By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Saturday, 9/29/12

I sure do love the weekends, but they always go way too fast.

On my way downtown I always check out Kodak Park (KP), since it’s on my way.  Saturday morning I was happy to see the female we call KPF.  She was sitting on the railing in front of the red door on the east smoke stack.  I didn’t stay long because I wanted to get to the BS location to see if I could find some falcons there.

I did find a falcon in the cubby (that’s what we are calling it) on the west side of the bldg.  For most of the time I was there, this Falcon had his/her back to me.  Finally the falcon turned around for a few seconds.  I wasn’t 100% sure if this was DC or Pigott, who we have not seen here for a few days.  I sent these pics out to fellow watchers and Joyce got back to me.  She is certain that this was Dot.ca. I have to agree.

So where is Piggot?  Has she migrated?  Well that is certainly a possibility.  Dot.ca is still visiting the building and just because we have not seen her, it doesn’t necessarily mean that she has left.  We’ll have to wait and see and continue watching for her.

My next stop was downtown.  I found Beauty on the top IBeam of the OCSR.  She took off and hunted over the river.  She flew back towards me and landed on Mercury’s heel.

She stayed there for quite awhile before taking off and heading north down the river.  I lost sight of her behind some buildings, but I could see pigeons taking panicked flight as she passed.  It wasn’t long before she flew back to the Times Square Bldg. (TSB) carrying prey.

She landed at the base of the NE wing.  Feathers soon were flying, drifting on the afternoon breeze.  Dana and Lou arrived and we watched Beauty enjoy her dinner.  When she finished, she took off, leaving the remainder of the meal on the building.  She flew over us heading north.  In the reflection of the Cross Rds Bldg, I could see her head towards the FCT area.  That was cool!  Of course we followed!

When we got over there, we spotted Dot.ca on the building just south of the FCT.  Dana and Lou arrived first and they said that Beauty had been on the FCT when they arrived.  Both she and DC vocalized a bit and then Beauty took off heading back towards the TSB.  After awhile, DC also took off heading south.  Dana and Lou had to leave, so I headed back to the TSB,

I spotted Dot.ca on Mercury’s heel (seems to be a popular spot for our falcons), so I decided to park down on Aqueduct St, aka the hole.  Beauty was up in the nest box according to on-line Watcher Donna and Shaky too.  Thanks for your help!  It’s hard for me to see her if she’s up there.

Dana returned and we settled in to watch Dot.ca, who spent a lot of time preening and turning and pooping and stretching and itching and, well you get the idea.  lol  He was there for a very long time before finally, he spread his wings and took off heading south.  We were able to see that he landed on the jail communication tower.  Donna notified us that Beauty had left the nest box, but we had not seen her leave.

We were starting to lose light, so we decided to call it a day.  Saturday was over, but there was still Sunday to enjoy!  🙂

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