By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

What an incredibly beautiful morning for America’s Birthday!  It was a wonderful morning for a falcon watch.  🙂

I arrived on the Court St Bridge (CSB) just before 7:00 am.  Dan and Larry (with Zeke) were there.  MAK had gone looking for the two juvies.  Dan told me that soon after she left, both juvies showed up on the jail communication tower (JCT).  Isn’t that always the way?  lol

So, just after I patted Zeke on the head a couple times and settled down in my chair, one of the juvies was already gone from the JCT.  It was Rachel!  She flew out towards the river, turned left, passed over the Court St Bridge, then the Broad St Bridge.  Turned left again, passed by Beauty (who was sitting on the Powers Bldg), banked left and ended up landing on the Widows Walk (WW).  Very nice flight Rachel!!!

<— Rachel Fly Over.

<— Ontario remained on the Jail Communication Tower.

<— Dan, Larry and Zeke on the Court St Bridge.

At 7:13 am, Dan left us.  At 7:16 am, Rachel (after being harassed by a Robin on WW) returned to the JCT.

<— Rachel and L’il O on JCT.

At 7:20 am DC flew in to JCT and he and both juvies took off.  When we looked back at the Powers Bldg, Beauty was also gone.

Dot.ca took Beauty’s spot on the Powers Bldg at 7:20 am.

<— Dot.ca on Powers Bldg camera.

Rachel came back, landing on the jail communication tower.

<— Rachel on the JCT.

MAK ended her watch and Joyce joined Larry, Zeke and I on the Court St Bridge.

All was quiet for awhile, so Larry and Zeke left to go on a hike.  Joyce spotted two falcons on the Widows Walk.  It was Ontario and Beauty.  So now we had four again.  Dot.ca (DC) on Powers, Rachel and on the JCT and Ontario & Beauty on WW.  All was good in the Rochester Falcon World. (8:40 am)

<— Rachel on JCT.

<— Dot.ca on Powers Bldg.

<— Ontario and Beauty on WW.

Ten minutes later, Beauty flew over to the west corner of OCSR.  Fifteen minutes after that, Rachel joined her brother on the WW.

<— Ontario on WW after Beauty left.

<— Rachel joined Ontario on WW.

<— Beauty and Dot.ca on OCSR.

Both Rachel and Ontario took off.  It was time to hit the road and find the two juvies.  (9:11 am)

It didn’t take long for Joyce to find them both on the west side of the Cross Rds. Bldg.  By the time I arrived in the hole (aka Aqueduct St), Rachel had returned to the east railing on Widow’s Walk.  I moved over to the parking lot on the north side of the Times Square Bldg.

<— Rachel was having a nice conversation with the local Robin. 🙂

Ontario arrived and flew all over the area, chasing pigeons.  He’s doing really well with his hunting training.

<— Ontario in hunt mode!

Ontario joined Rachel on WW at 9:30 am.

<— Both Rachel and Ontario on WW.

Rachel took off heading north, leaving Ontario to deal with the irate Robin.

<— Ontario and the WW Robin.

At 9:48 am, Ontario had enough and took off heading north.

<— Ontario Take Off!

I followed the best I could, but could not find him.  But I did find Dot.ca on the east side of the Powers Bldg from the Andrews St Bridge.  Beauty was on OCSR.

<— Dot.ca on Powers Bldg.

Now, where were those kids!  At 10:00 am, I drove back to the Court St Bridge and found Ontario on the front of the Rochester Public Library.  It was a holiday, so he wasn’t able to take out any books.  lol

<— Ontario on the Rochester Public Library.

Soon after I took this picture and tweeted out where he was, Ontario took off, heading back towards the Times Square Bldg.

When I arrived back in the hole (Aqueduct St), I could only see the tip of juvie tail feathers hanging out on the TSB NW wing ledge.

<— I believe these were Ontario’s tail feathers.

It was siesta time for our juvies.  They had been quite active this morning.  When I arrived home, I checked the cameras on our live streaming video page.  They showed Rachel sleeping in the Powers Nest Box.

I hope that everyone has a very happy 4th of July!!!

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