Saturday Late Afternoon/Early Evening – Was that Dot.ca with Pigott at BS? – 10/5/13
By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.
5:00 to 7:00 pm
Watchers: Dana, Lou, Joyce and Carol P.
A cooler day with overcast skies. I started my watch at 5:00 pm. As I was heading towards the BS location, I received a tweet from Dana and Lou that they were there and that they had Pigott on the south side of the building. By the time I got there, Dana and Lou were gone. On the south side of the building, I found a falcon on the SW corner of the SE extension. While I was watching this falcon, I noticed there was a 2nd falcon on the south side of the west end of the building. It was Pigott. The first falcon I saw was an adult tiercel (male). But was this DC?
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I tried to get a good look at the tiercel, but the lighting was really bad. I can’t say for sure that this wasn’t Dot.ca.
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The tiercel took off and flew around the west end of the south side of the building, landing on the windows and taking off again.
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In the last picture above, I cannot see bands. The tiercel flew over towards Pigott and she took off with a short burst of vocalization. That was the only time either falcon vocalized during my Watch. Both flew together for awhile and then Pigott landed on the SE corner of the west extension and the tiercel on the NE corner. They flew again and Pigott landed on the west end of the south vent and the tiercel landed back on the SW corner of the SW extension. They could see each other from those positions.
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I tried to get a really good look at the tiercel, and I do not believe this was Dot.ca, but I can’t be 100% sure.
The tiercel took off and flew over to Pigott, landing on the corner of the building above her.
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At 5:25 pm, the tiercel was gone, leaving Pigott on the south side vent. Joyce joined me on the Watch. She checked out the area, but could not find the tiercel.
I left Joyce at BS a little after 6:00 pm and headed downtown. The wrestlers were in town, so there was a lot of traffic around the Blue Cross Arena. I found a falcon on top of Xerox on the SW corner.
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The falcon took off from Xerox, stooping to the south east. I did not see it return, so I checked out the rest of downtown. After looking all over and not finding any falcons, I decided it was time to head home. Joyce had tweeted that she had ended her watch at BS due to darkness and it was time to end mine. I turned my car around on the Andrews St Bridge and spotted a falcon on the top arm of the Frontier Communication tower. So that’s where I headed next. From the front of City Hall, I could see the falcon up there, but due to distance and darkness, I could not make an ID.
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Oh, before I forget, Dana did see the juvie at ST earlier in the afternoon. Now it was time to end my Watch. Goodnight everyone!
Remember to click on any pictures you would like to see larger. I had to lighten most of them due to poor lighting conditions.
