By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Good golly Miss Molly, Beauty laid her 3rd egg at 2:07am with temps around the freezing mark.

It was 29 (F) -2 (C) when I left for my watch with virtually no wind for a change and partly cloudy skies. I arrived on the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) at 5:58am and could see no falcons although I was pretty sure Beauty was on the eggs cuz I checked the cams before I left. I waited and watched until6:40am and decided to check the Brighton site (BS) to see if  Dot.Ca (DC) was over there since he was so late showing up downtown today. I found Pigott all by herself  on the southeast corner.

I left her after a few minutes for downtown and found DC under the northeast wing of the Times Square building (TSB) when I arrived.

He looked to be in hunt mode and soon after he took off to the west after stopping by the deck near the well wall for a few seconds.

I drove to the Andrews St bridge to look for DC and found him on the top arm north side of the Frontier Communications Tower (FCT). I went to Plymouth Ave to get a closer look and make sure it was him and not UT. He flew off to the north a minute or two after I got there. I went back to the BSB where the parking wa filling up for a cheerleading competition so I went down to the hole. At 7:15am DC came flying in with food and went to the back of the northeast wing ledge to have a few bites as he started  plucking feathers to prepare it for Beauty.

5 minutes later Beauty flew up and landed at the end of the ledge and DC took off with the prey and went to the top ibeam southeast side of OCSR to finish preparing it. Beauty flew to the south corner to watch him and then they both took off.

<B> <Beauty

There was a food exchange where I couldn’t see because Beauty ended up on the east end corner of the Wilder green strip with food.

DC had naturally gone to the nest box to sit on his eggs and when Beauty finished her small meal she just kinda rested.

Larry came by for a few minutes and while he was there we watched a brave starling land like 6 feet from Beauty. We got a big chuckle out of that.

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Larry left and I decided to end my watch at 8:30am figuring all was quiet and having seen all 3 Rochester Peregrine Falcons safe and sound. 3 eggs is so much a great reason to smile don’t you think?! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Well, I didn’t have much activity on my watch and I only actually saw one falcon.  When I arrived downtown, after visiting the Braddock Bay Birds of Prey Day, at about 3:50 pm, I found Dot.ca on the top SE side IBeam on the OCSR.  He was keeping watch over Beauty, who fellow Watcher Kathy O, confirmed was in the nest box covering her and Dot.ca’s two eggs.

It was a much colder day with temperatures near 40 degrees (F).  Cold, windy, cloudy, sunny, snowy, rainy, sleety we had a bit of everything today!  Brrrr!

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Since it was quiet downtown, and the Broad St Bridge was filling up, I decided to go check on Pigott at the BS location. (4:30 pm)  I circled the building twice, but could not see or hear any falcons there.  Just the high winds whipping through and the honks of Canada Geese.  I parked where I could keep an eye on the building, but Pigott did not show herself.  Joyce stopped for a few moments after dropping Brian H off.  I stayed until approximately 5:00 pm and then headed home, via downtown Rochester.

By this time the Broad St Bridge was totally filled up, but I found a spot to stop for a few moments.  Dot.ca remained on the OCSR top IBeam and I could not see Beauty in the nest box, but it was reported that she was there.

Since all was quiet and peaceful at both sites, I headed home at about 5:20 pm.  Goodnight everyone!

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

What a difference a day makes! This morning the temperature was 30 degrees colder than yesterday at 36 (F) 2 (C) and cold winds. The weather conditions were changeable to say the least-overcast to start, then a snow and rain mix followed by sun and blue skies and back to snow showers. That’s spring in Rochester,NY folks!

I started my watch on the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) at 6am arriving just in time to see Dot.Ca (DC) on the ledge above the nest box and Beauty fly from the nest box over to the base of Mercury as I was making a u-turn so I could face the Times Square building (TSB). I barely had the car in park when DC  flew over to mate with Beauty so I had no chance of getting any pics or video. They both flew off afterwards with Beauty going to the southeast wing and DC to the northeast wing of the TSB. I drove down to the hole as the Beautyful one went to the back of the ledge looking for cached food and when she found none she started squawking  and walked out to the front ledge. DC perched across from her went to the back of his ledge also while Beauty went to the nest box.

