By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

When I left work today, it was still very warm & humid, but overcast and spitting rain.  They were forecasting rain starting tonight and going through tomorrow afternoon.  Plus the temps were going to be lower tomorrow, low 70’s (F).  I decided to head downtown directly from work, since I wasn’t sure when the rain would begin.

I arrived on the Broad St Bridge (BSB) a little before 4:00 pm.  Beauty was on the Pan Cam aka Cam #1 and Dot.ca was on the top IBeam, south corner of OCSR.  I could make out one of the eyases at the base of main cam on the north side, closest to Beauty.

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At 4:30 pm, Dot.ca flew up underneath the NE wing on the Times Square Bldg (TSB).  Beauty remained on Pan Cam and the eyases continued to flap their wings, strengthening them for those first fledge flights.

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At 5:00 pm, Beauty took off from Pan Cam and landed on the Mercury statue’s heel.

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Beauty was definitely in hunt mode.  She stooped off of Mercury, over the river and zipped around the corner of the TR Bldg, heading back to the Times Square Bldg. where she landed on the Main Cam and off again.

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Now I could see two of the eyases on the left (south) side of the outer platform near base of Main Cam.  They were beak to beak!

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Dot.ca took off from the top of the TSB and headed NE over the river, now he was in hunt mode too!  Beauty came back in and landed on the nest box platform near the eyases.  From Falcon Central (on Broad St, across from the Blue Cross Arena aka  War Memorial) I could hear them vocalizing, letting her know they were hungry.  Beauty landed on the left side of the platform and dropped off the right side a few seconds later.  She was back on the hunt.

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* Be sure to click on pics for full view.

I hated to leave while they were hunting, but I had to.  I left both Beauty and Dot.ca on the OCSR.  Beauty on the top IBeam at the west end and Dot.ca on the 2nd IBeam down on the south corner.  The eyases were not visible from the street below and they were quiet.  It was a good time to leave, if there ever is a good time.  lol

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During my watch, Joyce reported seeing Pigott for the 2nd time today at the BS location.  So all three adult Rochester Falcons were seen this afternoon and all three eyases continue to flap, flap, flap up at the nest box.  I ended my watch at 6:15 pm.  A big thank you to Ei and Larry O for helping me out during my watches yesterday and today.  Thanks!

I’ll leave you with a couple pics of our very beautiful, friendly neighborhood finch pair.

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