Sunday Afternoon Watch – 11/2/14
By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.
12:00 – 3:00 pm
It was a very cold and windy day with temps in the 30’s during my watch. The only good thing was the bright sunshine and bright blue sky. As long as you stayed inside your car, it was tolerable.
The BS location was my first stop. Lots and lots of Canada Geese surrounded the building and a Coopers Hawk was on the hunt. No falcons seen or heard while I was there. When I was leaving, a truck passed me that had snow on it!
As I was passing the Blue Cross Arena, I saw a falcon fly up to the Wilder Building and land on top of the fire escape. From Aqueduct St, aka “the hole”, I could see that it was Dot.ca. I looked around the area for Beauty, but could not find her.
Dot.ca was busy preening and watching every bird that flew through the area. It looked like he was going to take off and follow one of those birds, but then he’d settle back into a good preen.
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At 1:45 pm, Dot.ca took off heading east over the river. As I was watching him, I saw Beauty drop out of the OCSR elevator shaft and follow him. Well, there she was! lol
I drove around but could not find any falcons. At 2:00 pm, I ended my downtown watch. On my way home, I checked out Hawkeye. No falcons there. Next came Seneca Tower (ST). There was a falcon on the south end of the building above the windows. It looked small, so I assumed it was 99 since I could see a silver band. A larger falcon, Billie?, was on the east side railing.
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Both took off and soared gracefully together over the building. It was a wonderful way to end my watch. Oh, and I did check out Russell Station too. No falcons seen there. Goodnight!
