By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Overcast, cold, breezy morning.  Temps in the mid-50’s (F).

I started my watch early this morning, joining Dana on the Summerville side of the Genesee River.  Genesee had arrived and already had a successful hunt.  When I got there, he was eating breakfast on top of the Coast Guard Tower (CGT).

After finishing his meal, he took off chasing a small flock of Starlings to the east.  We searched for him and ended up on the Charlotte side of the river.  Genesee returned to the CGT, then flew to the Shumway antenna.  From there, he took off flying low over the river heading south.  We lost sight of him when he flew under the O’Rourke Bridge, but a whole bunch of Pigeons took flight further down the river.  I’m sure that Genesee had something to do with that.  lol

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<— Genesee eating breakfast on the CGT.

I left Dana to continue my morning watch.  I wanted to do a Rochester Falcon head count.

Seneca Towers (ST).  Billie and Seth were together on the north end window ledge.

<— Billie and Seth together on the north end window ledge of ST.

Downtown.  Beauty was up inside the OCSR elevator shaft and Dot.ca was on the top arm of the Frontier Comm Tower (FCT).  When I first reported it, I had them the other way around.  🙂

<— Beauty up inside the OCSR elevator shaft.

<— Dot.ca on the top arm of the Frontier Communication Tower.

My last stop was the Brighton Site (BS), where I found the unbanded female on the south side of the east end of the building.  She was doing a lot of preening and pulling lots of small fluff feathers.  She’s definitely going through a molt.

<— Unbanded female falcon at BS.

I was very happy to have seen 6 of the Rochester Falcons before ending my morning watch.  🙂

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