Morning watch 10-21-14
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
It was a bit warmer this morning but the clouds were locked in and light rain fell throughout my watch with a starting temperature of 50 (F) 10 (C)
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Neither Billie or 99 were around again this morning-I saw Billie a couple days ago but haven’t seen 99 in a few days. I wonder if maybe he migrated and Billie is spreading her wings. Off to downtown where I didn’t find a falcon until almost 8:30am. In my travels I came across some tents in Washington Square Park which were advocating the homeless and the need for more housing-Thanks Donna for that info!
Parking on Bragdon Place by the Radisson Hotel I peered up thru the rain to barely make out the form of a falcon on the south side ledge of the OCSR elevator shaft. It was Dot.Ca (DC) with his back to the world.
A couple minutes later I spotted Beauty on the 3rd ibeam north corner of OCSR while stopped on the Andrews St. bridge. I drove down to State St. across from the Rochester Plaza Hotel to check her out.
She turned around showing my back so I returned to the east side of the river on Bragdon Place where I could have a front view of the Beautyful one and also keep track of DC in the elevator shaft.
Beauty was looking at something below her on and off and generally seeming to be in hunt mode in between preening and rousing(shaking her feathers).
At 8:43am Beauty flew southeast past the elevator shaft which stirred DC as he stood up,stretched, turned around and flew out and over to the top ibeam north corner of OCSR(got it all on tape). I could have wrote that script!
I looked at his back for a while then went looking for Beauty. I was about to call it quits for the day when I spotted her on the northeast corner of the lower roof on Widows Walk. I pulled over on Exchange Blvd. in front of He’s Chinese to spend a little time with her.
A bunch of little birds lined the railing above her and a few minutes later 4 courageous pigeons appeared behind Beauty near the northwest corner.
I had been taping all of them, wondering if Beauty would go after them if they flew off and right after I stopped taping I got my answer. All 4 pigeons flew off to the north and Beauty stayed right where she was-interesting. I left her to head home- checking OCSR on my way out of downtown I found DC to still be on the top ibeam north corner. After checking all 4 sides of Seneca Towers when I got there-I saw no falcons. Not liking that but still smiling because I saw our downtown Rochester Peregrine Falcons on this day! 🙂
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October 21st, 2014 at 1:26 PM
You last report seeing Billie and 99 on Thursday, and then an unidentified falcon on Sat. and Sunday. It has, indeed, been a while. Hope they come back in the spring at the latest to bring joy to your and our hearts.
October 21st, 2014 at 3:35 PM
I hope they come back too Alison! Got used to having them around. 🙂
October 21st, 2014 at 8:37 PM
LOL maybe those pigeons are Beauty’s cleaning crew. She told them they’d be safe if they cleaned out the nest box for next season. Either that or stupid doesn’t taste good.
October 21st, 2014 at 9:20 PM
Ha ha bc, stupid definitely doesn’t taste good! 🙂