By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

2:30 – 4:30 pm

Rochester was covered in snow today.  Lots of folks lost power this morning after a snow storm hit Rochester overnight.  I got out of work a little early and took advantage of a bit more daylight than I am used to.  My first stop was downtown Rochester.  I looked around and could not find either Beauty or Dot.ca.  So, I parked on the Broad St Bridge and waited for them to come to me.  While I waited, I took a few pics of the still snow covered familiar Rochester Falcon landmarks.

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It didn’t take them to show up.   First Beauty flew in from the east and landed on the top Ibeam on the south side of OCSR..  Dot.ca was right behind her, landing just to her left.

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My next stop was the BS location, where I hoped to find Pigott.  I circled the building a couple times, but had no luck finding her.  I parked on the south side of the building to keep watch.  Kathy O joined me. We were entertained by a whole lot of hungry Crows that decided to finish the apples on a nearby apple tree.  The Crows in the tree would take bites of apple and knock them out of the tree to their friends below.

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At approximately 3:45 pm, a falcon flew in, clutching food in its talons.  We can’t be 100% sure, but Kathy and I believe that this falcon was Dot.ca.  He attempted to land on the snow covered south side vent 6 times. Obviously he did not want to land in the snow.  He tried to land at different spots on the vent and each time he would immediately take off again.  After the 6th try, he flew up to the southeast corner of the southwest extension.  But, he didn’t like that either and took off again, hovering over the building before flying to the north side where we lost sight of him.  Both Kathy and I circled the building attempting to find him.  Neither of us did.

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During the time Dot.ca was flying around, there was no response from Pigott, so we had to assume that she was not home.

It was time for me to head home, via the Lake Ontario Route.  I checked out Hawk-eye, the Charlotte/Summerville area and Russell Station.  No luck finding Billy or any other falcons along the way.

I would like to wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving.  Enjoy your day with family and friends and safe travels to you!

I’ll leave you with a few pics I took during my watch.  Please be sure to click on any pics you would like to see larger.  Goodnight!

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Zowie-what a start to the day I had! Phone line down and draped across the top of my car and 6 inches of very wet snow to clear from the driveway.

Click on my pics to see full version

I got her done and was maybe an hour later than usual to start my morning watch. It was 33 degrees (F) 1 (C) very dark and overcast with very light snow falling as I pulled out of the driveway.

I was thankful that I didn’t have to search for Beauty and Dot.Ca as they were both near the south corner top ibeam of OCSR very close together when I arrived on the Broad St. Bridge at 7:45am. The roads were clear of snow but not the parking lanes so I went down to the hole. First I took pics of the snow covered Times Square building and Mercury.

I then drove down to Graves St. across Main St. from OCSR for an even closer look at the dynamic duo. They both had their backs to me but I didn’t care, they survived the storm and that’s all I cared about!

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Now to check the Brighton Site for Pigott, but on the way I couldn’t help but take some pics and a video of the beautiful snow covered scenery of the Mt. Hope Cemetery and Highland Park.

I will provide a link to see more like these

So I made it to Brighton but Miss Pigott was not around as she sometimes isn’t when I go in the morning. I hung out for half hour or so but she was a no show. I returned to downtown finding Beauty on the 2nd ibeam southeast side of OCSR eating and DC on the 3rd ibeam down at the south corner looking for prey to fly thru. I started out parking in the hole and ended up at my spot by the Radisson Hotel and Main St.

While I was watching Beauty clean up after her meal DC snuck off his spot and when I looked his way he was now on the 2nd ibeam (same as the Beautyful one) with what I believe was cached food. I couldn’t help but notice the reflection of Mercury on the OCSR windows-I love seeing that. And I wondered if they had spent the night in the elevator shaft out of the snow storm with the elevator up at the top of the shaft.

