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Wednesday Morning Falcon Watch – 7/20/16

Wednesday, July 20th, 2016

By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

The young juvies continue to be seen, but less often.  Watchers were out last night and saw only Beauty and Dot.ca.

When I arrived downtown this morning, around 6 am, I saw three falcons from the Andrews St Bridge.  Dot.ca was on the north side of OCSR on the top Ibeam.  Beauty was on the Power’s Bldg nest box camera.  The third was a juvie on the base of Mercury.  I was too far away to ID it.

I joined Dan on the Court St Bridge, where we could only see Beauty and the juvie.  Larry soon joined us with his new friend Zeke!

All was quiet, and Larry & Dan had to leave.  It was time for me to search for some falcons!

I found two juvies on Widow’s Walk.  After looking at my pictures, I found out they were Leo and Aria.  I watched them for a good hour before they both took off heading east.  Soon after they left, Beauty landed on the Widow’s Walk railing.  She got down to some really serious preening.  I believe she had brought in food for her two young ones.  🙂

Here are some pictures from my morning watch.  Enjoy!

5-beauty-at-powers-7-20-16<— Beauty on the Power’s Bldg Nest Box Camera.

9-aria-leo-on-ww-7-20-16<— Aria and Leo on Widow’s Walk.

7-leo-on-widows-walk-7-20-16<— Leo on Widow’s Walk.

8-aria-on-widows-walk-7-20-16<— Aria on Widow’s Walk.

10-leo-on-ww-7-20-16<— Leo on Widow’s Walk.

12-aria-on-ww-7-20-16<— Aria on Widow’s Walk.

11-leo-on-ww-7-20-16<— Leo on Widow’s Walk.

13-aria-on-ww-7-20-16<— Aria on Widow’s Walk.

14-beauty-on-ww-7-20-16<— Beauty on Widow’s Walk.

Here’s Zeke! Our newest canine falcon watcher!  🙂

2-larrys-zeke-7-20-16<— Larry’s New Friend Zeke!

Thursday/Friday Morning Falcon Watches – 7/14&15/16

Saturday, July 16th, 2016

By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Although the fledge watch is officially over, we’ll continue to keep an eye on the young juvies as they learn to hunt and gain the skills they will need for life as a Peregrine Falcon.

They are all doing great!  Most days we are seeing all of them.  Beauty and Dot.ca continue to supply them with food, but I would not be surprised if most of them are hunting on their own now.

Here are some images from my Thursday and Friday morning watches.  Enjoy!

1-2-juvies-at-the-powers-bldg-7-14-16<— Two Juvies at the Powers Bldg.

2-3-on-ww-7-14-16<— Three Juvies on Widow’s Walk.

3-juvie-on-mercury-7-14-16<— Juvie on Mercury’s Head

Here are some flight shots.

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9-adult-at-powers-7-15-16<— Adult at Power’s Bldg.

10-juvie-sleeping-on-tsb-7-15-16<— Juvie Sleeping on Times Square Bldg After a Good Meal.

11-adult-and-juvie-on-mercury-7-15-16<— Adult and Juvie on Mercury’s Foot.

12-two-falcons-on-powers-7-15-16<— Two Falcons on Power’s Bldg.

13-two-falcons-on-jct-7-15-16<— Two Falcons on Jail Comm Tower.

We’ve been hoping to catch the falcons in the gorge near High Falls.  We’ve seen them close, but not in the gorge.  There is an adult and juvie Red-tailed Hawks being seen there.

14-falcon-on-comm-twr-east-of-gen-brewery-7-15-1615-falcon-on-comm-twr-east-of-gen-brewery-7-15-16<— Adult Falcon on Comm Tower East of Genesee Brewery.

16-falcon-on-frontier-field-light-7-15-16<— Falcon on Frontier Field Light.

19-two-falcons-on-tsb-7-15-16<— Two Falcons on NW corners of Times Square Bldg.

Here are a few pictures I took while on the High Falls pedestrian bridge.

18-high-falls-7-15-16<— High Falls and Downtown Rochester.

17-the-fall-of-beebee-station-7-15-16<— The Fall of the BeeBee Station.

