Falcon watch 5-18-12
By Rochester falcon watcher MAK
I arrived downtown just before 10:00am and found Dot.ca(DC) on top of cam 4 preening himself and looking quite comfy and at home. I set up on the Broad St. Bridge(BSB) and went back and forth between watching for falcons and the rapellers going down the southeast face of OCSR.
While I was watching the activities at OCSR DC went down to the nest box and 20 minutes later Beauty showed up on the deck. 
DC flew back up to under the southeast wing once again focusing his attention on OCSR. Beauty went in the nest box and plopped down on their egg. What little I saw of her back end she looked pretty heavy with egg to me.
Katie (birdgirl814) stopped by to say hi real quick while on her lunch break. DC left the building while we chatted. I needed to charge my phone and it was about noon so I went to the library for a lunch break. Upon my return I could see no pefas in sight. I checked the activity down in the Genesee River and then resumed watching the rapellers over at OCSR. Joyce informed me that Beauty snuck into the nest box and was incubating the egg . 20 minutes later DC returned to his post under the southeast wing.
All was quiet so I decided to call it a watch and head down to the bus stop which is right near the OCSR building. The boyscouts had a table set up out front and a tent was off to the side with camping gear displayed. Across the street in front of Aqueduct Park a small band made up of boy scouts was playing music and there were lots of people on the Main St. bridge and surrounding area watching and cheering the rapellers. Oh did I mention that the rapellers were paying for this thrill of a lifetime to donate to the boy scouts of America. Everyone was having a great time and smiling! 🙂
Check out the links below for pics and videos from my watch
May 18th, 2012 at 9:39 PM
These are great pics MAK and an egg-citing report.
This is wonderful about Beauty!
In pic 4740 Dot.ca looks like he is scratching his head and saying “Now, how am I going to handle TWO households?”….LOL 🙂
May 18th, 2012 at 9:46 PM
Thanks Ginny! I hope Pigott finds another mate and DC only has to manage one household. 🙂
May 19th, 2012 at 2:57 PM
Let’s hope the third egg hatches too. -Jack
May 19th, 2012 at 3:21 PM
Third egg?
May 19th, 2012 at 5:00 PM
Jack, that third egg is most likely too old to hatch. It belongs to Unity and Archer who have been gone for well over a month. 🙂
May 22nd, 2012 at 8:23 PM
can always hope for a miracle