Thursday Evening Fledge Watch – 7/16/15
By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.
6:30 to 9:00 pm
Evening Watchers: Brian H, Lisa McK, Kathy O, Joyce, Larry O, Shaky, Carrie and Carol P.
It was a beautiful evening watch. Many Watchers were able to make it out tonight.
When I first arrived, I found a juvie on the east side of the Frontier Communication Tower (FCT) platform, near the southeast corner. I also found Brian H watching from the City Hall parking lot. Soon after Lisa McK and Joyce arrived.
We were pretty sure that this was Cadence. She took off flying over us, heading northeast towards the gorge. We all headed in that direction, but found that we could not go out onto the Pedestrian Bridge. People were dining on the bridge for a Greentopia event. You could not go on the bridge from either end. Back to the City Hall parking lot.
Soon after we arrived, a falcon flew in and landed on the top arm.
While we were watching this falcon, the rest of the Watchers arrived; Kathy O, Larry O, Carrie and Shaky. The juvie took off, hovering above us and then returned to FCT, this time landing on the lowest arm. There was a Robin that was quite vocal up on a lower section of the FCT. When I took a closer look, I found a 2nd juvie there. I got out my scope and Joyce took a look through her long-lense camera. She was the first to spot a blue band on the lower juvie. It was Cadence. Genesee was above her on the lowest arm.
At approximately 8:30 pm, Beauty flew in with food. Cadence was off first. She flew up to Beauty and went talons up, grabbing the offered meal from Beauty. It was very white. Cadence carried the food towards City Place. Genesee was off, chasing Cadence and easily catching up with her. He attempted to take the food from her, but there was no way she was letting it go. Genesee gave up and Cadence continued towards City Place, where she landed. Genesee found Beauty under the platform on FCT and landed below her. He was not happy that he did not get any food. He let her know (and all of us) by vocalizing very loudly. After a few moments, he was quiet. Genesee flew over to City Place and joined her. We could not see either of them until one popped up on the ledge, then back again. The 2nd juvie popped up on the corner and then took off heading towards the Widow’s Walk (WW), where it landed on the railing. We were unsure who got the food. Maybe they shared. After eating, the 2nd juvie flew s0utheast.
While all this was happening, Larry O reported from the Broad St Bridge. Dot.ca was on top of the Times Square Bldg.
Joyce was able to get some really good pics of Cadence and Genesee fighting over the prey that Beauty delivered. She will post the pics under this report when she is able. 🙂
At 9:00 pm, it was starting to get dark. It was time to end our watch. All was quiet and peaceful. Beauty was tucked in on FCT under the platform. All four Rochester Falcons were seen this evening. Good night everyone!
