WanderingFalcon (Carol P.): Falconless Watch 4/1/10 - Met up with Dan S & Shaky on the bridge. No Falcons, but plenty of other critters in the gorge. Gorgeous day!
By Larry O'Heron Pulled up on the Broad St bridge with another 6″ meatball sub, but today in tie and nice clothes. I need to eat something that is less messy. Anyway, Beauty was at the box with Archer nowhere to be seen. Eventually Beauty flew low over Exchange towards the Wilder Bldg. I lost sight of...
Stopped by the Broad St bridge with a Subway's meatball sandwich and caught sight of Dan S, sitting in a chair on the bridge, and apparently not up to a whole lot. He directed me to a parking spot (charging $5.00 in the process) and briefed me on the location of falcons. One on Ocsr...
From Rochester Falcon Watcher ~Joyce There was lots of flying and courtship activity this weekend. Saturday was nice and sunny, but Sunday afternoon became-windy, cloudy and rainy.--Despite the change in weather, my watch was rewarding.- Here are some pictures from Saturday and Sunday's afternoon watches. http://picasaweb.google.com/wnyfalconwatcher/ArcherBeautyMarch27March282010 Or, enjoy them in a-slideshow http://tinyurl.com/yj5ds9s- ~Joyce (aka wnyfalconwatcher on Picasa)
Yesterday, Dana, Carol P, Dan and myself watched a hard-headed Red tail hawk get pounded by the Peregrine falcons. I refer to it as “hard-headed” because on the previous day, Dana had witnessed a Red tail hawk get brutally pounded by the falcons in the river near the nest box and it seems...
WanderingFalcon (Carol P.): 3/28/10 -Sun. Update- RTH under attack all day by A&B, would not leave area! 2 fighting Peregrines between KO & OCSR! Flew east. All quiet.
Headed downtown with Cleo, the Catahoula Leopard dog for watching before the weather turns rainy and freezing. Beauty was at the scrape and Archer nowhere to be found. After a couple of minutes, Carol P pulled up and we began to chat. She noticed Archer had arrived and landed on Mercury's base. Suddenly Archer ripped across Broad St,...
From Rochester Falcon Watcher - Dana M. Lou and I headed downtown for a short watch following work on Friday. Lesson learned for today, keep your eyes on Mercury's foot ! Thank you for signing in and I hope you enjoy. http://tinyurl.com/yjppf8u
WanderingFalcon (Carol P.): Falcon Report from Dana and Lou - 6:15 pm. They witnessed Archer and Beauty copulating on Mercury's foot. Pictures to follow. :-)
WanderingFalcon (Carol P.): 3/26/10 @ 3:45 pm - Beauty on the nest box platform and Archer on the top-IBeam of old Changing Scenes Restaurant. Bitter cold day!