By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Holy deep freeze-the temperature when I checked the local TV station said 8 degrees (F) -13 (C) when I was getting ready to leave for my watch. We were having a burst of moderate to heavy snow that made the roads pretty darn slick-you really had to drive slow as it dropped a couple inches of snow in an hour or so

I drove around the city for about 45 minutes at the start of my watch with no falcon sightings but I did find some more pretty lights and stuff!

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Finally as I was checking the Kodak Office (KO) tower from the Andrews St. Bridge I spotted a falcon on the northeast corner of the launchpad. I drove down to Mill St. for a closer look but due to poor lighting, distance and snow falling I didn’t know who it was at first. Now I can say that it was Dot.Ca (DC)-he flew off after a couple minutes and then I saw 2 falcons in the air circling the tower. They went to the other side where I couldn’t see them so I went up to State St. on the north side of KO to find they were both there.

I thought one of them had food but Beauty on the left was preening and DC on the corner was looking south and pretty much ignoring his mate. I left to check for Pigott at our Brighton site around 8am and found her perched on the southwest corner of the west extension. She was all foofed up to keep warm and was keeping an eye on her territory.

I stayed with Miss Pigott for 20 minutes and then I had to leave for a dental appointment around 8:40am. I saw all 3 Rochester Peregrine Falcons on my short watch and mustered up a smile for that! 🙂

One video link below-just click and watch

http://youtu.be/F7cWWpS48FY

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