By Rochester Falcon Watcher

Well I didn’t plan on going downtown this morning, but when I got a text from DebbieH saying to text her if I was around at noon…well it motivated me to hop on a bus and visit our fair city. Of course there isn’t much falcon business to see downtown these days since everything is about that fuzzy little eyas in the nest box but there is always something to see. I saw no falcons around tho I knew Beauty or Dot.ca(DC) were in the nest box with baby so I checked the mighty Genesee River from the Broad Street bridge(BSB). On the north side I saw gulls, Canadian geese and a pretty purple weed display on the east shore.

After a look around for a falcon I crossed over to the south side of the BSB where I found lots of gulls everywhere a few ducks and one great Blue Heron that was fishing.

It was starting to heat up on the bridge so I made my way down to some shade by the D&C building to check the back of the Times Square building(TSB)  for a falcon. Under the northwest wing I saw something that could have been a pefa with it’s back to me but I couldn’t be sure. It was about noon so I texted Debbie who works in the Ebenezer Watts building and told her I was outside waiting. She came out and we walked to He’s chinese restaurant where she bought me lunch. We went back to her break room to eat in the air conditioning and after we were done she introduced me to her co-workers and showed me the view she has of the back of the TSB and Widows Walk area. She told me that on her way to work this morning she saw Beauty and DC looking  like bookends with one under the southeast wing and the other under the northeast wing of the TSB.  Thank you very much for lunch Deb! It was back to work for her and back to searching for falcons for me. When I got back to the BSB and turned around to look toward the nest box I spotted a pefa with it’s back to me next to the main cam at the south corner. It then went into the nest box and perched on the front ledge of the nest box facing me and it was then that I knew it was the Beautyful one! I also got a text from Donna confirming it. Thanks D!

Mission accomplished-I saw my friend Debbie and my favorite Peregrine Falcon Beauty. It was time to end my watch and get out of the heat. I’m pretty sure I was smiling the whole way home on the bus! 🙂

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