By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

The weather today was abysmal-it never stopped raining in my 7 1/2 hour watch-it was foggy, humid and dreadfully dark with a starting temperature of 70 (F) 21 (C). Put simply -the air was as thick as pea soup

Dan was on the Broad St. bridge in his chair with an umbrella over his head-I got mine out as well.  There was an adult on the top ibeam south corner of  OCSR and 2 eyasses were visible on the deck. Dan told me that both Beauty and Do.Ca (DC) had been hunting off the jail tower prior to my arrival.

At 6:20am Beauty (unbeknownst to us) flew off the well wall-we thought it was an eyas! Phew, she flew up to cam 1 so we then knew it was not an eyas. DC was now on the 2nd ibeam south corner and we had the girls up front on deck and the boys were on the wall.

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Around 6:35am DC took off to the southeast and Beauty followed behind-as I turned in that direction I spotted a single pigeon flying over the Rundell Library. It went out of sight with Beauty and DC on its tail-seconds later DC came flying back over the library with a pigeon in his talons. He took it to the top ibeam southeast side of OCSR and Beauty went to the top ibeam west corner. Dan left at 6:30am after saying that he was impressed with DC for carrying that pigeon all that way. A flurry of feathers cascaded down as he went to town plucking them.DC then ate some and flew off at 6:58am to take it to the wall to feed his kids.

Beauty had gone to cam 1 and left before DC arrived with the food. He started feeding one of the boys and then the other male came in and had a tug of war with daddy DC and won the prize. DC had enough and flew off  as the 2 boys also had a tug of war. One of them almost slipped off the edge and then they settled down and shared it while the girls watched it all from the deck.

I then spotted Beauty on the heel of Mercury and DC over on OCSR top ibeam south corner. A few minutes later the Beautyful one was gone and DC was under the northeast wing.

The kids were doing kid stuff for a bit as the next few pics will show, including Nor’Easter walking around Mercury on the wall and almost slipping off!

At 7:34am Beauty flew to the wall and after a bit of a struggle got the food from Mercury and then started feeding him beak to beak-the girls were screamimg as they watched.

Mercury finished and went to the parapet then the deck and Nor’E was now getting a few bites, he started to scream at his mother and she quickly exited. He then went to the parapet and started flapping his wings.

Beauty ended up on cam 1 watching the antics of Nor’E on the wall-he ended up at the end of the wall hanging his tail feathers over the edge and his siblings stuck together at the other end.

There was a lot of quiet time on my watch as the rain came down. Donna and Annette let me know Nor’Easter was on the nest box roof at some point and later Mercury was flying back and forth from cam 4 to the nest box roof. Boys will be boys! Thank you for the help today ladies!! DC spent most of the late morning on OCSR and Beauty moved around  from the column above the nest box, to the main cam,to the deck and wall.

Nor’Easter was out on the wall at one point in the pouring rain flapping so hard I thought he would take off as I could see his feet rise off the wall but then he settled back down. I had some business to take care of and had to leave at 12:45pm-I could see 1 eyas on the north end of the deck and Nor’E at the end of the wall at that time. I believe the boys will be flying tomorrow-stay tuned and keep smiling! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

3:50 – 7:15 pm

When I arrived downtown it was raining and very warm, with temps in the mid 80’s (F).  I found Joyce down on Aqueduct St (aka “the hole”) .  I grabbed my umbrella and my binoculars and joined her.  No camera while it was raining, because I didn’t want to get it wet.

There was a lot of activity up at the nest box and on the well wall that runs north from the nest box platform during my whole watch.  It stopped raining and we found some shade to watch from.  Dana joined us.  Dark clouds moved in from the west.  Loud thunder, lightening and torrential, wind driven rain, made us run to our cars.  Pat had just joined us and she jumped into Joyce’s car.  We all parked in different spots to keep an eye on the eyases during the rain storm.  I believe that it was Mercury that was running up and down the well wall, flapping like crazy.  Beauty had moved to a lower ledge and was keeping an eye on the whole situation.  Finally it stopped raining and we were able to watch again from our shady spot near what used to be the Key Bank.

