the very end. In my travels I spotted the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile at the Radisson Hotel and I watched the river inhabitants from the Broad St. bridge to entertain myself.

As always click on all my pics to see the full version

During another trip around downtown I took pics of flowers to keep me from getting bored while our falcons played hide and seek (mostly hide). Hold your cursor over the pics to see the caption that tells where the pics were taken.

I searched for an hour before leaving to run an errand and when I got back the roads were coned off for a running race and most roads were blocked off for the Puerto Rican parade and festival. Traffic was backed up and I didn’t have too many places I could go look for falcons. Floats for the parade were turning down Andrews St. at State St. and lining up on the bridge. I managed to spot Beauty on the bottom arm of the Frontier Communications tower from down on  State St. near Kodak Office.

I had to leave from there as I was in the lane for the runners and just before I pulled away a bunch of motorcycles for the parade went around me followed by a runner.

It was quite the strange falcon watch this morning but the Beautyful one came thru to give me reason to smile! 🙂

Click on the links below to see my videos

http://youtu.be/s7aMrGNoqTE

http://youtu.be/iU9KDCsHJfo

http://youtu.be/xagZfAy-F-g

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

What a difference a day makes! Yesterday morning it was 77 (F) degrees and muggy when I started my watch-today 64 (F) 18 (C) and no humidity.

Just before 8pm last night I saw 2 falcons flying south over the river at tree top level. They went past the osprey tree (OT) which had one in it at the time. It looked like a juvie that buzzed the osprey then they both flew off with the osprey returning to land back in the OT. It dropped what I believe was a fish and then a juvie landed in the tree above it.

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A few minutes later the juvie was gone and I noticed another osprey in a tree further up river from the OT. As you can see, the leaves in the gorge are turning color already.

15 minutes later as I was on the west balcony I heard a juvie and saw it fly in from the north and go above the building. It reappeared at the south end before flying east out of view just before dark.

This morning I neither saw or heard a falcon at Seneca Towers. It was a while before I found any falcons downtown but as I was stopped on the Broad St. bridge I spotted one on the top arm of the jail tower and one on the middle arm of the Frontier Communications tower (FCT). I decided to go to Troup St. to check the jail bird first-it turned out to be Dot.ca (DC).

I left right away to check out who was on FCT. I had a bad angle on it from the City Hall parking lot but I thought it was a juvie. It took off while I was checking my pic of it.

A few minutes later I spotted Beauty on the south side arch of Kodak Office (KO) preening. I then wondered if it had been Beauty on FCT with her dark coloring.

10 minutes later at 7:06am a juvie flew in jabbering and landed on the northeast corner of the 20th floor of KO. It was an old friend-Genesee!!!! I saw his silver right leg band confirming it was him-he hadn’t been seen for over a week and we thought he was gone for good. Or maybe it was him on HSBC yesterday morning or, as I suspected the bird on FCT a little while ago and not the Beautyful one. Still, the prodigal son has returned to downtown Rochester.

Since his back was to me I left my spot near State and Platt St. to go down to State and Brown St. where I had a better angle on him.

Genesee did some preening, pooped then walked to the south end of the ledge and flew off circling the tower and squawking no doubt at his mom on the arch.

Genesee came to rest on the northwest corner of the playpen netting still vocalizing. He may have been crying to mom to feed him as there was nothing in his crop. Genesee flew off around 7:30am circled the tower a few times then all went quiet.

I drove around to the south side of KO and could see that Beauty was gone as well. It would be nearly 2 hours before I saw another falcon. Just when I was about to leave downtown, from the Andrews St. bridge I spotted who I believe was DC because of the whiteness in the Powers nest box.

I ended my watch at 10am at Seneca Towers with no falcons present. What a nice surprise to see Genesee this morning making me smile! 🙂

Click on the links below to see today’s videos and a bonus video of an osprey from yesterday

http://youtu.be/eHQUzy4mI0c

http://youtu.be/uOTB9c8apUQ

http://youtu.be/-EOFcMCcmhY

http://youtu.be/EKzVueNouFE

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was a very balmy and humid 77 (F) 25 (C) degrees at 6am this morning with a busy breeze and partly to mostly cloudy skies

Today was the first time in a while that I didn’t see any falcons at Seneca Towers in the morning. Kids are branching out and the adults seem to be out there with them as well. I am however, still seeing at least one juvie downtown-I guess it’s not over til the fat lady sings eh!?

