Friday Late Afternoon/Evening Falcon Watch – Juvie Found at ST – 10/4/13
By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.
3:50 – 7:00 pm
Watchers: Dana, Joyce, Brian H, Kathy O, Lisa McK & Carol P.
My first stop was Seneca Towers to check on the juvie Peregrine Falcon that has been seen there recently. She was on top of the building on the west side on a railing overlooking the river. I was just getting ready to tweet out the sighting when I received a tweet from fellow Watcher Dana, who was just a couple of cars away from me. lol Dana joined me and we chatted while watching the beautiful young falcon who had a full crop. The juvie was actively watching the surround area. Joyce and Brian H joined us.
We are working very hard to get an ID on this falcon, but so far we’ve had no luck. She is usually very high up on the building, which is a very good thing, and due to overcast skies, the lighting has been bad. But, we continue to try. The only thing we know for sure is that she is banded with a black over green band and a silver USFW band with no tape on it.
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Just after Dana left, the ST juvie stooped off of the building and passed over us heading southeast. She quickly returned empty-taloned and landed on the west side of the building, but further north.
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While we were watching the juvie, Kathy O and Lisa McK tweeted that they were out at the BS location looking for Pigott. They could not find her.
Donna, a forum member, reported that there was a falcon on the Frontier Communication Tower (FCT), seen through Rfalconcam Pan Cam/Cam #1 from the downtown nest site. Thanks Donna!
It started to lightly rain, so we ended our ST juvie Watch, leaving her on the west side of the building. I headed downtown and found Kathy O and Lisa McK at the City Hall parking lot watching Beauty on the south side of the Frontier Communication Tower. She was facing north. Kathy and Lisa had checked the downtown area the best they could, but could not find Dot.ca. There was a whole lot of traffic downtown tonight due to the first Rochester Amerk’s game at the Blue Cross Arena aka War Memorial on corner of Broad St and Exchange.
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By 7:00 pm, we were losing light, so we called it a Watch. The weather people are reporting that the temperatures will remain mild over the weekend, but that there is a chance of rain both days. Oh, well, it’s the weekend! WooHoo!
No extra pics tonight. I’ll try to get some over the weekend. Goodnight everyone!
