By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Todays starting temperature was 72 (F) 22 (C) clear,calm and still a bit humid

Just a quick few words for the hour is late and the call of the wild will come soon.

I started in the hole at 5:20am with Beauty on the column above the nest box,Dot.Ca (DC) under the northeast wing,1 eyas on cam 4,1 on the wall cap and Dan on the Broad St. Bridge. A bit later I could see all 3 eyases and all was good.

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It was a quiet watch today. No eyases fledged or even tried with the exception of Rosetta when she was at the north end of the well wall. Voyager came charging over and bumped her a little causing her to slip off the ledge. She managed to grab onto a small lip on the building  with her talons and then was able to pull herself  back up to the ledge. Phew! This was the highlight of the day.

Watchers on hand today were-CarolP,KathyO,Dana,Louigi,Larry,Dan,Joyce,Brian,Jeanne,Joe(Viper) and special guest watchers from New Jersey Donna,Kara and Chris.

I ended my watch around 6pm tired but smiling! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

This mornings starting temperature was 72 (F) 22 (C) with cloudy,humid conditions.

When I arrived in the hole at 5:20amDan was there in his chair waiting for me by He’s Chinese. Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. He has conformed for the fledging of our beloved youngsters giving up his preferred way of being out where you can see more open spaces so as not to miss any action-stoops to be specific! lol There were 2 eyases on the well wall initially but the 3rd made an appearance and no adults in view.

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The first hour featured a lot of maneuvering by the eyases, especially Baron.  Beauty turned up on the jail tower and Dot.Ca  (DC) dropped off food which prompted a food fight amongst the siblings.

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Beauty went to the box and broke it up by feeding one of the eyases while the other 2 self fed. Dan left at 7am just missing Larry who pulled up a minute later and Aaron stopped real quick a few minutes later. Carol would join us around 7:20am as we were stationed at the back of the Thomson Reuters building. While she was parking the car Larry and I spotted a bird gliding across from in front of the Times Square building (TSB) to the Wilder building landing somewhere on the brick chimney or roof where we couldn’t see. Larry said was that a pigeon and I said I think it was an adult and then we realized it was a fledge and the bird was Baron! Larry ran out to Exchange Blvd. to see if he could see Baron and Carol got out of her car as I said we have a fledge. She noticed Baron appear on the roof ledge southeast corner. Then I spotted DC flying to TSB under the northeast wing. WOOHOO!

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KathyO joined the watch at 8am as we watched Baron walk,run,hop,skip and hop-fly his way across the roofs edge from one end to the other ending up behind a venting pipe to hide from the sun for awhile.

Dana and Louigi showed up around 8:30am to join in the fun of watching this charismatic young fledgling. Beauty acted as tho it was no big deal preening on cam 1 while Rosetta and Voyager would start whining every time Baron moved. DC stayed fixed under that northeast wing watching over his family. On a couple different occasions he alarm called and started diving toward the roof of the Wilder building but we didn’t know why. Later in the day we would find out that a man was going up there to smoke which prompted Beauty to fly over a few times as well and may have caused Baron to fly off in the evening and land on fledge ledge on the TSB across from the nest box.

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It was a long hot day as we anticipated Baron to fly again. After making it to fledge ledge he did make his triumphant return to home at 4pm. Sorry about the shortened report but there just isn’t enough time to write my usual detailed blogs after spending all day in the field I ended my watch at 7:15pm. Watchers out and about today and tonight with me were:Dan,Larry,Carol,Kathy,Dana,Lou,Aaron,Pat,Debbie H,Jeanne,Carrie,Shaky,Lisa and Brian. We were all smiles that the first fledge went as smoothly as it could have with no stress involved. 🙂

PS – A big thank you to all the cam watchers who help us out each and every day! You guys rock!!

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Todays weather conditions were better than the last 2 days-no fog!  It was very humid and overcast with a little spritz of rain here and there, absolutely no wind and a starting temperature of 71 (F) 21 (C)

I arrived on Bank Place (the entrance road to the hole (Aqueduct St.) at 5:22am finding all 3 eyases up front by the main cam and ready to start the day with me. No adults were close by until 10 minutes later when Dot.Ca (DC) flew in from the north and landed on the ledge above the nest box down on the south end. All 3 eyases were on the wall at the time.

