By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

This was probably the last of our very warm, end of Summer days.  It went up to 81 degrees (F).  Tomorrow afternoon/evening brings showers and cooler temps.

I arrived at the Medley Center Mall at 10:15 pm and found Big Frankie (BF) on the south side of Target.  For the next 10 minutes, she made her way down the length of the south side of the building, making multiple small flights.  I could hear small birds and thought she might be on the hunt for one of them.

She flew around to the west side of the building.  From the IHOP parking lot, I had a nice view of her up on the Target roof. Below her was a whole lot of white feathers.  I had noticed the feathers when I passed them the first time.  BF looked all around her and then flew down to the grassy area next to the building, right in the middle of all the white feathers.

She walked over to the remains of a Ring-billed Gull.  I believe it was probably an earlier kill that she made either this morning or last night.  It was fairly fresh.

For the next 1/2 hour (10:30-11:00 am), Big Frankie ate her meal as I watched from across the roadway, where only a few cars drove through. Thankfully she was out of the road and up on the grass near the building.

After filling her crop, she took off and flew around to the north side of Target.  Here’s a picture of the area where she ate.  Lots and lots of feathers!

As I was searching Medley Center for Big Frankie, I was joined by Joyce and Brian H.  Brian had seen BF flying high and heading east.  Dana also joined us.

Joyce and Brian left and Dana & I headed downtown.  We first stopped at the pedestrian bridge at High Falls.  From there, we could not see any falcons.  We split up to check the downtown area.  I finally found a falcon on the north side arch ledge on the Kodak Tower.  It was Dot.ca and he was in the shade.  I checked the rest of downtown and could not find Beauty anywhere.  It was time for me to end my watch.

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