DC looking for Beautys’ breakfast

He quickly took action by stooping to the west behind buildings. I only knew Beauty was in the nest box because cam watcher Donna let me know. Thanks D! I went back up to the BSB for a broader view of things to see if I could locate DC. No luck but 10-15 mintes later I spotted Beauty fly out of the nest box and go low losing her behind the Philipone building only to resurface under the southeast wing with prey. I drove back down to the hole and saw DC fly to nest box so I’m thinking he brought her food.

His reward-laying on his eggs! 🙂  Well he must have decided he was hungry too for 5 minutes later he flew to the northeast wing briefly then took off out of sight only to return a few minutes later with his own meal. He would take it to the back of the northeast wing ledge to start preparing it-sending feathers every which way but loose!

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Beauty was across from him at the southeast wing still working on her breakfast. You know what they say-the family that eats together, stays together!

At approximately 7am Beauty flew west with her leftovers-I followed to see if I could find where she was caching it. I parked on the Andrews St. Bridge (ASB) to get a look at the area west and north of the TSB and I was able to spot Beauty on the south side of the Frontier Communications Tower (FCT) platform.

I then drove to Church and Fitzhugh streets to observe but she was gone when I got there. Donna again helped me out by letting me know she was at the nest box taking food from DC or maybe she took her cache with her when she left FCT. At any rate I drove to the BSB and could see no falcons so I left for the Brighton Site (BS). On my way Annette tweeted that Beauty was by the main cam. Thank you! I arrived at BS just before 7:30am finding Pigott on the southeast corner of the east extension.

She was very alert, looking to and fro I believe for a meal. I rarely see Miss Pigott napping as she is always actively watching her territory or whatever is going on in the near vicinity. Today was no different as she would make my neck hurt watching the positions she was putting her head in.

While I was at BS I experienced sun and blue sky, rain,snow/rain mix, ice pellets,just snow and strong wind. Yikes! Pigott flew off at 8:10am chasing a Turkey Vulture (TV) to the northwest and came back to circle the building before landing on an east extension north facing window ledge for maybe 30 seconds.

Oops-lost her head lol

She went after another TV to the east then broke it off to fly above Highland Park and eventually go north out of view. I left for downtown at this point hoping Pigott wasn’t going downtown, which is the direction she was going when I lost sight of her. As I approached the TSB on Exchange Blvd. I could see a falcon by the main cam so I pulled over in front of the Blue Cross Arena to watch. It had its back to me and I thought it was Beauty but Donna informed me that it was DC and Beauty was on the eggs.

At 8:40am DC stooped on a small bird in front of the Philipone building,missed it and proceeded up to the northeast wing. I drove over to the hole to see him better and then he flew to the southeast wing and picked at leftovers a little bit at the back of the ledge and then he moved to the front.

At 9am DC flew off to the south out of view and I ended my watch at that time. All 3 resident Rochester Falcons were very comical today making me smile a lot! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Warmest morning yet at 66 (F) 19 (C) and a busy breeze. A cold front will be coming thru this afternoon changing that little fact and making for a cold weekend.

I landed in the hole at a little after 6am facing Mercury I saw a falcon fly to the base and start plucking feathers with its back to me. Still predawn and dark I wasn’t sure at first who it was until she turned around to face me-it was Beauty.

About this time Donna texted and thought maybe UT had been on the well wall since that’s not a spot Dot.Ca (DC) frequents. I was watching Beauty so I totally missed whoever was up there. At 6:20am I spotted DC under the northeast wing.

A few minutes later he was off and as I followed him in flight toward Mercury I saw Beauty was on the Mercury money bag (MMB). She had snuck up there while I was watching DC and then a mating occurred on theMMB. I was caught off guard and only got the end of the mating on video plus a blurry quick pic before I started recording. I played with it in Picasa and came up with this unique pic.

Beauty flew to the nest box afterwards and DC flew south out of view. I then made my way up to the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) to see if I could find him and instead found my mentor Dan in his spot on the bridge. I asked for his report and he said he watched DC bring prey to Beauty at the nest box a little after 6am. I must say since the first egg came DC has stepped up with the food deliveries-he’s being a good provider. Donna texted me to say that Beauty was on the eggs so I told Dan, who got a big kick out of  the fact that someone who lives in Jersey is telling us what’s going on right under our nose! lol Dan left at 6:55am since DC was nowhere to be found and Beauty was on the eggs. I left for Brighton (BS) to see if he went there but I found only Pigott there perched on the west end of the south side vent.

