By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Another wonderful weekend of falcon watches.  Cold and sunny on Saturday (18 degrees) and warmer and overcast, drizzly/rainy on Sunday (40 degrees).

Saturday, January 17, 2015 (11:00 am to 2:15 pm)

No falcons at Kodak Park West or the BS location.  Downtown I found Beauty and Dot.ca on the north side of the Cross Rds Bldg (CRB).  Beauty was on the northwest corner and Dot.ca was on the north end.  They remained on the Cross Rds Bldg for much of my watch.  Both flew north down the river to chase a Red-tailed Hawk over the Genesee Brewery and returned.  Joyce and Brian H stopped to visit for a short while.

Here are some pics from my Saturday watch:

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Sunday, January 18, 2015 (12:30 pm to 3:00 pm)

Today I was able to find all 4 Rochester Falcons plus a beautiful Snowy Owl on Buck Pond (Greece, NY) near Lake Ontario.

It was really busy downtown, so I wasn’t able to watch from the Broad St Bridge.  When I arrived downtown, I found Beauty on the north end of the Cross Rds Bldg and Dot.ca on Widows Walk.  Dot.ca took off, heading east.  I looked for him, but could not find him.  Beauty remained on the CRB.  It was a much warmer day today, but it was overcast.  Drizzle turned to rain by the time I ended my watch.

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After ending my downtown watch, I checked out Seneca Towers and found two falcons on the north end.  One on the NW corner and one on the ledge above the windows on the north end.  I was too far away to make any positive ID’s.

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On my way home I took my normal route along the lake.  There were no falcons at Russell Station, but I was happy to find a small lump out on Buck Pond that turned out to be a beautiful Snowy Owl.  It was very dark with a black cap.  Brian said it was probably a juvenile female.

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So, I saw all 4 Rochester Falcons during my watch and ended it with a beautiful Snowy Owl.  All was quiet and peaceful both days.  I do so love the weekends.  🙂

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