Today’s Fledge Watchers:

Early Morning – Dan and Larry O (5:15 – 7:00 am)

Morning/Afternoon – Kathy O, Dan, Ron and Carol P. (8:00 am – 4:00 pm)

Evening – Pat, Lisa, Carla, Shaky and Larry O. (6:00 – 8:30 pm)

Special thanks to the not local watchers helping by letting the local watchers know what is going on, on camera – Ei and Annette

Weather:  Cloudy, damp and rainy, some sun, with temps in the mid 80’s, area under a severe thunderstorm and wind warning, late day to 11 pm.

Another fledge watch with no fledges.  I was really hoping that they would wait to fledge tomorrow, with the possible bad weather coming through.

The highlights of the morning/afternoon watch.

We got to see Dot.ca stoop off the top of the Times Square Bldg, low over the pavement in front of us and then zipping up to continue over the river.  He did this not once, but twice!  So thrilling to see!  Definitely in hunt mode.

Letchworth made her way out onto the wall for the first time, joining her brother Mike.  It was fun to see the two youngsters flapping and running down the wall together.  Soon, Sundara will join them.

Near the end of the watch, Beauty took off and returned about 10 minutes later.  She landed on top of Camera 1 (aka Pan Cam).  She looked a little funny up there.  Turning and twisting and spreading her wings out and ….. I zoomed in on her with my camera and saw that she was soaking wet! She had taken a bath and was preening her wet feathers and drying out her wings.  lol

Here are some pictures from today’s fledge watch.  Enjoy!

*Please click on the pictures to see the full image.*

I also wanted to include some pictures of our bathing Beauty!