Beauty settled in with a full crop and DC finished his little chunk of meat so I ended my watch at 9:30am with a smile knowing they both had eaten! 🙂

Click on the links below to view a snowy photo album and some videos

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AaN3DFm0ZMWqi-M

http://youtu.be/BIX15SrGJwQ
http://youtu.be/ijIT–uD-D0
http://youtu.be/NfAfcxpeesM
http://youtu.be/Y1xIrTBZmP0

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

The downtown bank clock said 34 (F) 1 (C) with overcast dark conditions with the Nor’easter on its way to Western New York. The snow started falling around noon and is forecast to pile up to perhaps a foot when all is said and done. Get out the snow shovels Rachacha!!

I found both of our downtown falcons around 7:15am as I made my way back from the east side to the Broad St. Bridge (BSB). Beauty was on the base of Mercury and Dot.Ca (DC) was under the northeast wing of the Times Square building (TSB).

<DC  <Beauty>

About 10 minutes later they both flew northwest and I wouldn’t find them until 20 minutes later with Beauty under the northeast wing preening and I found DC 5 minutes later on the lower back part of TSB on a north side ledge just below the roof.

They both did some preening, scratching and stretching in the time I shared space with them as I was parked in the hole by He’s Chinese.

<Beauty> <DC>

DC was very entertaining showing his big yellow feet, looking up over his shoulder at Beauty and just plain being cute.

DC had one last stretch for himself, spread his wings and flew off to the northwest going into a stoop. Beauty stayed under the northeast wing.

<DC   Beauty>

I left for Brighton to check on Pigott arriving there about 9:15am but she wasn’t around so I returned to downtown. I came across window washers on the south side of Xerox and the poop stained benches in Washington Square Park from the crows that roost there at night in the trees.

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As I looked around from the BSB I noticed the OCSR elevator was all the way up to the top. I hope Beauty and DC can still get up under the elevator shaft to get out from the storm with it there. I never located the Beautyful one but I did find DC on the northeast corner of the Kodak Office launchpad.

I called it a watch on Mill St. at 9:35am. Fast forward to 2pm as I had to walk Bentley and Isabella (fellow falcon watcher Jeannes’ Sharpei dogs), I decided to go to the Brighton site so I could look for Pigott since I didn’t see her on my morning watch. When we first arrived there was no sign of her but when we got back to the car from our walk Miss Pigott was on the west end of the south side vent with food.

So there you have it folks, all 3 resident Rochester Peregrine Falcons seen today making me smile as I drove away! 🙂

Click on the links below to view the days videos

http://youtu.be/qdGZ5WSI_6I

http://youtu.be/-a9gDlGk2Eg

http://youtu.be/3NJ6ANZQ6fA

http://youtu.be/IGWlBYwVJU4

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Another cold start today with a temperature of 20 (F) 7 (C) with mostly cloudy skies

As I was parked on the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) at around 7am I saw Dot.Ca (DC) fly to the top ibeam southeast side of OCSR. I went down to the hole for a closer look.

I took a ride to look for Beauty and when I returned DC was on the 2nd ibeam southeast side of OCSR plucking feathers. I don’t know if he caught breakfast or went to the food pantry for cached food but he spent about 25 minutes eating then flew to the Times Square building (TSB) landing under the northeast wing.

5 minutes later Beauty flew in and joined DC landing right next to him as he had his back to me. They eechupped once or twice and from what I could see of their tails I think they bowed. After that it looked like Beauty was eating and a couple minutes later she was feaking (wiping off her beak) on the edge of the ledge. Beauty then flew across to the southeast wing ledge for a few seconds then back next to DC again.

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Around 8:05am DC flew out as Beauty watched him and returned to land where Beauty had been eating-most likely looking for scraps and unbeknownst to me he slipped off the back of the ledge to the grating on the TSB.

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I found DC there in the grating when I went up to the BSB to see if he was at the back of the northeast wing ledge. Let’s call him sneaky Pete! lol

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I left them to check on Pigott at the Brighton Site arriving there at 8:40am. I found Miss Pigott on an east side window ledge 3 floors down at the corner where it meets the northeast extension. This is where she remained for the half hour I spent with her just looking around at her surroundings and being her pretty self. She tried unsuccessfully to extract a pellet at one point.

