By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

What a difference a day makes.  From 90+ degrees, hot, hazy and humid, to 70 degrees and no humidity at all.  Such a welcome change.

This morning I was meeting an old friend for breakfast near the Medley Ctr.  So, I made sure that I got there a little early so I could hopefully find a falcon at the mall.  Not only did I find a falcon there, but I found fellow watcher Dana already on the scene.  I joined her watching Big Frank on the white vent cap on the carousel roof for about 15 minute before I had to leave. (8:10 am)

After breakfast, at 10:45 am, I went back to the mall and found Big Frank on the same spot, but no Dana.

Big Frank (BF) took off, heading east, low over the mall roof.  I drove around to the north side and found Dana there.  She had seen BF fly low over the roof and down towards the east end.  We drove around and Dana was the first to find her over a doorway on the east end of the mall.  Larry joined us and was happy to meet Big Frank for the first time.  🙂

While we were watching Big Frank, she was watching the sparrows in the bushes and trees below her.  Finally, she spread her wings and took off at 12:08 pm, flying low over us heading east.  Dana and I drove around attempting to find Big Frank, but we never did.

I decided to head downtown and found Dot.ca up inside the OCSR elevator shaft on the south side ledge. (1:20 pm)

I drove around looking for Beauty.  From the Andrews St Bridge, I spotted a falcon on the Frontier Communication Tower, 2nd arm.

I was just getting ready to head over to get a closer look at this falcon when I heard a juvie vocalizing.  The falcon on FCT took off heading south, then a falcon came back and landed on FCT below the platform.  A 2nd one flew by and the FCT falcon took off after it.  They were talon tagging and flying off to the west.  I did drive over to the west side of the city to look, but could not find them.  The talon tagging did not look very aggressive.

A quick check of the OCSR elevator shaft, Dot.ca was gone.  Back to the Andrews St Bridge.  From there, I could see Dot.ca at the Powers Bldg nest box.

He only stayed there for a few moments.  I kept watch for another 1/2 hour, but did not see any more falcons.  All was quiet.

Here are some pictures from my Monday, September 7th watch.

It was a very warm day, near 90 degrees (F).  I found Beauty on the gorge wall cooling down in the spray from the High Falls.

At the Medley Center, Big Frank was hunkered down on the white vent cap on top of the carousel roof.  There were a lot of pigeons flying around and landing on the building and light poles.  It was like watching a cat ready to pounce on all the pigeons that flew by.  You can see why a Peregrine Falcon would choose this area for its’ hunting ground.

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