By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

The temperature when I left Seneca Towers was 41 (F) 4 (C) degrees-it had rained during the night and some scattered showers lingered

As I pulled over in my spot on East Ridge Rd. I saw Seth in his spot on the north window ledge. As I tweeted it out Billie flew in and joined him, coming to rest at the opposite end and they were facing each other.

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Seth soon departed to the north and Buffalo Billie followed half a minute later. They never returned so I moseyed off to downtown.

As I stopped on the Andrew’s St. Bridge (ASB) I could see a falcon on the base of Mercury. I messed around with the pic since it was so dark. I thought a little color would be nice during this dark part of winter.

I quickly took off for the Broad St. bridge (BSB) to find that it was Beauty on Mercury. I checked out the river while I was there-it was low, exposing all the flat rocks, but no birds were anywhere in the river.

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The Beautyful one flew northwest at about 8:15am-I had a suspicion she went to the northwest side of OCSR.

I drove around to the Radisson Hotel by Main St. to check the north side ledge of the OCSR elevator shaft for Dot.ca (DC) but he wasn’t up there. When I checked the south side from Bragdon Place he wasn’t there either. Back to the ASB to see that Beauty had indeed gone to the top I-beam northwest side of OCSR. I went over to State St. to share space with her for a few minutes.

I made one more trip around downtown to look for DC but he was a no-show today. I left for the Medley Centre where I found Big Frankie on the glass peak at 8:50am. A few minutes later, Larry reported seeing a falcon at the Brighton location.

She was on the hunt, but there were slim pickin’s today as I didn’t see any prey birds around-she flew off to the southeast at 8:57am and didn’t return.

That was the end of my watch as when I got home to Seneca Towers nobody was there. I parked my car at 9:15am and called it a day with a smile! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

As I started out it was sunny with a temperature of 20 (F) -7 (C). When I arrived downtown the clouds had covered the sun and the temp was up to 25 (F)

Billie and Seth were not home when I left Seneca Towers this morning. When I arrived downtown on the Andrew’s St. Bridge, I could see Beauty over on the northeast corner of the Crossroads building plucking feathers from prey.

I went over to State St. for closer viewing of the Beautyful one.

I thought I would go check the OCSR elevator shaft to see if Dot.ca (DC) was there but he wasn’t-however, as I looked across the river from Bragdon Place to the Frontier Communications tower (FCT) I spotted DC on the top arm.

I promptly drove over to the City Hall parking lot on Fitzhugh St. for the best view of Whitey aka DC. He had a bit of food in his crop.

DC flew off to the southeast soon after I got there. As I got back out where I could see the Crossroads building to check if he joined Beauty but she was still eating by herself. I left to check the Brighton site at that time before going to walk Bella. I found an unbanded PEFA in the corner where the west extension meets the north extension on the 3rd window down from the old broken window scrape that Pigott and DC used to frequent.

She snoozed briefly then started looking around and posing for me. She also had a nice poop for herself as the Pooparazzi caught the action. (chuckle)

After that she was just plain being cute-I rather enjoyed sharing space with this newest Peregrine to come to Rochester. I had to leave her to walk Bella-she was preening when I left. I drove thru afterwards to find that she had gone up to the northwest corner of the roof.

Then I was off to the Medley Centre where I found some gulls and pigeons eating in the north parking lot from a pile of crackers or cereal someone had dumped there for them.

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On my way home to Seneca Towers, I found Seth on his north window ledge with a HUGE crop as I pulled over on East Ridge Rd.

I thought I was done at that point and so I sent out a sign off tweet, but when I came down Seth Green Dr. I spotted Billie on the west side railing and she too, had a pretty full crop.

I ended my watch at 11am and I’m happy to say that I saw 5 PEFA’s on watch today-that created a big ole smile on this watchers’ face! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Today’s starting temperature was a copy of yesterday at 22 (F) -6 (C) with mostly sunny conditions

I thought I was looking at Billie at the time, but it turns out it was Seth I started my day with as he was on the north window when I first landed on East Ridge Rd.

He flew off out over the river then returned and came to rest on the northwest corner below the railing.

I left after a few minutes for downtown-once there, I found Dot.ca (DC) on the north ledge of the OCSR elevator shaft. He was tucked in a bit but showing his whiteness, making it easy on me for the ID.

I checked the south ledge for Beauty but didn’t see her, so I took a ride around downtown to search for her. I didn’t find her until I came back around to Bragdon Place where I checked the south side of the elevator shaft again. This time I could just barely make out the dark form of the back of a falcon-I wondered if she had been up there the first time I checked as I wasn’t totally convinced a falcon was there until she came out of the shadows.

