By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Here are some pictures from my January Falcon Watches.

January 7, 2016

The unbanded female Peregrine at the Brighton Site (BS).

Beauty and Dot.ca on Frontier Communication Tower (FCT).

Red-tailed Hawk on security camera at Hawkeye.

I believe this was Billie at Seneca Towers (ST).

January 8, 2016

Beautiful start to a cold Rochester (NY) day.

January 9, 2016

A day filled with six Rochester Falcons seen.

First, the unbanded female falcon at the Brighton site (BS).  I found her on the south side of the east end of the building.

She became agitated and kept looking up towards the sky to the southeast.  Then she was off!  I spotted her target, a Red-tailed Hawk.  She dove on it a few times and chased it to the south.  When she was satisfied that it would not return, she returned to the building, landing on the east side tree ledge.

Downtown, I found Dot.ca on the north side of OCSR and Beauty on the Cross Rds Bldg.

At Seneca Towers (ST), I found both Billie and Seth on the window ledge at the north end of the building.

I circled the Medley Center (MC) a couple times, but all I could find was a Red-tailed Hawk hunting from a light pole on the northeast end of the mall.

I drove to the south side of the mall for one last check.  Of course that’s when Big Frank(ie) (BF) zipped in, hot on the tail of a pigeon.  She missed and landed on one of the light poles.

The sun was starting to set, so the lighting wasn’t very good at this point.  A few gulls were passing low over the mall heading north.  BF took off and chased one over the mall.  When I arrived on the north side, she was busy diving on a gull over the north west end of the parking lot.  She gave up and the very lucky gull continued on its way vocalizing loudly.  Big Frank returned to the mall, landing on the glass peak.

She took off again and chased some gulls that were flying towards the northeast.  Then returned and again landed on the glass peak.  That’s where I left her as the sun set.

I was very happy to have seen all 6 Rochester Falcons.  🙂

January 10, 2016

A rainy afternoon watch.  At Brighton Site (BS), I found a falcon on the northwest corner of the west end of the building.  I was not able to verify if this falcon had bands or not.  I believe it may have been Dot.ca.  If it was him, he was by himself.  I stayed for over an hour and did not see a 2nd falcon there.

Downtown, I found Beauty on the north side of OCSR.

At Seneca Towers, I found both Billie and Seth on the north end of the building.  One was on the window ledge and one was above on a small structure that jutted out.

No luck finding Big Frank at Medley Ctr.

It’s fun watching our falcons through the winter months!

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