By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Happy Easter Everyone! What an absolutely beautiful day with temps in the 60’s (F) and lots of sunshine and blue sky.  I had some free time today, so I headed out to watch some falcons at 1:00 pm.

I started at the BS location, but as is usual now, it was way too quiet.  While I was there, three Turkey Vultures floated over, unchallenged.  I was so used to the KAK KAK KAK that would fill the air when these big birds came too close.  But not today.  Miss you Pigott.

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I headed downtown to look for Beauty and Dot.ca.  From the Broad St Bridge, I spotted a falcon eating on the west corner of the OCSR top Ibeam.  I was pretty sure it was Dot.ca, and Rfalconcam Watcher Ei verified that Beauty was inside the nest box on the eggs.  Thanks so much for your help Ei.  While I was tweeting where Dot.ca was, he took off.

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The Genesee River isn’t running as hard as it had been, but there is still a lot of water flowing north to Lake Ontario.

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Looks like more scaffolding is going up on the west end of Midtown Plaza.

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At 2:20 pm, Dot.ca returned and landed on top of the Mercury statue.

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It was nice to spend a couple of quiet and peaceful hours with the downtown Rochester Falcons.  Some Easters have not been this quiet.

When I left at 2:45 pm, Beauty was still in the nest box on the eggs and Dot.ca was on guard on top of the Mercury statue.

I hope that everyone had a very Happy Easter!

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