By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was a foggy, damp, dreary morning with a temperature of 68 (F) 20 (C)

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*Poor quality shots today due to weather and Picassa had issues-no videos because they were lost due to a problem with Picassa

As I left Seneca Towers at 5am it was clear but when I arrived downtown it was foggy at the top of Xerox and Legacy Tower. However, I was able to find Beauty near the southeast corner of the 5 Star Bank.

I left the Beautyful one preening and joined Dan on the Court St. bridge as I knew I could see Beauty from there. Dot.ca (DC) was on the top I-beam west corner of OCSR when I got there. Around 6am Beauty and DC left and I could see one falcon by the Powers nest box. After checking the archives I discovered that they met in the box for some bonding.

It was quick and then we had no falcons so I checked the river. There was a Great Blue Heron on the south side of the bridge looking for the ducklings but they were all hiding thankfully. Over below the Broad St. bridge was a juvie and an adult Black-crowned Night Heron. The Great Blue flew over there as well, leaving the coast clear for the cute little ducklings to come out and play.

I don’t know how but Dan spotted Beauty on the top I-beam southwest side of OCSR through the fog. I then spotted 2 families of ducks out and about.

Larry and Zeke joined us around 6:20am. It was quiet until just before 7am when I spotted a juvie on the southeast corner of the 5 Star Bank. I decided to go check it out and the guys were going to end their watch. I believe it was Rachel on the bank and just as I pulled over on East Broad St. she flew off to the northwest out of view.

I had seen a juvie fly from the south side of Xerox on my way back to the CSB. Once there, I saw that Beauty was on the south corner top I-beam of OCSR looking east. I was in the hole and could here a juvie whining as Beauty was looking up-I saw the juvie for a split second before it flew east out of my field of vision. I then headed over to the east side again.

After a few minutes I spotted a juvie on the northwest corner railing of the 5 Star Bank. I parked on Elm St. where I could keep track of it. It looked small to me so perhaps it was Ontario. He started whining and then I spotted Beauty on the bottom rung of the RGE antenna. I barely got a shot of them when first Beauty flew off heading north and then the juvie from the bank hot on her tail.

I wasn’t able to find any falcons again after that so I left downtown. On my way home I spotted an adult falcon on the Hawkeye plant perched on the ring railing that the dilapidated nest box is attached to. No way of knowing who it was but most likely one of the Seneca Towers birds. This officially ended my watch at just about 8am.

It was a quiet fledge watch in which I may or may not have seen both downtown juvies. Regardless, I saw at least one of them and both adult Rochester Peregrine Falcons which is enough to make me smile! 🙂

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was overcast and very humid again this morning with a temperature of  66 (F) 19 (C)

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First off-I saw the Seneca Towers brothers last night. As I was at my living room window doing physical therapy on my shoulder I saw a juvie fly past coming from the north. I grabbed my camera and out to the west side balcony I went. There was a juvie on the west side railing facing me at first then he flew west. Seth flew through from the south and then the juvie returned to the railing.

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After that a juvie appeared to land on the roof and then a second juvie landed on the railing. I thought perhaps dad had dropped off food as the railing bird turned around, started whining and was looking down at the roof.

Next thing I knew the railing bird flew off and joined his brother to give me a brief little flying show and then they left and didn’t return.

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This morning I arrived downtown a little after 5am for my morning fledge watch. I started on the east side and found Beauty on the 5 Star Bank east side near the south corner. It was still dark out and the lights on Xerox and Legacy Tower were still lit. Tower 280 had no lights on today. I watched the Beautyful one for less than 5 minutes when she flew off heading west at which time I heard a whining juvie but never saw it.

I then drove over to the Court St. bridge (CSB) and joined Dan. When I arrived Rachel was on the ledge above the nest box eating, Beauty was on the Powers cam and Dot.ca (DC) was on the top arm of the jail tower (JCT).

DC stooped off the JCT and landed on the Spectrum tower momentarily and then he was gone. Things were quiet for a while until we watched a juvie Black-crowned Night Heron (BCNH) fly in and land in the river over by the Broad St. bridge. There was also an adult over by the library on a log. I checked on the ducklings who are getting a little bigger each day and unfortunately their numbers are less each day as well. Both BCNH’s flew off with the adult landing on a log at the top of one of the logs above the locks.

Larry and Zeke rolled in at 6:45am and brought a juvie with him as one appeared on the JCT. Soon after, our other downtown juvie flew in and knocked the one off the JCT and the fun and games began. Rachel and Ontario flew around the tower talon tagging and taking turns landing and knocking each other off of it for a few minutes.

