Morning watch 5-16-11
By Rochester falcon watcher MAK
It was another foggy morning with a fine mist coming down as I found my way downtown. Beauty was on the eggs when I left home. I drove down to Aqueduct St. after I found Archer on the green strip of the Wilder building. He flew over to the nestbox and made the switch with Beauty and she went over to the green strip on the Wilder building.
Beauty stayed there for 5-10 minutes then flew over to the OCSR building top ibeam southwest side. DebbieH came walking up Aqueduct St. and was surprised to see me there. I told her where Beauty was and handed her my binocs to take a look. As she was leaving to go to work she told me I was a crazy lady for being out in the nasty weather. Call me crazy but I LOVE our falcons and like to make sure they are ok everyday! lol Again after about 10 minutes Beauty flew off going east and out of view. I drove around for the next hour looking for the Beautyful one and finally spotted her back in almost the same spot on OCSR. She probably was eating while she was gone. 15 minutes later she made her way back to the nestbox and Archer came out and flew to rest on top of the fire escape ladder on the Wilder building.
Cute isn’t he? Beauty and Unity think so! Anyway, he wasn’t there for long when he stooped straight down the face of the Wilder building and I lost him behind the Phillipone building.
I decided to leave at this point but as I drove through the parking lot I saw Beauty come flying out and over to the green strip on the Wilder building. Naturally I had to stop and take a pic or two before heading home. 🙂
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May 16th, 2011 at 10:38 AM
What is the expected date for the eggs to hatch?
May 16th, 2011 at 12:07 PM
Pam, any day now, it’s 34 days today.
May 16th, 2011 at 5:57 PM
he looks like a rocket in that pic. Cool.
and yes he is cute.
May 16th, 2011 at 6:47 PM
It should be really interesting to see how Archer can keep up with his double life once they hatch! 😮