I left her around 9:10am to return downtown and see what the other 2 Rochester PEFAs were up to. I was stopped for a red light at Exchange and Court St. on my way back from BS when I spotted a falcon fly up to the northeast wing ledge of TSB. Upon closer inspection from the hole by He’s Chinese I could see that it was the Beautyful one blowing in the breeze.

Beauty shook herself a couple times other wise known as rousing and that’s when I decided to end my watch at 9:30am. I left downtown with a smile as I saw all 3 resident Rochester Falcons this morning! 🙂

Click on the links below to view my videos of the watch

http://youtu.be/P9eVSBv1KwA
http://youtu.be/SFT6h1bbekw
http://youtu.be/1OIfMpRWQEo
http://youtu.be/in_j-v6VOW4

By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

11:00 am – 3:00 pm

It was a REALLY cold and blustery day here in Rochester, NY.  Never made it out of the 20’s (F).  It’s 22 degrees as I type this.  Thankfully it will warm up a bit tomorrow with temps in the mid 30’s.

I decided to start my watch with a drive down to the lake (Ontario) to check out Russell Station and the Charlotte/Summerville area.  It has been awhile since anyone has reported seeing Billy or any other falcons down there. I found no falcons at Russell Station.  At Charlotte I had tweeted out that I had seen no falcons there, but fellow watchers Dana and Lou reported at the same time that they saw a juvie Peregrine falcon hunting along the river and that it was now on the river side of the Port of Rochester.  Dana called to tell me that they were over on the riverside and I joined them.  We are fairly certain that it was Billy.  Dana and Lou had seen her hunting ducks over the river.

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Billy took off and Lou thought he saw her fly over the Port of Rochester Bldg, but we were not able to find her again.  I said goodbye to Dana and Lou and headed downtown where I found both Beauty and Dot.ca.  Beauty was up inside the OCSR elevator shaft on the north side ledge and Dot.ca was on the Times Square Bldg on the southeast wing ledge.

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I left Beauty and Dot.ca downtown and headed over to the BS location, where I found Pigott eating on the tree ledge on the east end of the building.

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After eating her fill, there was a little bit left.  She carried, it first to a south facing window on the north extension and then to a east facing window on the southwest extension.  After awhile, she continued to eat.

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At 2:15 pm, Dot.ca arrived and landed on the southeast corner of the southwest extension, just above Pigott.  There was both ee-chupping and wailing vocalizations between them.

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Pigott continued to eat and Dot.ca remained on guard above.  After awhile, Dot.ca took off and flew past Pigott then landed on the east end of the south side vent.

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From there he watched Pigott eat until there was just a little bit left.  That’s when he decided to fly over to Pigott to see if she would share that last bit, and she did.  He landed on the ledge and Pigott stepped back.  Dot.ca took the tiny morsel and flew up to the three ledge on the east side.

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It didn’t take him long to eat the remainder of Pigott’s meal.  He flew up to the southeast corner of the southeast extension.

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Just before 3:00 pm, I left both Pigott and Dot.ca and checked the downtown area for Beauty one last time before ending my watch.  After finding Beauty on the south side of the OCSR on the top IBeam, I ended my watch and headed home.  Another weekend of falcon watching complete.

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I’ll leave you with a few pictures I took of two different (or maybe it was the same one) Red-bellied Woodpeckers I saw by Russell Station.  Such beautiful birds!  Remember to click on any pictures you would like to see larger.  Goodnight!

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Is it November or January!?  The temperature at 19 (F) -7 (C) sure doesn’t feel like a week before Thanksgiving, never the less we are in the deep freeze today with light lake effect snow showers

I first found Dot.Ca (DC) on the top ibeam south corner of OCSR, soon after he flew over to the Times Square building (TSB) and landed under the southeast wing. About a minute later Beauty came flying in from the east and DC flew down to the deck, landing next to the main cam.

A minute later DC left the area flying east out of view from my spot in the hole. 5 minutes later Beauty appeared under the southeast wing and she was eating. I parked in front of the Blue Cross Arena on Exchange St. for the best angle on her. The Beautyful one finished up in 15-20 minutes and then flew east towards OCSR. I drove to the Radisson Hotel near Main St. and found her up in the elevator shaft of OCSR on the north side ledge.