One of them flew east out of view and the other landed on the JCT only to fly off a minute later when we were looking for its sibling. We were back to having only Beauty in sight on the Powers cam.

That was the extent of the action we saw this morning. Dan and I called it a watch at 7am and left Larry and Zeke on the CSB. I was very happy to see the Seneca Towers juvies again and of course it put a smile on this watchers face! 🙂

Click on the links below to see snippets of our Rochester Peregrine Falcons

https://youtu.be/nrXJr5bTLOA

https://youtu.be/2t68sQrw3QM

By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

I haven’t been able to get out for my early morning watches recently.  But Sunday, a very good friend and fellow Watcher Susan C, came in for a visit.  It had been a long time since we had seen her.  So we gathered in the park behind the old Midtown Plaza, now Tower 280, to enjoy the evening watching our two juvies, Rachel and Ontario, tear up the sky above us.  These two are doing great!  Words cannot describe what we saw, so I’ll let my pictures do the talking.  Be sure to click on any you would like to see larger.  Enjoy!

This was our view of the surrounding area.

Now, if you’d like to see just a very small bit of what we saw of Rachel and Ontario’s aerial ballet, click on the link to my YouTube video.  🙂

https://youtu.be/Kxm9FSWS8VM

Watchers gathered: Susan C, Kathy O, Joyce, Brian H, Jeanne, Larry O (Zeke) and Carol P.

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was overcast and humid this morning with a temperature of 65 (F) 18 (C)

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I began my watch at  5:05am on the east side checking the 5 Star Bank where I’ve found Beauty the last couple days. She was there on the east side below the railing in the darkness. I left her and went over to the Strong Museum of Play parking lot to have a look around. From there I could see a juvie near the northeast corner of Xerox.

I drove back over to Broad St. and found 2 juvies on Xerox with their mother hiding from them on the back of the bank still.

I no sooner got settled in when the kids flew off-first Ontario and then Rachel right behind him. They headed east over my head and out of my field of vision. Beauty tried to escape but they saw her and chased after mom. Just before I pulled away I checked Times Square from Broad and Chestnut St.

I drove over to the Court St. bridge (CSB) to join Dan and found the Beautyful one had gone to the Powers building on the northeast corner of the railing. Rachel flew to the Hyatt Hotel a couple minutes later landing on the southwest corner of the lower roof.

Rachel flew southeast out of view after less than a minute on the hotel. I took this time to check the river for my water bird friends. Baby ducks, teenage ducks, a Black-crowned Night Heron and Buddy the duck were on hand to greet me.

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Beauty flew over to the jail tower around 6:15am and around 6:30am Larry reported seeing 2 falcons flying near Xerox with one landing on the northwest corner. I saw one of them fly near the north side of Xerox at that time and lost it when it seemed to land up there.

Larry and Zeke joined us on the CSB after Beauty flew to the Mercury money bag. During the lull I took some pics of starlings on the Wilder building, the eagle statue behind the Blue Cross Arena and yes, more pics of the baby ducklings. I can’t get enough of them! I also have a thing for our American flag so I clicked off a pic of the Powers flag just because!

And then about 6:50am it happened-the highlight of the morning. Beauty flew off Mercury went into a stoop over the CSB heading south. She went after something at the far left end of the locks and suddenly her kids flew in out of nowhere and joined her. She was unsuccessful because of Rachel and Ontario wanting to help mom but it’s all part of the learning experience. The 3 of them flew over to the Cornhill area with all of them taking turns stooping out of sight then back up. It was too much action to keep track of at times and then as quickly as it started it came to an end with the juvies flying over to the Spectrum tower. We didn’t know where Beauty went but we did find Dot.ca on the northeast corner of Powers.

Satisfied after that show Dan and Larry decided to leave while I drove over to the Spectrum parking lot to check on the kids before starting my day.

I ended my downtown watch around 7:15am. On my way to take a friend to the airport I checked Seneca Towers but didn’t find any falcons. No juvies seen there in a few days-I hope to see them again before they start their life’s journey. They’re all branching out further from their nest sites every day and soon they’ll be gone but until then I’ll still be smiling for having shared space with them! 🙂

Click on the links below to check out today’s videos

https://youtu.be/wLnsF7dYGYs

https://youtu.be/la1LrDCZIDs

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was breezy with mostly cloudy skies and a temperature of  65 (F) 18 (C)

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Dan wasn’t out for a watch this morning so I checked the east side of downtown first and found Beauty on the southeast corner of the 5 Star Bank from near Midtown Manor. It was still pretty dark out when she flew over to the RGE antenna. Rachel and Ontario came streaking in just before Beauty took off and began their ballet in the sky.

