By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

It was cold out there (temps near 30 degrees), but having a bit of sunshine made it tolerable.

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I found no falcons at the west end of Kodak Park or the BS location.  The first falcon I found was downtown.  Beauty was on the top arm of the Frontier Communication Tower (FCT).

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Beauty took off, heading south.  From the Broad St Bridge, I could see her hunting a flock of pigeons over the river.  She ended up on top of the Mercury statue.  There was no where to park on the Broad St Bridge, so I made my way down to Aqueduct St. (aka “the hole”).

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After Beauty took off, she headed back towards the north west.  Of course, I followed.  Tag your it!  lol

When I caught up with her, she had joined Dot.ca on the Frontier Communication Tower.  They were low on the tower, below the platform, very close to each other.

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First Dot.ca and then Beauty took off, both heading north east.  They were a well oiled tandem hunting machine.  Both took turns stooping on the pigeons that were on the buildings near the river.

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Their hunt moved down the river to the south so I drove over to the Andrews St Bridge.  From there I was able to watch their continued tandem hunt.  Pigeons were frantically diving and zipping around the buildings to escape them.  Beauty flew south down the river and to the other side of the OCSR.  Dot.ca landed on the  NW corner of the Radisson.  He took off and headed towards the Times Square Bldg (TSB).

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I drove over to the Broad St Bridge and found Beauty back on top of the Mercury statue and Dot.ca on the nest box platform, next to the base of the main camera.  Since there  were no parking spots to be had, I headed back down to Aqueduct St.  I found a spot where I could see both Beauty and Dot.ca.

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Dot.ca took off, heading east.  He returned, flying directly over Beauty and then headed back towards the Times Square Bldg.  At first I thought he was going to land there, but he continued past the TSB and stooped on some Starlings.  He missed catching any of them and landed on the Widows Walk railing.  Beauty remained on Mercury.

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After awhile, both took off, this time heading northwest.  Tag!  I’m it!  Off I went in search of our very active pair of falcons.  It didn’t take me long to find them both on the Frontier Communication Tower.  Dot.ca was on the top arm and Beauty on the arm just below him.

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When they both took off, it was time for me to end my downtown watch.  I wished them good hunting and headed out.  I checked out Hawkeye, no falcons there and continued on to Seneca Towers.  I found a falcon on a short antenna or pipe on the west side, south end of the building.  Based on size, I thought it was Billie, but could not be sure.  MAK was able to see the falcon from her balcony and verified it was Billie.

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I checked the rest of the building from all sides, but could not find a 2nd falcon.  I continued on to Russell Station, but found no falcon there.

I’ll leave you with a couple of pictures of beautiful Lake Ontario and a Christmas greeting.  Enjoy!

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