The Beautyful one then flew out over the river, made a U-turn and returned to the same spot she had just vacated.

I left around 8:35am, checking on DC one more time from the Radisson Hotel by Main St.-he was still up there so off to the Medley Centre mall I went.

I didn’t see any falcons at the mall but when I arrived at my spot on East Ridge Rd. I found Seth was still hanging around at the north end of the building. He was up on the railing and he flew off soon after I arrived, doubling back to land on the north window ledge.

I left him and flew off myself to end my watch at about 9:30am. Our falcons continue to make me smile every morning! 🙂

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By Rochesetr Falcon Watcher MAK

It was partly cloudy with a little wind and a temperature of 22 (F) -6 (C)

Billie was in the spot Seth likes on the top north window ledge of Seneca Towers when I got in my car this morning. When I got out to East Ridge Rd. Seth was on the ledge as well-pretty close to his mate too!

Seth stretched and lost his footing and Billie responded by dipping. I call it the slip and dip! lol And Billie watched as Seths’ poop dropped down the side of the building. Chuckle!! Falcons can be pretty comical at times.

I left them to it and once downtown I decided to check the OCSR elevator shaft before checking the east side of the river. It turned out to be a good call as both Beauty and Dot.ca (DC) were up there when I looked from the Radisson Hotel driveway. The Beautyful one had her back to me from the south ledge and DC  was on the north ledge facing me with a huge crop.

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DC started preening and posing after a while as Beauty and I watched him. And that’s how I left them around 8:30am.

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I had to walk Bella this morning so I checked the Brighton site while I was on that side of town, but I didn’t see a falcon. As I was waiting at the traffic light out of the property Larry turned in and stopped for a quick update from me before leaving for work.

Later, around 9:30am I checked on the Medley Centre and Seneca Towers but had no luck finding another falcon. I did end my watch at 10am smiling, after seeing our 2 resident PEFA pairs! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

A cold start with a temperature of 14 (F) -11 (C) and overcast skies

When I made my way out to East Ridge Rd. to check the north end of Seneca Towers (ST) I was happy to see both Billie and Seth. She was on the northwest corner below the railing with her back top me and he was in his favorite spot on the north window ledge keeping an eye on her as usual.

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The sun made a brief appearance then disappeared back behind the curtain of clouds. I shared space with them for about 10 minutes then I moved along to downtown. I had no luck finding Dot.ca (DC) today but I did find Beauty up in the OCSR elevator shaft on the south ledge. I’m so glad they have that to shelter themselves from bad weather.

I left the Beautyful one at 8:30am and headed over to the Medley Centre (MC). As I approached from the north I spotted a falcon on a light pole with its back to me at the west end of the mall near the Target store. I drove around to the south parking lot to face it but it had flown off before I could get there. It looked big so it was probably Big Frankie. I waited to see if she would return and when she didn’t I  checked St. Ann’s Home to no avail.

Instead of going home after seeing nobody at ST I took a ride over to Seneca Park to check on the birds in the pond. I was surprised to see it frozen over as we’ve only had a couple could days here. At any rate, the gang was all there hanging out in the area that is kept open for them.

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Most of them were sleeping with their heads tucked into their feathers but a few ducks were splashing around in the middle and one did a dance for me. I just love how the water slides right off of them.

I ended my watch smiling at 9:45am after seeing 4 Peregrine Falcons and some ducks,gulls and geese, oh my! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was blustery and snowing lightly when I headed out this morning with a temperature of 13 (F) -11 (C) and it went down to 10 (F)  -12 (C) by the end of my watch. Winter has most assuredly, arrived in Rochester, NY but we had a great run of pleasant temperatures thru the first half of the winter months

I was surprised when I looked up at the south end of Seneca Towers from Seth Green Dr. and saw a falcon on the south window ledge. As I drove around to St. Paul St. to ID who it was, I thought to myself that it made good sense to be there, as the building blocked the cold north wind there. It was Seth who was up there looking around his territory.

I left him after a few minutes as the snow was blowing in my face. As I was turning onto the Broad St. bridge from Exchange Blvd. I saw Dot.ca (DC) fly over the Philipone building heading north. I had a hunch on where he was going and sure enough when I went over to the Radisson Hotel to check the OCSR elevator shaft I spotted him on the north ledge.

