By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Boy, what a difference a day makes! A cold front moved into the area yesterday and caused a 25 degree tumble in the temperature from yesterday morning at 45 (F) 7 (C) to 20 (F) -7 (C) this morning. The sun was shining bright when the clouds weren’t covering it and it was still a bit breezy but not as bad as yesterday

Seneca Towers had no falcons on it today but I’m sure they weren’t too far away, probably hunting or eating somewhere in their territory. When I finally got downtown, (traffic was awful going into the city this morning) I found Beauty on the top I-beam southeast side of OCSR from the Broad St. bridge. I went down into the hole on Aqueduct St. to take a few pics but the sun was washing her out a bit.

I left her after a few minutes to go over and check the OCSR elevator shaft for Dot.ca (DC). I figured he would be up there trying to stay out of the cold and wind. From Bragdon Place I could barely make out the white on his dark form on the south side ledge.

I drove back over to the hole to discover that Beauty had moved down to the corner of the top I-beam where it meets the elevator shaft. Maybe the wind wasn’t so bad there or maybe she wanted to be closer to DC, who was right around the corner from there up on the shaft ledge.

I went over to the Radisson Hotel by Main St. where I could only see a little of Beauty, and then I left her and DC at 8:30am to check the Brighton site before walking Bella.

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I didn’t see a falcon but when I was letting Bella out of my car after our walk in the woods a Coopers Hawk flew over us and landed in a tree across the street from Jeannes’ house.

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That was the last raptor I saw today as there were no PEFA sightings at the Medley Centre Mall or Seneca Towers. I took a ride down along the Lake Ontario shore looking for a Snowy Owl that watcher Pat had seen yesterday on the Summerville Pier but I didn’t find it. Pat also reported seeing Beauty and DC on OCSR around 11:30am today, so DC came out of his man cave to join his girl. Not a bad watch as it was nice to see the sun and our resident downtown pair and a hawk for an added bonus. It sent me off with a smile as I ended my watch at 10:35am! 🙂

Click on the link below to see today’s snippets

https://youtu.be/WIuwSAC–mI

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