By Rochester falcon watcher MAK

This morning the sun was shining with blue skies. Archer was on the eggs when I left home for my watch. Beauty made me wait an hour before showing herself on the Times Square building under the northwest wing. I don’t recall ever seeing her under this wing.

Isn’t she a Beauty? 🙂 After 10 minutes of preening and scoping out her territory she flew down to the ledge directly above the nestbox.

More preening for half hour then she flew over to the green strip on the Wilder building  quickly flying off  to the base of Mercury.

She was eating something up there and ironically as I looked down I saw a leftover in the parking lot. lol

Soon after finishing up her cached snack Beauty flew over to the nestbox where she and Archer switched. She went in and he came out landing on the base of Mercury looking at what she left behind up there.

Finding nothing that appealed to him Archer took off heading north which is the direction of Kodak Park and Unity. I had to head out myself. 🙂

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By Rochester falcon watcher MAK

After hearing about the fight over at Kodak Office and that nobody was on the eggs for a bit I decided I better go check things out. I checked Kodak Office first finding it to be falconless. When I got downtown I was not able to find any falcons and I knew Beauty was back on the eggs so I headed over to Kodak Park. When I arrived I found Archer on the west still and Unity on the tall still.

They were preening and enjoying the rainless partially sunny skies.Suddenly Unity stooped down in front of the ORB with the white water tank blocking my view I lost her at first and then I spotted her flying on the north side of the power plant. Archer kept on preening like he hadn’t a care in the world! Unity returned to the tall still until Archer took off flying west over the brick part of the complex with Unity following behind until they went out of my viewing area. They came back with Unity flying over the top of me and heading east while Archer landed on the tall still. When she didn’t return Archer flew off to the east/southeast and didn’t return. I decided to go back downtown cuz I was worried they might have gone there and maybe there would be another fight.  I was wrong thankfully all was quiet and I went home. 🙂

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By Rochester falcon watcher MAK

When I first arrived downtown the fog seemed like it was lifting and it wasn’t misting for the first time since Saturday. As time went along the fog started dropping down lower and it was raining by the time I left for home. Better luck next time as they say. Anyway, Beauty was on the eggs and I was waiting for Archer to show up. He did, only he snuck in without me seeing him make the switch.  I happened to notice Beauty fly off the nestbox deck right over the top of me down on Aqueduct St. and over to the money bag hand of Mercury.

I haven’t seen her in that spot for awhile so it was good to see her up there where she seems to be a perfect fit and often looks like she is part of the statue. Today Beauty was all about preening.

She flew off  Mercury to the top ibeam of the OCSR building west corner where she continued to preen for 20 minutes or so before heading out. I searched around the city for about a half hour without finding her again. She probably had hunted and was eating somewhere. It was a short but sweet watch with the Beautyful one! 🙂

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By Rochester falcon watcher MAK

Hi everyone, boy I think some sunshine is in order but sadly not anytime soon. Each day this week has gotten progressively foggier. I’m starting todays watch report with pics from yesterday afternoons watch: http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoard.jsp?token=880553432213%3A1718686307&sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=eMail-_-Share-_-Photos-_-Sharer

As I drove onto the Broad St. bridge this morning the misty rain was lighter than yesterday but the fog was worse. The street cleaner was already out and about.

I found Archer on the green strip of the Wilder building. This is their latest favorite hangout, I think because of the weather related vision issues and it’s close to home.

15 minutes later Archer stooped down in front of Times Square where my view was blocked and caught breakfast taking it back up to the Wilder green strip to prepare. Feathers were in the air!

He ate some of it and left the rest. Archer then flew over to the nestbox and switched with Beauty who after she re-surfaced flew over to the Wilder building to consume what was left there for her.

About 30 minutes later Beauty half stooped toward the front of Times Square again where I couldn’t see what was going on only to surprise me by chasing 2 crows coming from behind me up Aqueduct St. First the crows appeared above the truck hauling you know what then Beauty came through right behind them. They couldn’t have been any higher than a few feet above the truck as they veered off to the right past the north side of the Thomson Reuters building. It all happened so fast as things usually do in the Peregrine Falcon world. Phew! So cool watching Archer and Beauty fly low in between buildings! The Beautyful one then flew back to the green strip before going over to the nestbox to resume incubation. Archer said no this time but upon her next visit he gave up the eggs and flew north. I had to leave ending my watch. 🙂

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By Rochester falcon watcher MAK

It was another foggy morning with a fine mist coming down as I found my way downtown. Beauty was on the eggs when I left home. I drove down to Aqueduct St. after I found Archer on the green strip of the Wilder building. He flew over to the nestbox and made the switch with Beauty and she went over to the green strip on the Wilder building.

