Sunday Morning/Afternoon Fledge Watch – 6/14/20
By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.
It was another cold morning. The watchers are dressing in layers, trying to keep warm. Thankfully, it is supposed to warm up soon.
Kathy O and I started the fledge watch at 6:30 am. We quickly found Hope and Geraki on the wall, Dot.ca on the wing ring above them and Beauty on the Powers Bldg. Where was Roc?
Where was Roc? We looked and looked. That’s when Kathy said, “doesn’t that shadow look like a bird?”
I took a look through my binoculars and I saw the shadow bird’s head move. We walked across the street and from there we could see Roc up on the back of the NE wing ledge on the Times Square Bldg (TSB).
There was a lot of flying by Roc during the fledge watch and lots of flapping by Geraki and Hope. Everyone was quite busy.
Roc was very busy chasing his parents and even knocked Dot.ca off of the top Ibeam on OCSR, not once, but three times! He was even able to land on the IBeam. Not an easy landing for a young, just fledged juvie.
During the morning watch, we were joined by Larry, Dana, Linda, Sue, Shaky and Lisa. Today I was able to end my watch at 1:00 pm. When I left, Geraki and Hope had not yet fledged.
Here are some of my favorite pictures from my morning watch. Enjoy!