I found Dot.ca (DC) on the northeast corner of the Kodak Office playpen netting just about the same time as Shaky tweeted out that there was a falcon on the west corner top I-beam of OCSR. I stayed with DC briefly then went down to park on State St. across from the Rochester Plaza Hotel to see that it was Beauty on OCSR with her back to me.

After a few minutes the Beautyful one  took off heading southwest. As I looked up toward Times Square I thought I saw another falcon meet Beauty over Exchange Blvd. then they quickly went out of view.

I went in search of her and instead found a juvie on the southwest corner of HSBC on the east side of the river from Woodbury Blvd. I drove over to Chestnut St. for a closer look but I couldn’t get a clear enough pic to see if it had leg bands or not so I can’t say if it was one of ours or just one passing through our fair city. It was easy to see that it had a full crop though!

This juvie flew off at 7:22am going in the direction of the river to the west.

10 minutes later I spotted a juvie on the 2nd arm of the Frontier Communications tower from the Andrews St. bridge. By the time I got over to check it out it was gone. I think it was the same one that was on HSBC.

After a look around for it I found Beauty and DC on KO from State and Platt St. She was on the northeast corner of the launchpad and he was below her on the left side of the east arch above the playpen.

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I switched angles and drove down to Brown and State St. where I could see the front of DC. The lighting was not as good there but at least I wasn’t looking at his back from there.

They were both doing some preening-DC pooped and was napping as well.

I left them around 8:20am and headed for home to check for the ST falcons. I had no luck finding any falcons but when I got up to my apartment I spotted a Great Blue Heron and an Osprey in the same tree up river from ST on the west side bank. This is the same tree I’ve seen both species in before but not at the same time. The Osprey was eating a fish with its back to me. I officially ended my watch at 9:15am from my living room.

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I guess if you can’t find falcons to make ya smile an Osprey and Great Blue Heron will do the trick! 🙂

Click on the links below to see today’s videos

http://youtu.be/erIUSIzybqo

http://youtu.be/EV_VBlfIxwk

http://youtu.be/jO4fhdS_S2o

http://youtu.be/GMO_N0ASvEo

http://youtu.be/1g9FQ8Mdv1Y

http://youtu.be/FfnzWcyUo-0

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was like a sauna when I stepped out today with overcast conditions, a temperature of 71 (F) 22 (C) and high humidity

Last night (Monday) around 4:15pm I checked for falcons from the west balcony of my 16th floor of Seneca Towers (ST). I spotted a juvie as I looked down at the tree tops below me in Seth Green Park. It flew straight up toward the heavens out of view. I went back to my apartment after it didn’t return.

Half hour later a juvie flew past my living room window so back out to the west balcony I went. From there I witnessed the juvie fly to the bridge and go to several different spots and barely touch down then off again. It went under the middle arch of the bridge a couple times and eventually disappeared to the north. I believe he was looking for cached food. Later in the evening I found what I believe was an osprey up river in a tree on the west bank of the gorge.

The moment I set foot on the west balcony this morning I heard the distinct sound of a juvie whining. Before I had time to get my camera out of the case and turned on a juvie came flying out from the south end of the building. He flew back toward the east out of view and all went quiet.

I then went down to my car to check the perimeter of the building. As I was parking on Seth Green Drive I spotted a juvie on the west side railing near the northwest corner then off when I stopped the car. He flew around squawking the whole time and landed on the west side railing below the refuse shoot then off to the southeast corner of the building and quickly off again to land on the south end of the building below the tall antenna.

I believe this juvie was Sellie-5 minutes later he quietly flew off to the east and never returned.

