Weekend Falcon Watch – 1/11 & 1/12/14 – All Three Seen Plus One at KP!
By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.
51 (F) degrees and rain on Saturday and mid-30’s (F) and ice pellets on Sunday. Hey at least the days are getting a little bit longer each day!
Today: Sunrise at 7:39 am. Sunset at 4:56 pm.
Watchers that were out this weekend: Kathy O, Pat, Larry O, Dana, Lou and me Carol P.
Dot.ca was busy, going back and forth between downtown and the BS location. There was a lot of activity at both sites.
I’ll start with the falcon we’ve been seeing at Kodak Park. This falcon was spotted by Joyce, Brian and I on Friday. I checked both Saturday and Sunday and the falcon was in the same spot, on a silver box just to the left of a red light on the east stack catwalk. Is this a wintering falcon just passing through? We’ll definitely be keeping an eye on this location.
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Saturday, January 11, 2014
It was raining hard most of the day and Dot.ca was busy going back and forth between both downtown and the BS locations. Here are some pictures from my Saturday Falcon Watch. Kathy O joined me that day.
Beauty & Dot.ca at Kodak Office
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Pigott & Dot.ca at BS
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Pigott and DC flew to the north side of the building and sat in the pouring rain.
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They both took off and went on a hunt!
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Dot.ca returned first with food. We found him eating on the slat window on the south side of the building.
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Pigott flew in and landed on the southeast corner of the southeast extension with food. Dot.ca grabbed his meal and flew over to the east side tree ledge, just below Pigott.
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After Dot.ca finished his meal, he flew to the north side of the building and Pigott joined him there.
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Kathy and I decided to head downtown to check on Beauty. We found her on the Mercury statue. She started to vocalize with a wailing sound, which usually meant that Dot.ca was somewhere nearby. Yep, there he was on top of the Times Square Bldg on the southeast wing ring.
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At the end of our watch, Kathy and I decided to go over to check out the High Falls area. There was a lot of ice on the river and due to the higher temperatures, there was a lot of water flowing through. Here are some pictures from High Falls.
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A couple more pics from my Saturday Watch.
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Sunday, January 12, 2014
Today it only went up into the mid-30’s (F). Ice pellets fell for much of the afternoon. Dana and Lou had reported that they had Pigott at the BS location at the same time I found both Beauty and Dot.ca on the Kodak Office tower. Beauty was on the south side arch ledge, just above the old M&K nest site location and Dot.ca was on the south east corner of the 19th floor.
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I went over to the BS location, but could not find Pigott. So, I returned to Kodak Office to find that Dot.ca had moved up to the south east corner of the launch pad. Beauty was still on the arch ledge.
On my way home I checked out Charlotte and Russell Station. I didn’t find any falcons, but I did find fellow Falcon Watcher Pat at Russell Station.
I ended my weekend watch after seeing all three Rochester Falcons plus one at Kodak Park. Goodnight everyone!
