By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.
I was out quite a bit during the Labor Day Weekend and saw many of my Watcher friends and all three adult Rochester Falcons. Most of my Watches took place late morning/early afternoon. The weather? Hot and humid, but so worth being outside on these late summer days to see our falcons. My report will be mostly pictures, because I figured you’d want to see what I saw this weekend. Rochester Falcons and a bit of Rochester itself. 🙂
Enjoy! Oh, and be sure to click on any pics you would like to see larger. Also, if you hover your cursor over a picture, you can read what it is.
Saturday & Sunday, 8/31 & 9/1/13
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I included a picture of the Hawkeye plant (above) because a juvie was seen there this weekend.
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I went in search of Beauty and Dot.ca. I found Beauty on the Frontier Communication Tower (FCT).
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Now where could Dot.ca be? From the Broad St Bridge (BSB), I saw that the OCSR elevator was down. It is usually at the top of the elevator shaft. Hmmm. I drove over to the Radisson and looked up inside the elevator shaft. Yep, there he was! Both he and Beauty had found nice spots out of the sun. Smart falcons!
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Now it was time to find Pigott at the BS location. When I drove up to the building, I was happy to see her on one of the lower levels on the west side.
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On Sunday, Dot.ca was hunting off of HSBC.
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Monday, 9/2/13 – Labor Day
I started my watch today by checking out a lot of the areas around the city, looking for the juvie that was seen over the weekend. No luck sorry to say. But I did see Beauty, Dot.ca and Pigott, which was a very good thing.
The Hawkeye plant, where the juvie had been spotted, was taken over by a whole lot of Crows. There has been a nest box on top of this building for a long time, but no falcons have shown interest in nesting there. Probably too close to downtown.
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Across from where I was parked to view the Hawkeye plant is Maplewood Park, where the flowers were still blooming.
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My next stop was the pedestrian bridge. No Falcons or Ospreys seen there. This was my view of the Kodak Tower and the Genesee Brewery.
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I had totally forgot about the Labor Day parade. Most of the roads were closed leading into downtown, so I ended up on the Andrews St Bridge. I parked my car and grabbed my binocs and camera. My intention was to walk up to Main St to look up into the elevator shaft and to watch the parade for a little while. That didn’t happen. Just as I crossed Andrews St, I heard ee-chupping and spotted two falcons. Beauty was on the SE corner of the Federal Bldg and Dot.ca was flying above. He flew towards the Frontier Communication Tower.
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Beauty took off and also headed towards the FCT. I followed on foot. Just as I arrived, I heard what I thought was a juvie vocalizing, but I could only see Beauty and Dot.ca. I circled the whole tower in hopes of seeing a juvie. It must have been Beauty and Dot.ca that I heard.
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The parade was ending and many of the participants passed me.
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My last stop was the BS location where I found Pigott on the Cubby ledge. It’s a nice spot where she can keep out of the sun. It was time for me to head home.
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It had been such a beautiful Labor Day Weekend. I hated to see it come to an end.
I’ll leave you with a few pics of the Charlotte area. This is the mouth of the Genesee River where it flows into Lake Ontario. It’s not Cape Cod June K, but I thought you might like to see it.
