Saturday Falcon Watch – 11/16/13 – All 3 Resident Rochester Falcons Seen
By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.
11:20 am to 4:00 pm
What an absolutely gorgeous fall day, with temps in the high 50’s (F) and wall to wall sunshine. It doesn’t get much better than that.
When I arrived at Russell Station (RS), I spotted a familiar car in the parking lot on the north side. Dana was there and she had not seen any falcons at RS or the Charlotte/Summerville area. Dana had to leave, so I headed towards downtown with stops at Seneca Towers and Hawkeye. No falcons at either location but there were two Red-tailed Hawks on the railings near the nest box on top of the Hawkeye plant. Hawks at Hawkeye. Just seems right. lol (11:42 am)
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Continuing towards downtown. I found Beauty on the Frontier Communication Tower (FCT). She was on the north east box below the platform. (11:57 am)
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It was time to check the rest of the downtown area. I could not find Dot.ca, so I headed over to the BS location. Pigott was on the northside of the building; north east corner of the north west extension. (12:50 pm)
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At 1:50 pm, Donna texted out that she had seen, on the Rfalconcam Streaming video, a 2nd falcon join Beauty on the Frontier Communication Tower. I headed back downtown and found both Beauty and Dot.ca on the north east box on the FCT. Thanks for the heads up Donna! (2:22 pm)
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Dana joined me at the City Hall parking lot. We stayed watching Beauty and Dot.ca until about 3:00 pm. Joyce texted from the BS location reporting that Pigott was still there.
Dana and I headed back to the lake for one last look for Billy. We had no luck finding her or any other falcons. At 4:00 pm, we both ended our watch and headed home.
I”ll leave you with a couple pics I took. Remember to click on any pictures you would like to see larger. Goodnight everyone!
Here is a picture of the sunset at Buck Pond last night. Just lovely.
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and look! Santa Claus has arrived! 🙂
