By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Had to cut my watch short today, so I was only out from 3:45 to 5:30 pm.  During that time I saw all three current Rochester Falcons, so it was a good watch.

From the Broad St Bridge, I saw both Beauty and UT (the unbanded tiercel).  Beauty did some flying, but UT was out zooming around over the river, chasing the pigeons there and pretty much causing chaos wherever he went.  At one point, every single pigeon on the Blue Cross Arena aka War Memorial just left.  He is definitely display flying for Beauty, strengthening their bond.  I did not see any copulations, but it was reported that they did copulate on the Mercury statue about an hour before I got there.  Thanks Joyce for letting me know about that.  Also, Donna was a great help in identifying who was in the nest box at one point.  It was UT.

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While Beauty and UT were settled and all was quiet, I headed over to the BS location for a quick look.  I found Pigott on a windowsill below the tree ledge on the east end of the building.  She only remained there for about 10 minutes before taking off and heading slowly to the south.  I waited to see if she would return, but she did not.  I was very happy to have seen her.  I haven’t had much luck seeing her on my late afternoon watches lately.

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When I returned downtown, the Broad St Bridge was already filling up with cars.  There were only a few spots left and I took one of them on the north side of the bridge, facing west.  Beauty was at the nest box and UT was on the top IBeam SE side on the OCSR.  I wondered if there was another Rochester Americans (Amerks) game this evening.

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At one point during my watch, both Beauty and UT were on the top IBeam, SE side.  First time I had seen that.  He usually likes to be up on top of the elevator shaft.

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Tomorrow is the St. Patrick’s Day parade Brian H says it starts at 12:30 pm.  It will be really busy downtown, so I plan on getting down there well before the parade starts.  Once it starts, it will be hard getting around.

Enjoy the weekend everyone and Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all of you!

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