A visitor at the BS Location – Pigott’s Old Territory – August 18, 2014
By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P. / Photos by Joyce
Monday Afternoon – August 18, 2014
Kathy O reported that she had a falcon at the BS location. I joined her there and we both watched a falcon flying over the building. We caught up with falcon on the south side of the building on the corner just above the vent. It was time to get out the scope.
Joyce had been downtown with a falcon on the jail tower. She first thought it was Beauty, but later verified that it was Dot.ca.
This falcon was definitely a female based on size. She had a very dark helmet, flat head and salmon colored chest. She looked a lot like Beauty, but with subtle differences. One being the two thin white stripes that radiated from her nostrils up over her forehead. She was gorgeous, but aren’t they all!
Bobby, a young man who told us he and his class used to watch the falcons on the Kodak Birdcam, stopped by. He was thrilled to see the falcon close up through the scope. We could see that she was banded with a black over green band and a silver band, but we couldn’t read the numbers on the green/black band. Joyce took lots of pics, but was also unable to see the numbers.
Joyce sent the pictures to MAK for her opinion. We all believe that this falcon was not Beauty. That she was a visitor, possibly passing through on her migration.
You can bet that the Rochester Falcon Watchers will be out there to try to ID this falcon, if she returns.
Stay tuned!
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August 21st, 2014 at 2:41 PM
Nice pics!
August 21st, 2014 at 3:12 PM
Those white spots above the cere look like feathers sticking up-possibly from molting or stuck from a meal. These pics definitely don’t look like Beauty or the female I saw at Seneca Towers yesterday.
August 21st, 2014 at 4:28 PM
Can’t wait to find out who it is! 🙂
August 21st, 2014 at 5:30 PM
Gorgeous pix Joyce! We have some Bflo gals looking for new homes, I’m sure!
August 21st, 2014 at 7:05 PM
Agree MAK – this is a completely different female. I don’t think the pics do the white markings justice. According to Carol and Kathy who saw this bird through the scope, they were like streaks.
Plus, I just posted to the forum pics of the female on Seneca Towers yesterday and confirm MAK had 77 in the black and a glimpse of X in the green. Pretty sure we saw “Billy”!
August 22nd, 2014 at 7:08 AM
The white streaks up from the nostrils and over the forehead were markings on the bird like pinstripes or maybe racing stripes. 🙂 Kathy and I had a really close up view through the scope. Very distinct markings if we see this girl again and I hope we do!