By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Todays weather conditions were better than the last 2 days-no fog!  It was very humid and overcast with a little spritz of rain here and there, absolutely no wind and a starting temperature of 71 (F) 21 (C)

I arrived on Bank Place (the entrance road to the hole (Aqueduct St.) at 5:22am finding all 3 eyases up front by the main cam and ready to start the day with me. No adults were close by until 10 minutes later when Dot.Ca (DC) flew in from the north and landed on the ledge above the nest box down on the south end. All 3 eyases were on the wall at the time.

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Dan was up on the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) and I was in the hole by He’s Chinese to start. From here I could see the complete well wall but not the nest box or south side of it.

At 6am Dan broke routine and joined me up close and personal saying this is nice but I like being up where I can see stoops. lol He told me that while he was up on the bridge he saw Beauty stoop twice off the jail tower unsuccessfully and fly east out of view.

At 6:08am cam watchers Campgee and Annette let me know that Baron was on cam 4. He is the trailblazer of the group! And that is a spot we couldn’t see from our location. Thanks to all the cam watchers that helped today and everyday! I appreciate each and every one of you!! A couple minutes later DC moved down to the corner of the ledge he was on as young, brave and bold Baron (Ba) got himself up on top of the main cam!

DC flew east a couple minutes later and Baron went from the main cam to the nest box roof then to cam 4 again as reported by cam watchers. My but isn’t he the busy one!? 35 minutes later Beauty showed up with food and started feeding 2 of her eyases and one was on the well wall cap watching. Dan left at 7am as the wall baby joined the rest on the deck.

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Beauty then took off after 10 minutes with leftovers and cached them on the base of Mercury as 2 youngsters watched her fly off.

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3 minutes later DC joined Beauty and stole the leftovers while she vocalized to him-not sure if she approved or disapproved. He flew to deck and left it before flying up under the northeast wing.

Carol arrived downtown at 7am and stationed herself at Falcon Watcher Central (FWC). The next action of importance wasn’t until 9:30am when DC did a few fly bys in front of the Times Square building (TSB) landing on the column to the south of the nest box and then more fly bys before going to the Wilder building fire escape. The Beautyful one was still on the base of Mercury.

At 9:45am DC flew in front of the nest box area as Baron appeared on top of the main cam. 10 minutes later DC was planted on the Mercury money bag (MMB).

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Starting at FWC and moving across the street by the Blue Cross Arena the watchers that filtered in and out while I was on watch were-Dan,Carol,Kathy,Linda (Braveheart),Louigi,Dana,Lisa McK and Brian was on the South Ave. garage.

Beauty went to the ledge under the northeast wing before flying in front of the kids,then to the ledge above the nest box. Another flight show before she came to rest on the main cam as her kids watched. DC flew in and landed under the northeast wing.

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Around 11:40am I noticed DC gone when Beauty flew out to do a couple fly bys for the kids. These young falcons just would not take the bait today and take their maiden voyage on the wing. Beauty landed on the deck and got rushed by one of the eyases prompting her to get outta dodge quickly. She returned with food and Baron grabbed it from her. She flew north and returned to the main cam. Around 12:30pm DC showed up under the northeast wing. 20 minutes passed before he flew down to the well wall first and then to the deck.

At 1:06 pm he went to the ledge under the northeast wing and that’s where he remained until I called it quits leaving Dana and Carol on watch until Joyce relieved them. I will be going back out to give her a hand shortly. All in all it was a pretty active watch tho there didn’t seem to be any eyases looking like they wanted to leave the nest and fledge. That’s fine by me, I’d rather they waited until they’re good and ready. We should all be smiling for the freedom we have here in our great country on this Independance Day 2013! 🙂

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