By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Another overcast,dark day in the flower city with a starting temperature of 32 (F) 0 (C)

It was a singular morning watch as Beauty was the only Rochester Peregrine Falcon I saw today. As I was by the Radisson Hotel at Main St. checking up in the elevator shaft of the OCSR building I spotted the Beautyful one on the south corner top ibeam. While I was in transit to the hole (Aqueduct St.) to see her better she flew off to the money bag hand of Mercury (MMB).

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She did some preening in between keeping a watchful eye on her territory. Notice how her chest feathers get darker as it gets lighter out.

Around 7:55am Beauty prepared for take off and flew northwest.

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As I made my way forward toward Exchange Blvd. from the hole I noticed Beauty perched under the southeast wing of the Times Square building. Her back was facing out so I went down in front of the Blue Cross Arena to see her from the side.

It was at this time I decided to go check the Brighton site. Arriving there about 8:30am I could find no falcons. I waited around 10 minutes and when nobody showed up I left to check downtown once more. I could find nothing there either and so I ended my watch at 9am. Having seen just Beauty was good for a smile but I always like to see them all so I know they’re ok. 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Another afternoon watch for me.  My watch started at Kodak Park, where I had no luck finding the KP Falcon.  But I did find a beautiful juvenile Red-tail Hawk.  It was raining, sleeting and snowing all at once with temps in the 30’s (F).  It was the first day of February and the sun set at 5:21 pm.

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After finding no falcons at KP, I headed over to the BS location.  Both Pigott and Dot.ca were there on the west end of the building.  It started snowing harder and then it changed over to an icy rain.

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Dot.ca took off and flew east.  Pigott followed and then flew around to the north side of the building, landing on the northwest corner of the northwest extension.  Dot.ca did not return.  It was time to head downtown.

My timing was bad.  There was an event at the Blue Cross Arena (aka the Rochester War Memorial) letting out and there was a lot of traffic around the area.  The Harlem Globetrotters are in town.

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I slowly made my way around the downtown area.  You’ll never guess where I found Beauty.  Yep, you guessed it!  She was up inside the OCSR elevator shaft on the south ledge.  lol

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I ended my watch after seeing all three resident Rochester Falcons.  As I usually do, I drove down to the lake and looked for Billy.  Always hoping for a glimpse of her.  I had no luck finding her today.

I’ll leave you with a picture of the Charlotte Lighthouse.  Goodnight everyone!

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

This mornings starting temperature was 28 (F) -2 (C) with dark  overcast skies

Ive been having trouble finding Beauty first thing in the morning the last few days and today was no different-so after an hour with no success I drove over to the Brighton site (BS). Arriving around 8:30am I didn’t find a falcon there either, at first. I drove around the building  with no sightings and as I sat in the east side parking lot I saw a large bird flying over in the trees of Highland Park. When it landed in a tree I drove over to have a look/see. I didn’t find it but when I got back to BS a few minutes later there was a falcon on the south side vent plucking feathers. It was Dot.Ca (DC) and he was pulling out feathers in large amounts.

He got to the meat of the matter and ate it pretty fast -spending only about 20 minutes on it.

Larry and his dog Harold came by and welcomed me back from my trip. As we were having a chat a few Blue Jays came thru and entertained us for a couple minutes.  DC flew off and around to the west side. Larry drove over to check and I followed behind to find DC was now on the northwest corner of the northwest extension.

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We stayed a few more minutes then Larry and handsome Harold left and I followed suit a minute later around 9:10am. As I made my way down Exchange Blvd. past the Times Square building I glanced over at Widows Walk and spotted Beauty on the northeast corner. I pulled into the parking lot next to Times Square and barely had a chance to take a couple pics before she shot off to the north.

I drove down State St. thinking the Beautyful one had gone to Kodak Office (KO) but as I passed by the Frontier Communications Tower (FCT) I could see her on the northeast cube. I had troubles getting a good view of her because of how she was situated on it so I took pics from behind the Open Door mission on Montgomery Alley and from the City Hall parking lot.

Around 9:45am Beauty started whining as DC came flying in and came to rest on the northwest 2nd arm of FCT-he flew east after a few seconds and didn’t return.

Beauty started turning and looking east-she ended up facing north looking toward KO and then turned back around showing me her back.

Taking Beautys’ lead I drove over to KO and found DC on the northeast corner of the launchpad-he was facing north when I arrived.

I watched him for a few minutes then ended my watch at 10am with a smile! 🙂

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