By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Date : 6/11/12 (Monday)
Time: 7:00 to 8:45 pm
Weather: Hot, Hazy & Humid! The 3 H’s hit hard today. Today’s high was 90 degrees (F) at 3:05 pm when conditions were mostly cloudy. We missed the record by 3 degrees!
Watchers: Kathy O, Larry O, Dan S and Carol P.
Places: Downtown Rochester (Times Square Nestsite) (TS), Brighton Site (BS) and Kodak Park (KP)
Peregrines Seen: Pigott (at BS) and Beauty was in the nest box at the TSB.

Beauty = B (Adult Female at TSB)
Dot.ca = DC (Adult Male at TSB and BS)
Pigott = P (the female falcon formerly known as SA or Sub Adult at BS Location)
KP Tiercel = KPT (Male Sub-adult at Kodak Park/KP – Not ID’d yet, but black/black band)
Times Square Bldg = TSB
Brighton Site = BS
Broad St Bridge = BSB
Old Changing Scenes Restaurant = OCSR
Kodak Park aka Eastman Business Park = KP

Today the heat was pretty much unbearable during the day, so I got a late start. Near record heat had hit the Rochester area for the day. I arrived at the BS location just before 7:00 pm and found Pigott on the back of the building, the south side. She was by herself as far as I could tell. Ei reported that Beauty was on the eggs and Larry tweeted that he and Dan could not find D.C.

Pigott usually vocalizes with a whining call when Dot.ca is around. Tonight she was quiet and she was intently watching her surroundings. She was on the hunt. It wasn’t long before she spread her wings and took off fast heading east over the fields on that side of the building. She stooped and pulled up with empty talons. Pigott landed on the vent at the top of the south side of the building and that’s where I left her. I remained for awhile longer before heading downtown to join Larry O and Dan S on the Broad St Bridge.

As I drove up to the center of the Broad St Bridge, I first spotted Larry O and then the familiar sight of Dan S sitting in his lawn chair, binoculars up to his eyes, checking out the sky above. I joined them and we talked for a bit. Neither Larry or Dan had been able to find D.C. We knew Beauty was on the eggs so he was out and about where we couldn’t see him. They are very good at hiding from us.

At 8:10 pm, I left them to join Kathy O at Kodak Park. Dan S joined us for awhile after Larry left. We had hoped to see KPT fly in, but we had no luck today seeing him. We were entertained by a Kestrel hover hunting over the fields in front of us and a doe walking along the fence line. In between bites of tall grass, she would lift her head and look at us with those big, beautiful eyes. At 8:45 pm, it was time to leave.

Although we did not see all the Rochester Falcons today, I was happy to see Pigott hunting and doing well at the BS location. Beauty and Dot.ca had been seen on the Rfalconcam cameras during the day trading off sitting on the eggs. We didn’t spend much time at Kodak Park, so there was a good chance we wouldn’t see him.

Remember, it’s always a good thing to keep your eyes to the sky. So many wonderful things to see and enjoy!

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