She took off almost immediately and chased a crow out of the area and continued south until I could see her no longer. I waited and watched for her return for 10 minutes and then I took a ride around the building. I found Miss Pigott on the northwest corner in the front of the building at 7:30am.

I got a text from Donna 10 minutes later saying Beauty was making weird sounds at the nest box and going back and forth so I left BS for downtown to check it out. As I arrived I could see Beauty up under the northeast wing and then she went down to the deck. DC unbeknownst to me had brought food and was on the eggs as Beauty started eating on the deck by the well wall.

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I was on the BSB at this point and after a few minutes Beauty flew off with leftovers behind the Thomson Reuters building where I lost sight of her.

I drove back down to the hole in time to see the Beautyful one flying near the OCSR and above the Wilder building and out of view. 5 minutes later DC was flying back and forth in the TSB area almost like a victory flight before coming to rest on the Wilder building green strip.

DC did a little preening, caught a nap or two but mostly he was watching prey birds in the area during the hour and 10 minutes I spent with him. I took a walk over by He’s Chinese for some pics of him from below as I stood in the alley named Basin St.

I wasn’t sure that Beauty was in the nest box until I got a tweet from Annette confirming that she was indeed. Thanks for your help and also to Donna too who always helps me out. I finished up my watch over by the Philipone building sitting on the garden box over there for the best view of DC. I really enjoyed observing him up close and personal.

I ended my watch at 10am as the sky started to spit a few rain drops with a smile on my face as all is well with our Rochester Peregrine Falcons! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

While I was on an evening falcon watch with fellow Rochester Falcon Watchers Joyce and Lisa McK, Beauty laid a 2nd egg at about 7:40 pm.  WOOHOO!

When I arrived downtown a little after 6:00 pm, I found Beauty standing on the nest box platform in front of the scrape where her one egg was.  She took off and flew low heading east.  I was watching from the Broad St Bridge (BSB) and did not see her come out over the river.  So I drove closer to the Times Square Bldg (TSB) and saw a tail sticking out on the NE wing ledge of the TSB.  At first I wasn’t sure if it was Beauty or Dot.ca or the unbanded tiercel that visited now and then.  So, down to Aqueduct St I went.  From there, I could see that it was a tiercel up there and later determined that it was indeed Dot.ca.

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It was a warm evening with temperatures near 70 degrees (F), and the winds were gusting to close to 30-40 mph.  Dot.ca was having a really hard time hanging on up there!

While I was watching from the parking lot just off of Aqueduct St. (aka the hole), a tweet came in from Joyce.  She was up on the BSB, but soon joined me.  Right after Joyce arrived, Lisa McK pulled up on my other side.  It was nice to be able to chat with them from inside my car.  It was really windy out there.  Beauty came out on the nest box platform next to the main camera base for a few moments and then went back into the nest box.

At about 7:00 pm, we split up.  Lisa went over to the BS location.  When she first arrived, Pigott was soaring above the building and then landed on the NW corner of the west extension.  Joyce headed north to check out the Hawkeye plant, where she and Brian had spotted the unbanded tiercel a few days ago, and some of the taller buildings in that area.  She had no luck spotting any falcons.  I drove up to the BSB, but was still unable to see Beauty inside the nest box.

Since it was quiet downtown, I left Dot.ca and Beauty on the TSB and made my way over to the BS location, where I found Lisa and Pigott.  Lisa had to leave, so I spent a little while watching Pigott on the NW corner of the west extension.  Like Dot.ca she was struggling to remain up on the corner in the high winds.  It wasn’t easy for her, as she almost had to take flight a few times.  But she was determined to remain where she was and she did.

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Just about the time Beauty had laid her 2nd egg (thanks Ei for the tweet!), I was on my way down town to check on Beauty & Dot.ca one more time before heading home.  I didn’t read Ei’s tweet until I was parked on the BSB.  From there I could not see Beauty, since she was laying on both of her eggs.  I could not find Dot.ca.

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I only stayed for about 15 minutes, leaving just after 8:00 pm.  It was getting dark, but it was still warm and very windy.  I took a few pics in the low light of the Times Square Bldg and the nest box holding Beauty and her two eggs.  Goodnight everyone!  It’s a very happy day!

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Not a bad start to the day at 47 (F) 8 (C) although a short light rain shower came down soon after I arrived downtown.