20-rth-in-the-gorge-7-15-16<— Red-tailed Hawk in the Gorge.

Tuesday Morning Fledge Watch – 7/12/16

Tuesday, July 12th, 2016

By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Lots of flying and food transfers and all 6 Rochester Falcons seen this morning!

Here are some images from my morning watch.  Enjoy!

1-juvie-above-xerox-antenna-7-12-16<— Juvie Above Xerox Antenna.

2-two-juvies-on-hsbc-7-12-16<— Two Juvies on HSBC.

3-juvie-flying-around-hsbc-7-12-16<— Juvie Flying Around HSBC.

4-juvie-on-rgs-antenna-7-12-16<— Juvie on RGS Antenna.

5-two-juvies-on-hsbc-7-12-16<— Two Juvies on HSBC.  Matilda and Aria.

6-beauty-on-rgs-antenna-7-12-16<— Beauty on RGS Antenna After Food Transfer.

8-leo-the-librarian-7-12-16<— Leo at the Library.  We figure that he was the recipient of Beauty’s Food Transfer.

9-leo-on-the-library-7-12-16<— Leo at the Library.

10-leo-on-the-library-7-12-16<— Leo the Librarian!  🙂

12-two-juvies-on-jct-7-12-16<— Two Juvies on the Jail Comm Tower.

13-food-transfer-over-the-river-7-12-16<— Food Transfer Above the Genesee River.

14-juvie-at-powers-7-12-16<— Juvie at Power’s Bldg Nest Box.

17-all-4-juvies-under-nw-wing-7-12-16<— All 4 Juvies were on the Times Square Bldg Under the NW Wing. I could only see two from my angle.  Joyce could see all 4 at one time.  🙂

Here are some miscellaneous pics from my morning falcon watch.

7-no-nightmare-on-elm-st-7-12-16<— No Nightmare on Elm St.  Just Lots of Falcons Flying!

11-pretty-pigeon-7-12-16<— Pretty Pigeon!

15-low-river-7-12-16<— Low River. From Andrews St Bridge Looking South.

16-low-river-7-12-16<— Low River. From Andrews St Bridge Looking North.

Watcher Weekend Sunday Falcon Watch – 7/10/16

Sunday, July 10th, 2016

By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Sunday morning was dark, dreary and chilly.  Rain was in the forecast and it lasted for quite awhile.  This morning a few of us braved the bad weather to look for our falcons.  Ei, MAK, Kathy O, Dana, Larry O and Carol P.

There wasn’t much activity at first, but we did have two juvies on Legacy aka B&L.  Finally when it started to brighten and the rain stopped, the falcons began to fly.

Some Sunday Falcon Watch images.

21-leo-on-shoretel-antenna-7-10-16<— Leo with food on the Shoretel antenna, which is close to the Kodak Tower.

22-leo-on-shoretel-antenna-7-10-16<— Leo on the Shoretel Antenna.

When Leo took off from the Shoretel antenna, he flew over the Frontier Field.  Gulls rose up from the field and the chase was on. Dana checked her pics and told us there was also a Kestrel on one of the field lights.  Beauty was watching from the Kodak Tower.

The next time we saw Leo, he was at the back of the Kodak parking lot, flying low, chasing a gull.  He was heading east towards the gorge.  We did check the gorge the best we could, but did not find him there.  We keep hoping.

Bonnie and Joyce joined the watch.

We headed back to Aqueduct St and found three of the four juvies on the Widow’s Walk.  #4 may have been on the other side. Two of them were sharing a meal.

Beauty flew over us heading for Widow’s Walk.

23-beauty-flyover-7-10-16<— Beauty Flyover on way to Widow’s Walk.

24-beauty-and-three-juvies-7-10-16<— Beauty joined three of her young ones on Widow’s Walk.

25-beauty-on-wilder-7-10-16<— Beauty took a small piece of food to the ladder on the Wilder Bldg.

26-juvie-knocking-mom-off-ww-7-10-16<— Beauty returned to Widow’s Walk and landed on the south side railing.  A juvie knocked her off.

