A short morning Falcon Watch 1-13-16
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
As I started my watch it was dark with wind blown lake effect snow falling and a temperature of 17 (F) -8 (C). When I ended it was still windy with bright blue skies, sunshine and the temp had gone up to 18 (F). That’s how lake effect snow squalls work-one minute it’s like a blizzard and the next minute the sun is shining
It wasn’t surprising to me that neither Billie nor Seth were at Seneca Towers this morning as they usually aren’t when there’s inclement weather. I had to give a friend a ride this morning but on the way I quickly checked downtown where I found Dot.ca (DC) on the south side ledge in the OCSR elevator shaft. He had his back to me and was way back on the ledge so at the time I wasn’t sure who it was.
I didn’t get back downtown until 9:15am-the sun was shining brightly and Beauty was on the top I-beam southeast side of OCSR glowing from the sun.
I couldn’t stay long as I had more stops to make this morning but I did check the OCSR elevator shaft before leaving downtown and DC was still up there. You could only make out his dark form and tail hanging down over the edge.
A quick check of the Medley Centre where there were no birds of any kind and also nobody present at Seneca Towers when I got home at 10:30am. It wasn’t much of a watch but I still had to smile as the sun is shining and I saw our main pair of Rochester Peregrine Falcons, Beauty and DC! 🙂
Just a short snippet video to check out today-just click on the link below to view it