Lisa and Kathy O joined the Watch, and later, after I left, Larry O.  We witnessed a whole lot of wing exercises by the eyases, flight  lessons by the parents and a successful hunt of a pigeon by Beauty over the parking lot on the north side of the Times Square Building.  Lots of activity this evening.

Another thunder storm is approaching, so I’ll leave you with some pictures from today’s Fledge Watch.  Goodnight everyone!

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

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It was a very humid, warm morning with a temperature of 75 (F) 24 (C) at 6am and overcast dark conditions

As I arrived on the Broad St. bridge Dan was there in his chair, Beauty was under the northeast wing, 2 kids were on the deck and 2 were on the well wall. Dan told me that Dot.Ca (DC) was on the jail tower prior to my arrival and had flown off and not returned. A couple minutes later, Beauty flew to the heel of Mercury, DC came in and took her place under the northeast wing and all the kids were now on the deck as it started to rain. We could see lightening in the western sky as well.

A few minutes after that Beauty flew off to the east side across the river, behind Xerox and returned coming to rest on the base of Mercury.

Next, Beauty stooped on 5 or 6 pigeons over the river-they split up going in different directions, she missed and flew up under the southeast wing of the Times Square building (TSB). DC flew to the Mercury money bag (MMB). Beauty was off again after a moment flying east once more behind Chase and Bausch & Lomb then hovered high above Xerox just riding the winds scoping out the area.The Beautyful one went into a stoop to the south out of sight. As I turned around to face TSB I saw DC on the north corner above the nest box just before he took off and showed up next on the top arm south side of the jail tower.

DC quickly flew off into a stoop to the northwest out of sight. While we were watching for him to resurface, a food drop occurred at the nest box which we missed-reported by both Donna and Annette. Thank you ladies!  DC was now on the MMB and all four eyasses were in our sights.

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Just before 7am Annette announced Beauty was on deck feeding the family-thanks! Dan left and I went down to the hole for closer viewing and where I can see the north end of the wall, as is my usual routine. It was raining a bit harder at this time.

One of the boys went to the north end of the well wall flapping his wings-he turned and walked a few feet, then turned and went the other way, repeating it several times before going to the parapet to yell something at Beauty prompting her fly off and land up on cam 1. They are so fun to watch!! Annette reported that an eyas was on the nest box roof (probably Nor’Easter as he likes it up there). From my position by Aqueduct and Basin St. I couldn’t see him, so thanks for the heads up Annette! .

DC flew off Mercury around 7:40am and came back around 8am with food-landing on the deck to feed one of the kids. When he was done he went to the top ibeam west corner of OCSR while Mercury did some wingercising on the wall.

DC flew over to Times Square 10 minutes later and landed on the southeast wing ring and Beauty remained on cam 1. The kids had all settled down up on the deck and nest box and things remained this way for an hour at which time DC flew north to the OCSR top ibeam west corner.

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A couple minutes later an eyas went to the parapet and another came to the front of the deck-then another surfaced replacing the one on the parapet as he set out to go north on the wall as Beauty watched.

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Around 10:45am there were 2 eyasses sleeping on the parapet

It was quiet time again until Beauty flew down to the nest box as reported by NCAfalcons-I missed Beauty fly down to it. Thanks!! The sun came out and the kids got active as one went to the parapet flapping its wings and one to the north end of the wall. A minute later they went to the deck.

An hour later one of the boys went to the very end of the wall and leaned up tight against it as he took in the sights and started getting sleepy. Pat came by on her lunch break for a few minutes and Beauty flew up under the northeast wing.

KrisG reported around 1:15pm that there was an eyas in the box, one on deck, one on right side of the nest box and one on  the north wall. Thanks! Lisa came by on her lunch break around 1:30pm and at 1:38am Carol tweeted that Beauty was on cam 4-I could just barely see her head poking up.

Everybody was quiet again as Joyce relieved me just before 2pm. I drove off smiling after an 8 hour fledge watch with our beloved downtown Rochester Peregrine Falcon family! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Fledge Watch from 3:50 to 8:00 pm.

Today was the official start of the Rochester Falcon Fledge Watch.  The two boys, Mercury and Nor’easter are raring to go.  The females, who are bigger and heavier will need more time.  All have lots of white fluff left under their beautiful, brown juvie feathers though, so it may be another day or two.  But one this is for sure, you can never know for sure when they will take their first flights.  We have had our share of  “accidental” flights, so as I always say, expect the unexpected!