After that, we had all kinds of flying by the juvies.  They were everywhere, landing on all the buildings.  Dot.ca came in and did a mid-air food transfer to one of the girls.  She took it to the back of the Times Square Bldg.  We think it may have been Matilda.

Here’s what we saw during our afternoon watch.

28-dc-on-powers-7-10-16<— Dot.ca on corner of Power’s Bldg after food transfer.

27-aria-on-cross-rds-bldg-7-10-16<— Aria on Cross Rds Bldg.

29-lilac-and-leo-7-10-16<— Lilac and Leo on Cross Rds Bldg.

Eileen and I were talking about how after fledging, the juvies would land on the Wilder Bldg and go behind the standpipe up there seeking shade.  A few minutes later, Leo flies over and lands on the Wilder Bldg standpipe!  It’s like he heard us. lol

30-leo-on-wilder-stand-pipe-7-10-16<— Leo on Wilder Bldg standpipe.

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Leo remained on the Wilder Bldg, walking around a bit, before flying over to the the north side of the Times Square Bldg, back extension.  Lilac joined him there and immediately flattened out for a nap.  She had a full crop, so she wasn’t hungry.  Leo on the other hand, found a bit to eat.

34-leo-eating-on-tsb-7-10-16<— Leo eating on the Times Square Bldg.

We are fairly certain that we had all six Rochester Falcons during our watch today.

Our Saturday afternoon watch ended on the High Falls pedestrian bridge.  Carla joined me, Ei, Joyce, and Dana.  We hoped to see a falcon there.  No such luck.  🙁

At 3:00 pm, we said our goodbyes to the last out-of-town visitor left, Ei.  We always have such good fun on Watcher Weekend and it’s sad to say goodbye.

Safe trip home everyone!  See you in 2017! 🙂

Watcher Weekend Saturday Falcon Watch – 7/9/16

Sunday, July 10th, 2016

By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

What a wonderful weekend it was for falcon friends to gather to watch our beloved falcons flying high!

Saturday Morning – 7/9/16

Gathered on the Court St Bridge: Bonnie, Linda, Craig, Lynne, Bob, Eileen, Zaph, Dan, Pat, Carrie, Shaky, MAK, Jeanne, Dana, Lisa, Kathy O, Cheryl, Joyce, Larry O, Dan, Carla and Carol P.

It was an absolutely gorgeous day and we were thrilled by our four juvies, Matilda, Aria, Lilac and Leo flying along side their parents Beauty and Dot.ca.  Here are some pictures of those that participated.

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Here are some of the falcons sights we saw during our morning watch.

10-Juvie Over Legacy-B&L -7-9-16<— Juvie over Legacy aka B&L.

11-juvie-over-powers-flag-7-9-16<— Juvie Over the Power’s Bldg Flag.

12-juvies-talon-tagging-7-9-16<— Two Juvies Talon Tagging.

13-kestrel-vs-beauty-at-powers-7-9-16<— Kestrel Swooping on Beauty at Power’s Bldg.

14-beauty-on-kodak-tower-7-9-16<— Beauty on Arch Ledge Above Old Nest Box Location on Kodak Tower.

15-kodak-tower-7-9-16<— View of Kodak Tower.

Saturday Evening – 7/9/16

Saturday evening we gathered on Aqueduct St (aka “the hole) for food, friendship and falcons.

Gathered in the hole: Bonnie, Lynne, Bob, Eileen, Pat, Carrie, Shaky, MAK, Jeanne, Dana, Lisa, Kathy O, Joyce, Larry O, Mary, Carla, June and Carol P.

Here are some images of our evening falcon watch.

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It was great seeing everyone!


Watcher Weekend Watch 7-9/10-16

Sunday, July 10th, 2016

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Temps in the 70’s and low 80’s with windy and partly cloudy skies on Saturday and rainy, windy, overcast conditions on Sunday.

Watchers gathered on the Court St. bridge (CSB) Saturday morning for our usual meet and greet breakfast. In attendance were Joyce,Bonnie Linda Craig Lynne Bob Eileen Zaph Dan Pat Carrie Shaky MAK Jeanne Dana Lisa Kathy Cheryl CarolP. Two new watchers joined us-Zaph and Cheryl-it was very nice to finally meet them.

