When I arrived at about noon, I found a group of 10 or 12 watchers on the pedestrian bridge. They told me the falcons were on a downtown Rochester field trip again. From 12:00 until 12:50 we could catch glimpses of one, two or three juvies flying, drifting on the wind, and playing tag high in the sky over Lincoln Tower, Midtown, the Changing Scenes building and as far west as the communications tower.
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I arrived at the Pedestrian bridge, and was quickly brought up to speed by Dan S, Kathy G, Jeanne and Gary. Basically it was a quiet morning. Dan saw Mariah lead at least two juvies out over Frontier. I hung around for awhile and decided to head downtown. I had seen one juvie on the Frontier Communication tower.
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The juvies have made their way back to the High Falls and Kodak Tower, after spending most of yesterday in the Rochester Downtown area.

I’ve put together a Kodak EasyShare Gallery Album which includes pictures and my report from today’s Fledge Watch.

Downtown Already?

Dana and I stopped out twice today after reading Larry’s report that he saw the juvies downtown this morning. We stopped down about noon and saw 3 juvies and 2 adults. We again stopped down at 8:00 PM and saw one adult and two juvies. It was raining and/or heavily overcast pretty much all day, so these pics aren’t the best, but at least it gives a flavor of some of the spots they may be around and the lower quality photos that accompanies the territory.

Lou

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From falcon watcher Jim Pisello comes this dramatic image of Mariah bringing a pigeon to her fledgling daughters. She caught it over State Street near the Kodak tower only seconds before this picture was taken.

Look for more pictures and videos in the Gallery at Imprints in the coming days. If you have pictures or videos of the Rochester falcons that you’d like to submit to the Gallery, check out our submission guidelines.

Well, we knew it would happen. As Larry O reported this a.m., all 4 juvies discovered downtown Rochester. We were able to see the four young Peregrines soaring above the Xerox Building south of the pedestrian bridge.
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Not too much to report except that Mariah led all four juvies downtown to hover and draft over the Xerox Bldg. I went downtown and was treated to a spectacular display of flight ability over the Xerox Bldg. It is 30 stories (over 300 ft tall) and with a storm coming in, the winds must have been something up there. All four juvies looked great in the flying conditions with the occasional “gang of four” talon tag. My first to see all four juvies playing together.

Not much else, but wind and rain.

Larry O

I have not been down to watch in a few days due to family obligations and I am amazed at how capable the fledglings are . I am grateful for such a smooth fledging year! The fledglings are so adept, I keep mixing them up with their parents. They are gliding so well!
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Fantastic flying from all four fledglings during the lunch hour. Take a look!

While everyone was snapping pictures of the three juvies flying above us during the noon hour watch, I decided to switch to video and boy am I glad I did. While Sacajawea was napping under the bridge, her sisters Linn, Grace and Ananta decided to wow the watchers.