Sunday Afternoon Falcon Watch – 3 Eggs for Beauty & Dot.ca! 4/21/13
By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.
I decided to go to the BS location first, arriving there at about 12:30 pm. I circled the building a couple times. All was quiet, no falcons in sight. I started to tweet that out when all of a sudden; ee-chup ee-chup ee-chup! In flew a falcon directly into the cubby. After checking my pics, it was Dot.ca that came flying in and I do think Pigott was already at the cubby.
Dot.ca left the cubby and landed on the SW corner of the building. While he was there, he did a lot of preening, then took off and flew around the back of the building where I lost sight of him.
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I circled the building and found Pigott at the edge of the cubby. She left the cubby and landed on the SW corner of the west extension.
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While I was watching Pigott, I was pretty sure I saw a falcon fly off heading north, so that ‘s where I headed.
I arrived downtown around 1:53 pm. Dot.ca was in the nest box and I could not find Beauty. Dot.ca came out of the nest box and landed on the green stripe at the top of the Wilder Bldg. Then he flew to the top IBeam of the OCSR south corner. DC then flew up to the Times Square Bldg (TSB) NW wing ledge. I couldn’t see what was going on up there, but I could sure hear it. Beauty was up there and Dot.ca had landed next to her. By the time I walked over far enough to see them, the vocalization ended and Dot.ca took off, and went to the nest box. Beauty remained on the ledge finishing her meal. Not sure if they copulated or not.
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After finishing her meal, she went to the nest box and Dot.ca came out, landing on the green stripe on the Wilder bldg.
Because the Broad St Bridge (BSB) was full for an event at the Blue Cross Arena (BCA) aka War Memorial, I was watching from Aqueduct St. aka the hole. We call it the hole because your view is very restricted there. Once the falcons fly away from the TSB, you’re pretty much blind to where they went.
At 2:55 pm, I heard Beauty alarm kakking from the nest box. I was watching Dot.ca’s reaction on the Wilder bldg. He was looking all over. First Beauty took off and flew over heading east, over the river. As soon as Beauty passed over, Dot.ca took off and followed. The last I saw them was as they crossed the river, flying over the Hyatt.
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I want to take a moment here to thank all the on-line watchers that help the watchers on the street. From where I was, I could not see Beauty and Dot.ca when they were in the nest box, so their help was invaluable. Thanks Ei, Donna, Annette and NCAFalcon! Things can get so confusing when there is a lot of activity going on, especially when you are by yourself.
Dot. ca returned and went into the nest box. At 3:55, Ei reported that he was looking to the east a lot. I had checked the downtown area and could not find Beauty. I finally found an open parking spot on the Broad St Bridge. From there I checked the area and found Beauty up on top of the Xerox Tower on the SW corner. She was on a direct line-of-sight from the nest box, so Dot.ca probably had been watching her.
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Beauty took off at 4:20 pm and flew to the nest box. Dot.ca exited and I found him on the green stripe on the Wilder building.
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With Beauty settled in the nest box on her 3 eggs and Dot.ca on the Wilder bldg preening, it was time for me to leave at 4:45 pm. Just as I was pulling out of the parking lot off of Aqueduct St. I looked up and saw that Dot.ca was gone. By the time I got home and signed in on the Rfalconcam live streaming video, Dot.ca was back on the three eggs. Seeing all three Rochester Falcons today, made it a very nice day. Goodnight all.
