Fledge Watch/All together now 6-17-17
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
It was a warm start to the day with mostly clear skies and a temperature of 71 (F) 22 (C) – hot and humid conditions were forecast
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All 3 juvies spent the night at home in the nest box area and when I checked the livestream before heading out this morning they were still there. When I arrived at 5am in the hole Rachel was on the nest box roof and a few minutes later Ontario flew over to the Wilder chimney and right after Charlotte took off to join him. It was too dark out for pics at first and I couldn’t see the activity that good with all the buildings blocking my view so I went to the Court St. bridge (CSB) to join Dan where I could keep track better.
Charlotte and Ontario flew out around Mercury both ended up under the northeast wing of Times Square (TSB). Around 5:30am we spotted Beauty following Dot.ca (DC) up to drop off food to little O and Char. The Beautyful one went to the Mercury money bag (MMB) after a quick stop at the Powers building east side railing, DC was in that nest and after Beauty left he went out on the cam.
While Ontario and Char ate I checked out the river and boy, was it ever roaring this morning! Beauty did some fly bys over TSB and returned to the MMB.
DC flew east over the river disappearing behind the Hyatt Hotel and Beauty went right after him. When he returned he had food and delivered it to Rachel with Beauty following behind. DC then went up to cam 1 and Beauty to the heel of Mercury. Charlotte flew out and landed on the column above the nest box. A runner named Jackie stopped to talk to Dan and I about the falcons. She said that she and her sister checked out the rfalconcam facebook page. We told her a few things that she didn’t know about Peregrines and then off she went to finish her run.
After a few minutes Beauty flew over to feed Rachel as she likes to decide how much her kids eat, especially when they’re first learning to fly-extra weight can bog them down. DC, Char and Ontario were all watching from above.
DC left cam 1 and stopped by to check on Char and when he flew off Ontario followed him. After some nice flying with pops Lil O returned to the northeast wing and DC landed on the well wall. Ontario then did some exploring up in the metal grating between the wings on TSB-you can see his shadow in the first pic. When he was done he perched on the light that was on the northeast wing ledge. Carol reported for duty at 7am down in the hole and Dan left so I drove over to join her.
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Beauty cached the leftovers on the base of Mercury and Ontario flew over there and ate it! He’s a funny lil guy. Rachel chased DC off the wall, Beauty went to cam 1 and Ontario flew off over Wilder out of view. DC ended up on the east side railing of Widows Walk. All of a sudden Ontario came from the north and straight over to knock dad off and take his spot. DC went over to the west railing briefly then he left.
Charlotte remained on the column with a slight bulge in her crop. Ontario had a nice flight with mom and Rachel was napping on the north wall.
Ontario buzzed Beauty on cam 1 and landed on the ledge above the well wall and at 8am Char made a trip over to the south side of Crossroads. A couple minutes later DC flew in with food and went up to the back of the northwest wing ledge with it where we couldn’t see him, but Beauty could and she went up there and took it to the column above the nest box then over to feed Charlotte.
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Char backed off while Beauty plucked feathers from the prey. She moved in and started screaming at mom to hurry up and feed her.
Beauty had a bite to eat after Charlotte had her fill, then she took a chunk of it over to the column above the nest box. DC showed up to check for scraps and found an ugly little piece that he took to Rachel.
Carol was like-what is that? lol And Rachel was like-what is that dad? I’m not gonna eat it! He chased her down the wall! Then she walked away from him as if to say-you can have it! A very funny series!
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Things settled down after that and soon after Lisa joined the watch I ended mine. Char was flattened out on Crossroads where we couldn’t see her Rachel was on the wall bump and Ontario was under the northeast wing when I left at 9:45am. Oh, the smiles our Rochester Peregrine Falcons are providing us! 🙂
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June 17th, 2017 at 6:34 PM
Great report and what a fun watch. Lil O sounds like a little character. How cute that he ate the stash.
June 17th, 2017 at 6:49 PM
Annie, the boys are always mischievous and Lil O is no exception to the rule! It was a very fun watch and I expect many more! 🙂
June 17th, 2017 at 7:02 PM
Augh! Must be quit the collection of body parts up there. Are there any office views of their nest Mak?
June 17th, 2017 at 10:14 PM
No office views that I know of Dianne! 🙂