By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

The day started out at 64 (F) 18 (C)  with a nice refreshing breeze and no humidity issues.

I found a falcon on the Frontier Communications Tower (FCT) straight away and turns out it was Rosetta. She was on the east side platform railing and she was whining. She flew off to the northeast and returned whining and the reason for all this whining was Dot.Ca (DC) was coming. FYI-I mistakenly tweeted that it was Beauty on my watch. DC landed on the top arm south side  and Rosetta circled the tower and went northeast again.

DC

DC then flew north and when I got over to the east side of the tower DC was on the platform railing and Rosetta who had come back without me seeing her was on the tower somewhere whining.

DC

DC then jumped down to the platform and back up then off. I still couldn’t find Rosetta as she whined.  Suddenly she flew up to the platform railing on the east side. DC then returned with prey and went to the southeast cube and started plucking feathers.

Rosetta got impatient and flew off  a couple times landing in a couple different spots and then finally settled down right by dear old dad snatching his prey and moving him out. She then mantled her prize whining the whole time as DC headed out away from her to a beam by the satellite dish.

Rosetta after a few minutes took the small package back further under the platform where I couldn’t see her but I knew she was in there for feathers were floated out from under there. DC left  and went to Kodak Office launch pad as reported by Larry who was on the  High Falls pedestrian bridge with Dan and Rosetta quieted down.

Another juvie flew in and now I had 2 of them I couldn’t find!  Finally I found Baron on a beam below the southeast cube with a full crop. These kids sure are eating well these days! 10 minutes later I located Rosetta under the platform neat the northwest corner.

After some moving around on the beams Rosetta walked and hopped her way around to the south side near the southeast cube and brother Baron. He must have felt it was too close so he flew in further under the platform and that southeast cube.

<Rosetta> <Rosetta

<Baron>

10 minutes later Baron came shooting out from the tower followed by Rosetta both flying northeast where they met up with Voyager and played some talon tag. They ended up over the high falls area where I lost sight of them. I went to the pedestrian bridge and found a juvie on the fence to the east of the falls.

I thought it looked like Voyager and I missed her when she left as I was looking for other PEFAs in the gorge area. As I was leaving the bridge I saw 2 falcons on FCT-they were gone when I got there so I went to Brighton next and didn’t see Pigott at first. I parked by the cubbyon the west side and a bit later she came flying out of the cubby to a top window by the west extension inside corner.

I left Miss Pigott as she was napping on and off and found Beauty under the southeast wing of the Times Square building (TSB) when I returned downtown. I would find out a few minutes later she wasn’t alone up there for Rosetta popped up from the back of the ledge and started whining.

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Beauty soon got the boot as Rosetta hopped out with food in one talon and bumped the Beautyful one off the ledge. She flew northeast and Rosetta claimed the ledge as hers going to the back of the ledge to resume stuffing that already full crop.

It was about this time when former lurker and now falcon watcher Deanna and her husband Bud came by as I was on the Broad St. Bridge. Carol joined us followed by Dana and we all watched a Great Blue Heron which had speared a whopping big fish from the river try to get it off its beak so it could eat it. It had fishing line attached to it and it was all over the GBH as another GBH followed it to the east wall where it promptly jumped on its back and stole the fish. It swallowed the fish quickly and easily as the loser of the spoils flew down river.

Gulp

Rosetta had left and Dana spotted Beauty on the top ibeam south side of OCSR. We decided to go to high falls and see what we could see. Dan and Kathy were on the pedestrian bridge when we got there. Shortly after we arrived Voyager came flying in the gorge and landed in the falcon sucking tree (FST)  on the gorge wall.

Lisa came by just before I left and Voyager gave me a send off as I was leaving by flying around the gorge and going back to the FST. What a fun watch with lots of smiling faces as I was blessed to see all 6 Rochester Peregrine Falcons on this day! 🙂

Click on the links below to view a photo album and some videos

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http://youtu.be/Lj9-AubDREk

http://youtu.be/C1MNl_-W1d4

http://youtu.be/MHIfx0QlkvQ
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