By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

I wasn’t able to get out for my watch until after 6:00 pm.  Joyce and Lisa McK were at the BS location and they were watching a juvenile Peregrine that was hanging out on the south side vent.  I decided to head there instead of downtown since Beauty and Dot.ca were sharing egg brooding duties and all was quiet there.

When I arrived, Kathy O had joined Joyce and Lisa, so the four of us settled in to keep watch on this young falcon.  Joyce believes that this falcon is banded with silver on one leg and black on the other, which means he was banded in Canada.

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At about 6:45 pm, Pigott came in with food and landed on the SW corner of the west extension.  The juvie started to vocalize.  It was such a familiar sound to us.  Definitely a juvenile asking/begging for food.  Due to his smaller size, we believe he is  a tiercel (male) and may be the same one seen by other Watchers earlier this month.  He took off and flew up to the SW corner where he could see Pigott.  She took off and chased the young falcon to the east side of the building, but he wasn’t leaving.  Pigott ended up on the south side vent and the juvie landed just above her.

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There were a lot of starlings flying around the building and one got the juvie’s attention.  He did a very nice stoop down the face of the building while Pigott watched.  I give him a 10!  🙂

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Click to see full picture.

He missed the starling and Pigott took off flying around to the NW corner of the building.  The juvie landed in the same spot she vacated on the south side vent.

At approximately 7:30 pm, Dot.ca flew in and the chase was on without much vocalization.  Just some high pitched squeaking sounds.  No alarm kakking.  Dot.ca chased the juvenile to the SE end of the building and they locked talons.  We watched as they tumbled towards the ground, neither letting go!  Just as they were about to hit, about a foot off of the ground, they finally released their grips and gained altitude.  We were all relieved.

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As they both gained altitude, the chase continued.  From east to west to north, we watch Dot.ca chase the young Peregrine out of his territory, until we could not see them anymore.  In the meantime, Pigott brought her food to the south side vent and was plucking what looked like a pigeon.  Within a few minutes, Dot.ca returned and landed on the east end of the south side vent.  Pigott did quite a bit of vocalizing as she ate her dinner.

Dot.ca flew around to the north side of the building and Pigott remained on the vent on the south side.  It was after 8:00 pm, and it was time to head home for everyone.  On my way out, I circled to the north side of the building and could not find Dot.ca.

Kathy O and I stopped downtown for a quick look from the Broad St Bridge.  Beauty was in the nest box on the eggs according to the cameras and we could not find Dot.ca.

With the weekend ahead of us, I’m sure that there will be many Rochester Falcon Watchers out and about.  I know I will be!  Goodnight everyone and be sure to click on any pictures to see the entire picture.

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