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Dan was up on the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) and I was in the hole by He’s Chinese to start. From here I could see the complete well wall but not the nest box or south side of it.

At 6am Dan broke routine and joined me up close and personal saying this is nice but I like being up where I can see stoops. lol He told me that while he was up on the bridge he saw Beauty stoop twice off the jail tower unsuccessfully and fly east out of view.

At 6:08am cam watchers Campgee and Annette let me know that Baron was on cam 4. He is the trailblazer of the group! And that is a spot we couldn’t see from our location. Thanks to all the cam watchers that helped today and everyday! I appreciate each and every one of you!! A couple minutes later DC moved down to the corner of the ledge he was on as young, brave and bold Baron (Ba) got himself up on top of the main cam!

DC flew east a couple minutes later and Baron went from the main cam to the nest box roof then to cam 4 again as reported by cam watchers. My but isn’t he the busy one!? 35 minutes later Beauty showed up with food and started feeding 2 of her eyases and one was on the well wall cap watching. Dan left at 7am as the wall baby joined the rest on the deck.

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Beauty then took off after 10 minutes with leftovers and cached them on the base of Mercury as 2 youngsters watched her fly off.

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3 minutes later DC joined Beauty and stole the leftovers while she vocalized to him-not sure if she approved or disapproved. He flew to deck and left it before flying up under the northeast wing.

Carol arrived downtown at 7am and stationed herself at Falcon Watcher Central (FWC). The next action of importance wasn’t until 9:30am when DC did a few fly bys in front of the Times Square building (TSB) landing on the column to the south of the nest box and then more fly bys before going to the Wilder building fire escape. The Beautyful one was still on the base of Mercury.

At 9:45am DC flew in front of the nest box area as Baron appeared on top of the main cam. 10 minutes later DC was planted on the Mercury money bag (MMB).

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Starting at FWC and moving across the street by the Blue Cross Arena the watchers that filtered in and out while I was on watch were-Dan,Carol,Kathy,Linda (Braveheart),Louigi,Dana,Lisa McK and Brian was on the South Ave. garage.

Beauty went to the ledge under the northeast wing before flying in front of the kids,then to the ledge above the nest box. Another flight show before she came to rest on the main cam as her kids watched. DC flew in and landed under the northeast wing.

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Around 11:40am I noticed DC gone when Beauty flew out to do a couple fly bys for the kids. These young falcons just would not take the bait today and take their maiden voyage on the wing. Beauty landed on the deck and got rushed by one of the eyases prompting her to get outta dodge quickly. She returned with food and Baron grabbed it from her. She flew north and returned to the main cam. Around 12:30pm DC showed up under the northeast wing. 20 minutes passed before he flew down to the well wall first and then to the deck.

At 1:06 pm he went to the ledge under the northeast wing and that’s where he remained until I called it quits leaving Dana and Carol on watch until Joyce relieved them. I will be going back out to give her a hand shortly. All in all it was a pretty active watch tho there didn’t seem to be any eyases looking like they wanted to leave the nest and fledge. That’s fine by me, I’d rather they waited until they’re good and ready. We should all be smiling for the freedom we have here in our great country on this Independance Day 2013! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Well this mornings weather featured some very heavy fog that dropped down on the city like a blanket. But it was short-lived as the sun burned thru it and drove it out. The starting temperature was 68 (F) 20 (C) with humid conditions.

When I arrived downtown there were no adult PEFAs present that I could see. The tops of the tallest buildings had fog around them. And I could see 1 eyas on the well wall and 1 by the main cam from the hole (Aqueduct St.). I drove up to the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) where I could see all 3 kids’

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Just before 6am as the fog was dropping down quickly I spotted Dot.Ca (DC) on the 2nd ibeam south corner of OCSR. If it weren’t for his white chest I would have missed him.