Dan was on the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) when I arrived at 6:05am and he left when it started raining-he doesn’t like to watch from inside his car. I was informed by Donna that Beauty was in the nest box and at about 6:15am Dot.Ca (DC) showed up landing at the northeast wing of the Times Square building (TSB) briefly and then he went to the nest box. DC flew to the Mercury money bag (MMB) soon after and some time after that Beauty flew to the base of Mercury without me seeing.

Thanks to Donna who was helping me out on the nest box comings and goings. I must also thank Joyce and Annette for their tweets this morning as well. It’s a great help when you’re by yourself trying to watch more than one falcon. I went to the hole to have the best view of them. So Beauty started whining to DC and he obliged by flying down to mate with her. Beauty remained on the base and DC went somewhere out of view-probably hunting for breakfast.

A few minutes later the Beautyful one flew to the northeast wing, walked to the back of it I assume looking for cached food as this is a favorite food cupboard for these two. Her crop was pretty depleted and she came back up to the front of the ledge with no snack.

She dropped down to the deck and at 7:00am DC showed up with food leaving it for her and then flying across the way to the MMB. I went back up to the BSB and Beauty managed to sneak over to the base of Mercury while I was watching DC.  She landed on the northwest corner which is the only spot not visible from the bridge. Donna let me know she left the nest box so I went back to the hole on a hunch that she was over there eating and sure enough that’s where I found her. DC flew to his egg in the nest box a couple minutes later to sit on it according to Donna and he only stayed a minute or so before flying back to the MMB.

<Beauty  <DC>

About 7:20am DC stooped off the back of Mercury down into the river but returned without a catch to the MMB. Beauty then took off with her leftovers and while I tried to keep track of her DC  left. I took a ride to the Andrews St. Bridge (ASB) to check the north end of their territory and spotted Beauty on the top ibeam of the OCSR near the elevator shaft so I believe she probably cached her food up there. She took off right after I found her. Donna let me know Beauty was at the nest box so I decided to go to Brighton (BS) looking for DC whom I couldn’t locate.  I made it to BS just before the 8 o’clock hour and found Pigott by herself on the northwest corner of the west extension.

I shared space with Miss Pigott for the next hour and a half in which time she preened,scratched, stretched and practically turned her head 360 degrees in the process.

Pigott also pooped and when I checked my LCD camera screen it looked yellow to me. I’ve only seen white poop so I’m hoping there’s nothing wrong with her.

On the larger computer screen it doesn’t look as yellow so maybe the lighting made it look that way.  Larry stopped by on his way to work to say hi and then he was off at some point while I was there. I returned to downtown about 9:30am checking from both the BSB and ASB I didn’t find any falcons but Joyce and Donna let me know Beauty was on her egg so I ended my watch at that time. Our Rochester Peregrine falcons are in a normal pattern and all is well in the PEFA world here in Rochester at the moment and that my falcon loving friends makes me smile!  🙂

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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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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
WordPress,the site we put our watch reports on is messed up today so no pics in the report.

It was a cool 33 (F) 1 (C) when I left for my watch this morning but unlike yesterday the wind was calm.
I made my way to the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) by 6:10am and I found Dot.Ca (DC) under the northeast wing of the Times Square building (TSB). He didn’t stay long leaving about 6:30am after chasing a crow. Dan was on the BSB so I joined him to watch Beauty as she was on the base of Mercury. She went to the nest box at 6:45am. Dan left around 7:15am and since DC didn’t return I went to the Brighton site.

I found him there with Pigott-they were both on opposite corners of the roof above the cubby on the south side. They flew to the cubby and had a loud echup session and then they returned to the cubby roof and mated on the southeast corner. DC flew to the west extension southwest corner and she stayed. An EMT stopped to ask why he has been seeing people look at the building. I told him about the falcons and he thanked me and left.Just before 8:00am Pigott went to the cubby and started echupping while DC ignored her. DC flew to the southeast corner of the cubby roof and Pigott flew to the southwest corner of the west extension and for the next 45 minutes
they both preened.

At 9:00am DC flew over to Pigott and they mated again then DC went in the cubby. Pigott flew around to the south side and landed on a window ledge 4 levels down. DC flew out the cubby and Pigott went in. I drove around to the west side where I could see the cubby and heard echupping going on in there. I got a message from Donna that there was a male at the nest box with Beauty so I left for downtown to check it out.