It was a very warm day, with a nice breeze.  Temperatures reached the mid 80’s (F).  When I arrived down on Aqueduct St (aka “the hole”) at 3:50 pm, both girls, Tesh and Nettie, were on the nest box platform and both boys, Nor’easter and Mercury, were at the north end of the well wall.  Beauty was up on the northeast wing ledge on top of the Times Square Bldg and Dot.ca was over on the OCSR, 2nd Ibeam down, west end.  There was lots of wing exercising going on up above.  I could see bits of white fluff falling off of the 4 eyases and drifting away on the breeze.

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My first job was to look for somewhere to set-up my chair where I had a good view of the nest box and surrounding area.  I found the perfect spot, in the shade with a nice breeze.  It looked like darker clouds were approaching, but I was assured by our “official falcon weather watcher” Susan C, that there was no rain moving in.  Thanks Susan!  🙂

Soon after I started my watch, Beauty took off and soon returned with food, which she took to the nest box platform.  While she was feeding Tesh and Nettie, Nor’easter and Mercury edged their way closer and closer, finally getting their share.

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After she finished feeding the eyases, Beauty took off with the food and landed on Mercury, then headed back to the nest box, fed some more and returned to the heal of the Mercury statue.  Was she giving them lessons on how to take off while clutching food in her talons?

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Beauty remained on Mercury for quite awhile and Dot.ca flew up to the southeast wing ledge on the Times Square Bldg.  The eyases all returned to the nest box and platform.  In the heat of the afternoon, it seemed that it was siesta time.  All was quiet and there wasn’t much movement by any of the falcons.

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While it was still quiet, Beauty took off and flew around a bit before landing on Camera #1 (aka Pan Cam).  Even after she landed there, the eyases remained quiet.  At least for a little while.

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Finally, I started to see the eyases and their wing exercises continued.  Both Mercury and Nor’easter ran out onto the well wall.  Kathy O joined me on the watch at about 6:30 pm.

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Dot.ca moved to the top IBeam of the OCSR, south corner.  While he was up there, we heard the chittering sound of an irate Kestrel.  We used to hear them all the time when we watched Mariah, Kaver and their young at the Kodak Tower.  This Kestrel was not happy that Dot.ca was nearby.  It dove on Dot.ca a couple times, hovered above and then took off heading northwest.  Dot.ca just sat there, mostly ignoring the Kestrel.  I was happy to see the Kestrel get away safely.  I really like these spunky little falcons!

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During my 4 hour watch both Beauty and Dot.ca did a lot of flying around the Times Square Bldg and the surrounding area.  They were definitely giving flight lessons to their young and the eyases were paying close attention.

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When Kathy and I were getting ready to leave, Larry O tweeted that he was up on the Broad St Bridge.  He had arrived in time to see Dot.ca fly up to the top of the Mercury statue.  When we left at 8:00 pm, the eyases were still moving around, flapping their wings and strengthening the muscles they would need for those first flights.  Goodnight everyone and please consider helping out with the fledge watch if you have a little bit of free time.

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

A great morning for a fledge watch with sunshine, blue skies and a starting temperature of 57 (F) 14 (C)

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As I arrived on the Broad St. Bridge (BSB)for my first fledge watch Dan was in his spot-he reported that there had been many stoops by Beauty and Dot.Ca (DC) with no catches before I arrived. Beauty was on the top ibeam west corner of OCSR and DC was off hunting.

5 minutes later DC showed up on the 3rd ibeam west corner below the Beautyful one then he quickly flew off and landed on the southeast wing ring of the Times Square building (TSB).

I could see all 4 eyasses up at the nest box area-Nor’Easter on the nest box roof, Mercury on the well wall parapet and the girls on the deck. At 6:24am DC stooped down the south side of TSB and pulled out of it just before reaching Exchange Blvd. then back to the southeast wing ring.

DC flew off to the jail tower top arm north side a few minutes later, stayed there briefly then flew to the northeast wing ring. Beauty remained on OCSR.