For the next half hour I watched the fog drop to near street level making it impossible to watch falcons or anything else. LarryO came by with Harold his dog but didn’t stay as there was nothing to see. I decided to check the Brighton Site for Pigott but she wasn’t home so I returned to downtown. The fog had lifted and the sun was burning thru what was left of it when I arrived  at 7:25am. Beauty was feeding the eyases on the deck. I drove down State St. And found DC on the north corner of the OCSR top ibeam.

I went back to observe  Beauty and the kids parking in front of the Blue Cross Arena (BCA) on Exchange St. for the best view.

Beauty was feeding 2 while one eyas was wingercising  in front of the nest box. The Beautyful one stopped feeding and flew off with the leftovers to the base of Mercury to cache it. The kids watched her intently.

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Around 7:45am Beauty flew to the main cam as DebbieH came by on her way to work. At around 8:11am DC flew to the deck with food. H e was feeding Voyager while Baron and Rosetta hung out on the well wall. Meanwhile Beauty was napping on OCSR. Wnen DC was done he flew off to OCSR top ibeam south corner.

Around 8:30am I got my lawn chair out of the trunk and set up by the back corner of Keybank in the hole where I could watch Mercury to my left, OCSR behind me and Times Square straight ahead. All I needed was some popcorn while I watched the show.

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For the next 2 hours the kids appeared and disappeared from view on the deck and well wall. There was a lot of wing flapping going on as well. Beauty visited the nest box for a while and got too hot leaving for the shade of OCSR. During this time cam watchers Donna, Annette, Ei and Joyce all kept me informed of what was going on up at the nest box where I couldn’t see. Thank you so much guys-you’re the best!

Beauty to main cam DC takes off

At one point an eyas got in Beautys face and she took as much as she could before flying off, having had enough of that!

Around 10:30am Louigi (big daddy Lou) came by to join the fledge watch for an hour. Both adults flew in front of Times Square Building (TSB) as if to say come join us kids. Beauty alarm called and flew south at one point during this time.We couldn’t see where she went or what the problem was but she returned no worse for wear. Lou left and a few minutes later Brian aka BD (Bird Dude as he calls himself) showed up. Pat stopped to talk on her lunch break and Lisa McK also came by on her lunch break. Around 12:10am DC flew in and started circling above the Telesca Center then near the OCSR then north to chase a Turkey Vulture (TV) out of the northern part of the territory by the high falls. Beauty joined him and came back to the column above the nest box to watch over her children.

20 minutes later Beauty flew off alarm calling above the Reynolds Arcade building then went north after a TV again. Lisa  went back to work, Brian went to the library before going up to the South Ave. garage to watch from and I went up to the BSB as the sky was lightly spitting rain drops down. From there I spotted Beauty on the jail tower top arm northwest side. She flew off a few minutes later to the TSB coming to rest under the northeast wing.

Joyce came to relieve me just before 2pm. It was quite a first fledge watch that at no time looked like any of the young falcons were going to take their first flight but I have a feeling tomorrow will be a different story. Until then I intend to keep smiling and you do the same! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

I spent over four hours on watch tonight, arriving at about 3:45 pm and leaving around 8:15 pm.  I was joined by fellow Watchers Larry O, Brian H, Kathy O, Lisa McK and Aaron.

Not much time to work on my report, but I wanted to share some pics from my Watch.  There was a lot of activity by all three eyases and Beauty and Dot.ca. But, the highlight was when Rosetta hopped out onto the well wall and joined her brother Baron for a walk on the wall.  Of course Baron has had much more practice and was zipping along, wings extended and hop-flying along the wall.  Rosetta was a little more tentative, making it to the north end of the wall where it buts up against the building.  Also, during my watch, Cam Watchers Dana, Donna and Ei reported that Baron made it to the top of the nest box for the first time.  Just another step on his way to fledge.  Thanks ladies for being our eyes at the nest box.

OK, here are some pictures from my Watch.  Be sure to click on any you would like to see in a full version and if you hover over the picture, it will give you a description of what it is a picture of.  Enjoy!

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

The starting temperature today was 61 (F) 16 (C) with fog and overcast conditions making it a dark morning.

