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Falcon watch 6-17-12

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Just a quick report of a short watch this morning. As I walked up Exchange from Main street after getting off the bus I looked up at the Times Square building just in time to see the Beautyful one fly from the nest box. I lost sight of her behind the Phillipone building as she flew to the southeast. Donna and Campgee let me know that Dot.Ca had switched with her in the nest box. I started to walk up the Broad Street bridge and found DC on the heel of Mercury.

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As I walked further onto the bridge he went down to the base of Mercury and I almost didn’t see him there. DC took off soon after flying southeast until I could no longer see him with the naked eye.

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Larry stopped by for a couple minutes and 2 Great Blue Herons came flying in from the north. 1 landed in the river and the other on the south end rooftop of the Blue Cross Arena.

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After a while it flew to the north end of the roof landing above the sign.

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Everything was quiet so I decided to beat feet out of downtown before it got too hot. A short but sweet watch that left me smiling! 🙂

click on the links below for more pics and a short video of Dot.Ca

http://pix.kg/p/306208806213%3A637472601/scl

http://youtu.be/URiwQOXPme8

7 Responses to “Falcon watch 6-17-12”

  1. patsy6 Says:

    Great falcon and heron shots, MAK, and great to see DC on Mercury!

  2. Ginny Says:

    Great pics and video MAK.
    Thanks for sharing 🙂

  3. Melinda Says:

    Thanks for sharing your photos. Is there a projected date for hatching of the falcon babes?

  4. margaret Says:

    I love the shots of the pefas on Mercury! Perfect! But the GBH on the BC Arena is outstanding! Love it. I don’t remember seeing them up there before. Is it usual for them to be up there? Great shots and report.

  5. MAK Says:

    I love seeing falcons on Mercury as well. @Melinda-we are thinking close to June 23rd for a hatch. @Margaret-It was a first for me seeing a GBH on the Blue Cross Arena however, I did photograph one on the roof of the Rundell Library once. Thanks everyone for your kind words. 🙂

  6. Bob P Says:

    Looks like one hatch at around 0643 Wednesday

  7. John S Says:

    As always, great photos & video! Thank you.


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