Morning watch 6-8-11
By Rochester falcon watcher MAK
As I approached the Broad St. bridge today I spotted Dan in his chair on the sidewalk and I started smiling. He hasn’t met me there in the morning in 3 weeks or more. He hadn’t seen any falcons yet when I arrived. We sat there for awhile and getting bored he asked if I wanted to go to the pedestrian bridge at high falls so we went. It’s a nice,relaxing place to spend time with all it’s natural surroundings. We saw that Mrs. Canadian goose didn’t have any hatchlings yet and Mr. and Mrs. turkey were bonding over in the grassy area.
Anyway, after 20 minutes I finally spotted the Beautyful one on the Frontier Communications Tower.
Can you find her in the pic? Dan spotted Beauty flying up to and into the nestbox about 25 minutes later and Donna reported a couple minutes later that Archer had brought Beauty some breakfast. I was very happy to hear that to say the least! Dan left at 7:00am his usual time and I drove back downtown to find Beauty on the jail tower.
I sat on Troup St. watching her for only 5 minutes when she flew off in the direction of FCT. I found her over there in her favorite spot below the platform on the east side.
I spent half an hour with her until she suddenly looked up over her shoulder,then flew off toward me.
As she flew practically right over me it was then that I spotted Archer coming up the rear right on her tail. They both flew in the direction of Times Square so I tweeted it out and high tailed it over to Broad St. Nobody on Times Square,Mercury ,Wilder,Widows Walk or the jail tower so I decided to check Kodak Office. On my way back from there driving south on N. Plymouth St. I spotted Beauty back on the same perch as before on the FCT. I pulled over in front of Frontier Field(our Rochester Red Wings baseball teams field) to look through my binocs and lo and behold Archer was up there with her!
I stayed and watched them preen until 8:30am and then it was time for this falcon watcher to get home. It was so nice to see Archer spend some time with Beauty. Keep your eyes to the sky everyone! 🙂
June 8th, 2011 at 10:55 AM
Excellent news! I was so happy this morning when I turned on the streaming cam & clearly heard 2 ee-chupping voices! I’m glad it was more than just a quick stop over!
June 8th, 2011 at 10:57 AM
Amen to that Ei!
June 8th, 2011 at 11:10 AM
I can’t make a heart here so I just say double heart
June 8th, 2011 at 12:11 PM
I’m torn between being pleased that Archer paid attention to Beauty, and wanting him to just devote himself to one mate. I’m leaning towards the latter. If this keeps up…Rochester may not see any fledglings, so I am hoping for Archer and Unity to have a 2nd clutch & babies. Maybe he will then mate for life with Unity, and Beauty can get on with her life and find a mate of her own.
June 8th, 2011 at 1:18 PM
I just want them all to be safe. We’ve had a year with no fledges — 2009, but everyone was concerned with Mariah’s injuries and rehab that year. At least this year, there are three falcons to watch; now if they just stay safe. Nice report and pictures, by the way. I love the pictures of the goose and the turkeys at High Falls.
June 8th, 2011 at 3:34 PM
I agree with you Joycie! I’d love to see Mr. T come back and be with Beauty. She was a different bird with him…more active. And Margaret-I too, want everyone safe but we have to remember this is real live nature. BTW the 1st and 3rd pics are a male turkey and the middle one is a female turkey. I didn’t take a pic of a goose. It’s all good! 🙂
June 8th, 2011 at 4:47 PM
I agree that B was a lot more active with Mr. T. Considering it was winter, maybe they had to stay more active to find prey?
BTW – I guess I’m the “goose”! LOL! Thanks.
June 8th, 2011 at 8:15 PM
If Mr T comes back we will have a fight. Archer is not going to give up his territory or his ladies without one. You have to know that. Look what happened with Milton his ex sided with Jack against him. Our girls may side with Archer against any comers. Don’t know. But I want no fighting. Its too dangerous.
June 8th, 2011 at 8:48 PM
I agree BC & feel there is going to be a showdown at sundown some day. Not looking forward to it. Great report & pics MAK! Thanks!
June 8th, 2011 at 9:11 PM
I love these reports MAK and it is always great to see the pictures of the BEAUTY-ful one.
Thanks for all you do!
June 9th, 2011 at 5:27 AM
BC I DO realize there would be a fight. Just my human side talking. I can’t believe Beauty and Unity came out unscathed from their battle. Hopefully everything will remain calm. 🙂
June 9th, 2011 at 10:50 PM
MAK one thing about the fight between the girls I noticed in the pictures, is neither one seemed to be using their talons. So what I “think” is Beauty was giving her one free pass sort of. Yes she was teaching her about trespassing but it wasn’t a no holds barred fight. I’ll let you off this time but don’t ever let it happen again. Sort of warning. But this is my personal opinion and doesn’t mean much.