Morning watch 6-12-15
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
A dark overcast and cloudy morning with some rain showers and a temperature of 63(F) 17(C)
It was pouring rain when I got up at 4:30am so I was in no hurry to get downtown. When I arrived on the Broad St. bridge (BSB) this morning it had stopped and Dan wasn’t there-the rain kept him home too. Beauty was on the column above the nest box, an eyas was on the wall,one at the nest box and one by the main cam. Dot.ca (DC) was over on the top arm of the jail tower. I took a drive over to Troup St. for a closer look at DC and right after I got there he took off at 5:54am heading west.
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I went to the hole on Aqueduct St. to watch Mr. Genesee on the wall flapping his wings. The Beautyful one flew over to OCSR top ibeam west corner a few minutes after I got there.
I decided to go look for DC-as I was turning onto Broad St. from Chestnut St. I looked up toward Xerox and caught a quick glance at DC as he flew behind the building. I then drove to the Court St. bridge where I spotted DC on the Mercury money bag (MMB), the 3 kids all lined up in a row on the front ledge of the nest box, Beauty on OCSR still and Dan in his chair on the BSB. I taped a video of the raging waters of the Genesee River then joined Dan.
Soon after as I was recording DC he flew off and went over to a ledge on the west side of the Rundell Library grabbed some cached food and took it to the deck where Genesee quickly grabbed it from him. Meanwhile, Beauty was observing all this from OCSR. DC next went up under the northeast wing for a few seconds then up to the northeast wing ring at the very top of Times Square (TSB).
Gray sky or not DC shows up as white as white can be. Around 7:05am Beauty flew over to join her family on TSB and landed on the column above the nest box.
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Genesee went back out on the wall as cam watcher Annette reported he had done so (TY) and Dan decided to leave. I went back down to the hole as DC flew west and vanished into the dark sky. Genesee worked his way back to the deck from the north end of the well wall.
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Beauty took off from the column and landed on deck by cam 4 as DC had landed on the corner of the deck by the main cam chirping. Not really sure what that was about-perhaps he had food with him. Anyway, DC left immediately and flew over to OCSR coming to rest on the top ibeam west corner.
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I had to leave for a while and for the 3rd day in a row I missed Larry by a few minutes as he reported Beauty on Mercury and 2 babies winging. Before he left for work Genesee went up on the nest box roof which he and Annette reported. When I returned a took a quick look around finding DC under the northeast wing of TSB and I could see an eys perched at the front of the nest box. It started flapping its wings just as I was leaving. I checked all sides of Seneca Towers when I got home but I didn’t see any falcons. Another watch in the books and some more smiling as a result for me! 🙂
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June 13th, 2015 at 6:59 AM
Good job Daddy indeed.. And Happy Fathers day to DC !! AND thanks to MAK for a fun (as usual ) report! From a recovering June!
June 13th, 2015 at 3:04 PM
Hi June! I commented on one of Carols’ reports to you about being in the hospital. I hope you have a fast recovery from whatever was wrong with you. Hugs and prayers to you! 🙂