When I arrived at 5:20am I couldn’t see any adults or juvies so I went searching on the east side. The fog was pretty thick at the tops of the tallest buildings so I may have just not seen Beauty or Dot.Ca (DC).

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I returned to the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) where I could make out 2 juvies  up on the deck. I then took a ride up State St. to the Andrews St. Bridge to check the northern end of the territory. No adult PEFAs seen there either so I drove back to the Times Square building (TSB) area. From the hole (Aqueduct St.) I could barely make out the white of a falcon on the OCSR top ibeam south corner.

I thought it was DC and I would find out that I was correct a little later on. Looking toward TSB I could see Baron out on the well wall. And I got a tweet from Ei that it was him up there. Thank you very much! From where I was parked next to He’s Chinese I could see between the Philipone and Times Square buildings the faint structure of the jail tower completely engulfed in fog.

At 6:05am I looked to the OCSR and DC was gone so I drove up to the BSB where I found Dan in his spot on the south side. He had just gotten there and said DC flew back behind Xerox vanishing into the fog. A minute later I spotted DC flying down river to the north behind OCSR. At 6:18am I saw him return and land on the 2nd ibeam west corner of OCSR and Dan spotted Beauty fly to the deck.

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A minute later cam watcher Annette reported the kids were being fed. Thanks for your help! And Larry came by to join us before work. About a half hour later Beauty flew up to cam 4 and DC went over to the south corner and took off immediately after landing out of sight.

Larry left at this time and 25 minutes later Dan left as well at 7:09am.  I decided to check the Brighton Site leaving the Beautyful one on cam 4, 1 eyas on the wall, 1 on the deck by the wall and 1 near the nest box. For the first time in 3 or 4 days Pigott was home for me to visit with her as I arrived at 7:30am. She was on the west side of the southeast extension 2 window ledges down.

She was watching starlings that are nesting across from where she was perched by the east end of the south side vent. A few minutes later cam watcher Campgee reported a second meal had been delivered for the kids downtown. Thanks so much! Pigott flew off to the west toward the front (north side) of the building.

While I drove around the building to look for her she went to the south side vent west end with her back to me as I made my way to the back (south side) of the building. I love playing cat and mouse with falcons! lol

Miss Pigott did some preening and at 8:22am she flew off, went in to a stoop over the trees to the southeast and pulled up after the small bird whipped into a tree for cover. She flew back and went to the west extension coming to rest on the southwest corner.

I drove around to a spot where I could view her from the front on the west side.

I stayed with her for nearly an hour and she left when I wasn’t looking. I drove around and waited for her to return but she did not so I drove back downtown. I arrived at Broad and Exchange Blvd. at 9:42am and pulled over in front of the Blue Cross Arena when I saw Beauty on the column above the nest box.

I drove over to the hole to watch and I found DC on the 2nd ibeam south corner of OCSR.

DC was preening so I switched my attention to Beauty who was watching young  Baron below her on the well wall.

I drove up to the BSB to look for Rosetta and Voyager but they must have been laying down. There were 2 workers in scaffolding on the east side (river side) of the Thomson Reuters building. All was quiet and I chose to end my watch at 10am. Tomorrow I will start my official fledge watch schedule of 5:20am until someone relieves me-most likely Brian at 2pm. I left for home having seen 6 PEFAs on my watch 3 adults and 3 juvies-if that isn’t reason to smile I don’t know what is! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was a dark morning due to cloud cover with rain in the forecast. The starting temperature was 66 (F) 19 (C) with a breeze.

As I arrived in the hole at 5:22am I could see a couple kids up on deck and for the first time in quite a while I spotted Dot.Ca (DC) before Beauty-he was on the south corner top ibeam of OCSR.

Baron was already running on the well wall and flapping his wings when he got to the very end. I thought since it was a little breezy out that he might get a boost and take wing but I don’t think he’s quite ready yet. At 5;37am I noticed Beauty on the deck feeding someone. I got a tweet a minute later from Campgee confirmimg it. Thanks!

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At 5:47am Beauty flew north and DC flew to the ledge under the southeast wing.