I moved down to Broad St. across from 5 Star Bank to watch the show as they tore up the sky over Xerox and Legacy Tower.

Around 6am all flying stopped after Beauty flew off with her kids. I went over to the Strong Museum of Play parking lot for a view of the east side but only saw some nice gardens. I caught up with the Beautyful one on the northeast corner of the Powers railing-watching from Aqueduct St. at Main St. Larry tweeted out from the Court St. bridge (CSB) around 6:15am that he had a falcon on Xerox and one on Times Square. Then he had juvies flying around Xerox. I drove over and joined Larry and Zeke around 6:30am.

I checked the river and spotted a Black-crowned Night Heron (BCNH) over by the Broad St. bridge and then it flew over by the library where there was also a Great Blue Heron (GBH).

Rachel and Ontario started sky dancing again over Xerox and riding the therms. They really are fantastic flyers!

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When they disappeared I checked the river again and alerted Larry of the BCNH on a log very close to the Court St. bridge. He entertained us as he preened and pulled out some feathers. Of course there was a GBH near by and I also checked on the ducklings.

Around 7am we watched Ontario start a long impressive stoop from north of the Broad St. bridge over the CSB barely clearing the railing and go for a duck near the locks south of the bridge. He was unsuccessful and ended up over on the Jail tower. Beauty was still on Powers.

Larry had to get going and Beauty showed up on the base of Mercury as Lil O flew east from the tower.

I ended my downtown watch around 7:30am as Larry reported seeing 3 falcons flying over by Xerox where he was watching from his apartment in Tower 280. As I was making my way down St. Paul Street I spotted a falcon on the south side of the railing at the Hawkeye nest site. It was gone when I was able to finally pull over. A Turkey Vulture flew in and landed momentarily on the Hawkeye stack.

Making my way further down St. Paul St. I saw a falcon on the west side railing of Seneca Towers but once again it was gone when I got pulled over. I went over to the Northridge Church parking lot to check the north end of the building but nobody was there. I was watching a couple bumble bees looking for nectar on a delicately flowered bush next to me.

I had to give a ride to a friend and as we were approaching the Veterans Memorial Bridge on route 104 I saw Seth stoop down toward the river. When we got on the bridge he resurfaced right across from us and started flying parallel to us just above the railing. He was even with us as we were traveling 55 mph and then he disappeared. Wow, that surely put a great big smile on my face! 🙂

Click on the link below to see today’s snippet video

https://youtu.be/T7I7Uur0LeI

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was a calm start to the day with a chill in the air, some sun and a temperature of  54 (F) 12 (C)

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While checking for falcons at Seneca Towers I had to settle for sun rays coming through openings in the clouds. Trading one part of nature for another-not a bad deal at all!

When I began my watch on the Court St. bridge (CSB) with Dan we had no falcons in sight, this would be the theme of this mornings watch. Light on the falcons and heavy on the wildlife in the river. I entertained myself by taking pics of the full moon and the green light theme for Xerox and Legacy Tower (LT) before the sun came up.

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About 5:15am we spotted Rachel and Ontario playing talon tag over by Xerox and LT. We didn’t see them for long and didn’t see them again (or so we thought). Around 5:30am 2 teenage guys on skateboards rolled down the bridge past us in the middle of the road with another guy following behind on a bike. I thought it odd that teens would be out that early but dismissed it until I turned around a minute later and saw them sitting on the opposite side of the bridge on the sidewalk and curb staring at us. I alerted Dan and we both found it to be unnerving-luckily they left after 15 minutes of that! After they left we spotted 2 falcons on the Powers building. A third head was showing in front of the nest box. At the time we didn’t know who was there. Turns out 2 of them were our beloved juvies! I checked the archives and found them there.

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Again, they were gone as fast as they appeared and then we had none. During the lull I checked out the river and was very excited to see all kinds of baby ducklings (oh my, there so darn cute) and some type of sandpiper down in the river on the south side of CSB. Buddy, the gull was on a light pole.

Also, I checked the north side of Court St. and found 2 adult Black-crowned Night Herons (BCNH)-one hunting near the shore below the library and the other flew in and landed on a log in the middle of the river near a Great Blue Heron (GBH). I thought the GBH would drive the BCNH off but he just walked past him.

