By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

My watch started with a Red-tailed Hawk and ended with a Snowy Owl, with three Peregrine Falcons in the middle.  Not a bad way to spend a cold, mostly cloudy Sunday.

I started my watch today at 11 am, heading out to the BS location first.  On my 2nd circle around the building, I ran into Joyce and Brian.  They told me that they had seen a falcon zip around the building heading south. Guess I just missed her.  lol  I stayed there for about a 1/2 hour and when she didn’t return, I went downtown, where I found Beauty eating on the northeast corner of the Widows Walk (WW). (11:35 am)

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At 12:25 pm, Beauty finished eating and Dot.ca joined her.  Dana joined me on the watch.

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After awhile, Beauty continued her meal and filled up her crop.  Dot.ca had a full crop himself and just remained nearby watching over Beauty.  Every now and then they would softly “wail” to each other.  By 1:35 pm, Beauty finished her meal (again).  Dot.ca took off heading south and Beauty took off heading north.   Dana and I looked for Beauty, but could not find her.  We decided to head over to the BS location.  There we found Dot.ca on the southwest corner of the southwest extension and Pigott was finishing a meal on the southeast corner of the southeast extension. (1:50 pm)

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Both Pigott and Dot.ca started to alarm call – kak-kak-kak and they both took off heading south, fast.   We could not see what they were after.  A few moments later they flew back to the west side of the building.  We found both of them in the cubby and they were vocalizing by ee-chupping to each other.

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Dot.ca flew out of the cubby and landed on the northwest corner of the northwest extension.  After a few moments, Pigott flew up to the southwest corner of the west extension.

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At 3:00 pm, we left Dot.ca and Pigott at the BS location, both with very full crops.  I wanted to find Beauty before I headed home, so I went through downtown, finding her on the north side of the OCSR on the top IBeam at 3:20 pm.

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While I was driving around looking for her, I saw this beautiful Christmas Window on St Paul St.  I’ve passed it many times, but was never able to get a picture of it.

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So, with all three Rochester Falcons seen and all with very full crops, it was time to head home.  I took the lake route home, hoping to see Billy or the Snowy Owl that Joyce and Brian reported seeing on Buck Pond.  This is the pond that I’ve been getting such beautiful sunset pictures.  Sorry to say that Billy was not seen, but Dana and I did find the Buck Pond Snowy.  So, like I said in the beginning, my watch started with a Red-tailed Hawk on a no pigeons allowed light pole and ended with a gorgeous Snowy Owl on Buck Pond.

I’ll leave you with a few pics from the beginning and end of my day.  Remember to click on any pictures you would like to see larger.  Goodnight everyone!

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Snowy Owl on Buck Pond

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