Saturday featured juvies giving us some great flying displays on the east side near Xerox and Legacy Tower (LT). Landings by juvies and adults on Times Square (TSB), Widows Walk, Time Warner Communications Tower,Xerox,Legacy Tower,Powers building and jail tower while I was on watch. I didn’t get a whole lot of pics as I was just trying to enjoy the whole affair. I was having a good time watching all the duck families down in the river.Here’s some pics from the morning-I took no pics at night when we gathered in the hole for pizza supplied by June and the Genesee Valley Audubon Society (GVAS). Thank you-it was delish!

Be sure to click on pics to see the full version

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Sunday morning the weather wasn’t so pleasant but watchers still came out to catch a glimpse of our fine feathered friends. I spotted a very noisy juvie on the northwest corner of Seneca Towers (ST) before I left for downtown.

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I met up with Eileen on the Court St. Bridge -she spotted Beauty on the top I-beam OCSR near the elevator shaft. The Beautyful one flew from there to the southeast corner of the Powers building railing-Donna and Ei gave me that report. Meanwhile, Carol arrived and found a juvie on the southeast corner of LT and a few minutes later I confirmed that and also found another juvie on the northwest corner.

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Carla and Kathy joined the watch as things quieted down because of the rain. I invited watchers to go to Seneca Towers to look for those falcons (from the west side balcony on my 16th floor) -Ei,Carla, Joyce and Bonnie came over and we saw a juvie fly from the Veterans Memorial bridge down to land in a tree below us on the east side of the gorge-it then flew under the bridge out of view. An adult male (most likely Seth) flew past being chased by a screaming juvie and we were entertained by many fly-by’s with the juvie landing on the west side railing for an up close and personal encounter of the fabulous kind!

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It was a watchers weekend worthy of many smiles! 🙂

Click on the links below to see snippets of the weekend and a few snippets of the Seneca Towers juvie

https://youtu.be/NJyTu5_KTWA

https://youtu.be/U9agyjvtCO4

Morning Fledge Watch 7-7-16

Thursday, July 7th, 2016

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was 72 (F) 22 (C) at the start of today’s watch with overcast skies

As I was sitting at my table eating a bowl of cereal this morning I heard a juvie whining-as I looked out 2 juvies flew past. I quickly finished and headed out the door. I found one juvie on the northwest corner of Seneca Towers (ST) with its back to me. No others could be found from the ground so I headed downtown.

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While turning onto the Court St. bridge (CSB) to join Dan I spotted 2 falcons flying near Xerox. Dan said that all four juvies had been flying around up there. A couple of them landed momentarily on both the northwest corner and the center roof antenna.

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I noticed an adult on the top I-beam of OCSR by the  elevator shaft-we later decided that it was Beauty. I also checked out the river and found a duck family having a morning swim.

img_0025-rundell-library-falls img_0034-quack-quackBe sure to click on the pics for full version

Suddenly we saw a juvie stoop from Xerox across the river after pigeons near Cornhill-no luck but it was a spectacular stoop!!! Carol joined the watch right after that occurred. 2 of the juvies showed up under the southwest wing of Times Square (TSB) then to Widows Walk (WW) and then they joined a third juvie on the base of Mercury. Just before Dan left at 7am everybody disappeared to the east including the Beautyful one.

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Carol spotted 2 juvies on the jail tower briefly then they headed north-one of them ended up on WW. I drove to Elm St. where I found a female juvie on the northwest corner of HSBC. She flew west after a minute or so. Meanwhile, Carol had gone to the hole and found 2 juvies now on WW and one had food.

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I left the east side and went to Broad St. near Plymouth Ave. to check out the juvies on WW. All four of the juvies were on and off both the lower roof and railings at different times. One of them did indeed have food as the others watched and made their attempts to get some of it.

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DebbieH stopped by to chat before work and while we were talking Aria flew off WW and headed toward the Frontier Communications Tower (FCT). She went out of sight for a second and then Debbie thought she landed on the middle arm of FCT. Turns out it was a kestrel that landed on a bracket of the arm.