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The one on the big log flew off to the south and right about this time Larry and Zeke came by. Beauty showed up on the Powers east side railing. Dot.ca (DC) was on the cam and then he went into the nest box and spoke to his mate as seen from the archives.

In between watching the Powers situation I had been watching the BCNH. I looked down at one point and found that breakfast had been caught. I thought it was a perch but after further review I believe it was a small catfish that was the catch of the day. The BCNH was having trouble swallowing the large head so he kept squeezing it with his beak, dunking it in the water and slamming it on the rocks to soften it up.

Larry yelled that 2 falcons were flying behind OCSR so I looked but missed them. When I looked back at the BCNH the fish was gone and the other adult was down there too. My theory is that the one swallowed the fish as soon as the other one showed up so it couldn’t be stolen from him.

Dan decided to leave just before 7am and I said I was going to go exploring for juvies so Larry ended his watch as well. I checked everywhere that I could think of but didn’t find them. The Beautyful one was still on the Powers railing when I checked the east side. I thought it was Beauty that I saw fly to the RGE antenna but after seeing the pics on my computer screen I believe it may have been DC.

That’s all she wrote folks, I ended my watch at 7:30am with a smile on my face regardless of not seeing our downtown Rochester Peregrine juvie Falcons very much-the ducklings did the trick for me on this day! 🙂

Click on the links below to see what I witnessed on watch today

https://youtu.be/CKXLWg26Mwc

https://youtu.be/z7obG7knLKo

https://youtu.be/dD4E1-jZ3s0

By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

An early morning thunderstorm stopped me from going out as early as I usually do for my morning fledge watch.  I usually get downtown around 7:00 am, but today I didn’t arrive until 9:00 am.  It was cooler this morning, 66 degrees (F).  I had not seen either juvie yesterday, only Beauty and Dot.ca.

Before I arrived downtown, falcon watcher Donna texted out that Beauty and Rachel had visited the Powers nest box.  Here is a picture that the Rfalconcam camera at the Powers nest box captured.

<— Beauty and Rachel in the Powers Nest Box (Rfalconcam Camera)

I hoped to catch them there, but they were gone when I arrived. From the Andrews St Bridge, I could just make out an adult on the base of the Mercury statue.  Pretty sure it was Beauty.

<— Beauty on base of Mercury.

Larry O and Zeke joined me for a short visit before they headed out for a morning hike.  The sky was very overcast, threatening to rain again.  The lighting for my pictures was not good at all.

<— Overcast sky over downtown Rochester, NY.

Beauty had taken off when I wasn’t looking and Larry reported that there was a falcon on the Times Square Bldg (TSB) above the nest box.  I drove over that way and ended up on Aqueduct St (aka “the hole”).  There was very little parking in the area due to the Jehovah Witnesses in town and the Cornhill Festival.

From the hole, I could see a falcon on the ledge above the nest box and it was a juvie.  It was Rachel.

<— Rachel on TSB.

Rachel was being very vocal, screaming every few minutes.  lol  At 9:58 am, Rachel took off heading south, fast.  It wasn’t long before she returned followed by an adult.  It was Beauty.  There must have been a food transfer out of my view, because Rachel was carrying prey.  She landed up on top of the ledge under the NE wing on the TSB.  Beauty landed on the ledge above the nest box, where Rachel took off from.

<— Rachel with food landing on the NE wing ledge.

<— Beauty on TSB ledge above the nest box.

Beauty moved around on the ledge.  I think she was looking for leftovers.  Rachel was eating under the north east wing.

<— Rachel eating under the north east wing ledge on the light.

Beauty jumped up to the column above the nest box.

<— Beauty on column above the nest box on the TSB.

<— Beauty and Rachel on the TSB.

It was then that I noticed that Dot.ca was on the OCSR bldg, 2nd IBeam down.  He was preparing prey, feathers were flying!

<— Dot.ca on OCSR preparing prey.

Rachel finished her meal and stood up on the light.

<— Rachel on TSB.

When the prey was ready, Dot.ca took off, flying towards the Times Square Bldg.  Both Beauty and Rachel took off, Beauty in the lead.  Beauty took the food from Dot.ca and landed on the south east corner of the Widows Walk.  Rachel followed Dot.ca towards the Powers Bldg.

<— Dot.ca carrying prey towards TSB.

<— Beauty takes the prey from Dot.ca.

<— Beauty eating Dot.ca’s gift on the Widows Walk.

It wasn’t long before Rachel found her.  Rachel flew in and landed next to her, forcing Beauty to leave her meal.