The wind picked up and it started to snow, I thought it was a good time to go check the Brighton site. When I arrived just after 8am, Pigott was on the east end of the south side vent all foofed up to keep warm.

After a couple minutes I thought I should check around the east end of the building and there I found DC on the southeast corner by the roof top tree eating.

DC spent 30 minutes eating and then he flew to a south side window with leftovers as Pigott flew off somewhere as well.

A minute later Miss Pigott flew in from the east and landed on a south side window and DC flew to the southwest extension and came to rest on an east facing window. He finished off his meal then flew to a west facing window ledge on the southwest extension announcing his arrival with some eechups. Pigott was kiddie corner to him where she was perched.

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I left them around 9:10am, checking the OCSR elevator shaft for Beauty when I got back to the city. She was still up there so I called it a watch at 9:20am. Keep smiling everybody! 🙂

Click on the links below to see some videos
http://youtu.be/2eBuCYhgWhI
http://youtu.be/8YLEFmU6tO0
http://youtu.be/POnPjUa8RIE
http://youtu.be/XHENU5DIAuI

By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

10:00 am – 1:30 pm

I started my Watch at the Brighton Site, arriving at 10:00 am.  Pigott was on a west facing window on the southeast extension.

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Dana joined me and after we watched Pigott for awhile, we decided to head downtown to look for Beauty and Dot.ca.  The winds were picking up and clouds were moving in.  Snow was due around noon and it was really cold out.

At first we didn’t find Beauty or Dot.ca.  I went over to the Radisson to look up into the OCSR elevator shaft.  No falcons there.  As I was pulling away from the Radisson, a falcon flew over me heading southwest towards the Times Square Bldg.  From the Broad St Bridge, I could see a falcon up on the southeast wing ledge.

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I drove down to Aqueduct St (aka the hole) for a better angle, but by the time I got down there, the falcon on the Times Square Bldg was gone and Beauty was on the south side of  OCSR on the top IBeam.

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Dana was watching Beauty from the Broad St Bridge, so I decided to go look for Dot.ca.  While I was checking out the Frontier Communication Tower and Kodak Office, Dana reported that Beauty had taken off and headed south over the river scaring up all the pigeons in the area.  She was definitely in hunt mode and Dot.ca joined in.  Just as I joined Dana on the Broad St Bridge, Dot.ca was flying south.  My first thought was that he was heading over to the BS location.  So that’s where I headed.  Dana stayed downtown and reported that Beauty had returned to the top IBeam on OCSR.

At the BS location, I found both Dot.ca and Pigott on the east end of the building, DC on the tree ledge and Pigott on a east facing window on the southeast extension.

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Lisa (for a short time) & Dana joined me and we settled in to watch Dot.ca and Pigott.  After awhile, Dot.ca took off and flew around to the north side of the building.  Pigott remained where she was.  I went to search for him and by the time I circled the building, Dot.ca had returned to the roof of the east side of the building.  He had either caught a small bird (looked like a Starling) or had found one of Pigott’s caches.  Whatever he had, it wasn’t very big.

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Dot.ca finished his meal and took off again, this time landing on a east facing window on the southwest extension.  Pigott then took off and flew over us.  She was floating on the cold wind and turned back towards the building, landing on the tree ledge that Dot.ca had been on earlier.

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Dot.ca flew back to the east end and landed on a east facing window on the south east extension.  This is the same spot that Pigott had vacated.  So now they had switched spots.  lol  But, that didn’t last long.  Pigott flew past Dot.ca and landed on a south facing window on the east extension.  They were at the same level on each side of a corner.

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That’s where they stayed during the rest of my falcon watch.  It started to snow hard, making it almost impossible to see them.

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Dana left and reported that Beauty was still on the top IBeam on OCSR.  It was cold and snowing and a perfect time to end my watch, leaving Pigott and Dot.ca on the east end of the building.

