By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Another nice morning with partly cloudy skies and a temperature of 62(F) 17(C)

I joined Dan on the Broad St. bridge at 5:25am-Beauty was on the 2nd ibeam west corner of OCSR and Dot.ca (DC) on cam 1. The kids were eating on the deck as Dan told me a food delivery had been made just before I arrived. Bronx was the first to surface and join dad by perching on the wall bump.

Genesee (Gman) made his way out on the wall with his brother then back to the deck. DC was replaced by the Beautyful one on cam 1 just before 6am. One of them was flapping over by the boy cave and Gman made his way up on the nest box roof. He then made the hop/fly over to cam 4 and went back and forth a couple more times before getting down.

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Dan left at 6:30am so I went down to the hole to share space with our young falcons from a closer position. The boys were down at the north end of the wall, Cadence was by the main cam and Beauty on cam 1.

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Larry and Harold came just before 7am and a few minutes later Beauty flew northeast. She returned to cam 1 about 15 minutes later. DC  showed up on the top ibeam south corner of OCSR. Carol joined the watch around 7:30am.

It remained like this for the next hour or so and then Larry left, Beauty flew southeast and DC was gone as well. Annette reported an eyas on the nest box roof. A couple minutes later Beauty flew to the deck with food and DC went over to Widows Walk, landing on the north side railing.

DC left to perch on OCSR, Beauty also went to OCSR before flying to cam 1. DC flew over and fed the kids a tiny morsel on the deck. Beauty left cam 1 and returned to OCSR to land on the top ibeam west corner. Judy joined Carol and I. The boys started getting busy on the wall at this time.

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DC started speaking  from the top ibeam south corner of OCSR. Beauty gave a look that way and Genesee joined sis on deck while Bronx remained on the wall.

Kathy arrived around 8:45am while Bronx joined his siblings on deck for a short nap. A little after 9am Beauty flew to cam 4 to check on her babies then off to OCSR below DC who was on the top ibeam west corner. The boys got up and returned to the wall and about 9:30am DC came flying in landing on the northeast corner above the well. He was keeping an eye on his brave boys as he flew off to re-join Beauty on OCSR.

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Things were quiet for the next hour or so. Not sure what time Linda, Dana and Lou joined us but when I ended my watch at 11:30am the kids were starting to come alive. I believe we are going to have a fledge within the next 48 hours and then we’ll be very busy chasing them. Oh, and we’ll be smiling as we try to catch our breath! 🙂

Click on the links below to view today’s videos

http://youtu.be/QX2WfjIk5h8

http://youtu.be/-BqAdm7vH_c

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