Rochester Falcon Watch – Late Afternoon/Evening – Beauty, Dot.ca and Billy the Juvie – 10/16/13
By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.
When I left work today, it was cloudy and lightly raining. My first stop was downtown Rochester. My route takes me by Kodak Office first and as I approached, I saw a falcon on the NE corner of what we call the launch pad at the top of the tower. I parked on the east side and took a couple pics of this falcon before I noticed that there was a second one up there. Beauty was on the east side arch ledge, just below the tiercel that had his back to me, that I assumed was Dot.ca. It wasn’t long before it stopped raining and the sun came out.
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I next wanted to check on Pigott and UT at the BS location. After circling the building three times, I could not find any falcons there. I stayed for awhile hoping they would return, but they didn’t. Kathy O did stop there tonight and found one falcon on the building. But she could not identify it.
I headed towards the lake to check on the juvie that we assume is Billy, from the Central Terminal nest site in Buffalo, NY. She wasn’t there when I first arrived, but she did finally make an appearance. While I was on the south side of Russell Station, she flew in and landed on the west stack catwalk.
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Billy again took off and flew to the top of the stack and landed. I got some video of her flying above and around the west side smoke stack. So sorry for the shakiness.
Link to Youtube video of Billy flying at Russell Station.
After landing on the north side, she again took off, this time heading north east. When she didn’t return, I took a trip over to Charlotte to see if she might be on the Coast Guard antenna. Pat had seen her there earlier.
I found no falcons at Charlotte, so I returned to Russell Station for one last look. Clouds had moved in covering the waxing moon and the lights on the stacks were now lit.
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It was too dark to see anything, so I called it a Watch.
During my travels today, I drove through Mt. Hope Cemetery, which I consider to be one of the most beautiful cemeteries. It’s fun to share images of the Rochester Falcons city with all of you. Here are some pictures I took. Fall at Mt Hope. Please remember to click on any pics you would like to see larger. Goodnight everyone!
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October 17th, 2013 at 8:22 AM
Lovely cemetery pics, Carol. I also like to walk around Mt. Hope. And just to clear up any confusion readers may have, the Coast Guard Station and antenna (or tower) are located in Summerville, which is a neighborhood in the town of Irondequoit on the east bank of the Genesee River. Carol was viewing it from Charlotte, on the west bank of the Genesee directly across the river from Summerville.
October 17th, 2013 at 11:20 AM
BEAUTIFUL! As ever!! Thanks!
October 17th, 2013 at 12:16 PM
It looks to me as if Summerville/Charlotte is twice as far to the north of downtown Rochester as Brighton is south. So I am guessing that Billy is safe from the jealousy of both Beauty and Pigott.
October 17th, 2013 at 5:16 PM
Thanks for the comments Pat, June and Alison! Billy has chosen a nice area for herself at this time. Lots of good hunting spots. It will be interesting to see if she stays the winter or not.