DC is whiter than snow, otherwise I wouldn’t have seen him thru the blowing snow!! This is one instance I’ll refer to him as Whitey. I left him to hang out in his man cave to look for Beauty. As I made my way over to the east side of the river to Elm St. I saw the Beautyful one fly off one of the northeast corners of Legacy Tower and head east as I was making a K-turn. I was unable to find her again or any other falcons at the Medley Centre or Seneca Towers. I was happy to see 3 of our Rochester PEFA’s on such a blustery day and so I ended my watch at 9:30am smiling! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Dark, overcast and windy with a temperature of 35 (F) 2 (C)

I was graced with the presence of Seth at Seneca Towers (ST) this morning-he was in his spot on the north window ledge as I looked from East Ridge Rd.

For the 3rd or 4th day in a row I found Beauty on the top I-beam southeast side of OCSR from the Broad St. bridge. She had her back to me so I elected to go over to the Radisson Hotel by Main St. where I could see the front of her and check the OCSR elevator shaft for Dot.ca (DC). He wasn’t up there.

I left the Beautyful one preening around 8:30am to look for DC-I didn’t find him, so I left for the Brighton site (BS). I found no PEFA’s at BS and after I went and walked Bella for Jeanne I headed to the Medley Centre (MC) via downtown. A quick stop to take a pic of both Beauty and DC together on the top I-beam southeast side of OCSR.

Then, as I was crossing the Veteran’s Memorial Bridge on the way to MC, I noticed a falcon on the northwest corner of ST below the railing so I stopped for a quick look. I believe it was Billie with her back to me but can’t say for sure.

That was all she wrote-when I got to MC there was no falcon there. I ended my watch there at about 10:30am smiling from having seen 3, possibly 4 Rochester Peregrine Falcons! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was almost as dark this morning as yesterday with similar conditions -light snow, wind, overcast and a temperature of 28 (F) -2 (C)

I was parked at the north end of my parking lot at Seneca Towers and so I looked up before getting into my car-I could see Seth in his spot on the north end window ledge.

I drove over to East Ridge Road to observe him-he spotted something a couple minutes after I got over there, then Seth dropped off into a swan dive toward the river gorge.

I left for downtown at that point and as I was coming back from checking the east side of the river I spotted a falcon under the northeast wing of the Times Square building from Broad and Clinton Ave. As I checked from the hole parking lot I thought it was Dot.ca (DC) with his back to me-from every angle I checked I couldn’t get a good look at him.

Only when I drove over to check the OCSR elevator shaft was I able to decide that it was Beauty over on Times Square because I could see the white of DC on the north side ledge.

As I was looking at DC thru my little LCD camera screen the Beautyful one flew into the frame and just as she was about to land next to DC he flew off to the east and I never saw him again.

Beauty quickly turned her back to me so I left for the Medley Centre at that time around 8:45am. Larry reported at this time that he had a falcon over at the Brighton location so that saved me a trip over there.

On my way over to the Medley Centre I spotted Seth on the north window of Seneca Towers and Billie on the northwest corner below the railing. I pulled onto the off ramp to take a pic of them from East Ridge Rd.

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The only sightings I had over at MC were a couple gulls flying over-there were no other birds around. I ended my watch there at 9:30am after seeing 4 of our resident Rochester Peregrine Falcons which, as you know puts a smile on my face every time! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

When I arrived downtown, a little early, for the 2016 Rochester Falcons Toast, it was 29 degrees (F) and snowing.  I wanted to look for Beauty and Dot.ca before everyone arrived.  It didn’t take me long to find them.  I was not the first one to arrive for the toast. Beauty and Dot.ca beat me!  They were on the south side, top IBeam of OCSR, side-by-side.

They remained there during the toast, which lasted about an hour.  They were there when we left.  🙂

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was a very dark morning with light snow, a bit of a breeze and a temperature of  33(F) 1 (C)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I saw neither Billie or Seth at Seneca Towers (ST) this morning-perhaps there was too much partying last night. When I arrived on the Broad St. bridge downtown I spotted Beauty on the top I-beam southeast side of OCSR. I went down to the hole parking lot to observe.

She started preening so I knew she wasn’t going anywhere for a bit so I set out to look for Dot.ca (DC). I wasn’t able to find him so after checking to see that the Beautyful one was still on OCSR I left to check the Brighton site (BS).

Upon arriving at BS I found the unbanded PEFA there on the southeast extension below the tree on the 2nd window ledge down.

After a few minutes this falcon stood up and walked across to the opposite end of the ledge as the half snow/half sleet pelted us both.

I moved over too, so I could get a full last shot of this falcon before moving along.

On my way thru downtown to check on the Medley Centre over in Irondequoit I stopped long enough to see that Beauty was still on OCSR. I didn’t see one bird of any kind at the mall or Seneca Towers so I ended my watch at 9am after seeing 2 Peregrine Falcons, and by the way, I was smiling!! 🙂

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