Economic failure.

The Medley Center is just about empty except for two stores, Macy's and Sears, one at each end.  There are Pigeons and Gulls all over the mall and around it.  I don't think a little more poop art will even be noticed.   

Carol - is the Medley Center "empty" for business reasons or is it another Midtown, i.e.; due to be demolished?  Thanks, Janet

My mom and I are going out Saturday an noon to see the peregrine, et. al. From Oregon, or so I understand. Larry O

Sunday @ 10:30 am. One PEFA on Civic Center Comms Tower. Larry

Good luck to you. I spent an hour from 3:30 - 4:30 downtown but saw no falcons and no one. Larry O

There's an private road between Ridge and Maplewood. It's marked by flashing yellow lights. The overlook is just across the street, but it's not much these days. Overgrown.

when you go to KP to watch where do you park?  and where is the path to the overlook?

7:15 am. Started at KP. Looked at all the buildings. Walked to the river overlook. Stayed about 20 minutes. Nothing seen.

7:45 am. Went to Broad St. Checked Powers Bldg, Times Square & OCS. Nothing.

7:55 am. Curro complains that he is bored.

8:00 am. Went to Pedestrian Bridge. Saw two bumps on communication tower platform. Almost immediately one took flight. It was a PF. It headed towards the Powers Bldg, pull a quick pop-up and deked left behind the black monolith bldg.

8:15 am. Drove to communication tower. No remaining bump. Either optical illusion as seen from bridge or was a 2nd falcon.

8:25 am. Back to Broad St. Pretty quickly saw PF on north side of OCS bldg, on 2nd I-beam down. Watched for about 15 minutes and went home. Some one already posted a picture of a PF in the TS scrape at 8:17.

Quite a nice little scrape that they are making also. Larry O

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The interesting item about this photo is that Archer appears to be airborne even before he clears the rail. Whereas they usually step out into air, drop and climb, he seems to have gone straight airborne. Naturally doable, just different from what I would see at the Kodak tower. Of course, there is no playpen, etc, here.

Larry O

<a href="http://shakymon.com/thruway/archive/MainCamera_HighRes/20090827/MainCamera_HighRes_20090827-0815.jpg?" target=_blank><img src="http://shakymon.com/thruway/archive/MainCamera_Thumbnail/20090827/MainCamera_Thumbnail_20090827-0815.jpg?" >[/url]

The interesting item about this photo is that Archer appears to be airborne even before he clears the rail. Whereas they usually step out into air, drop and climb, he seems to have gone straight airborne. Naturally doable, just different from what I would see at the Kodak tower. Of course, there is no playpen, etc, here.

Larry O

I missed everyone and everything this weekend.
Apparently I was at KP when you were downtown and vice-versa.
Larry O

From Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.
Lots of Watchers were out this weekend looking for Mariah, Archer and Beauty.- I had no luck finding Mariah, but Archer and Beauty were hanging out near the Times Square nest box.- I've put tother a KGallery album to share.- The first few pictures are of Archer and Beauty from...

Link:
http://rfalconcam.com/falconwatching/?p=318

Well, I missed all you guys. I was there from about 9:00 am to 9:45. I spent most of my time on the Maplewood/Seneca Park bridge.
Larry

After a beautiful morning, in which Dana and I did some watching with Carol, Brian, Don, Suzanne, Jeanne, and Joyce at Kodak Park, we headed to Braddocks Bay where we were treated to a live raptor demonstration by the folks at Braddocks Bay Raptor Research.  I had heard rumors that this group had dissolved, but they were there today with several raptors, including a Red Shouldered Hawk, a Golden Eagle, and our favorite, a Peregrine Falcon. 

   Here’s a few pictures from the demonstration, including pictures of ‘Emma’, their Peregrine.

http://tinyurl.com/ner9oz

Lou

Way to go ... Casey.
Larry O

Where's the Mariah at KP part?

I was enjoying the view (zoomed in) until I swung around to the blue belly. Larry O

Here’s an update on the Kodak Tower renovation from today’s D&C.

http://tinyurl.com/l5m62l

NOTE:  Be sure to check out the “360-degree view from the Kodak Towerâ€� on the page. You can control the camera –left, right, up, down and even zoom in/out.   

Lou

That 360-degree view is so cool!  Brought back memories from last year's Watcher's weekend...I could see my hotel from up there and everything!  Thanks for posting this!   

Judi

I had a similar experience last week, but I checked it out and it was a juvenile gull.
In the quick pass-by, I thought falcon myself, but they can appear alike when traveling at speed and only with a glance.
Larry O

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