Falcon Fledge Watch (4 to 8:30 pm) – It’s all about the WINGS Orion! – 8/7/12
By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.
My fledge watch started at 4:00 pm, after getting out of work. I really look forward to going downtown and meeting with friends and seeing Orion, Beauty and Dot.ca.
Orion has really been a joy to watch these last few days, since he took his first flight last week. He has made his way as far as the Kodak Tower, but seems to like sticking close to home, the Times Square Bldg, for now. I would really love to see him make his way to the gorge. Oh, what a joy it would be to watch a young falcon flying there yet again.
Tonite’s Watchers during my Fledge Watch were, Donna, MAK, Kathy O, Aaron, Jeanne, Lynda and me, Carol P. It was a warm evening, but not too hot. Very enjoyable.
At 6:50 pm, Beauty brought in what looked like a pigeon for Orion’s dinner. She landed next to him on the base of the SE wing on the TSB. Dot.ca flew in and both he and Beauty took off, heading north. DC landed on the 2nd Ibeam down on the OCSR and Beauty continued north.
During the evening, after eating, Orion did a lot of wing exercises, strengthening his muscles for longer flights. He flew back and forth between the Times Square Bldg. and the OCSR, where he ran, jumped and flapped his way around the roof line.
Orion returned to the SE wing of the TSB and tucked in tight to the metal wing. At 8:30 pm, he seemed to have settled there, we hoped for the night.
DC had taken off earlier, heading south and we did not see him return. We found Beauty on the middle arm of the FCT.
Oh, and on my way home, I checked KP for KPT and found him on the west stack, NW side of the catwalk. Always good to see him there.
Tomorrow is another day and I plan on being downtown to continue my fledge watch of young Orion, who always has his eyes on the sky!
Here are some pictures from my watch tonite. If you’d like to see more, check out this Shutterfly album. No sign on needed.
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August 8th, 2012 at 1:28 PM
Thank you, Rochester! It has been a remarkable season! I have been watching since 2004 when Mariah and Kaver raised 5 chicks to fledglings and many more thereafter. For a number of seasons, those two gave us quite a show and contributed significantly to the peregrine falcon population of the NE, as well as to my personal enjoyment of nature. I miss those years with that level of excitement. Watching the little one this year, even though he only was one, brought back a lot of that amazement. Thank you, all, for running and maintaining these terrific webcams and forum, and thank you, watchers, for keeping him safe. Hopefully, he flies free for many years to come, and we’ll get to see more of the same succes next season.
August 8th, 2012 at 9:58 PM
It has been a remarkable season Roberta!
August 9th, 2012 at 7:05 PM
Awesome photos! Thank you!! 😀
August 10th, 2012 at 3:21 PM
Thank you to all who took part in letting all of us see the wonders of nature happen before our eyes, If it weren’t for all of you we would miss out on a special site, Thank you all so much
August 10th, 2012 at 9:46 PM
You are very welcome Maureen & Cheryla! All of us love watching our young fledgling and share our pictures and reports about his activities with he rest of you. Wish you were all here to see how well young Orion is doing. 🙂