I left for downtown at 6:45am and drove around in search of falcons for an hour before finding a falcon on the jail tower as I was pulled over on the Broad St. bridge (BSB). It had its back to me and looked like Beauty.

I drove to Troup St. for a better look  and to my pleasant surprise found that it was in fact, a juvie. I’m pretty sure it was Cadence as she resembles her mother and has fooled me in the past thinking I was looking at the Beautyful one.

She flew off while I was tweeting my findings and I was not able to find her or any other falcons again thus ending my watch at 8:30am. It’s slim pickings these days for us falcon watchers but as I had an all juvie watch today I’m still smiling! 🙂

Click on the links below to view todays  videos

http://youtu.be/PMMI-HFBaoI

http://youtu.be/BJJnhmPzUOY

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was a clear morning as the sun came up with a temperature of 66(F) 19(C)

Cam watcher and very good friend Donna, and her daughter Kara, came in from New Jersey Friday night for a weekend visit. I met them out in the visitor parking on Seth Green Dr. and as we were walking to the building a juvie flew in welcoming them and went down the west side of the roof out of view. We’ve been busy since they arrived and so I didn’t have a report written yesterday. Any falcon watching we’ve done has been here at Seneca Towers on both the 16th and 22nd(top) floor west and east balconies at dusk and dawn.

Friday night as we were on the east side 22nd floor a juvie and an adult suddenly appeared from above the roof to our right and flew east. Then a second later the other juvie flew out from right above us-we could have practically touched it if we had reached up. It flew around and appeared a couple times whining practically the whole time. Saturday morning there was a juvie on the south side bridge ledge for maybe a minute, then it was gone. No other sightings on Saturday as we were busy doing this and that.

This morning (Sunday) just as the sun was coming up Donna heard juvies and then saw them fly over the river then up over the building possibly landing out of view. 10 minutes later a juvie was flying above building squawking loudly, flying north to south a couple times then it went silent with no more sightings. Fast forward an hour on my 16th floor west side balcony-we heard a juvie down below us in Seth Green Park, then saw 2 falcons fly just above the surface of the river to the west side of the gorge shoreline and land in a half dead tree. Only one juvie was visible

A minute later they both flew out crossing the river and landed in a tree on the west side right below us but not in view. We believe one adult and one juvie at this point. Less than a half hour later we spotted 3 falcons flying over the river close to the shore on the west side of the gorge. 2 of them landed in the trees on the west side, like before we couldn’t see them. The other one, (a juvie) flew out over the river after a gull that was passing thru. It tagged it, driving the gull to land in the river then made a couple passes, tagging it again while it was in the river.

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The juvie then flew back to the east side and joined the others in the trees below us. About 20 minutes later one juvie and one adult were seen flying up and down the river close to the west side going in and out of view between the trees and landing in the trees. That was it, there was no more activity witnessed as I believe they settled in for a rest period. We hope to get downtown this evening to check out those falcons. We are doing a lot of smiling! 🙂

Below is the link for a very short snippet video

https://youtu.be/WkTmY8Nb8vQ

By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

As the temperatures are rising here in Rochester, NY, we continue to see our young female juvie Cadence.

Friday – 8/14/15 (10:45 am – 7:30 pm)

I started my watch at the west end of Kodak Park (KPW), where we have seen many Peregrine Falcons over the years.  This location is not that far from Seneca Towers.  My thought was that the two tall stacks at this location may be a magnet for young falcons.  Well, there were none there on Friday morning.  Joyce stopped by while I was there.  She went to Seneca Towers, where she reported seeing one falcon, and I headed downtown.

Beauty was on the south side arch ledge on the Kodak Tower.  From the Broad St Bridge (BSB), I spotted a juvie falcon on the north end of Thomson Reuters on the northeast corner.  She was watching the birds on and above the river below her.

Cadence took off while I wasn’t watching her, so I didn’t know which direction she went.  She wasn’t gone long.  For the next few hours Cadence mostly remained on the base of  Mercury, flying off and returning 4 or 5 times.  During that time, I was joined by Joyce and Brian.  Dark clouds moved in and so did the rain.  Dot.ca flew in and landed on the south side of OCSR on the top IBeam.  It took me awhile, but I finally saw Cadence’s blue-taped band.