When I arrived on the BSB I couldn’t see any falcons so I took a ride to the Andrews St. Bridge (ASB) to check the north end of the territory. From there I spotted a very white chested tiercel judging by the size on the southeast corner of the platform railing. I drove to Fitzhugh St. for closer viewing. He was scrunched down so I couldn’t see if he was wearing leg bands and I didn’t get any pics to convince me of who it was before it took off. I missed his exit as I was tweeting about him.

I drove to the BSB and found DC on the Mercury money bag (MMB) at 9:30am. He flew to the northeast wing of the TSB so I went to the hole to watch closer. He went to the back of it out of my field of vision so I drove back up to the bridge to find that he was gone. I would hear from Donna and Joyce that Beauty was in the nest box. Thank you ladies and thanks to Annette who tweeted earlier this morning that the Beautyful one was in the nest box.

At 10:00am DC was next to cam 4 and Beauty was next to the main cam near the well wall. I was informed that there was food up there and a few minutes later DC flew to the MMB while Beauty stayed. I went to the hole and hung out by the bottom of the stairs that go up to Broad St. which is what we call Falcon Watcher Central. I had a view of both falcons from there. The 3 of us spent the next 45 minutes in our chosen spots. About 10:50am Beauty flew over to the south corner top ibeam of OCSR. A few minutes later DC went to the deck by the main cam and returned to the MMB a couple minutes later. 5 minutes later Beauty flew off to the north and DC followed behind. I lost them behind OCSR so I took a ride to the ASB to check the north end of the city but no luck. I went back to the BSB and waited for 20 minutes before I spotted a male and female falcon flying high above the TSB area and then they floated out of view. 10 minutes later I noticed several Turkey Vultures soaring near the High Falls area.

I ended my watch at 11:45am just shy of 6 hours. I saw all 3 of our Rochester Peregrine Falcons which always makes me smile! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

First things first here-I want to say YAHOO as Beauty finally laid an egg around 2 :30pm this afternoon!  🙂 And now for our regular scheduled report. lol

It was pretty balmy when I left for my morning watch at 6:00am. 59 degrees (F) 15 (C) and a strong wind out of the south.

Beauty was on cam 4 when I arrived downtown so I parked in the hole to watch.   Dot.Ca (DC) arrived 10 minutes later, landing on the deck. He didn’t stay up there long as I watched him fly over to the Mercury money bag (MMB). Again he flew off after 10 minutes going to the northeast wing. Beauty flew out of her nest box to the base of Mercury and DC flew down to mate with her.

He returned to the northeast wing of the Times Square building (TSB) briefly and then he vanished. Beauty stayed on the base of Mercury.

I drove up to the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) to have a look around for DC and found Dan in his lawn chair. He said he arrived 5 minutes after me and saw the mating. Beauty flew off and went into a stoop 15 minutes later and came back into view landing at the northeast wing of TSB where she stayed until 7:00am. DC flew in going to the deck and Beauty went down to join him at the nest box then he flew up to the northeast wing.

<Beauty  DC> Make sure to click on the pics to see the full version

DC flew off and circled the TSB and landed back at the wing and 5 minutes later flew south in a hurry. He came back into view over the river near OCSR and continued to the east side hovering above Xerox and seemed to be patrolling the territory. We lost sight of him behind Xerox and then Dan had to leave. The Beautyful one was still at the nest box so I took a drive to check the east side but came up empty for DC.

I left for the Brighton site around 7:45am to check there. When I arrived I found Pigott on the front edge of the cubby on the west side.

She had her back to me at first and she was mostly preening for the better part of an hour until DC came flying in-then she started echupping like crazy and went to the back of the cubby where I couldn’t see her as he flew around the west side. DC went in the cubby with cached food he got from the roof above the cubby and they had an echup session that lasted a minute.

All was quiet and then DC shot out of there flying east out of view. 10 minutes later Miss Pigott flew out and landed on the roof above the cubby. She was walking back and forth up there.

Pigott

I drove to the back (south side) of the building and spotted DC on the southeast corner near the east extension. Less than a minute later he flew to the cubby and Pigott followed.

Pigott

By the time I got back around there was loud echupping coming from the cubby and seconds later DC flew out. It was quiet for 10 minutes so I took a ride and found DC on the roof above the east end of the south side vent. Minutes later he flew to the roof above the cubby,grabbed a little cached snack and took it to the west end of the south vent to eat.

