By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Sunrise at 7:09 am.  Sunset at 5:36 pm.

Overcast, light snow and a temperature of 23 (F) degrees during my falcon watch.

The KP Falcon (KPF) continues to hang around.  Today KPF was on the east smoke stack, on a small silver box next to a red light.  But this was on the west side of the east stack, not the normal east side.  The area looks identical to the other side.

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You have to wonder if this is a wintering bird that will head out soon.  We’ll soon find out!

On my drive over to the BS location, I received a tweet from Pat that she had one falcon on the building there.  Just before I arrived, joining Pat on the west side of the building, Dot.ca flew in and joined Pigott on the southwest corner of the west extension.

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Both Pigott and Dot.ca took off.  She landed on a south facing window on the west extension, across from the cubby.  For the next 15 mins or so, Pat and I witnessed some real fancy flying and a nice aerial display from Dot.ca.  There was a lot of ee-chupping by both of them as Dot.ca would land on a window below her, then off again, zipping around and landing on a window to her right, then above her.  There was no copulation, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we see that soon.

As the snow lightly fell, they both settled on the west end of the building.  Pat and I ended our watch at BS and I headed downtown to look for Beauty.  I found her up inside the OCSR elevator shaft tucked in on the north ledge.  Because it was snowing and her back was to me, it was really hard to see her up there.

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All 3 Rochester Falcons plus the KP Falcon were seen during my watch, all doing well.  Goodnight everyone.  Keep warm and safe!

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