Carol P's Blast from the Past Falcon Watch Reports

[Carol P.]

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

[Carol P.]

A blast from the past Falcon Report from 7/15/09 by my friend (who we miss seeing very much) and Fellow Falcon Watcher Carla P.

10 seconds with Mariah and an hour chasing her around town!

My daily ritual when I leave work:
1) Pull out of the Civic Center Garage, turn right, head east on Broad Street,
cross the bridge, make a U-turn, park on the bridge and check out the TSB nest
box for A/B.
2) Turn right onto Exchange Blvd. and head north to the K Tower, check south
side launch pad while driving. Turn right onto Platt Street, check the
pedestrian bridge for Watchers, scan the east gorge wall for Mariah, turn left
on Brown Street, cross State Street and turn right into the little alley to
check out the north side of the K Tower. Then I turn left behind the Tower to
check the west side, left again to check the south side, and so on and so on,
etc., etc., etc.!

Today, as I pulled into the alley to check the north side, I saw Mariah pulling
up for a landing on the east side of the launch pad. With absolute glee, I
threw my car into gear and sped off to circle the K Tower and get my Mariah fix
for the day. Unfortunately, by the time I made my way back to the east side,
Mariah had either taken off or was playing Hide-and-Seek! I continued my frantic
search, and finally caught a glimpse of her flying east toward the gorge, but I
lost sight of her as she flew behind a building south of Platt Street. I checked
the east gorge wall one more time, but I couldn't find her - which certainly
doesn't mean she wasn't there. (Finding falcons on the gorge wall is NOT one of
my strengths!)

So there you have it, my 10 second Mariah Watch and an hour chasing after her!!!

Carla P.

[Donna]

This does not make sense, Carla said she saw Mariah in July of 2009, when in fact, Mariah was in rehab since April 13, 2009! Carol, is this the date of the actual report?

Today, as I pulled into the alley to check the north side, I saw Mariah pulling
up for a landing on the east side of the launch pad

.

 Is this a separate watch report? Am I missing something?

[Kris G.]

This does not make sense, Carla said she saw Mariah in July of 2009, when in fact, Mariah was in rehab since April 13, 2009! Carol, is this the date of the actual report?

Today, as I pulled into the alley to check the north side, I saw Mariah pulling
up for a landing on the east side of the launch pad

.

 Is this a separate watch report? Am I missing something?

Mariah was released from rehab on May 26th, 2009.

[Donna]

Ok, thanks, gee, I get confused with this stuff. Makes sense now. Just me being 

[Carol P.]

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.

[Bobbie Ireland]

Lovely to read that, Carol P.!

[Penelope99]

Good souvenirs Carol... thanks!

[OlRedHair]

Oh, the memories...


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[jeanne]

Wonderful memories

[bess440]

Thanks, Carol.  Boy - I miss those days 

[valhalla]

Happy Days!  Thanks Carol!   

[Donna]

Happy days now too! We have a wonderful, beautiful pair now also. I will NEVER forget Mariah or my best boy Kaver  they will always be in my  but to lose 100's of members over it, I find it kind of strange. If Kodak "had not" ordered the nest removal, things may have been different today. Mariah and Kaver may have still been here but with Mariah's age being a factor, any female could have done what Beauty did, fight for the nest. We will always have the memories of MK and all their beautiful offspring and we also have Beauty and DC and their offspring. I wish so many members didn't leave because of it. 

[Carol P.]

These are happy days with Beauty, Dot.ca and their young.  This small section of the forum is for remembering the falcons that we lost. I just wanted to keep them "alive" in some small way.   

[Donna]

These are happy days with Beauty, Dot.ca and their young.  This small section of the forum is for remembering the falcons that we lost. I just wanted to keep them "alive" in some small way.   

I totally understand where you are coming from Carol, I just don't get why people left after when we do have a great pair here now! Mariah and Kaver  will never be forgotten! I know moving to this forum hindered a bunch from coming over but it's fine and we are doing OK with it. Change happens and will probably happen again but we adjust to these changes.