We here at Rfalconcam want to wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving! We have much to be thankful for in 2015.

We are thankful for our downtown Rochester falcons Beauty, Dot.ca, Cadence, Genesee and Bronx, who we sadly lost.

We are thankful for our 2nd pair at Seneca Towers. Billie, Seth, and their two young sons.

We are thankful for all our Falcon Watchers. They are tireless in their commitment to watch over our young falcons when they take their first flights and they are there to help when needed.

We are very thankful for our Falcon Fans, friends and families who make this all possible.

This year was the first time we lost one of our young falcons, Bronx, after a successful fledge. We mourn his loss.

Cadence, Genesee and the two young tiercels from Seneca Towers all fledged successfully and have not been seen recently by our watchers. We hope that they stay safe and survive to find mates and territories of their own.

Beauty and Dot.ca have been seen checking out the nest box on the Powers Building, which is very close to their nest box on the Times Square Bldg. The Rfalconcam Team has been busy installing new cameras at this nest box just in case they move. At this time, it is uncertain which nest box they will choose.

The Fall/Winter months are busy for our Falcon Watchers. Many Peregrine Falcons are migrating through the Rochester area. Falcons are being seen at different locations, including a female that has been positively ID’d as Big Frank from Ontario, Canada. We were happy to let our Canadian friends know that she was safe and seen successfully hunting.

Beauty & Dot.ca and Billie & Seth have been very active in their territories. So far, none of them have migrated. Be sure to check out the Falcon Watch Reports for current news about the Rochester Falcons.

Thanks to all of you for your continued support! We hope that you and your families have a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Rfalconcam Team

ROC the Day is December 1!

Are you as ready to ROC as we are? Join us on Tuesday, December 1 starting at midnight to ROC the Day for Rfalconcam.

Don’t miss it. Sign up for a reminder at http://www.roctheday.org/ and get the latest news on ROC the Day activities at our Forum.

Let’s ROC the Day together!

The Rfalconcam 2016 Calendar is now available and ready for sale at our Zazzle store just in time for the holidays! Our main camera captured many unbelievable images of our falcon family this year. There were so many to choose from!

Many thanks to this year’s contributors; Annette Bachstein, Patricia Carey, Donna Cook, Kristine Genagon, Eileen Karle, Linda King, Kathy Majich, Dana Mulhern, Carol Phillips, Ruth Rutty and Linda Schlaffer.

Please consider purchasing one for yourself to help support the Rochester Falconcam.

Link for New Calendar:

2016 Rochester Falcons RFalconcam Calendar

Special thanks to Merchandise Team Member Dana for putting this calendar together.

Rfalconcam Merchandise Team

Suzanna Lull’s and Valerie DellaCerra’s 4th Grade Class, PS 62, from The Bronx, NY, were so excited to be asked to name one of the Rochester eyases this year. They submitted the name Bronx with the following reason.

“Bronx is for Jonas Bronck who came to the New World in 1639. Bronck’s homestead later became known as The Bronx, a borough of New York City.”

When they heard the sad news that Bronx had been injured and euthanized, they all got together and made posters to honor the young fledgling they named.

Thank you all for choosing such a wonderful name!

June 23, 2015

Monday morning, June 22, DEC biologist Jenny Landry received a phone call from Rich Calabrese at the Times Square Building about a potentially injured juvenile falcon found in one of the wells on the outside of the building. Rich wasn’t sure if it was injured or just trapped. Following Jenny’s instructions, Rich placed the young falcon in the nest box well. There the DEC and many of us monitored its progress. We figured out it was Bronx and the DEC determined his injuries needed to be attended to. DEC Region 8 Staff retrieved the injured falcon and transferred it to the rehabilitator.

This is Jenny’s report:

I am very sad to have to report that the fledgling falcon had to be euthanized due to the severity of its injuries. There was an injury to the spinal cord resulting in not only the apparent paralysis of the legs, but also the impairment of other functions (digestive) of the lower body. It was relayed to me that neither the vet nor the rehabilitator in their extensive experience, have seen a bird recover (for release or as an educational bird) from such a spinal cord injury and the decision was made to not prolong its suffering.

We are all sad to have lost Bronx and need to keep in mind that we still have two more young falcons to watch over and enjoy. We have so much to be proud of for the number of young falcons that Rochester has added to the current Peregrine Falcon population.

June Summers
President
Genesee Valley Audubon Society

Bronx was found in another well on Times Square building this morning around 9:30. He was moved to the nest box well by the building owner who also contacted DEC. Bronx was described as lethargic when he was found.

DEC is monitoring him and will take him to a vet if need be.

UPDATE: 6/22/15 2:20 PM

Bronx was taken by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the authority in charge of protecting Peregrine falcons in New York, to be examined by a qualified veterinarian. The DEC made the decision to take him after carefully monitoring the situation and observing that he appeared to be injured.

Online falcon watchers keeping a close eye on Bronx via our streaming video feed noted that he was not moving his legs but otherwise seemed alert and able to move about the floor of the well by use of his wings.

We just received word from our web hosting provider that our server will be unavailable sometime in the next few days for approximately 2 hours to update software. They cannot specify the exact time frame, as this can only be determined immediately prior to the update.

What this means is you will not be able to access rfalconcam.com during this 2-hour period. However, you will still be able to access our streaming video channels on Ustream, and you will still be able to follow our updates on Facebook and Twitter.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/rochester-falcons-at-times-square-nest-box

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/rochester-falcons-at-times-square-nest-box-2nd-angle

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rfalconcam/138082889560335

https://twitter.com/Rfalconcam

Please join us tonight in the observance of Earth Hour.

Rfalconcam will turn off the cameras in the nest box for one hour starting at 8:30 PM EDT.

https://www.earthhour.org/

Join us December 31st at 10 PM ET on streaming video Channels 1 and 2 to watch the fireworks over downtown Rochester from a bird’s eye view!

We’ll be meeting again later at the Forum Chat & Ustream Social Stream to ring in the New Year together!

And let’s not forget the Watcher’s Toast New Year’s Day at 12 noon, which will be covered live on Rfalconcam streaming video Channel 3!

Look forward to seeing everyone there!

Thanks once again to the generosity of our dedicated falcon followers, we raised nearly $2,500 yesterday, including two bonuses totaling $1,500 that were earned by carrying out our time-honored plan to donate en masse between midnight and 1 am in order to increase our chances of winning.

ROC the Day officials will send us a list of donors sometime next week and a full financial statement in February, at which point we will know who to thank individually. Until then, thank you to everyone who donated. Your contributions will be used to fund Rfalconcam operations and improvements throughout 2015.