Beauty stayed there for 5-10 minutes then flew over to the OCSR building top ibeam southwest side. DebbieH came walking up Aqueduct St. and was surprised to see me there. I told her where Beauty was and handed her my binocs to take a look. As she was leaving to go to work she told me I was a crazy lady for being out in the nasty weather. Call me crazy but I LOVE our falcons and like to make sure they are ok everyday! lol Again after about 10 minutes Beauty flew off going east and out of view. I drove around for the next hour looking for the Beautyful one and finally spotted her back in almost the same spot on OCSR. She probably was eating while she was gone. 15 minutes later she made her way back to the nestbox and Archer came out and flew to rest on top of the fire escape ladder on the Wilder building.

Cute isn’t he? Beauty and Unity think so!  Anyway, he wasn’t there for long when he stooped straight down the face of the Wilder building and I lost him behind the Phillipone building.

I decided to leave at this point but as I drove through the parking lot I saw Beauty come flying out and over to the green strip on the Wilder building.  Naturally I had to stop and take a pic or two before heading home. 🙂

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By Rochester falcon watcher MAK

When I got up at 5;10am and looked out the window I didn’t see any rain but when I walked out the door I found that it was misting very lightly and steadily. As I got on route 490E off in the distance I could see that it was foggy downtown.  As I approached the Broad St. bridge I saw that Dans’ car wasn’t parked in it’s spot. No surprise given the weather. I did a u-turn to park the truck facing the Times Square building and nest site. Beauty was on the eggs when I left home. So I sat and waited for Archer to fly in and make the switch in between clearing the windshield with the wipers. I watched through the scope and apparently Archer snuck in and Beauty snuck out when I wasn’t looking at 6:00am. So when I sent out my first tweet at 6:11am Archer was already on the eggs unbeknownst to me. I drove down to Aqueduct St. to see if there was a falcon on the Wilder building. My second tweet said that Archer had briefly flown to the nestbox and then flown to the Wilder building,  it was in fact Beauty.

Donna let me know what had transpired and set me straight. Good job and thank you very much! So this was the Beautyful ones’ first attempt to get in the nestbox with Archer not budging. He clearly didn’t want anything to do with leaving his much drier location!  Finally around 8:00am Beauty got her way and Archer let her take over  the scrape, and HE flew over to the green strip on the Wilder building .

5 minutes later Archer flew to the top ibeam of the OCSR building on the southwest side.

A few minutes later Archer suddenly flew off in a big hurry almost in a half stoop toward the Times Square building. Being down on Aqueduct St. the buildings are very close and you are somewhat boxed in so I lost Archer  behind the Philipone building and never saw him again. The fog started to roll in further so I took a couple pics and ended my watch. 🙂

By Rochester falcon watcher MAK

Beauty was in the nestbox on the eggs when I checked the cams before leaving home. I arrived downtown to see Dan in his lawn chair on the south side of the Broad St. bridge with a few drops of rain falling from the sky. I got my chair out and he said you have to put that big blue umbrella of yours back in the truck! I pulled it out and got a big smile out of him. It didn’t spritz for long and about an hour  into our watch Archer came streaking across the river from the east. While we watched him we didn’t notice Beauty had come out of the nestbox to join him and when they started flying together circling the Times Square building we wondered what was going on. Beauty landed under the northeast wing and Archer landed on the ring at the very top of the west wing on the Times Square building.

I’ve never seen ANY bird land up there before today. They suddenly stooped in tandem down the back of  Times Square and we couldn’t see what they were after but we were sure it wasn’t a meal. It was probably a crow or hawk come too close to their precious eggs. They re-surfaced from behind Times Square with Beauty chasing Archer over the Democrat and Chronicle and Hall of Justice buildings only to break it off and return to the nestbox. We don’t know where Archer went off to at that time. 10 minutes later Beauty flew out behind the OCSR over the river back behind the Radisson Hotel and back to the nestbox. Not sure why, probably chasing off a hawk or something. Soon after Archer relieved Beauty on the eggs and she flew over to the heel of Mercury to preen for awhile.

Beauty flew off to the northwest and Dan left so I went for a ride to find her. Quite awhile later I spotted the Beautyful one on the top ibeam OCSR at the west corner.

Beauty preened there for a good 15 minutes then flew over to the Times Square building landing under the northeast wing.