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Some more shenanigans on WW by the juvies and then I joined Carol in the hole as we watched Lilac get a small package from Dot.ca (DC) under the northwest wing of TSB. She took it to WW-Aria kept her eye on the prize from next to her on the east railing. DC went to the west corner top I-beam of OCSR.

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Lilac ended up taking the food down to the roof inside the railing and eventually we Aria followed and we had no visual on any juvies. I left downtown at this point and when I got to ST there was an adult PEFA on the west side railing. After cropping my pics on the computer I could see that this bird was unbanded. Coincidentally I haven’t seen Billie or Seth since I came home-just the two juvies. Stay tuned!

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A successful watch that produced sightings of all 6 downtown Rochester Peregrine Falcons-and you know that makes me smile! 🙂

Check out today’s videos by clicking on the links below

https://youtu.be/E8sq5dvDO0M

https://youtu.be/94SOjcYGq-0

https://youtu.be/HSa2i_LuUU0

Thursday Morning Fledge Watch – 7/7/16

Thursday, July 7th, 2016

By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Needless to say, I was very surprised to see MAK back in Rochester yesterday when I arrived on the Court St Bridge for my morning watch with Dan. Welcome back MAK!

It’s going to be another day of 90 degrees here in Rochester, NY.  Even at 6 am, it was warm and muggy.

When I arrived, I saw two juves flying over the Xerox Tower.  I decided to get a closer look before joining Dan and MAK on the Court St Bridge.  Both juvies landed on top of the antenna on top of Xerox.

10-two-juvies-on-xerox-antenna-7-7-16<— Two juvies on top of the antenna on the Xerox Tower.

One of the juvies headed west, back towards the Times Square Bldg.  It was time to go to the Court St Bridge.  There was a lot of activity by our 4 juvies.  Beauty watched from the top Ibeam on OCSR, while three of the four juvies landed on the base of the Mercury statue.

11-three-juvies-on-base-of-mercury-7-7-16<— Three juvies on the base of Mercury.

12-two-juvies-on-base-of-mercury-7-7-16<— Two juvies on base of Mercury.

Dan ended his morning watch at 7:00 am and MAK and I got in our cars to look for some falcons.  From Aqueduct (aka “the hole), I found two juvies on the Widow’s Walk.

13-two-juvies-on-ww-7-7-16<— Two juvies on Widow’s Walk.

14-view-from-the-hole-7-7-16<— My view from the hole.

At one point there were three juvies on the Widow’s Walk.  One of them had food.

15-two-juvies-on-ww-7-7-16<— Two juvies on Widow’s Walk.

There was a juvie on the Times Square Bldg (TSB) (at first I thought it was an adult), under the NE wing.  One of the Widow’s Walk juvies flew around the TSB and landed next to the one that was already there.

16-two-juvies-on-tsb-under-ne-wing-7-7-16<— Two juvies under the NE Wing on TSB.

Two remained on Widow’s Walk (WW).  One of them was obviously Leo.  lol

17-leo-and-sister-on-ww-7-7-16<— Leo and Sister on WW.

18-leo-sister-on-ww-7-7-16<— Leo and Sister on WW.

An adult brought in food and three of the juvies were in the air.  One of them received the food and landed on the Widow’s Walk railing with it.  Matilda landed next to her, hoping her sister would share.

20-matilda-and-sister-with-food-on-ww-7-7-16<— Matilda watches her sister mantle food, hoping she’ll share.

One juvie remained on the Times Square Bldg, sitting on the light under the NE wing.

19-lady-of-the-light-on-tsb-7-7-16<— Lady of the Light on the TSB.

The meal appeared to be a Starling, which was brought in my Dot.ca, now sitting on the OCSR top Ibeam.

21-dc-on-ocsr-7-7-16<— Dot.ca on OCSR.

All was quiet for awhile.  Then one juvie flew over me and landed on the north end of the Wilder Bldg.  The juvie walked in and out of sight.  Then feathers were flying.  Not sure where this meal came from, but the juvie was eating up there.  Dot.ca had never moved from the OCSR.

22-juvie-on-wilder-with-food-7-7-16<— Juvie on Wilder with Food.

