Fledge watch 6-26-14
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
A beautiful morning for a fledge watch with a starting temp of 61 (F) 19 (C) and a mix of sun and clouds
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I joined Dan on the Broad St. bridge at 6am and we had Beauty on the column above the nest box, an eyas on the main cam, cam 4 and the 2 girls on the parapet.
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Dan left at 6:40am and I went to the hole-Joyce showed up at 7am and Carol about a half hour after that. Some of the activity was the usual stuff leading up to a big surprise for us.
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Right around 7:33am I noticed an eyas on the roof above the well wall-it was Mercury and he managed to sneak up there while we were watching Dot.Ca (DC) with food on the deck. We had our first fledge and missed it!!! lol From then on it was a busy watch as we tried to keep track of him and his brother. Kathy and Larry stopped on their way to work around this time.
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Mercury came down to the deck but returned to the roof above the well wall once again. Beauty and DC kept track of him while we could only wait for him to show himself. Meanwhile Nor’Easter was running and flapping along the well wall before going back to the deck. Beauty caught a bird and took it to a small ledge on the southeast corner of Times Square.
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At 9am I was stationed by He’s Chinese and saw a bird that looked like a falcon fly from behind me to behind the Times Square building (TSB) with Beauty and DC following behind. A new watcher, Judy said she saw it too. Not sure if it was Mercury or Nor’Easter as it was reported that he was not on any cams. So now we had 2 fledges that we missed! Judy and I decided to go up on the South Ave. parking garage for a better view of the area. We could see the girls on the deck and Beauty on Widows Walk but neither one of the boys.
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Then I spotted Mercury on the southeast corner opposite side from the nest box and Beauty was above him on the southeast column. Judy left at 10:35am then Beauty left Mercury on his own and went to the Wilder green strip.
Mercury went west out of my view and Beauty returned to column with DC above her under the southeast wing so I knew Mercury was still over there somewhere.
At 11:48am I spotted Nor’Easter on the northwest corner below the roof at the well wall level
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There was a long period of time that went by as we didn’t see Nor’E and then Dana went to move her car and spotted him on the ledge 1 level above the nest box where Baron used to like to hang out. We all cheered to finally see him again! Beauty was on cam 1 and then she went to the southeast corner of the ledge Nor’E was on.
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Mercury had gone back to the nest box area at some point as we focused on his brother. Nor’E laid down for a rest and Beauty flew back over to the Wilder green strip. Mercury did some showing off on the well wall as he flew half way across it-a piece of cake for a new fledgling. The Beautyful one flew past Times Square and so did DC a couple times and they each took food to the deck but nobody was interested. Nor’E was looking very sleepy as I left to take a break and do this report just before 2pm.
That’s all she wrote with a big ole smile for we had 2 fledges today and now it’s time to get back downtown! 🙂
PS: Thank you to all the cam watchers who helped this morning-I didn’t report everything that I tweeted including when cam watchers helped us out but y’all know we appreciates ya!
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June 26th, 2014 at 8:53 PM
OMG!! I kept looking all day and NOT seeing those two boys..I was so-o-o worried. Thank your for the extensive report about the days successful fledging. Aren’t we proud of those boys (and their watchful parents.)?
June 26th, 2014 at 8:57 PM
MAK, what a great report and the pics really put everything in perspective. As a computer watcher it’s hard to visualize and you brought it all together. Thank you so much!
June 26th, 2014 at 9:28 PM
For sure,The videos really give me a sense of the TSB and just how tall it is.The falcons and babies were very busy for sure. It is kind of nerve wracking to watch, so thanks again to all who are doing the fledge watches.Applause to all of your efforts in keeping track of everyone.Diane
June 26th, 2014 at 11:27 PM
We are very proud June!
Glad I could bring you along Jeannine!
Diane, I do the videos so folks can get a better feel for my watches-I think they do that better than still pics. I strive to do my reports so that people almost feel like they’re on the watch right along with me!
Thank you ffor your comments ladies!! 🙂
June 27th, 2014 at 1:40 AM
Great report MAK! Thank you for the photos. Now I see where Nor’easter was above box. We could hear him screaming on the stream. So glad they both fledged safely.
June 27th, 2014 at 5:16 AM
NCA-I’m glad they fledged safely and I hope they continue that trend! 🙂