Rochester Falcon Watcher: Marcia L.

Really late, but here are a few pics from last Sunday, 20 June.

From Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK:

I watched from about 8:15 – 10:30 this morning. Archer was on OCSR napping on his favorite ledge, the kids were flapping and hopping around. No sighting of Beauty at first when she appeared first directly above the nestbox under a wing on the TS building. Stayed there awhile then flew to the ledge below the SE wing for a bit. She then flew down and landed on top of the nestbox for a minute while Jemison and Callidora stood there watching her. Archer left while this was happening and then Beauty went in the nestbox , I couldn’t see what she was doing. Girls seem to be liking the right side of the nest box today and the ledge around the area the ramp is on. When I left I couldn’t find either adult and the girls were in the shade on the rt. side of nest box.

by Lou

This is a little late, but I wanted to share a few pictures from our watch on Saturday and Sunday this past weekend. I am liking the new locale more and more with each outing! Click on the pic to see some pics.

Lou

2 separate watches: lunchtime and evening.
Lunchtime: Met Jim P. Highlight was a chase by Archer over the river. At first it seemed confusing because the little bird seemed to be attacking Archer. Could have been my angle of view. The second half was definite tho’. Archer was chasing the little black bird around the sky with loops, turns and dives. He did not get the plucky little guy tho’.
During the evening, Archer brought in a meal which Beauty took away. The young ones were on the platform. Archer was on TS. Beauty was on Mercury. All was quiet in falcon land.
Larry O’Heron

Rochester Falcon Watcher: Carol P.

No fledges yet.

I arrived downtown a little before 4 pm.  I spotted Brian H on top of the South Ave garage and Beauty at the base of the Mercury statue, prepping dinner for her two eyases.  Archer was on the top I-Beam of the old Changing Scenes Restaurant.

At 4:30, Beauty took the prey up to the nest box and fed Callidora and Jemison for what seemed like a very long time.  Good.   They would have nice full crops tonite.

Brian, MAK and Deborah joined me.  It was very sunny and warm, so we ended up in the shade on the north side of the War Memorial.  When Deborah left, we moved to the north side of Broad St to again follow the shade.

Archer took off while we weren’t looking.  Beauty flew up to the SE wing at the top of the Times Square  bldg, above the nest box.  We could see wings flapping now and then from the nest box and one eyas stood at the end of the platform under the main camera.

By 6 pm, we were joined by Jeanne, Carla P, Dana and Lou.  Everything was quiet when I left at 7 pm.

I think more and more Watchers will start to keep an eye on our soon-to-be fledglings.

Larry, Brian and I were on hand for some flying and wing flapping from the falcons.  Pictures and a writeup are here:

http://birdblog.marchlords.com/2010/06/pre-fledge-flapping-and-owl-spotting.html

Jim

Rochester Falcon Watcher: Marcia L.

I spent hours from 10:30 AM – 2:00 PM today at the corner of Exchange Blvd. and Broad St., watching Beauty, Archer and their daughters, Jemison and Callidora.

Archer and Beauty displayed their awesome flying skills, while the eyases practiced future skills, i.e., flapped like crazy. Pictures will follow.

Hi Watchers,
We will be meeting on Saturday morning at 9:00 AM at the Central Library on South Ave.  When you enter the main door on the South Ave. side of the new building, which is on the SE corner of Broad and South Ave., go straight back to the Kay Gleason Auditorium which is across from Simply Crepes.

I will have coffee for all somewhere near the corner of Exchange and Broad St. at 8:00 AM, if you want to hang out and watch the falcons.  Be a good conservationist and bring your travel mug.

June

Falcon Sighting – Southend of Kodak Park – Sunday, June 13, 2010 – Falcon Watcher: Carol P.

After a busy weekend of Falcon Watching at the Times Square bldg, it was time to head home around 3:00 pm.

I was on Lake Ave heading north.  Just after crossing Rte 104, I looked over at the southend of KP.  There was a familiar shape on top of one of the buildings.  Could it be?

I quickly found a place to park and clicked a few pictures before grabbing my binoculars.  Hmmm, it looked suspiciously like a Falcon.  So, far away, darn.  All I could hope for was a 1/2 way decent picture, so I clicked away.

The Falcon took off and zipped around the buildings, scaring up pigeons as it passed, finally landing again, even further away. Drats!

I made an attempt to get closer, but by the time I parked my car, the Falcon was gone.  After an hour of looking around the area, I gave up and headed home.

Here are a couple of pictures I was able to get, zoomed in and lightened.  I’m pretty sure it was a Peregrine Falcon and based on size, a female.

Last fall we saw Mariah and at least two other Peregrines hanging out in the Kodak Park area, including a juvenile.  So was this Mariah?  There is no way of knowing.  But, you can bet the Watchers will be keeping an eye on the area and we’ll report any further sightings. 

http://picasaweb.google.com/libbymybird/PeregrineAtKodakPark61310?feat=directlink

Pretty straight-forward watch for Cleo, the Catahoula Leopard – my owner, and me. It was a grey, cloudy, cool day.
In no particular order, we saw the following:
– Archer stripping prey on the 3-rd from the top I-beam on the Main St side.
– Both falcons going over to the Mercury statue.
– Beauty on the Wilder Bldg fire escape.
– Some flying around the buildings.
– Beauty kakking at Archer as he field-stripped the meal.
I did not see the food transfer because of intervening buildings (assuming there was a transfer), but did see a Pefa take the prey to the box around 10:00 am.
It started to rain and the clouds came down ever lower such that I could not even see the top of First Federal, so we headed on home.
Larry O