DC

When he had his fill he took the leftovers to the cubby for Pigott. There was a lot of vocalizing and then DC flew out circled above and left the area.

DC

I gave it a few minutes and when he didn’t return I left for downtown. Upon arrival I found DC up under the northeast wing and Beauty in the nest box.

Even though UT was not seen I have a feeling he’s still out there lurking and watching the happenings of his lovely lady and DC. I ended my watch at 10:00am with a smile on my face! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

After rushing downtown last night, along with many other Rochester Falcon Watchers, I didn’t know what to expect this evening.  Viewers of the live streaming video were surprised by the appearance of an unbanded tiercel in the nest box last night.  I was one of those people watching.  Needless to say I and other watchers made there way downtown to see what was going on.  We were in for an evening of a lot of flying by this very speedy tiercel.  He put on quite the display for Beauty.  Dot.ca was seen with Pigott out at the BS location, but he never came downtown.  So it looks like UT, the unbanded tiercel that was with Beauty before Dot.ca’s return from migration was back.  Or was he ever gone?  When Dot.ca returned, there were no witnessed battles between him and UT.  UT was just gone.  Now he’s back.

The Rochester Watchers that answered the call of an unbanded tiercel in the nest box were Dan, MAK, Joyce, Kathy O, Lisa McK, Dana, Lou and myself.  Thanks everyone!

Today I arrived downtown at around 6 pm.  I could not find any falcons at first.  But, finally from the BSB, I spotted a peregrine on the jail communication tower.  I was pretty sure it was Beauty.  When Joyce and Brian arrived, they went over for a closer look and verified that it was her.

Oh, and a big thank you to Kathy O, NCAFalcon and Ei for letting me know that Beauty was not in the nest box.  🙂

Joyce and Brian left after being out all day and I remained on the Broad St Bridge (BSB) with the full sun in my eyes as it lowered.

At 7:05 pm, Beauty took off and headed north towards the Times Square Bldg (TSB).  She flew past it and then landed on the north end of the Cross Rds Bldg, but not for long.  She was off again, making wide, graceful looping circles just north of the TSB.  I drove closer to the building and found Beauty on the ledge directly above the nest box.  In fact, camera watchers would be able to see her on Camera #4.

Kathy O and Joyce reported from the BS location that they could hear chupping from the cubby area, but could not see any falcons.

At 7:15 pm, a tiercel flew in and landed on the northeast wing ledge on top of the TSB.  Beauty took off and entered the nest box.  Joyce texted that they had seen Dot.ca take off from the BS location and head towards downtown.  So, this was probably Dot.ca, but at the time, we couldn’t be sure.

Lisa McK joined me just as the tiercel flew in.  At 7:25 pm, I texted that all was quiet and that we were ending our watch.  But, Kathy O joined us and both the tiercel and Beauty became quite active, so we decided to stay a little longer.

The tiercel took off and landed on the same ledge above the nest box that Beauty had been on.  Again, camera viewers would have been able to see him on Camera #4.  At that time, there was no way of knowing if it was Dot.ca or UT (unbanded tiercel).

By 8:00 pm, it was getting dark and two ducks (mallards) flew from the direction of the river towards the TSB.  When they got too close, the tiercel launched himself from the ledge and the chase was on.  We watched him chase the two ducks east, back towards the river.  He flew back towards the TSB and veered to the south, flying over the Blue Cross Arena (aka War Memorial).  We thought maybe this was Dot.ca and he was going to return to the BS location.

We were wrong.  He went on a hunt and within 10 minutes, the tiercel returned clutching small prey.  He flew up to the nest box and gave the small offering to Beauty who took it and flew out of the nest box.  She landed on the base of Mercury to enjoy her evening meal.  The tiercel flew into the nest box and finally we received word from RFalconcam Forum member Ei that it was Dot.ca.

Dot.ca flew out of the nest box and landed on the Mercury statue’s money bag hand.  He watched Beauty eating below him, watching over her.  After awhile, Beauty took what remained of her meal and flew southwest with it.  We did not see where she went.  Dot.ca remained on the Mercury statue.

It was dark by this time, so it was time for us to end our evening falcon watch.  All was peaceful.  When I arrived home, Beauty had returned to the nest box.

We’ll definitely be keeping an eye on things and reporting what we see!  Goodnight everyone!