By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Yes, we have an egg!  Woohoo!  Here’s a picture of Beauty and her first egg, taken by the Rfalconcam cameras on 4/16/13.

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Ok, on with my evening Watch Report.  Earlier, on live streaming video, I had seen Dot.ca visit the nest box and lay on the egg.  It was for only a few minutes, but it was good to see.  It was also reported that he had brought food to Beauty throughout the day.

I arrived downtown a little after 6:00 pm.  I parked on the Broad St Bridge (BSB) and from there I could see Beauty up at the nest box.  She was on the perch in front of the scrape, guarding her egg.  No tiercels were in sight.

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At 6:35 pm, Beauty left the nest box and flew towards the OCSR, landing on the west end of the top IBeam.

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A Kestrel flew in and landed on the south end of the Cross Rds Bldg at about 7:00 pm.  When it first arrived, Beauty vocalized just a bit, ee-chupping.  Other than that, there was no reaction to the arrival of the Kestrel.  After about 5 minutes, the Kestrel took off and headed east.  Again, no reaction from Beauty, except to watch the Kestrel fly by her.

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Since there were no tiercels downtown and all was quiet, I decided to head over to the BS location.  I found Dot.ca on the SW corner of the SW extension.  I could not see or hear Pigott.  At 7:30 pm, Dot.ca took off heading east and around the building, heading north.

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That’s when I heard soft chupping (falcon vocalization) sounds coming from the cubby.  I drove around the building and found Pigott sitting on the lip of the cubby.  She flew the short distance to the SW corner of the west extension.  I watched her for a few moments as she looked north.  This made me wonder if Dot.ca had perhaps gone downtown to visit Beauty and his egg.  So, at 7:35 pm, I decided it was time to head home, but first a quick trip downtown to check one more time on Beauty.

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On my way downtown, I received a tweet from Rfalconcam Forum member Ei saying Beauty had returned to the nest box.  Thanks so much Ei and a big thanks to all the camera watchers that help us out when we’re on a watch.  It is so helpful!  That’s exactly where Beauty was when I arrived on Broad St.  I checked the area to see if there were any tiercels nearby, but found none.  All was peaceful at both locations and I saw all three Rochester Falcons.  It was time to head home. (7:55 pm)

On the recent evening falcon watches, we have been seeing some really pretty cloud formations with gorgeous lighting.  I’ll leave you with a few pics of a cloud formation I saw during my watch.  My pictures don’t do the colors justice.  They were so vibrant and beautiful.  I’d never seen a cloud formation like this one.  Goodnight everyone and remember to click on any pictures you’d like to see larger.

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