A Weekend of Falcon Watching – Baron Makes it to the Well Wall – 6/29 & 6/30/13
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.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf_MjyvljVs&feature=youtu.be
Be sure to click on any pics you would like to see in a full version.
Every day is going to bring these young eyases closer to their fledges or first flights. Happy Monday!
