By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Morning Watchers: Dana, Larry O & Carol P.

Weather: Cooler, with temps in the 60’s. It was 71 at the end of our watch. Brilliant Blue Sky!

The first falcon I saw this morning was Roc! He was hunting off the north side of Kodak Office. The first time he stooped off and brought back something very small. It didn’t take him long to finish eating it. He was quickly off again, chasing pigeons over a building to the north. Roc returned and landed on the NE corner of the Kodak Tower.

I drove around to the east side of the building for a better view. Roc was sitting up on top of a large decorative ball. He was preening a little bit, but mostly looking all over at everything that moved. He stooped off of the building and swooped over the old Button Factory Bldg, just southeast of Kodak Office. I lost sight of him as he passed over the building. I looked around the area, but could not find him. Dana joined me and we continued the search.

We ended up on Aqueduct St (the hole). From there we could see Beauty on the base of Mercury and Dot.ca on the top Ibeam of OCSR. A few minutes later, we heard a juvie crying and spotted Hope on Widows Walk. She didn’t stay long, taking off and heading west. While we had Hope, Beauty and Dot.ca in view, Larry O reported that he had spotted a falcon under the platform on Frontier Communication Tower. Probably Roc, or maybe Geraki?

Dana and I drove all over downtown Rochester after losing sight of all the Rochester Falcons. We even visited the pedestrian bridge at High Falls again. We could not find any falcons.

I was really happy to see Roc, Hope, Beauty and Dot.ca today. I wish we could report seeing Geraki. One of these days, we will not find any of the juvies. It’s getting close to the time they will start their wandering. That will be a sad day for the watchers and a happy day, knowing that they are doing well and ready to start their travels. Sadly, because they are not banded, we will never know if they are seen nesting in the future.

Here are some pictures from the morning watch. Enjoy!

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