There will be more snow and cold tomorrow (Sunday – 11/24/13).  As I type this, the winds are blowing, it’s lightly snowing and is currently 24 degrees (F).  The weather folks are saying it won’t make it out of the 20’s tomorrow.  A big Brrrrrr!

I’ll leave you with a couple more pics from my watch today.  Remember to click on any pictures you would like to see larger.  Keep warm and safe everyone!  Goodnight!

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was overcast with a temperature of 30 (F) 1(C) as I stepped out for my morning watch-the sun came out for a little bit towards the end of it.

While I was enroute downtown cam watcher Annette reported a falcon on the Mercury money bag (thanks) by the time I got to the hole it was gone but I did see Beauty up on the top ibeam near the south corner of OCSR. She would stay there until 7:30am when she flew south over the river going into a stoop and leaving my field of vision.

I went looking on the east side for the Beautyful one and found that the ice skating rink at Manhattan Square Park was looking ready for business. As I returned to the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) I spotted  Beauty up on the Times Square building (TSB) under the northeast wing. She flew off  soon after I arrived in the hole to observe her.

At this point I left for the Brighton site after getting a tweet from Larry that he had a falcon eating on the east side at 8am. We chatted for a few minutes and then Larry left as Pigott finished eating and flew to a south facing window on the northeast extension.

After some preening and looking pretty in the sun Pigott waved goodbye and walked to the end of the ledge where I couldn’t see her. I quickly went to where I could see her proving that on this day she could run but she couldn’t hide from old MAK. lol

Around 8:45am Pigott started vocalizing and then I heard the familiar chirp of a certain male PEFA. Dot.Ca (DC) had arrived and Pigott flew out to greet him before they flew to the west side of the building. As I arrived over there DC was on the front edge of the cubby eechupping and Pigott was on a west side window ledge.

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DC moved into the cubby out of view and while I was tweeting Pigott left-it was very quiet for the next 10 minutes so I assumed they both left. I returned to downtown and while I was on the east side I saw a falcon fly to the northeast corner of Midtown and land. After I found a spot to watch from another flew in from the east above the Midtown bird and then they both flew off out of my view.

I’m sure it was Beauty and DC for as I made my way to the BSB I found them on the TSB-Beauty was under the southeast wing and DC under the northeast wing.  Beauty had her back to me and DC so I had to go from the hole to the bridge for any kind of profile pic of her.

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DC kept moving around but Beauty stayed put as I also parked in front of the Blue Cross Arena for yet another angle.

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I left them at 9:45am after a pretty busy watch having seen all 3 resident Rochester Peregrine Falcons, thus ending my watch with a smile! 🙂

Click on the links below to see my videos of the day

http://youtu.be/8xqRYP89XSI
http://youtu.be/aQSA93Mp2uw
http://youtu.be/rvX1OZyNZWs
http://youtu.be/WGW1pNc9RYU
http://youtu.be/hj-zurTvAMU

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Up and down our temperature goes these days-today it was 42 degrees (F) 6 (C) when I started my watch with dark overcast skies and a persistent misty rain

I found Beauty about 7:20am near the south corner top ibeam of OCSR. I don’t think she was liking the misty rain that was falling  as she flew to the elevator shaft for shelter from it 15 minutes later. I left my spot in the hole and parked by the Radisson Hotel near Bragdon St. on the east side of the river in order to see up in there.

She was obviously down for the count so I went over to Brighton arriving around 8:15am. Dot.Ca (DC) was on the west end of the south side vent. I wasn’t sure it was him at first because he wasn’t looking like his bright white self,  but once I saw the heart shape on his malar stripe I was convinced. DC flew off about 5 minutes later.

I made a trip around the building and when I got to the west side I spotted a falcon on the roof by the tree. It flew to the north as I started to pull over. Another trip around brought me right back to the west side where I now had 2 falcons on the upper and lower southwest corners of the northwest extension. Pigott was on the lower and DC the upper.

DC soon walked down and over onto the roof where I couldn’t see him and Pigott flew up to the upper corner to see what he was doing. This is a favorite eating spot for them so maybe he was looking for scraps.

DC then came back out to the edge and flew off and Pigott went back down to the lower corner.

