By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

6:45 to 8:30 pm

Oh, what a beautiful evening!  No rain, sunshine, no rain, warm, no rain.  hahaha!  For once I could walk around without getting wet.  It has been a very rainy June, here in Rochester, NY and we’ll add to it tomorrow with more rain and possible thunderstorms.

Watchers seen during my watch:  Lisa McK, Larry O and Joyce.

As I enter the downtown area, I usually pass the Frontier Communication Tower (FCT) first.  Today I hit the jackpot.  There was a falcon up on the top arm, looking west.  It was Dot.ca.  I parked in the City Hall parking lot and found Beauty and a juvie at the center of the tower.

I couldn’t tell which juvie was with Beauty.  Just as I was getting ready to set-up the scope, Lisa McK joined me.  We took turns watching the juvie, hoping for a glimpse of the band on the right leg.  It didn’t take long.  Lisa saw a silver band and was able to positively ID the juvie as Genesee.

At 7:09 pm, a tweet came through from RfalconcamNow.  “Falcon on NE corner of Cross Rds.” Thanks to whoever posted this message.  That explained where Cadence was.  All 4 seen.

Beauty took off heading south and Genesee followed.  It was a very vocal exit.  lol  Lisa reported that there was a falcon on the Widows Walk.  Dot.ca also took off, but we did not see where he went.

Lisa and I were packing up to move closer to the Times Square Bldg, when a very loud juvie arrived on the Frontier Communication Tower.  He (yes, it was Genesee) had arrived with a friend.  A Kestrel landed on the framework in front of him. We have been seeing quite a few Kestrels in the area and suspect that there was a nest somewhere nearby.

The two falcons settled and were quiet.

They remained there for quite awhile before taking off.  Lisa left, so I decided to go to the parking lot near the Times Square Bldg.  On my way down State St, I spotted a falcon on the NE end of the Cross Rds Bldg.  It was a juvie.  At first I thought it was Cadence, but after checking my pics, it was silver banded Genesee.

Genesee walked south down the wall and out of view.  I spotted Beauty on the southwest corner of the Wilder Bldg.  Now where was Cadence?

I met up with Larry O in the TSB parking lot.  He reported seeing a falcon fly down Exchange, heading south.  We drove back over to the FCT, but found no falcons there.  Larry had to leave.  He checked the view from the Andrews St Bridge on his way home and reported, “1 falcon on northwest corner of Cross Rds.”

It was time to check the Cross Rds Bldg. again.  I saw the falcon on the northwest end of the building that Larry reported.  Based on size, I believe this was Cadence.

Joyce passed me and parked in front of me.  I saw her long lens poke out the window.  lol

It was getting late and time for me to end my watch.  Just after I tweeted that I was leaving, a small head peaked up from the southeast end.  Definitely a juvie.  It had to be Genesee!

I quickly tweeted that both Cadence and Genesee were on the north end of the Cross Rds Bldg and ended my watch after 8:30 pm.  I’ll leave you with a picture of the Cross Rds Bldg showing the positions of Genesee and Cadence.  Goodnight!

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