By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

4:00 to 7:00 pm

Watchers during that time: Kathy O, Jo & Julie – New Watchers & Carol P.

A gorgeous fall day in Rochester, NY.  A bit chilly with temps in the 60’s (F), but my watch started out with sunshine and blue skies.

My first stops were ST and HE.  No juvie falcon seen at either location.  Downtown, I found Dot.ca on the south side of the OCSR on the top I-Beam close to the south corner.

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The river’s water level was high and the area was alive with all kinds of birds.  I’ll include some pics at the end.  I drove around the downtown area and found Beauty on the south side of the Xerox Tower, 5th column in from the SE corner.

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While I was watching Beauty and Dot.ca a tweet came in from Kathy O.  She was at the BS location and she found Pigott on the south side of the west end adjacent to the cubby area.  It was time for me to join Kathy at the BS location.  We hadn’t seen UT last night and I hoped he hadn’t left Rochester just yet.  Kathy had run an errand, so she wasn’t there when I first arrived.  I slowly circled the building and found a falcon on the SW corner of the west end of the building.  Because it was facing away from me, I couldn’t tell if it was Pigott or not.

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I waited to see if this falcon would reveal it’s identity.  Finally some stretches and a roust!  It was our unbanded tiercel, UT.

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At about 5:45 pm, UT stretched his wings and took off heading to the south side of the building.  He landed on the slower section of the slat window and vocalized with some soft ee-chups.  He was looking towards the southwest.

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That’s when Kathy and I saw Pigott fly in and land on the SW corner of the SE extension.  She had a HUGE crop!  Obviously she had recently eaten.  lol  She preened a bit and stretched.  They could definitely see each other from their positions.

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At 6:25 pm, Pigott flew over to the slat window and landed next to UT.  They vocalized a bit and then UT flew up to the SE corner of the SW extension, just above Pigott.  It was starting to get dark and Kathy had to leave.  I wanted to stick around until 7:00 pm, when it would be dark, hoping to see where they settled for the evening.

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Two ladies came towards me, walking their dog.  One had binoculars and was looking up at UT.  They walked over and introduced themselves as Jo, Julie and their dog Finn.  We met Julie over the weekend and Joyce met both Jo and Julie later.  Jo used to work near the Cathedral of the Learning in Pittsburgh, PA, where Beauty was from and she used to watch that nest site.  I showed them where UT and Pigott were  on the building and we chatted until UT took off and flew south.  He returned to the building and landed on a window just to Pigott’s right.  He took off and headed south again.  We waited to see if he would return.  By 7:00 pm, it was dark and UT had not returned.  Pigott flew up to the corner he had vacated and looked towards the south.  We wondered if he might be hunting and that she could see him.

It was time to end our Watch.  I said goodbye to Jo, Julie and Finn and sent one last tweet that I was ending my watch.  The moon was gorgeous this evening.

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I’ll leave you with a few pics I took during my Watch today.  Enjoy!  Remember to click on any you would like to see larger.  Goodnight Everyone!

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