Dan left at 7am and I went down to the hole where I was closer and could see the north end of the well wall.  Around 7:30am Beauty joined her kids and perched on the parapet while Mercury was at the north end of the wall and Nor’Easter got off the roof as reported by Annette. TY. Soon after Beauty went to cam 4 (thanks Annette and Donna for letting me know) and started preening as one of the kids followed suit and preened too.

DebbieH  joined me for a bit before going to work as DC took off going after something between the TSB and Philppone building-Beauty flew off to join him and we lost sight of them temporarily behind the building. When they resurfaced DC went to the Wilder green strip and Beauty to the heel of Mercury. At 7:58am DC flew over to the top ibeam west corner of OCSR.

All was quiet so I left to run a couple errands at 8:15am-one of my duties was to walk Jeannes’ dog, Isabella. I do this 3 times a week and I always check the Brighton Site on those days for any falcon activity-today there were 3 Turkey Vultures on the north side of the northeast extension.

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I returned to downtown at 10:20 to continue my fledge watch from the hole. DC was on the southwest wing ring and I could see 3 eyasses on deck then one of the boys went over to the parapet.

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It turned out to be Nor’Easter and he continued on to the north end of the well wall-Mercury followed behind his brother and when he reached Nor’Easter it got a bit nerve wrecking as they switched spots and Mercury almost went over the edge at least 2  or 3 times! ( I got it on video-scared me  a bit) Nor’E ran back toward the deck followed by Mercury but he changed his mind and turned around to go back to the end of the wall to scare me some more by flapping his wings very rapidly-I thought he was going to fly off!

At 11:07am all 4 were on the deck but Mercury just had to go run the wall again a couple minutes later.  I found DC on the top ibeam west corner of OCSR at 11:19am or so and then Donna (thanks) let me know that Beauty had been in the nest box for the last hour and was now on the deck where I couldn’t see her. Finally just before 11:30am Mercury returned to the deck with his siblings-of course he went to the front edge by the main cam to get me riled up again! lol

All 4 were together out on the front of the deck before settling down a few minutes later leaving my field of vision.

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This was the last sight I saw of them as I ended my watch at 11:45am with everything calm, just the way I like it. I had to smile as I left downtown after an exciting and fun first fledge watch! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

A beautiful morning for a watch with a temperature of 56 (F) 13 (C) blue skies and sunshine

I joined Dan on the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) at 6am-Beauty was under the northeast wing and Dot.Ca (DC) was on the northwest wing ring of the Times Square building (TSB) with an eyas on the well wall parapet.

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As Dan was telling me about the many unsuccessful stoops by Beauty and DC a new watcher, Louise joined us around 6:40am. DC flew across to the southwest wing ring a few minutes later and at 6:55am Beauty spread her wings turned around and slipped off the back of the ledge vanishing to the west.

At 7:05am DC flew over to the Mercury money bag (MMB). We looked at him for a few minutes and then Dan noticed Beauty on Mercurys’ heel. It never ceases to amaze me how these raptors can sneak in without being seen-I call it falcon games!

DC flew off going above our heads and circled out over the river while the Beautyful one flew off and landed on the base of Mercury DC ended up taking her place on the heel.

At 7:20am DC flew toward the hole and came back with a small package coming to rest on the base of Mercury with Beauty. He plucked some feathers then delivered it to the deck and left it for the kids to pick at on their own as he flew up to the column above the nest box to watch. Another new watcher, Judy joined the watch at this time. I believe it was Mercury on the wall at the time DC dropped off the food that ran and jumped up on the parapet and took the short flight over to the deck!

Beauty flew off Mercury going east across the river behind Chase, past Bausch& Lomb, then disappeared behind Xerox. Dan left and a few minutes later Larry and Harold (his dog) joined Louise, Judy and I on the BSB. Around 8:10am Beauty came flying in with food taking it to the deck to feed her kids and DC flew over to the 2nd ibeam west corner of OCSR.

Judy left and a few minutes later Louise was on her way as well. The boys were out on the well wall as Beauty finished off the leftovers on the deck with Nettie watching her.

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Around 8:45am Beauty flew up to the north corner above the nest box then went behind TSB. One of the girls, I believe Tesh, went to the parapet on the well wall and back to the deck quickly. Soon after that DC showed up on the MMB and Beauty on the 2nd ibeam west corner of OCSR. Larry left just after Beauty flew over to cam 1 just before 9am. I went down to the hole for a close up look before ending my watch as well.

