By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Today was a bitter cold and snowy day here in Rochester, NY.  Tonight and tomorrow, we are under a winter storm warning.

Before heading downtown, I first looked for Snowy Owls along the lake (Lake Ontario).  No Snowys at Braddock Bay, but the ice fisherpeople were out on the bay.

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The waves were crashing against the icy shore on Lake Ontario, lots of ice near the shore.

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I ended up at Charlotte where I found a Snowy Owl hunting over the Summerville Pier.  It landed about half way out on the pier.  I made my way out onto the Charlotte Pier where the frigid winds were blowing and it was snowing.  There was just one other person out there with me.  I pointed out the Snowy to Veronica.  It was her first time seeing a Snowy Owl and she was thrilled.

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This Snowy was much darker than the others I have seen recently.  It was too cold to stay out on the pier for long, so I went back to my car to warm up and headed downtown.

As I approached Kodak Office, I could see a falcon up on the northwest corner of the playpen.  The falcon was facing the building, but based on size, I believe this was Beauty, but can’t be 100% sure. (1:00 pm)

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I left Beauty on the Kodak Tower to go look for Dot.ca.  I looked all over downtown, including up into the OCSR elevator shaft, but could not find him.

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Since I couldn’t find Dot.ca, I headed over to the BS location where I found Pigott on a south facing window on the west extension, across from the cubby. (1:30 pm)

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I stayed with Pigott for awhile, checking the rest of the building and not finding any other falcons.

At 2:30 pm I headed back downtown.  I found Dot.ca on the southwest corner of the HSBC building.

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I left Dot.ca to search for Beauty, but I couldn’t find her.  I ended my watch at about 3:30 pm

I’ll leave you with a few pics of downtown Rochester from my watch today.  Remember to click on any pictures you would like to see larger.  Goodnight everyone!

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