Morning watch 9-13-14
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
A cool 47 (F) 9 (C) degrees dark, overcast morning watch that ended with rain
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I started out before the sun came up although you couldn’t really tell when it came up through the overcast sky. I made a u turn as I got to Seth Green Drive by the entrance to Seneca Towers visitor parking as I have done all week so I could check the west and south sides of the building. I’ve seen Billie 3 or 4 times in the last few days-today she was up there near the northwest corner and she had company. Veteran was hanging out with her and as I put my window down I could hear a little vocalization.
Billie moved over to the north side of the northwest corner and 10 minutes later they both flew off to the south and returned with about the same distance between them as before.
Billie and Veteran seem to be a pair at this point as I’ve seen them flying together and now vocalizing and hanging out on Seneca Towers together. I hope they will stay here and we can get a nest box up there for them.
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The two of them did a lot of looking around and at each other.
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At 7:24am Billie and Veteran flew south and didn’t return.
Ok, time to go downtown and check for Beauty and Dot.Ca (DC). I turned off St. Paul St. onto the Andrews St. Bridge for my first look and that’s all it took! I spotted Beauty on the top ibeam of OCSR northwest side and she had a full crop. I left for State St. across from the Rochester Plaza Hotel for a closer view.
I only stayed a few minutes with the Beautyful one so I could go search for DC. I decided to check the OCSR elevator shaft first and from the Radisson Hotel I could clearly see him on the north side ledge-his white front showing and he had food.
DC spent about 10 minutes on his snack then he feaked, turned around a few times and flew out only to return to his man cave landing on the south side ledge this time. I knew it was nap time now so I left him after a bit and went back to check on Beauty.
Beauty was still on the northwest side of OCSR with her back to the world. I stayed with her for a while and called it a watch a few minutes after it started raining. I checked Hawkeye and Seneca Towers but had no luck finding a falcon. I ended my watch at 9am with a big smile after seeing all 4 resident Rochester Peregrine Falcons! 🙂
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September 14th, 2014 at 5:51 AM
The beginning of a love affair between your ST falcons is so excellent! They could not have picked a better place – clever Pefas!!
September 14th, 2014 at 6:11 AM
Yes Bobbie-now if we can just get a box up there for them! 🙂
September 14th, 2014 at 10:00 AM
I think your Seneca Towers neighbors would probably prefer a nest box on the bridge…. Not everyone is as tolerant of dismembered bird body parts falling down at all hours of the day as we might be. 🙂
September 14th, 2014 at 1:09 PM
We’ll see what happens Alison. Anybody could get to the nest if it’s put on the bridge, at least this building is secure and nobody could disturb them up on the roof. 🙂