By Rochester Falcon Watcher Dana

Please click on the following YouTube links to view my watch reports for July 15th through July 21st.

7/15/22

7/16/22

7/17/22

7/19/22

7/21/22

By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

This morning’s watchers were Dana, Larry O and Carol P. Another hot, steamy day! Starting early helps us beat the heat.

The first falcon I found was Neander hunting off of the Frontier Communication Tower. He was successful on his 2nd attempt. He flew with the prey heading towards the Powers Bldg.

I followed the best I could, but could not find him. I met Dana on the Court St Bridge. Nova was at the TSB nest box.

Nova took off and stooped over us and the river on the south side of the bridge. Neander joined her on a tandem hunt. Nova grabbed a large, dark bird and carried it over the river heading for the red brick building just south of the Blue Cross Arena. I believe they made coffins there a long time ago. Nova landed on the SW corner and started prepping her meal.

We spotted Neander nearby on one of the jail buildings across the street from Nova. A juvie flew over us and landed on another building across from Nova watching her.

Dana and I walked up to Exchange to get a closer look. That’s when Kanfai Malachim (KM) flew up to Nova and grabbed the food from her. Nova took off and landed on the Wilder Chimney.

Blaze joined KM and they shared their breakfast.

Larry joined us under the Freddy Sue Bridge where we watched the falcons from.

Here are some pics of pics from the morning watch. Again, sorry for the poor quality.

By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P

Hot, hazy and humid! It’s a three H day! Temps will be in the mid 90s today. It’s already 90F at 1 pm.

The morning watchers, Dana, Kathy O, Larry O and Carol P have been arriving downtown early to get in a couple hours of watching the Rochester Falcons before it gets too hot.

On the way in, Dana found an adult on the north side of OCSR. Soon after parking on the Court St Bridge (CSB) we spotted both juvies, Kanfai Malachim (KM) and Blaze come flying in from the east, over the river, behind the OCSR, and landing on the east side of the Cross Rds Bldg. They both settled in for a nap.

An adult was seen on the Frontier Communication Tower (FCT). It then took off and landed on the Times Square Bldg (TSB) SW wing ring. Then back to FCT top arm.

Just before 8 am, we’re pretty sure it was Nova that brought in food and dropped it off on the Cross Rds Bldg for KM and Blaze. KM grabbed it, but Blaze got his share.

We still haven’t seen any food transfers between adults and juvies. We’ve only seen them drop off food. Hopefully we’ll start to witness more training soon.

By 9:00 am, the heat was unbearable, so we headed home.

Here are a few not very good pics of pics. Sorry for the horrible quality.

After a very much needed day of rain, I went downtown to search for our Rochester Falcons. The first falcon I found was an adult on the Frontier Communication Tower (FCT). I’m pretty sure it was Neander.

Driving around downtown Rochester is extremely frustrating right now, construction around ever corner. Parking to watch falcons is almost impossible. The Court St Bridge is the only bridge open for parking and they were putting up cones when we left today. Hopefully we won’t find the Court St Bridge closed to parking tomorrow morning.

On with the falcon watch. Dana, Kathy and I found both Kanfai Malachim (KM) and Blaze on the FCT platform. It wasn’t long before they both took off heading south. We drove over to the Court St Bridge and joined Larry O there. Both juvies were together on the Times Square Bldg SW wing ledge. Nova was on the Jail Communication Tower.

First KM and then Blaze took off. Mom was the target. Blaze landed on top of the tower and KM knocked mom off and landed in her spot. Nova flew north and landed on the corner of the Powers Bldg.

Both KM and Blaze took off heading north, talon tagging and flying together. They both landed under the antenna on one of the jail buildings.

From there they both headed north behind Cross Rds. One juvie ended up on the level below Nova on Powers. Not sure where the second juvie ended up.

It was time to end our watch. The temps were rising and going up to 88F. Warm days are coming.

Here are some pic of pics from my morning watch.

By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Sunday morning watchers: Dana, Kathy O, Lisa McK, Larry O, Linda and Carol P.

It was a beautiful morning and since there wasn’t much traffic this morning, we decided to watch from across the river on the west side of the Convention Center. We had a terrific view of the whole area from there.

At first we only saw Nova and Neander. We could hear a juve now and then, but could not find it. One of the adults actually made it out to the Frontier Communication Tower (FCT).

Finally a juvie flew in and landed on the Wilder roof. Shaky was able to positively ID this juvie as Kanfai Malachim (KM) from the Rfalconcam cameras.

She stayed there for awhile before taking off and meeting Blaze high above the river. There was a short burst of talon tagging before they both headed back towards OCSR. KM went behind the building and Blaze landed on top of the disk. He took some short flights around the disk before settling for a short while on the south side.

Blaze took off again, heading towards us and we were treated to some very fancy flying by him. He then headed west.

There was no more activity during our watch. We did check the north side of OCSR on our way home, and found a juvie on the 2nd Ibeam and an adult below on the 3rd Ibeam. We searched the city, but were unable to find a 2nd juvie or adult.

Temps were rising into the 80s, so it was time to end our watch.

No pictures today.

By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Watchers Dana and Kathy O joined me early this morning on Aqueduct St, aka the hole. As usual, it was filled up pretty quickly by construction workers.

We first spotted Kanfai Malachim (KM) on the Wilder Bldg. She was enjoying the sun on a chilly morning, preening and watching the pigeons moving around on the building below her. Eventhough her crop was bulging, she was interested in checking out the bird life around her.

I kept hearing another juvie crying and tracked down Blaze who was sitting just below Neander, who was sitting on the NW wing ledge of the Times Square Bldg. Blaze’s crop was not as large as his sister’s.

Neander took off and landed on top of the Wilder chimney, above KM. He had food with him, but Blaze had spotted Nova on top of Cross Rds with a larger meal. He quickly joined her there and grabbed her offering. Not to let a good meal go to waste, Neander finished off his meal.

Both Neander and Nova flew over to the OCSR where they kept watch over their young ones.

KM took off and first landed on the Widows Walk and then joined Blaze on the Cross Rds Bldg, where they both enjoyed a long nap.

Larry O, who has been spending his time watching from the Court St Bridge during the morning watch, joined us for awhile.

At approx 10:30 am, Kathy, Dana and I ended our watch.

Here are some pics of pics from this morning.

By Rochester Falcon Watcher Dana

Please click on the following YouTube links to view my watch reports for July 13th & July 14th.

7/13/22

7/14/22

By Falcon Watcher Carol P.

With the sadness of our missing Zara always on our minds, Watcher Dana and I shared a very enjoyable falcon watch this morning. Both Kanfai Malachim (KM) and Blaze are flying and landing well. They’ve started talon tagging with each other and chasing mom is especially great fun!

Nova, Neander, Kanfai Malachim and Blaze were all seen this morning.

Here are a few pics of pics I took this morning.

By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

I just wanted to share a few more pics from my morning watch. Again pics of pics, so not such great quality.

Both Kanfai Malachim (Angel Wings) and Blaze are doing well. We see a lot of flying by both of them and they spend a lot of time together.

By Rochester Falcon Watcher Dana

Please click on the following YouTube links to view my watch reports for July 11th & July 12th.

7/11/22

7/12/22