By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Morning Falcon Watchers: Larry O & Carol P

Morning Falcons: Beauty, Dot.ca and Roc

Weather: Another warm morning with temps rising this afternoon into the 80’s.

When I first arrived downtown on the Court St Bridge, I spotted a falcon flying in and landing on the Hyatt. Before I could get a picture, the falcon walked out of view. I do believe this was a juvie. Beauty was on top of pan cam on the Times Square Bldg.

There was a lot of water flowing down the Genesee River, after heavy rains yesterday.

Beauty stooped off of pan cam, and ended up landing on the lower railing of Mercury. I drove over to Aqueduct St (aka “the hole”). From there, I had a better of view of Beauty. While I was watching her, I heard a juvie arrive, crying. From where I was, I could see a juvie over on the Widows Walk railing.

I walked over for a closer look. This juvie was dark-headed and based on size, I would say it was Roc. He was watching the pigeons flying in and out from the building below him. He took off and chased the pigeons, heading south. Awhile later, he returned to WW. From there, he took off again, this time heading north. I could hear his cry as he left.

Next I checked the Frontier Communication Tower. I couldn’t see any falcons there, but I could see a falcon on the Kodak Tower on the NW corner of the playpen netting. For those that don’t know, this netting was put up when they removed the Mariah and Kaver’s nest box from Kodak. It was installed to prevent them from nesting on the building.

From the front of Frontier Field, I could see that it was Dot.ca. I checked out all sides of the building, but could not find Roc.

Larry O was checking things out from the pedestrian bridge at High Falls. He reported that two juvie Red-tail Hawks continue to fly together in the gorge. He saw no falcons there.

Dot.ca took off and I continued my search. After driving around and not finding any falcons, I ended my watch.

I believe that our juvies are at the stage where they are going further out and attempting to hunt on their own. They come back when they get hungry and need a little help from mom and dad. I hope we continue to see them now and then before they begin their travels.

Here are some pictures from the morning watch. Enjoy!

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