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A couple minutes later Pigott flew up to the upper corner one more time before flying off.

Miss Pigotts’ wing feathers looked a bit rough I think because they were wet and sticking together. I drove to the back of the building the south side and found DC on the southwest corner of the southeast extension. He was perched up there looking around at his territory and doing some hand signals with his big yellow feet!

I then caught movement out of the corner of my eye to the left and found Pigott on the southwest extension on an east facing window. She was doing some preening on those much in need feathers.

Around 9:20am DC left the building as Pigott remained on the window preening. I left to go back downtown and as I made my way around looking for DC I came across a big eye painted on a brick building on St. Paul St that I just had to take a pic of-very cool looking.

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I went to Bragdon St. and found that the Beautyful one was still up in the elevator shaft of  OCSR. I ended my watch at 9:45am with a smile from sharing space with all 3 resident Rochester Peregrine Falcons! 🙂

Click on the links below to view some videos

http://youtu.be/nzsvKVQyxcI
http://youtu.be/si1sqtNlMQg
http://youtu.be/Q29tQydZFbY
http://youtu.be/MUwhoZzsFdc

By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

3:50 pm – 5:15 pm

No sunset tonight to see.  Cloudy, cold and rain on and off.  I apologize for the very poor quality of the pictures.  The lighting was horrible.

I arrived downtown at about 3:50 pm.  After checking all the falcon spots, I was unable to find Beauty or Dot.ca.  Onward to the BS location where I found Pigott on the west end of the south side vent.  While I was watching her, a smaller Peregrine was flying back and fourth over the top of the building, coming in and out of view.   When I looked back at Pigott, she had flown up to the SE corner of the SW extension.  The tiercel, that I believe was Dot.ca, although it was too dark to get a positive ID, landed on the south side vent.

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There was some ee-chupping between them and then Dot.ca took off and flew fast to the east side of the building.  That’s when I noticed there was a 3rd Peregrine that Dot.ca was chasing and stooping on.  They were both close in size, so two tiercels.  Both headed southeast over the trees.  When I looked back at Pigott, she didn’t seem to be bothered at all by the what was going on.  She continued to pluck feathers.  After awhile, Dot.ca returned and landed next to Pigott on the SW corner.  There was a lot of ee-chupping between them before Dot.ca took off and again headed south east and out of sight.

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While Dot.ca was gone, Pigott flew over to the west end of the south side vent and continued to pluck and eat.  At 4:30 pm, Dot.ca returned and their “wailing” vocalization filled the air.  I do love hearing all the sounds they make.  He landed on the east end of the south side vent.  They looked like bookends up there, Pigott on the left with her food and Dot.ca on the right keeping watch, just in case the other tiercel returned.

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By this time it was dark and raining lightly.  I left both Pigott and Dot.ca on the south side vent.  Again, because of the poor lighting, I was unable to get positive ID’s.  But due to behavior, I am pretty sure this was Pigott and Dot.ca.  I have no idea who the other tiercel was.

While I was keeping watch out at the BS location, Joyce was down at the lake checking for Billy or any other falcons that might be there.  She had no luck finding any at Charlotte/Summerville or Russell Station.

A little before 5:00 pm, I headed downtown to look for Beauty.  My first stop was the Broad St Bridge where I saw no falcons, so I drove over to the Radisson to look up into the OCSR elevator shaft.  I found a falcon there on the south side ledge.  It looked like Beauty to me and she was alone.

I tried to lighten this picture enough to see Beauty, but it didn’t work.  Hey!  It’s better than the picture I posted yesterday of Beauty in the elevator shaft!  lol

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Kathy O tweeted from BS that she had both Pigott and Dot.ca still on the building there.

It was dark and time for me to head out.

I’ll leave you with a couple pics of the funnel shaped contraption on top of the State St Ramp Garage, which at night changes colors.  I’ve seen a few falcons sit up there during my falcon watches, including Mariah many years ago, when she was trying to teach tiny Grissom to take a Pigeon from her.  He never did get that Pigeon.  But that’s a whole other story.  Goodnight everyone!