It started to pour, so I jumped back into my car and waited it out.  Finally the dark clouds moved out, the rain stopped and the sun appeared.  Since Cadence had her back to me, I decided to move to Aqueduct St aka “the hole”.  From there, she would be facing me and the sun would be behind me.  Joyce returned from taking Brian home and I was also joined by Pat and Debbie H for a short time.  It was great seeing both of them.  🙂  After they left, Kathy O joined the Watch.  Cadence was vocalizing quite loudly, letting her parents know she was hungry.

At 5:45 pm, Cadence took off again heading NW. After she left we looked up to see that Beauty had replaced Dot.ca on the OCSR top Ibeam.  We could not find Cadence, so we all split up to look for her.

I returned to Aqueduct St at 6:15 pm.  As I was approaching, I saw a falcon fly up to the base of Mercury on the east side.  I attempted to see this falcon from the small parking lot on the north side of Mercury, but could not see it.  When I turned around, I spotted a falcon eating on the east end of the Wilder Bldg near the SE corner.  It was Cadence.  She had a large bird, and feathers were flying.  Kathy drove up to the Broad St Bridge and reported back that Dot.ca was on the base of Mercury eating, even though he had a very large crop.  Beauty remained on OCSR.

None of us witnessed what happened, so we’re not sure how Cadence got her meal.

At 7:30 pm, we ended our watch, as Cadence continue to fill her crop with a good meal.  Beauty remained watching over her from the OCSR.  Dot.ca had flown northwest earlier.

Saturday – 8/15/15 (3:30 pm – 8:00 pm)

Main St, Broad St, Court St and much of the surround area was closed for the Rochester Twilight Criterium a bike race that officially didn’t start until 8 pm.  But, they were racing while I was there, probably preliminary runs.  Due to this, I could not get near where I normally watch from.  I circled the downtown area, checking it from all directions.  I had no luck finding any falcons until I was checking out the east side.  A falcon flew over me and landed on the RGS bldg.  I quickly parked my car and saw that it was a juvie.  I am fairly certain it was Cadence, but I never saw the blue band to verify.

She took off and I soon saw two falcons flying over heading east.  I parked behind Midtown Plaza and watched from there.  A juvie returned and hovered over the Chase Tower, vocalizing.  I assume that it landed up there when it was quiet.  Brian arrived and said he saw a falcon stoop heading north.  We remained behind Midtown for awhile before heading to the pedestrian bridge at High Falls.

Before I left at 7:30 pm, we had two falcons in view from there.  An adult on the south side arch on the Kodak Tower and a falcon facing west on the top arm of the Frontier Comm Tower.  Pretty sure that was also an adult.

On my way home, I made a quick stop at Maplewood Park, across the river from Seneca Towers.  I could not see any falcons from there.  Also none found at the Kodak Research Labs.

It’s been great seeing Cadence.  While I was watching her yesterday, she did stoop from the base of Mercury on a pigeon flying over the river.  She chased it, but was unsuccessful catching it.  So, she is practicing her hunting skills and may have already caught something on her own.

The last time we had all four downtown Rochester Falcons confirmed was at approximately 8:00 pm on Tuesday, 8/11/15.

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Had a great start weather wise with sunny blue skies and a temperature of 66 (F) 19 (C) but by the end clouds took over

So I hadn’t been seeing Seth or the juvies at Seneca Towers lately but now I’m not even seeing Billie in the morning. Been quiet at night too. I’m not ready to say good bye yet!!! Anyway, downtown falcons have been scarce too the last few days but I have managed to see Beauty, Dot.ca (DC) and Cadence at times. Today I didn’t see a falcon until nearly 2 hours after I started out. After the first hour or so I decided to check the University of Rochester campus and Strong Memorial Hospital as I had gotten a couple tips that falcons had been seen and heard at both sites recently. I never saw or heard any but I saw some deer that eventually got scared off by a man walking his dog.

