Rochester Falcon Watcher: Carrie

As I arrived Downtown at 12:45, Larry O. and Jim P. let me know where to find “everyone.”  Both juveniles were on the north side of the well-wall.  Archer was on the southeast side of Times Square, above the nest box.  Beauty was nowhere to be seen.  Once Beauty returned to Times Square, around 1:00, she flew and landed near the juveniles repeatedly.  The juveniles, in the meantime, were sitting, walking and flapping along the well-wall and the main camera.

At 3:15, Beauty flew in very slowly with prey.  She dropped this off and the juveniles ate on their own.  From below, it looked like Beauty eventually joined in.  She then took the remainder to the green (copper) line of the Wilder Building at 3:45, where she stashed it.  Shortly after the prey was stashed, Beauty began flying in front of the juveniles, and landing on and off the ledge – teaching and/or enticing.

Other watchers during this fledge watch were Dan, Carla P., Kris G. and her husband, with Carol P., Dawn, and Margaret showing up for Margaret’s watch.

– Carrie

Rochester Falcon Watcher: Carol P.

No fledges yet.

I arrived downtown a little before 4 pm.  I spotted Brian H on top of the South Ave garage and Beauty at the base of the Mercury statue, prepping dinner for her two eyases.  Archer was on the top I-Beam of the old Changing Scenes Restaurant.

At 4:30, Beauty took the prey up to the nest box and fed Callidora and Jemison for what seemed like a very long time.  Good.   They would have nice full crops tonite.

Brian, MAK and Deborah joined me.  It was very sunny and warm, so we ended up in the shade on the north side of the War Memorial.  When Deborah left, we moved to the north side of Broad St to again follow the shade.

Archer took off while we weren’t looking.  Beauty flew up to the SE wing at the top of the Times Square  bldg, above the nest box.  We could see wings flapping now and then from the nest box and one eyas stood at the end of the platform under the main camera.

By 6 pm, we were joined by Jeanne, Carla P, Dana and Lou.  Everything was quiet when I left at 7 pm.

I think more and more Watchers will start to keep an eye on our soon-to-be fledglings.

Larry, Brian and I were on hand for some flying and wing flapping from the falcons.  Pictures and a writeup are here:

http://birdblog.marchlords.com/2010/06/pre-fledge-flapping-and-owl-spotting.html

Jim

Rochester Falcon Watcher: Marcia L.

I spent hours from 10:30 AM – 2:00 PM today at the corner of Exchange Blvd. and Broad St., watching Beauty, Archer and their daughters, Jemison and Callidora.

Archer and Beauty displayed their awesome flying skills, while the eyases practiced future skills, i.e., flapped like crazy. Pictures will follow.

From Rochester Watcher Jeanne.

I started out downtown and just looked at midtown– nothing. Then I went to
Kodak. Mariah was flying around the tower in the bright blue sky. She landed
at the base of the playpen. A few minutes later, she stooped on something and
went to the 19th floor. Then she flew again and went to the launch pad. When I
left at 9:15, she was still there.

I went downtown and saw a peregrine on the corner, tucked in, of the knights of
columbus building. I think it was the female.

Jeanne

From watcher Marcia L:

After dinner at Beale St. Cafe (great Cajun/N’awlins fare), I stopped on
Broad St. just before 8:00 pm. There was Beauty on the east end of
Midtown, on her customary ledge above the hoped-for scrape.

A couple of minutes later, she flew to the top of the fire escape on 50
Chestnut Plaza, the old K of C building. She called a few times, then
went silent. No appearance by Archer.

Shortly thereafter, Beauty flew west, past Bausch & Lomb. Both falcons
appeared, Archer carrying prey. After some soaring together, Archer
landed on the southwest corner of Midtown to eat his catch. Beauty
deposited herself on the roof of the old restaurant on Midtown, which is
on the south face of the building, at the level of the falcons’ favorite
ledge. This is where I left them about 8:15.

Nice to see both birds in the evening light.

Marcia L.

If you’ve been following Imprints, you’ll know that Mariah was attacked and seriously wounded by an intruding female over the Easter weekend.  The report I posted here on the 10^th of Mariah and the new tiercel was perhaps the last we’ll have of her in Rochester.

More recenlty, I added some information compiling a probable timeline of the events leading to her injuries. You can read that HERE.

Today I got out at lunchtime to check on the new Peregrines in residence. You can read all about it and view the pictures HERE.

Since the comments function here doesn’t seem to be working, just post your thoughts over at my Peregrinations blog if you care to leave any.

Jim

Sorry for the lack of posting, but not much has been happening here in Rochester.

Mariah and her Tiercel continue to be seen in the downtown area.  We frequently see them on Midtown Plaza and sometimes the Kodak Tower.  There is no indication that Mariah has laid any eggs yet.

There have been reported sightings of the Brighton Falcons.

We’ll keep Watching.

Carol P.

As we continue to keep our eye on Mariah and her new mate, we are happy to have a new pair to watch.  It’s wonderful to know that one of our young males has returned to Rochester.  We’re very hopeful that  he and the female hanging out in nearby Brighton will choose to stick around to raise a family of their own.

A few of us braved the rain on Sunday afternoon to get a good look at this new pair.

The following is a video I took.  The female had just landed on a lower building on the west side of the complex.  She started vocalizing, loudly, while Zephyr flew around above her.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb1BeZknkew

Not to worry.  We’re definitely keeping a close eye on Mariah and her Tiercel, who continue to hang out at Midtown Plaza.  Although we did see them both in the gorge  and flying around the Kodak Tower on Saturday.  So, where will they choose to nest?  We’ll keep Watching and report what we see.

Carol P.

More news on one of our Rochester falcons…

One of our 2008 fledglings has been spotted on a tall abandoned building in Brighton, south of downtown Rochester.  Marcia L and Joyce watched as Zephyr and an adult female perched on and flew around there. 

Here are Marcia’s photos and report

Amendment – Joyce’s album