Hope you had a wonderful birthday Dawn!

 

Haven't posted to the CPF site just yet but thought you guys would enjoy a shot of Linn. She was chowing down yesterday on a stashed pigeon and when she finished, she refused to leave without her pigeon wing.

from Tracy!   

Linn looks so much like her mom Mariah.     Awesome picture taken by Tracy.

UT working on his fierce look.

The boys always have trouble looking fierce LOL!

But they try so hard.   

UT working on his fierce look.

He's a beautiful bird.

He is Dale!  A very handsome lad.   

Thanks for the pictures and exciting report Carol!
                         
                                 Lola

You're very welcome Lola!   

UT on top of the Nest Box

Happy Birthday Mary!!!

I truly hope you had a wonderful day. 

 

Nice report and pictures Carol.
Thank you.
                   
                        Lola

Thank you Lola!   

[Here is another Blast from the Past Watch Report! This one is from Rochester Falcon Watcher Dawn from June 29, 2008. Not from the cave man days, but old enough.]

Here is another Blast from the Past Watch Report!  This one is from Rochester Falcon Watcher Dawn from June 29, 2008.  Not from the cave man days, but old enough.   

"A Long Post on a Short Day"

No gorge or tower flying today for these five when I was there today.
I went to the tower at 10:30 am. No falcons to be found. Off in the
distance we saw them flying above the tall downtown buildings. Joyce
showed up and Brian & I took a ride with her to the communication
tower where there was a juvie (Seneca maybe). We looked at her for
awhile and then drove near the Xerox building. Up we went in a
parking garage to the top level, right across from the Xerox Tower
and Bausch & Lomb building. BTW, I'm now calling that Pizza Stone II
(after Shaker's high rise garage parking in Cleveland). It was so hot
there! There were at least 3 juvies and M & K. Quest was very easy
identifiable with her transmitter. We were thinking Zephyr was on the
edge of the B & L building. Not sure who the third juvie was. They
played a little talon tag a couple of times and then disappeared
around the opposite side of Xerox. On the way back to falcon
headquarters I spotted our little gal still up on the communications
tower.

Anyway, I'm thinking that's very likely they may not go to the gorge
area this year. A lot of variables around the tower. New construction,
two less stacks, etc. It seems like Mariah is heading them right
downtown. I don't think it's the first time, however. I think this
has happened before from what I've heard. I hope Mariah gets them
back to the tower tonight. She's such a good mom!

Hopefully, we will find them next season with the new move and all.
And I'm hoping they don't take up residence in the heart of downtown!

A few out of towners still here today that I saw....Judy, Ei, Kapi,
the three gals from Kentucky. Sorry I'm bad at names. Our regular
watch people Carol P, Joyce, Brian H, Ginha, Dave, Kelly, Shaky,
Carrie, Lou, Dana, Linda (our tatooo woman). Great fun, great people!!

Dawn

Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday Dear Donna!
Happy Birthday to you!

Hope you had a wonderful day!

Okay Patsy. Will do.

By the way, has anyone figured out the descendents of the watchers in the caveman report?  All can be identified...

Lou

Dana, Dan, Lou, Lisa, (Shaky) was a given. Cathy??  Brian, Carol.....one looks like MAK, was she there in the caveman days?? Watchers alunda Falcons!!

Shaky must have been a family name that endured all these years.   

Here's another one from a few years ago.  Ahhh for the good old caveman birdwatching days...

 

Is this perhaps the first sighting of Beauty and Archer in Rochester?

Patsy - This was too early for Beauty and Archer.  Beauty was actually first spotted at the BS location and Archer was Mariah's mate for a short while before she lost her territory.

Ah, okay, thanks Carol.  I didn't know Beauty once made BS her home, and I think I forgot on purpose that Mariah and Archer were mates at one time (don't want to think about that grandmother/grandson thing).   

Someone had mentioned in one of the comments...before Beauty was ID'd at BS her nickname was Clarice. And if memory serves me correctly, she was hanging out there with Zephyr. Or at least he was spotted with her once. Winter 2008-2009. And as much as I love her now & hate to recall it, she is the female who took down Mariah.

Zephyr was seen at the end of March, 2009, in his juvie plumage doing lots of fancy flying and vocalizing for Beauty when she was still at the BS location.  Of course at that time, we had not positively ID'd her.  I think I have a video out there on Youtube showing Zephyr flying for Beauty.  Since then, there has not been any reported sightings of Zephyr.

Have you known Cabot-Sirocco, Carol? He is my first falcon. I remember the news on Toronto TV many years ago.

I do remember Cabot-Sirocco Penelope.  I was more a lurker back then though and wasn't involved with the Falcon Watch officially. 

My friend and long time Watcher Dan has told me many wonderful stories about watching Cabot-Sirocco, Mariah and their young.  He told me C-S was a very large tiercel and that he and Mariah were incredible together.  He was missed by many when he did not return.   

His and Mariah's daughter, Ranger, continues to be seen in Toronto, very close to where her father was born.  That is so amazing.