I will officially start fledge watch tomorrow morning knowing that things are going to amp up now with the soon to be fledglings getting ever so closer to their first flights. Keep smiling! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

The temperature was 53 (F) 11 (C) at the start and sunny-the clouds rolled in making it overcast for the middle of my watch and the end was mostly sunny

As I was getting ready to leave for my watch, a Seneca Towers falcon flew outside my window on the 16th floor. I didn’t see it but I heard it vocalizing at 5:45am.

I joined Dan on the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) at 6am on this summer solstice-the longest day as far as light hours. We will begin losing daylight each day now.  Beauty was on cam 1 and Dot.Ca (DC) on the top ibeam south corner of OCSR. Buddy the gull was eating a brown, dried up piece of some kind of meat in the middle of the road and having a hard time getting it down.

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Things stayed this way until DC flew off to the southeast wing ring around 6:35am. The kids were up and about practicing flapping their wings and such.

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At 6:50am Beauty flew over to the Philippone building (never seen a falcon on this building) and landed on the lower southwest corner-she seemed to be looking for something as she flew, hopped and walked her way to the upper southeast corner. A small bird appeared behind her and I wondered if that was what she was looking for. She never saw it and flew off at 6:55am-returning to cam 1.

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DC flew off the wing ring at 7:02am heading south-we followed him with our binoculars until he became a speck in the sky and vanished. 10 minutes later the Beautyful one flew over to the base of Mercury. The crew was back on the Main St. bridge to finish removing the logs and debris under the bridge that they had started 2 weeks ago.

Dan left at 7:25am and I went down to the hole to see the front of Beauty-she took off at 7:40am flying over the Blue Cross Arena and headed south.

I drove around to a different spot in time to see what she was flying after-DC was coming in with a small package. She followed him to the deck where she landed next to him, grabbed the food and flew to the base of Mercury with it. DC flew over to OCSR top ibeam south corner then Beauty returned to the deck with a tiny piece of food to feed to the kids.

At 7:49am Beauty flew to the heel of Mercury for a few minutes then flew to cam 4 to perch for a bit as she watched over the 4 soon to be fledglings.

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DC did some preening while one of his boys wandered out onto the well wall and started making his way north as Larry and Harold arrived. It was Mercury who made his way to the end of the wall where it leads to the building at the north end.

Beauty flew over to the top ibeam west corner of OCSR as DC remained on the south corner and Mercury hung out on the well wall. Larry and I ended the watch at 9am with visions of eyasses turning into fledglings by weeks end-something to smile about and give us a few more gray hairs! 🙂

PS-almost forgot-I saw Luzerne on the northwest corner of Seneca Towers when I got home today. I barely had time to get 1 pic and then she was off

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

A chilly but sunny morning watch with a temperature of 53 (F) 12 (C)

The last watch for Ginny before heading back to New Jersey was quite a show for her. It started on the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) with Dan at 6am-Beauty was on cam 1 and Dot.Ca (DC) was on the northwest wing ring.

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Dan told us that both adults had done many unsuccessful stoops before we joined him. Around 6:20am DC flew off to the northeast after a couple crows behind the Thomson Reuters building (TR). He came flying thru a minute later and disappeared behind the Times Square building before resurfacing over the river by TR hot on the trail of a couple crows. One landed on a window ledge, but there was no escaping the wrath of a daddy falcon clearing air space around his family-he hit that crow very hard, the crow flew off and DC went after another crow. Thump on that one too! Another crow landed on the Blue Cross Arena (BCA) roof and he flew up and hit that one as well. DC cleared out about half a dozen crows chasing them over toward Cornhill and returned triumphantly thru a vacated sky to land on the Mercury money bag. He stayed only a minute then flew south out of sight. WOW, what agile maneuvering!

Meanwhile, up on Times Square Beauty watched over the kids who were all up waiting for breakfast. Dan left at 6:45am so we went down to the hole to observe Beauty and her ever changing family. The Beautyful one is molting and had a feather stuck to her head-we call that a fascinator.

At 7:02am Beauty flew over to Widows Walk coming to rest on the east side railing. She stayed long enough to poop, turn around, have a look around then fly back to cam 1.