<— Rachel Arrives! (11:00 am)

Rachel took over Beauty’s meal.  She had already eaten well on the Times Square Bldg.  This was her 2nd meal during my watch.  A little while later, Beauty returned to land on the railing above Rachel.  She was soaking wet.  Beauty had bathed and was not preening above her young daughter.

<— A very wet Beauty preens on railing above Rachel.

Beauty took off flying towards the Times Square Bldg.  Rachel moved down the ledge and took off, heading south.

<— Rachel on the move on WW.

Over the buildings between me and the jail communication tower, I could see three falcons talon tagging and zipping over the buildings.  Beauty was watching from the OCSR.  It was the first time I saw Li’l O (Ontario)!  He must have been hiding out over in that area, while Rachel was Beauty’s shadow.  I was not able to get any picture of Ontario today, but it was good to see him flying well with Rachel and Dot.ca.

I drove back to the hole to watch Beauty.  It was very frustrating not being able to move around like I am used to, with all the traffic downtown.

Beauty left and I was again falconless.  Just as I was getting ready to leave at noon, in came Beauty and her noisy shadow, aka Rachel.  They both landed on the Wilder Bldg’s green strip.  Beauty and food and was hungry.  Rachel had a very full crop.  This time Rachel let Beauty enjoy her meal in peace.

<— Beauty and Rachel on Wilder Green Stripe.

<— Beauty and Rachel.

After Beauty finally finished her well deserved meal and Rachel ended her nap, Rachel moved down the ledge towards Beauty and, yep, you guessed it, Beauty took off!  lol  Do you want to see it?  Well here is the video clip of what I saw.  Just click on this link to my YouTube video.  Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjWBxdxf6BA&feature=youtu.be

After a few moments, Rachel followed her mom.  It was almost 1 pm and time to end my watch!  On my way out, I stopped on the Andrews St Bridge and saw Dot.ca on the camera at the Power nest box.

<— Dot.ca at Times Square Bldg.

Now where was Ontario hanging out???

On my way home, I stopped  to check Seneca Towers from the west side of the river.  I checked the apartment building, both side of the bridge, Hawkeye and the east end of Kodak Park.  I did not see or hear any falcons there.

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

A mostly overcast morning with a humid temperature of  70 (F) 21 (C)

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I haven’t seen a falcon at Seneca Towers in 2 or 3 days now. Last night during one of my visits out to the west side balcony to look for PEFA’s I snapped a pic of the sky as the sun was peeking through the clouds.

I started my watch a little after 5am on the Court St. bridge (CSB) with Dan. He was facing Times Square so I told him he might want to turn his chair and watch the east side because most of the action yesterday was around the Xerox area. He hadn’t seen any falcons as of yet. 10 minutes later I spotted Beauty on the southeast corner of the 5 Star Bank 9one of her favorite hunting spots).

10 minutes later Beauty was off and we had juvies talon tagging over Xerox and Legacy Tower. The pics are lousy because of the sun being behind them but if you check my snippet video you will see some awesome flying by Rachel and Ontario.

The skydancing went on for 15-20 minutes and came to a halt when an adult flew into the mix. I suspect food was involved causing the lull in the action. Jeanne joined Dan and I at 6am with Beauty on the base of Mercury. I checked the river on the south side of the CSB and found lots of ducks in the shallows.

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Larry and Zeke arrived right about the time Rachel and Ontario popped up from the east side. They flew over to the jail communications tower (JCT) did some flying before landing on the north side of it. In the meantime, the Beautyful one moved up onto the green part of the base of Mercury before taking off to the west.

Ontario flew off first and a little bit after that Rachel left the JCT. They flew together a little more then Lil O flew south and Rachel returned to the JCT. Beauty flew in during this time and landed on an upper arm while Rachel stuck to the lower part of the tower.

Beauty flew west and Rachel too, soon after mom left.

We had no falcons in sight so I checked the river between the Court St. and Broad St. bridges. I found the Black-crowned Night Heron hunting below the Rundell Library. There also was a Great Blue Heron down on the flats.

Carol started her watch at 7am and 10 minutes later the rest of us ended our watch. Another fine falcon fledge watch in the books and sending me on my way with a smile! 🙂

Click on the link below to see today’s snippet video

https://youtu.be/PLuRh8m0ZxQ

By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

The morning started out much warmer than yesterday, which was in the 50’s.  Today started in the 70’s with blue sky and sunshine.

There wasn’t much activity during my watch, but I did see all four at one point and some very nice flying.

