Tuesday Evening Falcon Watch – Pigott and Beauty Seen – 9/17/13
By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.
A much nicer day than yesterday’s dreariness. Sunshine and blue sky!
I didn’t get started on my Watch until 5:30 pm. My first stop was the Hawkeye plant. After checking all sides of the building, I could not find any falcons there. Kathy O tweeted that she had Pigott out at the BS location, so that’s where I went next.
Kathy was gone, but I did find Pigott on the SW corner of the SE extension. (6:18 pm)
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After reading that Pigott had a young tiercel visiting her this morning, I wanted to see if he was still hanging around. He wasn’t. It was very quiet there.
Pigott was hyper aware of her surroundings, as she always is. She took off and flew around the east end of the building. The next time I saw her, she was hovering over the top of the building. I lost sight of her as she passed over the top. But, the Starlings that nested up there told me she was still up there. They were very agitated.
I drove around the to front (north side) of the building and found Pigott on an antenna on the roof. She was watching the activity of the Starlings below her. As I watched, she spread her wings and dove down to the roof of the building, where I again lost sight of her.
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When I finally got back around to the south side of the building, I found Pigott with prey on the SE end of the building. Feathers were flying. I can only assume that she probably caught one of the Starlings from the top of the building, even though I did not see her catch it.
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I left Pigott to enjoy her meal, heading downtown to look for Beauty and Dot.ca before it got dark. Beauty was on top of the Xerox tower on the south side, 4th column in from the SE corner.
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Larry O tweeted that he was on the Broad St Bridge, so I headed over there to say hi. Neither of us found Dot.ca in our travels.
As darkness fell over downtown Rochester, we saw the juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron flying over the river and under the Broad St Bridge. It continued down the river, heading south past the Court St Bridge. It was a nice way to end our Watch at 7:45 pm.
Goodnight everyone!