The eyasses were squawking up a storm when she returned-no doubt crying for FOOD! We could only see one of them from where we were but we heard the rest of them very well. And then wing flapping occurred.

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Beauty did some stretching and preening while white down feathers kept sticking to her-it was very comical to watch as she would knock one off with a talon only to have another one resurface somewhere else.

Business came a calling in the form of DC with food flying in from the south-she flew out to meet him and beat him to the deck. She took the food from him and went back on the deck out of view.

Beauty suddenly flew out and went south-DC flew over to the top ibeam south corner of OCSR.

At about 7:45am Beauty came out of nowhere and landed on the deck with  food vanishing quickly in a sea of young falcons. It was time to get Ginny to the train station for her trip home but she definitely was smiling as we drove away after a nice week spent with our downtown Rochester Peregrine Falcons! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

It was a very comfortable evening for a falcon watch.  When I arrived on the Broad St Bridge, there wasn’t much room to park.  Larry O had tweeted out that there was a swing dance band next to the library on Broad St and South Ave.  That’s the music we had been listening to on the live streaming video feed before I left for downtown.  Not just music, but some very talented swing dancers as well.  Since both Beauty and Dot.ca were no where to be seen, this entertainment was welcome.

I joined Larry O, Ginny and MAK at the east end of the Broad St Bridge, where they had been enjoying the music.  It soon ended and we were joined by watchers Kathy O and Dan.  We ended up settling on the south side sidewalk more in the center of the Broad St Bridge.  There was a whole lot of activity down on the river, now that the water levels are down.  Lots of critters surviving on what the river and the surrounding area has to offer. Water, food and shelter.

At approximately 7:00 pm, both Beauty and Dot.ca flew up to the nest box.  Beauty went into the nest box and Dot.ca landed on top of Camera #1 aka Pan Cam.  Beauty flew up to the top of Camera #4.  Dot.ca flew to the 2nd Ibeam down on the south side of the OCSR and Beauty took off and flew to the Mercury statue, landing on the heal.  That’s where they remained as I ended my watch  at a little after 8:00 pm.

Here are some pictures I took during my watch tonight.  Enjoy! and Goodnight!

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One last picture of fellow watchers Dan, MAK and Ginny. (left to right)

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was 63 degrees (F) 17 (C) with mostly cloudy skies to start but the clouds were breaking up giving way to blue skies by the end of our watch

Ginny and I started in the hole next to He’s Chinese watching Beauty on the south column opposite side of the nest box and one level higher. At 6:46am Beauty flew out to meet Dot.Ca (DC) but he had no food so she flew to the base of Mercury and he went up under the northeast wing of the Times Square building (TSB).

DC flew off at 7am  and we could see a wing flapping on the deck and then an eyas made an appearance.

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Around 7:15am the Beautyful one left Mercury and returned soon after with what looked like a Mourning Dove to the base of Mercury and started plucking feathers. DebbieH joined the watch on her way to work. Beauty then took it over to the corner of the deck and started feeding an eyas. I was surprised the others didn’t come running over for a bite. DC came in with food and started feeding the others further back on the deck. Beauty spent 6 minutes feeding her baby then left to return to the base of Mercury.

Beauty plucked some more feathers and had a few bites for herself.  Debbie left around 7:30am about the same time that DC flew over to the top ibeam south corner of OCSR.

After eating a meager amount Beauty went back over to the deck and fed 1 eyas at first, then another came over for its share. Beauty flew north at 7:48am with leftovers.

Beauty returned a minute or so later and landed on cam 1 for a brief moment or two then flew out and back to the south side of the deck before going up onto cam 4.

We couldn’t see her from where we were in the hole so I drove over to the front of the Blue Cross Arena on Exchange Blvd. to observe at 8:02am-DC was still on OCSR.

At 8:10am Beauty flew to cam 1 where we couldn’t see her again-oh the falcon games we play! So, Ginny and I went back to the hole and finished out our watch there with Beauty on cam 1 and DC stretching on OCSR.

DC started dozing off and since everyone had eaten we figured they were all settled in, so we ended our watch at 8:30am. We were smiling after a very action packed watch following Beauty from one place to the other, and having seen eyasses being fed! 🙂

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