A few minutes later I spotted Beauty appear from behind Widows Walk and fly over to the Times Square Building (TSB) circling it twice before vanishing behind it. Baron was out on the well wall doing his thing.

I left at this time to look for Pigott at the Brighton site but once again I was too late-she was already gone. So I returned to downtown about 6:44am and joined LarryO on the Broad St. Bridge (BSB). We could see all 3 eyases but no adults.

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About 10 minutes later Beauty flew to the deck with food but none of the kids rushed her so we thought they weren’t interested. Larry brought up the livestream on his phone and we could hear them squawking up a storm so we knew then that they most certainly were interested. Beauty started feeding and Baron made his way off the well wall to join them.

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A few minutes later I noticed DC on the top ibeam south corner of OCSR. And when she was done feeding her kids the Beautyful one went to cam 1 to perch.

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At 7:12 am DC flew off OCSR and made his way up to the southwest wing ring-a place I haven’t seen him in a very long time. He’s the only PEFA I’ve ever seen on one of those. He switched to the northeast wing ring a minute later.

He stayed up there for 10 minutes looking down at Baron I believe who was on the well wall flapping on and off. Larry left at this time. I saw a couple workers on the scaffolding on the Thomson Reuters roof. Surprisingly enough neither adult went rushing over to antagonize them. Lucky for them! I went down to the hole by He’s Chinese at 7:35am to watch Baron on the well wall and Beauty on cam 1 who was also keeping an eye on our bold young tiercel.

DebbieH stopped by on her way to work and was getting a big kick out of Baron. She left after a few minutes and I called it a watch a little after 8am. I must say Mr. Baron is making me smile a lot with his running abilities-he really motors down that well wall! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Here are some pics from my weekend Falcon Watches.  On Saturday, I was joined by Watchers Dana, Lou and Joyce.  Today, Sunday, I was joined by Dana and Lou.

The weather both days was outstanding.  Warm and Sunny with a hint of a breeze in the afternoon.

There is a lot of activity at the nest box.  All three eyases; Baron, Rosetta & Voyager have been spreading their wings and flapping wildly.  This is how they exercise their wings for those first flights.

Saturday, June 29, 2013

The highlight of Saturday was when both Beauty and Dot.ca started kakking.  Both took to the sky and were going after something on top of the Cross Rds Bldg, we think.  It lasted quite a long time before Beauty finally settled on the main cam and Dot.ca on the OCSR.  During that time, the eyases were motionless.  We have seen them working on the north end of the Cross Rds Bldg, but we could not see anything yesterday.

Here are some pics from my afternoon/evening Falcon Watch on Saturday.

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Saturday evening, Kathy O and I checked up on Pigott.  We found her on the SE corner of the East Ext.  We stayed there watching for about an hour before leaving Pigott to enjoy a most beauty Summer evening.  She was also seen by Joyce both Saturday and Sunday.

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Sunday – June 30, 2013

Another absolutely gorgeous afternoon.  I do love these summer weekends!

The highlight of today was seeing Baron make it out to the well wall on the north side of the nest box.  Every year the eyases make it out onto this wall, which gives them more room to flap their wings and run.  Rosetta stepped down onto the wall for a few seconds and then hopped back up to the nest box platform.  She’s not ready, but I have no doubt that both Rosetta and Voyager will soon join their brother Baron on the wall.

Here are some pictures from my afternoon watch with Dana and Lou.

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I also took some video snippets of Baron on the Wall.  Just click on this link to see him make he way down the wall, back to the nest box.

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Every day is going to bring these young eyases closer to their fledges or first flights.  Happy Monday!

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Todays starting temperature was 61 (F) 16 (C) and the conditions were sunny with blue skies.

Before I even left this morning cam watcher Campgee reported the first feeding of the day was occurring. When I arrived in the hole (Aqueduct St.) at 5:20am I didn’t see any falcons at first. Around 5:30am I managed to catch Beauty fly off cam 4. I drove up to the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) and spotted a PEFA on the 3rd northwest side. I drove to Troup St. for a closer view and could see that it was the Beautyful one.

She flew off 25 minutes later headed north toward the Times Square Building (TSB).

