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I'd like to express my thanks to Dana, who first spotted Genesee on the cell tower in Greece in June and shared her photos with us, Dick, who spotted Genesee on the Coast Guard radio tower last Friday, Carol, who spotted him there yesterday, and Joyce, who shared her photos with us yesterday. 

This is just another example of how 2015 was a year that none of the Rochester watchers will soon forget.  First and foremost was the tragic loss of Bronx.  Then there was the lovely Cadence, who introduced her parents to the Powers Building nestbox and went to jail at the Crossroads Building. And Genesee, the boy who stayed with Mom and Dad well into the fall, and either came back in the spring or never left. I hope he stays, meets a girl and settles down here, so we can meet Beauty and Dot.ca's grandchildren some day.   

 :handshake: And he looks fabulous!

June???? Crikey, did I miss a post??  :o That boy has been hanging around that long?? I usually read any news about our past/present kids but I missed the June post on Genesee!

Great news though!!

Very happy news  :clap: :clap: :heart:

Yep, check out Imprints from July 2 reporting the sighting on the Greece cell tower from June 30.

http://rfalconcam.com/imprinting/?p=2771 (http://rfalconcam.com/imprinting/?p=2771)

http://rfalconcam.com/imprinting/?p=2784 (http://rfalconcam.com/imprinting/?p=2784)

OOPS, I even commented at the bottom!!  :silly: (Check in time), thanks Ei!! LOL

 :snowing: The heat must have gotten to you ;)

                        :good post:  and I agree..Genesee looks awesome!   :wub:

Yeah, that's it!!   :whistle:  I agree, he looks wonderful

Bill and I went to see Genesee this AM, after Joyce gave us the heads up he was at Summerville.  We ran into Dana when we got there..Joyce and Carol soon followed. It was good seeing them all!  I took some videos of our time with him..enjoy!

http://youtu.be/AFvgyhaufBo

http://youtu.be/mupxak-t0Js

Great videos, Kris!  Thanks, and I'm so glad you got to see Genesee!

 :clap: :clap: :2thumbsup:

Thanks, Pat!  I'm so glad I got to see him too..he's quite handsome!

It was so nice seeing you both Kris and Bill! I'm so happy you were able to visit with Genesee.  :2thumbsup:

He's all growed up!! Handsome too!!  :wub:

Good to see you too!

Found a photo by MAK that shows Genesee with non-yellow feet, at least in that particular light. I knew I had one somewhere.  This was taken on the day he fledged.  As I recall, they weren't as blue as some of the others.  More of a greenish-blue.

That was the first thing I noticed, after seeing pics of him this year..he has BYF now!

Bill and I decided to go see if we could see Genesee tonight and he didn't disappoint.  He wasn't there when we arrived around 6PM but shortly after, he showed up on the CGT.  I sent a text out to Joyce that he was there and I saw that she sent out a tweet. Genesee had food in his crop so spent the evening preening, resting and looking around his territory. We started our watch on the CGT side and seeing as there weren't any other watchers there tonight, we headed over to the Charlotte side.  Around 7:15, Genesee took off, flying south over the river and out of sight.  Here's a couple videos I took-

http://youtu.be/aHWn4jAP1L4 (http://youtu.be/aHWn4jAP1L4)

http://youtu.be/6AgiwaJIuus (http://youtu.be/6AgiwaJIuus)

Thanks, Kris.  Great videos!  Sorry I missed you and Bill again.  I was out watching for a good portion of the morning and afternoon, but I was not home in the evening.  For those viewing the video who are not familiar with the area, I live in Summerville in the tan colored complex right behind the red-roofed Coast Guard Station. 

We got a good view of him, by the river, next to the restaurant's outdoor eating area so we set up our chairs there.  We had a lady come up to us, asking if that was a Falcon up there. I said it was and she said she has seen him in a tree across the river and people were taking pictures of him. It must have been our watchers and they told her what he was. What a beautiful area you live in, Pat! 

I just came across this great photo of Genesee on the rfalconcam Facebook page.  My, how he has changed!

https://www.facebook.com/138082889560335/photos/br.AbpTOLWu7gDIxwGU1WNqWlUHlQayRNoHmmkyjGLV0kf3BAgJ4GN575xo6Uugv5dJhVpXcNTcNYZfX3Vm8Jhk9Z5BIdr7cWWEYKl2FqKCOzUD6-UaQhDlnh2diF3JcJGiomz5Z3SaWjiO_uaABlZJrHxvWOuVxB1EKWskGsluh0WHMlFgAIc1HykqkK9Ke69Rlb4/852437011458249/?type=3&theater (https://www.facebook.com/138082889560335/photos/br.AbpTOLWu7gDIxwGU1WNqWlUHlQayRNoHmmkyjGLV0kf3BAgJ4GN575xo6Uugv5dJhVpXcNTcNYZfX3Vm8Jhk9Z5BIdr7cWWEYKl2FqKCOzUD6-UaQhDlnh2diF3JcJGiomz5Z3SaWjiO_uaABlZJrHxvWOuVxB1EKWskGsluh0WHMlFgAIc1HykqkK9Ke69Rlb4/852437011458249/?type=3&theater)

Link doesn't work for me.

Ah, well, here's the pic. 

                            :wub:

Such a cutie!  :heart:

Great news!  Genesee was seen at the Summerville CGT on 1/1/17, with a mate!  I saw his pic with band numbers on the Rochester Birding Assiciation FB page yesterday.  Here's a link to their website..you have to scroll through the pics until you find them as I don't have permission to post the pic.  You can click on the picture to enlarge and clearly see his bands! :clap:

http://rochesterbirding.com/launch-of-last-30-days-photo-gallery/ (http://rochesterbirding.com/launch-of-last-30-days-photo-gallery/)

 :clap: :2thumbsup:

Oh, I'm so happy!!!  He found a girl!!!  Looking forward to Beauty and Dot.ca grandbabies!!!!!   :clap: :clap:

How fun is this? Just stay away from mom and dad! Wonder who his girl is??  :whistle:

Whoever it is, she's a big girl! :happy:

Wouldn't it be awesome if she turned out to be another child of Diamante and Gleig? That way, if they had offspring, those babies would be descended from Diamante, Gleig, Beauty, Dot.ca, Mariah, Kaver, Madame X, Surge, Jack, Angel, Dorothy, Erie, and on and on. What a pedigree!

Hopefully they can find a safe place to nest.  It certainly is exciting to think of grandkids...I must start knitting those 'talon warmers' in anticipation  :lol: :wub: