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[Kaver and His Shadow - Tuesday - July 29, 2008 (Morning)]

It's been awhile since I've posted one of these old Falcon Watch reports.  Enjoy!

Kaver and His Shadow - Tuesday - July 29, 2008 (Morning)

First, let me start by saying that all 7 Falcons have been seen in the past 24 hours.  The Fab Five are doing great.

I arrived downtown around 6:00 a.m. this morning.  Dan was already out on the bridge.  He told me that he had not seen any falcons earlier, so we settled down for the morning watch.

We saw Mariah leading two juvies on a hunt run over the High Falls Brewery.  Quest was one of them.

Next Kaver flew through on a food run.  As he flew towards the city, he picked up one, two and three juvies as he flew by.  Dan and I watched him flying around Xerox, followed by three young Falcons.

Kaver headed back towards the old Changing Scenes Restaurant.  One juvie stayed near Xerox.  He lost #2 juvie before reaching the old CSR.  #3 juvie kept following Kaver, both heading towards the Kodak Tower.  Kaver did all kinds of maneuvers, the juvie kept up.  Dan and I were quite amazed by this young Falcon’s flying abilities.

They continued towards the tower.  When they reached it, they both started looping around the tower.  Each time they came around, Kaver gained speed.  Soon they were on opposite sides.  That’s when Kaver dove into the playpen on the north side.  When the juvie lost sight of Kaver, she gave up.  Yes, it was definitely a female.  She made her way back to the communication tower and landed on the middle arm.

Another juvie flew to the tower and landed on the northeast corner of the 20th floor.  It was time for me to walk to the tower to see if I could ID the juvie on the tower.  It was an easy ID, it was Quest with her antenna.  I walked around to the north side of the tower and saw Kaver at the base of the playpen railing on the north side.  He was eating.  We hadn’t realized until then that Kaver was actually flying around with prey and that he had led his young ones on a merry chase.

I was unable to positively ID the female on the communication tower, but our suspicions were that it was Seneca or possibly Susan B.

They are all gaining the skills they will need to succeed.  All seem to be doing very well.

Carol P.

The Eagle by Lord Alfred Tennyson

He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring'd with the azure world, he stands.

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.

Darn....

Or maybe he brought her some leftovers from the prey he had been eating?

 

Only 14 voters so far and Bubbles and Hess Toy Trucks are tied.  Will the trucks burst those bubbles?  Will the bubbles clean-up those trucks?  Only time will tell!   

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A new day here in RFalconcam land!

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Actually the two guys controlling the drone over High Falls have been there quite frequently this past summer.  I've seen them a few times.  I have video of their drone taking video.  hahaha   

Sunrise over downtown Rochester, NY!

    Happy Birthday    Jeanne!!!   

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Hope you are doing well and that you had a very nice birthday yesterday.

 

Happy belated Birthday Dana!!!