By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was a balmy 76 (F) 24 (C) with a delicious breeze when I started my watch at 5:05am

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When I first arrived on watch this morning there were 2 juvies at the nest box. I drove over to the Court St. bridge (CSB) to join Dan at 5:10am so I could see where the action took place and I wasn’t disappointed. A few minutes later it started and for the next 2-3 hours there sure was plenty of action! Ontario landed under the northeast wing to start things off. Beauty took off from OCSR and flew over to Xerox to ride the therms above it before gracefully gliding over the river to the jail tower.

When we checked Times Square (TSB) Rachel was on the wall by herself and soon after she flew over to the Wilder roof. Then another juvie showed up on the Wilder chimney and Rachel joined it. They both flew off and then we had 3 juvies flying around together above TSB, Hall of Justice and jail. They were talon tagging and having a grand old time. Dot.ca (DC) showed up at the Powers building while Beauty watched from the top I-beam west corner of OCSR.

One of the juvies showed up on Crossroads (CR) and then Charlotte joined dad at Powers. He was on the camera and she was on the railing when Ontario came shooting in and forced dad off the cam. He then went up on the cam and DC flew to TSB and landed on one of the wing rings.

Next thing we knew all 3 juvies were at it again flying around the TSB, Wilder, Powers area. Beauty went to the Mercury money bag (MMB) to observe while DC watched from the wing ring. Rachel and one other juvie landed on the southwest corner of Wilder. I spotted a Great Blue Heron hunting down on the river bank in between the activities.

Suddenly the Beautyful one took off over the Blue Cross Arena (BCA) chasing pigeons but was unsuccessful and so returned to Mercury landing on the heel. Ontario ended up under the southeast wing of TSB and Rachel was on the Wilder corner by herself. At some point Larry and Zeke joined Dan and I on CSB and a while later Jeanne came by.

Next up Beauty and DC were at Powers-they left with Beauty going to the MMB and DC to OCSR. Char and Lil O went over to Powers again after that. Rachel still on Wilder corner.

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Carol and Kathy arrived downtown around 7am with Joyce coming soon after that. They were in the TSB area. Beauty and DC did some flying together and ended up on the jail tower very briefly then Ontario joined them in flight. They broke away from their son and he flew south as far out as the jail tower then to the northeast wing of TSB. Char landed on CR then flew over to the northwest wing ring of TSB trying to get a foot hold with her wings out the whole time. She gave up after a half minute and disappeared past CR.

In the meantime, Beauty landed on the column above the nest box. Rachel finally built up the courage to leave Wilder and flew very well over to the south side of TSB where she landed nicely on a ledge next to a light-she was ready for a nap. Ontario flew in and knocked mom off the column then joined Beauty and DC flying out over the OCSR and the river. Beauty went to the MMB while Ontario followed dad to the east back behind Chase.

A bit later, Charlotte and Ontario flew together landing on the east side of CR. Dan and Larry left so Jeanne and I joined Carol, Joyce and Kathy at Falcon Central.  Linda (Braveheart) came by and Carla joined the mix a while later. Things were winding down by this time. A juvie showed up on the base of the Powers flag pole and Beauty landed on the railing briefly and that was about it for me.

I ended my watch a little after 9am- after such an action packed morning how could I not be smiling! 🙂

Check out the link below to see all the activity on my watch

https://youtu.be/Q_HriVUCbDI

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