I ended my morning watch when the juvie on Wilder finished her meal and joined her sister under the NW wing on the Times Square Bldg.  We had seen all 6 Rochester Falcons this morning. The heat was rising and the falcons would soon be seeking shade.  Time to head home.  Until later!

23-two-juvies-on-tsb-under-nw-wing-7-7-16<— Two juvies under the NW wing on the Times Square Bldg.

Wednesday Fledge Watch – Images from My Watch – 7/6/16

Thursday, July 7th, 2016

By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Here are some images from my Wednesday Fledge Watch.  Enjoy!

2-beauty-on-mercury-7-7-16<— Beauty on top of Mercury.

4-dc-on-ocsr-7-7-16<— Dot.ca on OCSR, top IBeam.

5-two-juvies-on-xerox-7-7-16<— Two Juvies on Top of the Xerox Tower.

6-two-juvies-on-ww-7-7-16<— Two Juvies on Widow’s Walk.

7-juvie-on-tsb-under-nw-wing-7-7-16<— Juvie on Times Square Bldg under the NW Wing.

1-gbh-at-library-7-7-16<— Great Blue Heron on Library Wall Overlooking the River.

3-water-under-the-library-7-7-16<— Water Under the Library.

Morning Fledge Watch 7-6-16

Wednesday, July 6th, 2016

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

The temperature at 5:30am when I started my watch was 65 (F) 18 (C) as the sun came up. When I ended my watch at 12:15pm it was clouding up with a temperature of 83 (F) 28 (C)

As I started my watch before sunrise I didn’t see any falcons at Seneca Towers. However, I have seen both juvies flying past my window and the west side balcony since I got home from Arkansas. One of them was nice enough to land on the southwest corner so I could take some pics.

Make sure to click on pics to see full version

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When I arrived downtown I went directly to the Court St. Bridge (CSB) where I knew Dan would be sitting in his chair. Boy was it nice to see that big, beautiful smile again! He reported that an adult had dropped off a package under the northeast wing of Times Square (TSB) and that all four juvies were up there eating. I could only see 2 juvies. Beauty was under the southwest wing at the time I arrived. A Great Blue Heron (GBH) came flying and landed down on the river rocks

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The Beautyful one flew off to the east over the river and behind the Radisson Hotel-soon after one of the juvies followed her. Next thing we knew there were at least 3 falcons flying around Xerox. A juvie landed on the roof lights and on the southwest corner briefly. Carol joined us a little after 6am.

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Beauty landed on Legacy Tower for a few minutes and when they all left our view. 2 juvies came flying in and landed on the north side roof of the Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) building while another flew south- then the 2 took off to the south as well. Another GBH landed on the wall behind the Rundell Library for a minute.

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Beauty showed up on the Mercury money bag (MMB) then flew east again as Dan left for his nest about 7am. Beauty returned to the MMB and at that point Carol and I decided to go searching. I found a juvie on the east side of Legacy Tower (LT) from Elm St. then I lost sight of it. Suddenly 2 juvies came zooming in quite vocally with one landing on the northeast corner of LT and started mantling something.

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She turned around and went further in on the ledge to start eating what she had. I left after a few minutes to head to the hole where Carol had a juvie on Mercury’s head and Dot.ca (DC) on the west corner top I-beam of OCSR. As I crossed South Ave. onto the Broad St. bridge (BSB) I could see a juvie on the First Niagara Bank chimney. However, we couldn’t see her from the hole.

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A juvie appeared under the northwest wing and we believe it was Leo on the lower roof southeast corner of Widows Walk (WW). He went back on the ledge where we could only see his head now and again-it appeared that he was eating and the wing girl was watching him. Pat stopped by to welcome me back on her way in to work at Thomson Reuters.

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That was all she wrote-I left to see Bella (Jeannes’ dog whom I walk for her) and when I came back through downtown around noon there wasn’t a falcon in sight. I didn’t see any at Seneca Towers either- most likely all were taking shelter in shaded areas from the mid-day heat. I ended my watch at 12:15pm with a very big smile after 4 and a half months away from our beloved Rochester Peregrine Falcons! 🙂

Click on the links below to see a couple videos

https://youtu.be/j8Pac6kwEMg

https://youtu.be/-hCbswv41w4


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