Seneca Towers Falcons – Independence Day 7-4-15
By Rochester Falcon Watcher Joyce
Early Saturday afternoon (7/4/15), Dana observed a falcon flapping a lot on the west side roof above the balconies. She and Carol were certain it was a juvie. It took off heading south down the river. They did not see it return. Carol alerted the group to be on the lookout. Dana shared a quick phone edited pic with those of us that regularly check the building. Luckily, MAK lives there and is able to monitor this juvie first hand and provide updates.
Later that evening, I followed up at Seneca Towers. I noticed a juvenile peregrine on the SW corner of the building, then it flew to the middle of the roof above the west side balconies. From below I noticed an adult at the NW corner on a pipe. I couldn’t see the juvie from where I was, but I heard the distinct crying for food by the juvenile falcon. Billie tried to entice the juvie off the building with food, but there was no food exchange. Billie took the food, ate most of it, and Seth sat nearby. The juvie looks like a male based on size comparison with the parents. He flew very well. He still has a white eyas feather on his head, so we suspect he recently fledged.
This is the link to photos taken yesterday.
Enjoy!
Tags: Billie, falcon, peregrine, Seneca Towers, Seth
July 5th, 2015 at 6:48 PM
Wonderful pics, Joyce! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
July 5th, 2015 at 9:26 PM
Thanks for the great pics, Joyce. I’ve been checking the south, east and north sides of Seneca Towers twice a day every weekday when I ride by on the bus ever since we saw Veteran and Luzerne there, and I give it a thorough check in my car (including sitting in the church parking lot, driving into the ST visitors parking lot and sometimes viewing it from the west bank of the river) at least once every weekend. I noticed a definite change in pattern of appearance there this spring, so I had a feeling they were incubating somewhere.
July 5th, 2015 at 9:53 PM
Great shots, Joyce. Thanks for your report. All of you Falcon Watchers make a great team!
July 5th, 2015 at 10:18 PM
Now see Joyce that was pretty painless to put together wasn’t it!? 😉
July 6th, 2015 at 12:02 AM
Great report and wonderful pictures of new Juvie. Welcome to the world little one. Soar the skies and continue the legacy .
MAK- you are now honorary momma to the ST pefas – including this newbie! Remember the greeting you received the day you moved in? Different PeFas – but they were waiting for you!
I sure hope that the DEC takes this seriously now and moves a beatbox ( Powers NB ?)somewhere on to ST. It surely is a no-brainier for the DEC! Right?
July 6th, 2015 at 10:25 AM
Great news..Rochester is back up to three newbies for this year!!Thanks for the report, Joyce!
July 6th, 2015 at 2:45 PM
Margaret, I wrote a letter to management about putting a nest box on roof and they said no. DEC can’t force them to allow it either. Obviously they did fine without it! 🙂
July 6th, 2015 at 2:55 PM
Hi,
Would Joyce be interested in sharing any of her beautiful flying photos with me for publication in my Peregrine Falcon children’s picture book? I can give her more information if she emails me at gove0015@umn.edu.
Thanks!
Christie Gove Berg