Fledge Watch 6-21-15
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
It was the first day of summer and it sure felt like it with high humidity and warm temperatures. After a totally overcast start in the morning there was sun and clouds later
When I stopped on the Broad St. bridge to get the scoop from Dan the only falcon in sight was Beauty on cam 1. I went down to the hole and hit the jackpot! All 3 juvies were on Widows Walk (WW). Dot.ca (DC) flew in with a small package and left it for the kids to devour. Bronx flew up to the air conditioning unit on the Telesca roof for a short time. From what I’ve seen Bronx seems to be the best flyer-not bad for the runt of the family!
Cadence likes to walk around-she did it on Times Square the other day walking the whole perimeter of the back lower section and today she walked around WW on the railing using her wings to right herself when she slipped. Genesee was interested in the food much like his dad in that department, and stayed down on the floor of WW eating. Beautyshowed up on the Mercury money bag and DC on the southwest wing ring of Times Square.
The kids disappeared from WW only to return and entertain me as Cadence and Genesee landed on the east side railing next to each other. Of course Cadence was always busy-she reminds me of Pigott who was always doing something rather than sit idol. Beauty flew in to check out the bunch and had a bite to eat while she was there. The Beautyful one flew north after she was done eating. Larry tweeted out that DC also flew north-perhaps tandem hunting or keeping the air space clear for their kids.
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The kids eventually flew off with two of them ending up on the Powers building (PB) and the other on the east side of Crossroads. I went to the Andrews St. bridge (ASB) to find them and could see DC over on TSB on the southwest wing ring. Meanwhile, back at the PB one of the juvies went to the nest box and the other slipped back behind the railing.
Beauty showed up on the northeast corner of Crossroads to keep an eye on the Powers building kids. I went back to the hole after Larry left to see where the Crossroads juvie had gone. He was on WW eating with dad on the north side. DC left with a full crop after another juvie came back to WW. The 2 juvies took over the leftovers and the third juvie showed up on WW. One of them flew up to the northwest wing ledge as Kathy arrived to watch with me. We had 3 on WW one minute and the next they were gone!
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Carol joined the watch and we eventually lost all the juvies-I went up on the South Ave. garage to have a look around but had no luck. Eventually they showed up on the PB, Beauty perched on Crossroads and DC on the top ibeam of OCSR near the south corner. I met up with Kathy and Carol in the Hochstein School of Music parking lot at Fitzhugh and Church St. to watch the kids play at the Powers building.
I ended my watch with a smile a little after 2pm after an entertaining day spent with our beloved downtown Rochester Peregrine Falcon family! 🙂
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June 21st, 2015 at 9:25 PM
I love the pics of them on Widows Walk, MAK! And who would of thought they would decide to use the old NB for a nap! LOL 😀
June 22nd, 2015 at 4:59 AM
Patty, Cadence was so comical on Widows Walk! She started the Powers building business too. Quite the character!! 🙂
June 22nd, 2015 at 6:03 AM
It is so great to see the 3 of them together. Me too…love the pics on Widows Walk!