Friday Afternoon Falcon Watch – 1st Day of Spring! – 3/20/15
By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.
2:30 – 4:00 pm
Bye bye Winter! Hello Spring!
The calendar said first day of Spring, but it sure didn’t feel like Spring when I headed out of work. Brrrr. It had been lightly snowing earlier in the day and now it was lightly raining.
My first check was Kodak Park West. Again no falcons seen there.
Downtown, from in front of Frontier Field, I spotted Dot.ca at the west end of the top IBeam on OCSR.
From the Broad St Bridge, I could not see Dot.ca because he was around the corner. Closer to the Times Square Bldg, I could just see the top of his head. Back on the Broad St Bridge, I could see that Beauty was at the nest box. The lighting was no where as good as it had been yesterday.
I checked the Rfalconcam Archive when I got home and found out that both Beauty and Dot.ca had been in the nest box before I arrived downtown. Here are some pictures captured by the Rochester Falcon cameras.
From Camera #4, here is Beauty’s view of where Dot.ca was located on OCSR.
I ended my watch just before 4:00 pm. Both Beauty and Dot.ca were there, but neither of them moved from their spots; Beauty at the nest box and Dot.ca on OCSR.
All was peaceful and quiet.
Except for the Genessee River which was running hard, with lots of large pieces of ice. No ducks or gulls on the river.
I’ll end my report with tweets sent in by fellow watcher Kathy O, who continued the watch after I left. I did not see copulation, but Kathy did! Enjoy the weekend everyone!
6:00 pm – DT falcon report – both Beauty and DC on base of mercury .. DC brought food with him but neither are eating.
6:09 pm – DT falcon report – oh oh oh .. Copulation on base of Mercury .. Made Beauty hungry .. She’s eating now .. DC took off.
6:32 pm – DT falcon report – Dot.ca on TSB on ledge at base of ne wing .. Beauty on base of mercury.
