Saturday Morning/Afternoon Rainy Fledge Watch – 6/27/15
By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.
9:00 am to 2:00 pm
Watchers during my Watch today: MAK, Dan, Dana, Kathy O, Lisa McK and Carol P.
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I am so far behind going through my pictures and writing reports! Now we have a rainy day. Lots of rain that started this afternoon and will continue through tomorrow, with temps in the 60’s.
When I first arrived downtown, I found Beauty on Mercury’s heel.
I caught up with MAK, Kathy O and Dana on the south side of the library across from the Dinosaur BBQ. Cadence was on the Blue Cross/Blue Shield (BC/BS) building. Beauty was giving flight lessons to Genesee high above us. Beauty would show him how to stoop and then he would stoop on her. lol It was a joy to watch this young falcon getting the confidence to fly high with his mom.
Beauty landed on the BC/BS building and Genesee followed, almost landing on her.
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Cadence had food and Genesee joined her to get his share. Beauty moved further down.
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We were across the river from the Times Square Bldg. This was our view.
Beauty grabbed what was left of the food and flew off with it heading north west. I’m sure she cached it. We thought that both Cadence and Genesee were still on the BC/BS Bldg, but I think he took off after mom left with the food. We could only see Cadence, stretching and spreading her wings.
Cadence took off heading back towards the Times Square Bldg. As she approached the building, Genesee flew up to her and for the first time, we saw her talon tagging with her brother. Woohoo! That was a sight to see. 🙂
She is definitely getting stronger and gaining a lot of confidence. Both landed on the Times Square Bldg, Cadence on the column above the nest box and Genesee on the ledge below her.
Kathy O and I moved to the hole. By the time we got there, Genesee had moved to the north side of the Widows Walk. Lisa McK joined us. By this time it was raining harder. Dan drove through and told us he had been watching from the pedestrian bridge at High Falls. He said he had seen all 4 falcons flying over the city. It was great seeing him!
Everyone left and I stayed until 2:00 pm. When I left, Cadence and Genesee hadn’t moved and there was an adult on the OCSR top IBeam at the west corner. We are in for another day of rain. Goodnight everyone!
I’ll leave you with a couple of pictures showing the Blue Cross/Blue Shield building and the location of the falcons.
June 27th, 2015 at 9:27 PM
Great shots, Carol, and I am so pleased to hear about the talon tagging. I was just passing through late this afternoon and only saw one, but it was raining quite hard when I was there, so hard to see. I’ll be there longer tomorrow afternoon.
June 27th, 2015 at 9:27 PM
Thank you Carol for the report and the great pics.
June 27th, 2015 at 10:01 PM
Pat – Thank you! There was a lot of activity this morning before it started to rain. Hope to see you tomorrow.
Kathy – Thanks for the very nice comment. 🙂
June 28th, 2015 at 12:48 AM
Cadence was still on the column above the nestbox when Pat saw her near 4:20 pm and up until 7:20 pm. She does have the perseverance to stay in one spot for a long time.
June 28th, 2015 at 6:13 AM
Great report and I love the pics.Thanks
June 28th, 2015 at 8:40 AM
Talon Tag is my favorite sport!
June 28th, 2015 at 10:09 AM
Joyce – She sure does. That’s ok. 🙂
Carla – Thanks very much!
Paul – Oh, mine too! lol