I took off and thought I saw her fly from the nest box area as I approached from Exchange Blvd. When I got to the BSB I could see her on the heel of  Mercury.

I could see 2 eyases up near the nest box.5 minutes later Beauty flew to the column above the nest box. I drove to the parking lot on the north side of the TSB to watch from the best angle.

At 6:19am Dot.Ca (DC) flew to the north side of the deck by the main cam with food. Beauty flew down and grabbed it from him and started feeding the eyas that was in the front as it slept thru the first feeding this morning as reported by Campgee. Thanks for your assistance! I scooted across the street to the hole and found DC on the top ibeam south corner of OCSR.

At 6:27am Beauty flew to the heel of Mercury with DC remaining on the OCSR south corner.

As I watched from Falcon Watcher Central (FWC) Mr. Housefinch stopped by on top of the light pole by Thomson Reuters and started singing for the Mrs.

I left for the Brighton Site (BS) at this time to try and get there before Pigott left but I had no such luck. I arrived there at 7am to a falconless site. 20 minutes later as I drove down Exchange Blvd. I saw Beauty fly off the jail tower. I stopped at Broad St. and could see DC was still on OCSR.

I went looking on the east side for Beauty but came up empty. Upon returning from the east side I crossed the Court St. bridge stopping to have a look around, when I spotted Beauty flying southeast. A worker from the Blue Cross Arena (BCA) came over to ask if I was watching the falcons. Of course I started telling him about our 3 babies this year and gave him a rfalconcam business card so he could check us out.

Again I checked the east side and returned via the BSB. I went down to the hole to watch DC on OCSR but he took off while I was tweeting. At 7:37am I noticed DC on the 3rd ibeam south corner with prey.

DC flew off with his small package to the deck and flew right back off again with it.

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I don’t know where he went so I drove up to the BSB where I met up with LarryO followed by young Joe (Viper) and his dad Mike. DC showed up on the top ibeam south corner of OCSR and a few minutes later Beauty flew in to land on the main cam.

While there a couple women from Buffalo asked what we were doing. Larry filled them in and I showed them some of my pics. They were surprised at how big the wing span is on a falcon. I gave them a business card and told them to check us out as they were leaving. Everyone seemed to be settled in so I called it a watch and so did Larry,Joe and Mike. We all smiled from seeing the eyases up on the deck as well as Beauty and DC! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Todays weather featured more of the same soggy conditions. Rain,humidity,fog and dark with a starting temperature of  63 (F) 17 (C)

Happy Canada Day to all our Canadian friends today!

Arriving in the hole at 5:23am my first falcon sighting was Beauty flying out from the nest box area to the top ibeam west corner of OCSR.

At 6:11am I spotted Dot.Ca (DC) on the south corner.

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They were both in hunt mode taking time to stretch and poop in between.

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The Beautyful one took off while I was watching DC around 6:30am. I went up to the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) after a few minutes to look for her. DC was now on the Mercury money bag as the misty rain turned into a shower.

Campgee and Annette both reported that Beauty was on cam 4 (thank you). But when I looked she was gone and DC left Mercury while I looked for Beauty. Some days are like that! At 6:47am I spotted Beauty back on the top ibeam west corner of OCSR.

A couple minutes later she flew to the north end of the deck and hopped in toward the nest box out of view. Now the fog was starting to drop down and the rain picked up. From the hole I could see a falcon on the west corner top ibeam of OCSR and with the help of cam watcher Donna was able to determine that it was Beauty. Thanks for the assist! It was at this time I thought I’d go to the Brighton site to check. After 3 trips around the place I tweeted no falcons seen and returned to downtown around 7:30am. There were no adult PEFAs in sight but I did see 2 eyases up on the deck.

Now parked in the hole I spotted Beauty once again on the west corner of OCSR. It was a tough morning for catching prey since they were staying out of the rain.

I ended my watch early just before the 8 o’clock hour. Seeing those babies up on the deck surely was cause to smile despite the lousy weather! 🙂

2 video links are below-just click and view

http://youtu.be/ClVjeEv4L_w
http://youtu.be/9TwhIrUOXVw