By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Well this mornings weather featured some very heavy fog that dropped down on the city like a blanket. But it was short-lived as the sun burned thru it and drove it out. The starting temperature was 68 (F) 20 (C) with humid conditions.

When I arrived downtown there were no adult PEFAs present that I could see. The tops of the tallest buildings had fog around them. And I could see 1 eyas on the well wall and 1 by the main cam from the hole (Aqueduct St.). I drove up to the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) where I could see all 3 kids’

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Just before 6am as the fog was dropping down quickly I spotted Dot.Ca (DC) on the 2nd ibeam south corner of OCSR. If it weren’t for his white chest I would have missed him.

For the next half hour I watched the fog drop to near street level making it impossible to watch falcons or anything else. LarryO came by with Harold his dog but didn’t stay as there was nothing to see. I decided to check the Brighton Site for Pigott but she wasn’t home so I returned to downtown. The fog had lifted and the sun was burning thru what was left of it when I arrived  at 7:25am. Beauty was feeding the eyases on the deck. I drove down State St. And found DC on the north corner of the OCSR top ibeam.

I went back to observe  Beauty and the kids parking in front of the Blue Cross Arena (BCA) on Exchange St. for the best view.

Beauty was feeding 2 while one eyas was wingercising  in front of the nest box. The Beautyful one stopped feeding and flew off with the leftovers to the base of Mercury to cache it. The kids watched her intently.

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Around 7:45am Beauty flew to the main cam as DebbieH came by on her way to work. At around 8:11am DC flew to the deck with food. H e was feeding Voyager while Baron and Rosetta hung out on the well wall. Meanwhile Beauty was napping on OCSR. Wnen DC was done he flew off to OCSR top ibeam south corner.

Around 8:30am I got my lawn chair out of the trunk and set up by the back corner of Keybank in the hole where I could watch Mercury to my left, OCSR behind me and Times Square straight ahead. All I needed was some popcorn while I watched the show.

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For the next 2 hours the kids appeared and disappeared from view on the deck and well wall. There was a lot of wing flapping going on as well. Beauty visited the nest box for a while and got too hot leaving for the shade of OCSR. During this time cam watchers Donna, Annette, Ei and Joyce all kept me informed of what was going on up at the nest box where I couldn’t see. Thank you so much guys-you’re the best!

Beauty to main cam DC takes off

At one point an eyas got in Beautys face and she took as much as she could before flying off, having had enough of that!

Around 10:30am Louigi (big daddy Lou) came by to join the fledge watch for an hour. Both adults flew in front of Times Square Building (TSB) as if to say come join us kids. Beauty alarm called and flew south at one point during this time.We couldn’t see where she went or what the problem was but she returned no worse for wear. Lou left and a few minutes later Brian aka BD (Bird Dude as he calls himself) showed up. Pat stopped to talk on her lunch break and Lisa McK also came by on her lunch break. Around 12:10am DC flew in and started circling above the Telesca Center then near the OCSR then north to chase a Turkey Vulture (TV) out of the northern part of the territory by the high falls. Beauty joined him and came back to the column above the nest box to watch over her children.

20 minutes later Beauty flew off alarm calling above the Reynolds Arcade building then went north after a TV again. Lisa  went back to work, Brian went to the library before going up to the South Ave. garage to watch from and I went up to the BSB as the sky was lightly spitting rain drops down. From there I spotted Beauty on the jail tower top arm northwest side. She flew off a few minutes later to the TSB coming to rest under the northeast wing.

Joyce came to relieve me just before 2pm. It was quite a first fledge watch that at no time looked like any of the young falcons were going to take their first flight but I have a feeling tomorrow will be a different story. Until then I intend to keep smiling and you do the same! 🙂

Below are links for a photo album and videos from my watch-just click and view

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http://youtu.be/FhJiXZOLsjc
http://youtu.be/vnxRQ0_f9_c
http://youtu.be/XmL0GGXWx44

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