Rfalconcam Forum

On Monday evening May 10th, Kathy O, Brain H and I watched an actionless falcon on Old Changing Scenes.  We discussed the loss of a couple of eagle's nests due to the high winds in surrounding areas, and wondered about the Irondequoit Bay eagles.  Kathy headed home, and Brian and I checked it out.  The eagles were flying, one approached the nest, and we confirmed everything was normal.

As we were watching the eagles, Brian yelled, "I see a falcon."  Brian pointed and I got my camera focused on what I thought he was looking at, and clicked away.  At 7:46 pm we caught a glimpse of a what we thought was a peregrine flying across the middle of the Bay from west to east. 

The sighting only lasted a minute.  Most of the shots of the bird were silhouetted, but the last few definitely confirmed we indeed had a peregrine falcon.  The question remains, is it anyone we know?

Album: Irondequoit Bay Peregrine Falcon 5/10/10 (http://picasaweb.google.com/wnyfalconwatcher/IrondequoitBayPeregrineFalcon51010#)

As a follow up, Kathy O and Brian H went to check out the Irondequoit Bay Bridge Tuesday afternoon. They checked the bridge from several locations and report there is no place for a scrape on the bridge.  They spoke to someone on the dock south of the bridge who said he knows what a peregrine looks like, and that he saw one in the morning. Brian wonders...Is there a possibility that there is a natural nestsite on the bay's cliffside?

~Joyce

Could that are Mariah with her split wing??  :hyper:

In the words of Artie Johnson, "very interesting"! 

 :yes:    Good job guys!    :flash:    :wave:

WOW....hard to tell if that wing is split or not. I'm sure you  :sherlock: will find out soon. Thank you Joyce and Brian.  :clap:

Oink oink oink!    :silly:

DITTO   :gum:

 :clap:Good for you for getting such good shots of the PF over the bay.  The conditions were not great Monday night.   That split wing photo does offer some hope....could it be?   That would be so wonderful!   Thank you for your dedication, and I know that you watchers will track down who this is! 

Joyce, have you shown Dan these pictures? 

It sure looks like a split wing to me.  And it would fit-- Mariah has been in Irond.  Fingers crossed.

No, I only posted it here last night, hoping someone will get a second sighting.  Brain hasn't even seen the pics yet either.

This would be wonderful!  I also really think that I saw a peregrine on Sunday near Mt. Read. 

fingers, toes, eyes and everything else crossed.  :pray:

:2funny:

I know a few of us will be looking on the weekend, and some will try during the week. We're hoping for a repeated sighting, since we are not sure if it is a resident, migrating or wandering falcon like Quest.

Anyone who lives in the Rochester and wants to :help: ...take a ride to Irondequoit Bay and keep your eyes to the skies!  :foxbinocs:

I wish I could but I'm in Nunda for a couple weeks house and animal sitting. Darn! :wave: :foxbinocs:

Where on Irondequoit Bay would be a good place  to watch?   Up by the outlet bridge?   
At the foot of the bay by Empire?   Midpoint?   And Carol, didn't you last see Mariah up by Saint Anne's and the Medley Centre this fall?   

LOL...I'll be doing that all next week..house and animal sitting. For two different people... :o  What's a Nunda? Is that a place?  :wave:

It's a town in the county to our south about an hour away from Rochester.

Joyce, when you guys go to the bay, where do you go? I actually have only seen the bay from 104(the roadway)!

Yes Margaret.  The last time we saw Mariah and positively ID'd her was at the Medley Center (end of October, 2009) and St. Ann's (beginning of November, 2009).  During that time, many of us witnessed her flying off to the east, towards Irondequoit Bay, which is a very short flight for a Peregrine.  Not saying the Peregrine seen at Irondequoit Bay is her, but I do hope so.  That would be just way too awesome.   :D

Viewing spots at Irondequoit Bay?

There are many areas around the bay that you can park.  Empire Blvd would be the best area.  I'd just drive around, find a spot, get the binocs out and keep watching.  Hmmmm, I might have to dust off the FalconWatcherScope this weekend.   :happy:

This is a dumb question, Carol!  Do you just keep on empire blvd until you see the bay?

I don't know how it is that I can go to nyc and not get lost but I get lost in my hometown. :stupid:

Here is a map link that Dawn sent me last night.  One place that Brian & KathyO mentioned is Newport Rd (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=newport+rd.+rochester,+ny&rlz=1W1GGIT_en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Newport+Rd,+Rochester,+NY+14622&gl=us&ei=jUXrS_CSCMT_lgej3vmbBA&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ8gEwAA).

Last night I was scrolling around the Bay with the map trying to get familiar with the area.  We plan on exploring various locations this weekend.  Lou mentioned that he and Dana often go winter birding where the old Glen Edith used to be on the opposite side of the Bay from Newport.

The place that most of us watch the eagles from is at the southend near Basils Restaurant on Empire.  There is a Parking Area between Bayside Boat & Tackle and Basils.  You can clearly see it on the Satellite Map.

Joyce

P.S. NUNDA is pronounced in the typical unique Rochester locale way...NUN DAY.

Thank you so much, Joyce!  You know me and directions!  I will be out at some point on the weekend.  Next week is finals!  yay!

Dan and Brian were out at Irondequoit Bay yesterday, but no sighting of a falcon.  More of us will be out this weekend.  Keep your talons crossed!

Watchers were out on Saturday afternoon checking for the peregrine Brian, Dan, Jeanne, Carol P, Dawn, Susan C, Larry O and me.  No sighting, but we had a good raptor watch - we saw one of the Irondequoit Eagles and a juvenile.  The female came in with a fish and flew around the tops of the trees where the nest is.  This was a first for Jeanne! 

On Sunday, Dawn was given a boat ride on the Bay and checked the bridge.  She tried looking everywhere with the binocs. Nothing...and she agrees that there isn't a good spot under there for a nest.  She also looked at some of the cliffsides and didn't see anything.

We may have had single peregrine wandering by for a couple of days, and then off to a different location.  We'll continue to look for other peregrine locations.

~Joyce

I superimposed Mariah when she flew back from Montezuma onto the image from over the bay:

http://img15.imageshack.us/i/falconx.png/

 :2thumbsup: :clap: Thanks   Miss her.

me too

and who else do we miss??  :heart:

oh yes  :heart: both of them  :heart: :heart:

Exactly!  :heart: :pray:

 :heart:    :heart:

I think we  all miss M and K.  This is exciting, especially considering Archer's lines, but it is also bittersweet.   That's why it's so great that we can still track Quest, hopefully all of these newbies coming soon!