By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Sunday, 9/30/12

I checked out KP first, no KPF.  My next stop downtown.  The downtown area was in turmoil.  I could not park anywhere that I usually did.  Aqueduct St aka the hole was blocked by a police car.  Both sides of the Broad St Bridge were marked No Parking.  People were milling about, acting lost.  I drove to the next bridge over, the Court St Bridge (CSB) and parked there.  I could see a falcon on Mercury’s heel, but I was too far for me to see who it was.  After parking, I walked over to the BSB to see what was going on.

All of a sudden, the bridge was lined with city buses and people were getting in and out of them and they weren’t happy.  Guess no one notified them of the change and they were being very vocal about it.  I could see a sea of pink walking over the Main St Bridge.  Kathy O confirmed that the Breast Cancer Walk was happening this morning.  So, Main St was closed to the buses that normally use that route.  That meant that the Broad St Bridge was being used as a bus terminal, for all the folks that would normally get their buses over on Main St.  Like I said, mass chaos.

Before I got to the BSB, the falcon on Mercury’s heal took off to parts unknown.  Although I saw lots and lots of pigeons flying over the Cornhill area, so that might be where the falcon headed.

Larry O parked on the Court St Bridge for a short while.  We waved across the river. lol  I mostly stayed on the BSB.  At a little before 11 am, I saw a falcon fly up to the nest box and heard a bit of ee-chupping.  But, by the time I walked out further on the bridge to get a better view, the falcon was gone.  The nest box cameras did capture the quick visit, possibly Beauty.  Except for that, I had no other falcon sightings.

The river critters weren’t being bothered by all the hoopla.  They were going about their business.  🙂

I took a quick trip out to the BS location and found no falcons there.  It was very quiet there so I didn’t stay long.

Back downtown.  Finally, the walk was finished and everything was back to normal.  I was able to park down on Aqueduct St, and check out all the areas I couldn’t before.  No falcons were out and about.  So, I headed down to Kodak Office to see if they might be down there.  Nothing.  The High Falls Stack is completely covered in scaffolding and they have started to wrap it in heavy plastic.  Pretty soon the whole stack will be covered in plastic. 🙁

Since I was having no luck find any falcons downtown and it was getting close to the start of the Bills game (they lost to New England; Boo!) I decided to head home with a quick stop at KP.

At KP I had better luck.  KPF was on the metal work, to the left of the red door on the east stack.  I stayed to watch her for awhile before heading home.

So, the weekend is over, but it was a wonderful two days of watching falcons and spending time with friends.  I do love my falcon watching weekends!

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