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While I was checking these places I got tweets from Donna (thanks D) saying there was a falcon on the northeast cube and then the platform railing of the Frontier Communications tower (FCT). And Larry tweeted from Winthrop St. (East Ave. area near Little Theater)  that he could see no falcons from there. When I returned to downtown I went straight to the City Hall parking lot where I found Beauty on the middle arm of FCT with her back to me.

Although I knew the back lighting would be awful from Plymouth Ave. I decided to go there anyway so I could see the front of the Beautyful one. She stayed about 10 minutes then stooped to the west at 8:49am.

I drove west and checked out all the buildings near Main and Broad St. but didn’t find her. 15 minutes later as I was driving east on the Broad St. bridge (BSB) I spotted 2 falcons flying above Xerox. They were the same size and one had rough looking wing feathers so that told me it was Beauty and Cadence. They were riding the therms as it was quite breezy out. I moved to Court St. across from the Court St. parking garage after they disappeared and reappeared.

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After 10 minutes they split up with Cadence going to the northeast corner of the railing below Mercury. I caught up with her on the Broad St. bridge.

It was during this time that the clouds really started to take over between 9-9:30am. Cadence was busy watching pigeons fly back and forth over the river below her and also the rest of the area with a little preening in between.

Crews were lining up portable bathrooms near the Rundell library for an event and so I decided it was time to go and get out of the way as there was lots of activity on the BSB. Cadence gave a wink as I said goodbye ending my watch at 10:15am.

So another ladies only morning watch down in the books with a smile! 🙂

Click on the links below to see today’s videos

http://youtu.be/M_LK6z_2f6A

http://youtu.be/G9owGNs1vaY

http://youtu.be/z2GQy_F72Eo

http://youtu.be/YY2xRPTZmdg

http://youtu.be/i6aZRG6xFqU

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was back to sunny blue skies this morning with a starting temperature of 53 (F) 12 (C)

There were no falcons at Seneca Towers when I left today and I was beginning to wonder if they all went to a falcon convention as I wasn’t finding any downtown either. Finally, around 6:40am I spotted Dot.ca (DC) on the northeast cube of the Frontier Communications tower (FCT) from the Andrews St. bridge (ASB). I went over to the City Hall parking lot but DC had his back to me as he was finishing up eating. I decided to go down on Fitzhugh St. in front of the Sister Cities parking garage for a better angle as I wasn’t quite sure who it was yet. DC started feaking and as I was about to tweet it out, Shaky reported a falcon there as he was checking with pan cam.

DC flew southeast a couple minutes later. I went to the Court St. bridge on my way to check the east side and noticed a falcon flying above Xerox for a few seconds and then it disappeared as I reached for my camera. About an hour later, Larry reported from Winthrop St. that he could see no falcons on the east side. At about the same time I found DC on the top I beam south corner of OCSR from the Broad St. bridge (BSB). I went down to the hole where Bank Place meets Aqueduct St. for a closer look and suddenly I heard a juvie whining. I looked up to see Cadence land on the heel of Mercury.

A minute later I caught DC just as he flew off heading northwest and as I looked back to Mercury Cadence took off right after him whining the whole way.

I went to the Andrews St. bridge and spotted a falcon on the bottom arm of FCT so I drove over to the City Hall parking lot where I found Beauty on the arm and DC on the beam between the northeast and southeast cubes with his back to me. Cadence came flying in noisily screaming at mom and dad and landed below the platform near DC. She too, had her back to me.

It was another short stay for Cadence as she took off after the Beautyful one a couple minutes later as mom flew east just before 8am. I left to look for them but never saw them again. I checked back on FCT for DC and found him to be still there preening.

That about wraps it up for today’s watch-I checked the High Falls gorge unsuccessfully on my way out of downtown. With no falcon sightings at Seneca Towers I ended my watch at 9am. We have at least one juvie, Cadence still around to make us smile! 🙂

Click on the links below to view today’s videos

http://youtu.be/BilSekyD65k

http://youtu.be/EkmsJnPyUs8