By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

A cold start with a temperature of 14 (F) -11 (C) and overcast skies

When I made my way out to East Ridge Rd. to check the north end of Seneca Towers (ST) I was happy to see both Billie and Seth. She was on the northwest corner below the railing with her back top me and he was in his favorite spot on the north window ledge keeping an eye on her as usual.

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The sun made a brief appearance then disappeared back behind the curtain of clouds. I shared space with them for about 10 minutes then I moved along to downtown. I had no luck finding Dot.ca (DC) today but I did find Beauty up in the OCSR elevator shaft on the south ledge. I’m so glad they have that to shelter themselves from bad weather.

I left the Beautyful one at 8:30am and headed over to the Medley Centre (MC). As I approached from the north I spotted a falcon on a light pole with its back to me at the west end of the mall near the Target store. I drove around to the south parking lot to face it but it had flown off before I could get there. It looked big so it was probably Big Frankie. I waited to see if she would return and when she didn’t I  checked St. Ann’s Home to no avail.

Instead of going home after seeing nobody at ST I took a ride over to Seneca Park to check on the birds in the pond. I was surprised to see it frozen over as we’ve only had a couple could days here. At any rate, the gang was all there hanging out in the area that is kept open for them.

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Most of them were sleeping with their heads tucked into their feathers but a few ducks were splashing around in the middle and one did a dance for me. I just love how the water slides right off of them.

I ended my watch smiling at 9:45am after seeing 4 Peregrine Falcons and some ducks,gulls and geese, oh my! 🙂

Click on the link below to view today’s snippet video

https://youtu.be/o2rphMKLa9Q

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