I first stopped at Seneca Towers (ST) for a quick look.  Sorry to report, I saw no falcons there.  Because of my stop at ST, I didn’t arrive downtown until close to 7:30 am.  MAK and Larry had ended their watch.  It was tag!  I’m it!  lol  🙂

From the Court St Bridge, I could see Dot.ca at the Powers Bldg nest box sitting on camera #5.

<— Dot.ca at the Powers Bldg Nest Box.

Five minutes into my watch, I saw three falcons flying in from the east.  It was Beauty, Rachel and Ontario, just lazily flying over the river towards the Times Square Bldg.  One juvie was carrying prey.  They were in no hurry, just gracefully weaving back and forth until I could no longer see them.

I drove over to Aqueduct St (aka “the hole”) to see if I could find them.  No luck.  Next stop the Andrews St Bridge (ASB).  From there, I could see Dot.ca at the Powers nest box and Beauty on the west corner of OCSR.  Now where had the juvies gone?

<— Beauty on OCSR.

While I was watching from the ASB, a juvie flew past the Powers Bldg towards the Frontier Communication Tower (FCT).  It looked like it would land there, but it turned back towards the Cross Rds building, past Beauty on OCSR and continued east towards the Xerox Tower. (7:50 am)

Just after this, both Beauty and Dot.ca went into the Powers nest box to do some bowing and bonding.

<— Dot.ca in the Powers nest box.

Here are a few pictures captured by the Rfalconcam cameras at the Powers Bldg during this time.

<— Beauty and Dot.ca at the Powers nest box.

I spent the next hour cruising downtown Rochester, attempting to find Rachel and Li’l O.  Pretty sure I saw a falcon face looking down from the northwest corner of Xerox.  I wondered if they were both up there.

At 9:30 am, I ended my morning watch.  I had seen all four downtown Rochester Falcons, so I was happy.  The temps are rising to the mid 80’s today.

Here are a few pics of Rachel and Ontario from yesterday, when they visited the Powers nest box.  These are pictures captured by the Rfalconcam cameras.  LOVE seeing them together.

Enjoy the day!

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was quite balmy this morning with a temperature of 71 (F) 22 (C) No jacket required

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As I turned the corner from South Ave. onto Court St. to my surprise Dan wasn’t sitting on the bridge in his chair. As I looked towards the jail tower with my binocs a falcon flew off of it. I followed it in the darkness over the river to the south and east until I lost it behind buildings. I checked the usual spots and found no other falcons so I headed east where I found the Beautyful one on the 5 Star Bank near the southeast corner. I could see tail feathers from prey right around the corner from her. She flew off to the west leaving the prey behind after I heard a juvie whining.

I went around the block to have a look and then I checked from the Museum of Science parking lot. Found some pretty hanging flower baskets and could see a falcon back on that corner so I returned to get a closer look near Martin Luther King Jr. park. I believe it was Rachel who was checking out the prey her mom left behind. She flew off with it in one of her talons and then I saw her flying with Ontario near Xerox.

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The juvies did some nice flying around the Xerox area and then Dot.ca (DC) came into the mix. He had food and landed on the northeast corner of Xerox with it. Rachel took it from him and Ontario stood back. DC flew off and the kids flew from the northeast to northwest corners of Xerox with some super flying and talon tag in between.

I quick drove over to Spectrum to check out their hours as I needed to speak to them about my service and as I was leaving I spotted a mockingbird on a light. I taped him as he sang his repertoire of songs for me-jumping above to grab bugs out of the air. One of my favorite songbirds!

I returned to the east side to find more flying, eating and shenanigans on the north side roof of Xerox.

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Larry had reported being at the high falls just for the heck of it. He stopped by to tell me that the falcon sucking tree in the gorge over there had been removed. He also said that he didn’t tweet it out because he didn’t want to get all the hate mail over it! LOL Meanwhile, Rachel and Ontario stopped flying and landed on the north side roof of Xerox for some rest & relaxation. Lil O literally dropped to lay down flat out and closed his eyes while big sis watched over him. Such a cute site to behold!

Carol reported she was on her way downtown so I tagged her it and ended my watch at 7:20am. I stopped on Broad St. to take a pic of the flowers there as I was admiring them the other day when I was driving around looking for the kids.

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What fun I had watching our downtown Rochester Peregrine Falcons this morning-they so make me smile! 🙂

Click on the links below to check out today’s videos

https://youtu.be/cYfohYzH4Ps

https://youtu.be/uzEKEEL-j1c