By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Perfect weather for a Friday the 13th.  Dark, damp, overcast, gloomy, rainy and downright chilly, with temps not making it out of the 50’s.  Brrrrr.

My watch started at 4:00 pm, when I found Beauty up on the south side of Xerox, 5th column in from the southeast corner.

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As I was tweeting that I had Beauty in view, Joyce was tweeting that she was out at the BS location with Pigott, who was located on the south side vent with a very full crop.

I continue my downtown search, looking for Dot.ca.  I could not find him anywhere, but he had been seen this morning.  My search continued, this time I was looking for the Hawkeye juvie.  From the YMCA parking lot, across the river from the Hawkeye plant, I spotted the juvie eating on the west side of the building. (4:29 pm)  At 4:50 pm, she finished eating and moved a little further north on the ledge she had been eating on.

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Joyce arrived and stationed herself on the Driving Park Bridge, where she could get some closer pictures.  It was her first time seeing the Hawkeye juvie.  Pat joined me in the YMCA parking lot for a short time and was overjoyed to see the juvie for the first time.

At 6:00 pm, the juvie took off and flew over the top of the building.  Kathy O arrived at the same time Joyce found the juvie on the north side of the nest box structure.  We joined Joyce on the east side of the building. This was Kathy O’s first time seeing the juvie at Hawkeye.  I was really happy that more people were able to see her (the juvie lol).

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By this time, it was raining quite steadily and the lighting was horrible.  I’ve looked through my pictures and cannot see any bands colors in any of them.  Maybe Joyce will have better luck.  If it hadn’t been raining, I could have checked her out in the scope.  If she sticks around, I have no doubt one of the Watchers will get a clear picture of her bands.

The juvie jumped down to the platform and moved around, ending up at the end of one of the girders.

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At 6:45 pm, Joyce, Kathy and I left the juvie sitting in the rain.  Tomorrow promises to be a better day and I know the Rochester Falcon Watchers will be out and about.   Hooray for the weekend! Goodnight everyone!

BE SURE TO CLICK ON ANY PICTURES YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE LARGER.

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