She eventually flew down to the nestbox to switch with Archer on the eggs. He flew east leaving the area and I decided it was time to get home for some breakfast ending my watch. 🙂

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By Rochester falcon watcher MAK

I just realized this is Friday the 13th! I hope it is lucky and not unlucky for everyone today. Anyway, Archer was on the eggs when I left this morning, so when I arrived on the Broad St. bridge and Dan told me there was a falcon on the jail tower I knew it was the Beautyful one.

Beauty flew off due east with blazing speed over the river to our south. We lost her behind Xerox for less than a minute when she came streaking across the sky over the river to our north and stooped on something in front of the OCSR building near Aqueduct park. WOW she was in fast mode this morning! It always gets my heart pounding and my blood pumping when I see them in the air whether it be hunting or just soaring gently in the breeze. I wish everybody could experience this magnificent sight. Beauty came back into view landing on the base of Mercury.

After a brief stay she headed off in the direction of the Frontier Communications Tower. I walked across the bridge to the north side and to the far east end to where you can see the tower best and there she was.

Beauty took off to the southwest leaving our field of view. Lynda arrived to join Dan and I. She brought muffins to share with us.The 3 of us sat in our lawn chairs chatting and watching Archer in the nestbox on Lyndas’ phone screen.  After Dan left Lynda and I decided to go over to city hall to see if Beauty had returned to the FCT. Sure enough there she was as we drove up.

Beauty left flying in the general direction of the Times Square building so we watched the live stream at the nestbox on Lyndas phone to see if she was going to relieve Archer of incubating the eggs. Archer started talking and right after he left with Beauty coming in to take over. I had to leave at this point. Lynda went back to the bridge and texted me on my way home that Archer was on the heel of Mercury and then flew north. Most likely going to Kodak to do his thing with Unity. I’ve made an album including pics from yesterday mornings watch as well as todays. Enjoy!  🙂

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By Rochester falcon watcher MAK

I had checked the cams before leaving to find Archer on the eggs. When I arrived on the Broad St. bridge Dan was there and said that one of them had flown from the nestbox area to Mercury and then headed northwest. Donna informed me that Archer was still on the eggs so we knew it was Beauty out and about. No action until after Dan left at 7:00am. I took a ride around the city without finding Beauty and came back to the bridge to wait. I saw a falcon fly to the nestbox and again I needed help. It was Archer who had briefly left and returned while I was out searching.  Thank you Donna,Eileen and Bird Crazy for clueing me in on that tidbit of information! Half hour later I spotted Beauty up on the top ibeam west corner of the OCSR building. 10 minutes later she stooped down behind the Thomson Reuters building where I lost her only to see her re-surface and land on the base of Mercury with prey.

The Beautyful one worked on her meal for about 5 minutes and flew off. She circled around the top of the Times Square building a couple times then went over to OCSR parking on the rooftop west corner. She was facing north with her back to me as usual!

Beauty stayed there for 15 minutes looking around her territory and preening a bit. I was down on Aqueduct St. when she flew off and went to the nestbox to switch with Archer. I missed it as the Phillipone building blocked my view but as I was stepping backwards to get a look at the nestbox area Archer came into view right above me and flew over to Mercury landing on the heel.

In my first pic of him it seemed like he was waving to me with his foot up to scratch. lol Archer preened himself for 10 minutes before taking off heading north.

I figured he was going to Kodak so I left to ending my watch. 🙂

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By Rochester falcon watcher MAK

What a difference a day makes! Yesterday Dan and I got skunked but today we were treated to some flying by the Beautyful one. About 45 minutes into our watch Archer came in with a small package for her at the nestbox. He went in to settle on the eggs and she grabbed it and flew over to the base of Mercury to eat.

Beauty made quick work of this meager morsel and flew over to the OCSR building landing the west corner second ibeam down. She as usual had her back to us looking northward.

She wasn’t there long before she flew off around the back of the building(northside) and went to the Granite building southwest corner.

She wasn’t there long as she grabbed cached food and headed over to the Bausch and Lomb building to eat a little of it.

It was 7:ooam and time for Dan to go. Right after he left Beauty flew to the Times Square building coming to rest under the southeast wing with her cached food. She spent the better part of the next hour stuffing it down her already full crop.

At this point I got out my window mount and set my camera up pointed right at Beauty and waited to try and get a take off shot. Just as a falcon watchers luck runs DebbieH came by distracting me at the very moment Beauty decided to go pay Archer a visit down in the nestbox and relieve him of his duties. I missed the whole thing! lol Oh well, there will be a next time. I assumed Archer went to Kodak to see Unity since I didn’t see him anywhere in the vicinity ending my watch. 🙂

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