By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Watchers that joined me: Dana, Kathy O, Larry O, Lisa, Carrie & Debbie

Weather: Outstanding! Warm, temp in the 80’s, sunny, slight breeze, blue sky.

Yesterday (6/16/20) started out slow, but ended with a bang! I started my watch at 6:00 am and didn’t leave until 5:30 pm. All day we watched Geraki and Hope exercising their wings on the wall near the nest box. I was just getting ready to leave the watch to Carrie, when Geraki took off from the wall. She flew strong and straight heading northeast over the Wilder Bldg. We did not come out the other side, so we knew she had probably landed up there. We were right. Shaky was able to move the cameras to get a great view of her up there.

Pat arrived just after Geraki fledged. While Carrie and I were trying to get a view of Geraki, we looked back and saw Hope up on the wall flapping her wings. I just had a feeling that she wouldn’t be long to fledge.

We were never able to get a look at Geraki, because she kept moving around. Shaky did a great job keeping her in view on the Rfalconcam camera.

I headed back to the hole after walking around the Wilder Bldg. Pat informed me that Hope had fledged while we were looking for Geraki. So both girls fledged within a 1/2 hr of each other.

Pat said that Hope had flown north towards the Cross Rds Bldg, where Roc was located. She bumped into the building short of the roof. Hope turned back towards the Times Square Bldg, keeping good height. An adult was escorting her across the front of the TSB and past it heading south.

The search was on. We closely watched the behavior of the adults. All indications was that she was on top of one of the buildings on the south side of the Times Square Bldg. The watchers gathered and spread out hoping to see her.

Later that evening, Dana found her on the Monroe Cty Civic Bldg. Hope was just fine. She took off and headed back to the Times Square Bldg, landing on the lower back section. When the watchers left last night, Hope remained where she was, Geraki was on the Irving Place (old City Hall) roof and Roc was alone up at the nest box.

Wednesday 6/17/20 – That brings us to early Wednesday morning. Dana and I arrived downtown a little after 6:00 am. We found Roc on the base of Mercury, Geraki on the Irving Place roof (west of the TSB) and Hope on the south side of the TSB. Both Beauty and Dot.ca were nearby.

We were soon joined by Kathy O, Lisa McK and Larry O. During my watch (6:00 am – 2:00 pm), we saw lots flying by Roc. Geraki took short flights to 3 different buildings, getting higher up each time. She’s doing great! Carrie arrived, so I ended my watch at 2:00 pm. When I left, all three juvies (yes juvies!) were together on the north side of the Times Square Bldg in the shade. I do love it when they are all together. 🙂

Here are some of my favorite pictures from today’s watch. Enjoy!

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