By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was mostly cloudy with little pockets of sunshine and blue skies at times and a temperature of 42 (F) 5 (C)

I saw a falcon fly past my living room window heading north as I was getting ready to leave for my watch. When I checked from East Ridge Rd. Billie and Seth were in the same spots as yesterday morning with her on the northwest corner and him on the north window ledge.

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Seth, who doesn’t move around too much while Billie is around to watch, actually did a couple stretches to show us the yellow tape on his right leg band and his gorgeous wings as Billie looked on.

I left them around 7:30am and headed downtown where I spotted Beauty on the base of Mercury from the Andrews St. Bridge. I drove over to the Broad  St. Bridge for closer viewing as she was keeping track of everything around her.

She locked in on some pigeons who were foolishly flying near her so she took off and gave chase. She was unsuccessful in catching one, but boy was it fun to watch as she and the pigeons darted back and forth over the river at break neck speed.

Beauty flew off to the northwest and so did I, finding her and Dot.ca (DC) on the north side of Widows Walk below the railing from Basin St. in the hole.

DC left while I tweeted out their whereabouts and the Beautyful one moved to the northeast corner with her back to me so I went over to Fitzhugh St. to observe.

I shared space with her for half hour or so then I went looking for DC who was napping and appeared to have food in his crop on the top I-beam southeast side of OCSR. I started out in the hole then went down to Graves St. by Aqueduct Park.

I left him to it and drove over to the Medley Centre where I found pigeons and gulls eating from a pile of bread someone left in the north side parking lot of the mall. Clearly, Big Frank has changed her routine since she hasn’t been seen at the mall in quite a few days.

I headed for home and found Billie and Seth in the same place at Seneca Towers as when I left them earlier, on the northwest corner and north window ledge thus ending my watch at 9:15am. It was a quiet watch showing our two pair of Rochester Peregrine Falcons in fine shape which gives all of us reason to smile! 🙂

Click on the links below to see today’s videos

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Wow, it was  62 (F) 17 (c) overcast and quite breezy with light showers in the area

As I looked up from the back of the residents parking lot of Seneca Towers I saw Seth on his north window ledge and Billie on the northwest corner just like yesterday.

I left for East Ridge Rd. so I didn’t have to break my neck looking straight up at them. They were gazing across at each other. Of course, Seth pretty much watches every move his girl makes.

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Billie did some wing stretching before taking off for a short flight and then she returned to the corner as Seth stayed put and watched.

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I left the love birds around 7:45am and set out for downtown.

While stopped on the Court St. Bridge I spotted Beauty and Dot.ca (DC) flying around Xerox. They circled a couple times and then DC left the picture and I never saw him again.

Beauty however, stayed for about half hour riding the relatively warm therms as she hovered above Xerox and the surrounding area.

Beauty stooped toward Cornhill and came back with nothing to show for it and continued to fly around Xerox and Legacy Tower. She disappeared to the south so I left to look for DC with no luck.

No luck at the Medley Centre or Seneca Towers either. I ended my watch at 9am smiling after thoroughly enjoying a nice flight show from the Beautyful one! 🙂

Click on the links below to see today’s videos

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

A balmy morning for November in Rochester with a temperature of 50 (F) 10 (C)  and breezy, overcast conditions

I started my day with Billie on the northwest corner below the railing and Seth in his usual spot on the north window ledge at Seneca Towers from below in my parking lot.

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I drove out to East Ridge Rd. to observe them for a few minutes until I had to leave to have some blood drawn for testing. I don’t think Seth took his eyes off Billie once in the time I spent there.

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I waited to see if Buffalo Billie would take off after pooping but she stayed, so I left to take care of business.

I was close to the Medley Centre so I checked there first before heading downtown-no falcons and no other birds there. Thought that was odd. I arrived on the Andrews St. Bridge around 8:30am and spotted Beauty and Dot.ca (DC) over on the northeast cube of the Frontier Communications Tower (FCT).

While I drove over to the City Hall parking lot DC left but soon after I got there he returned and landed next to the Beautyful one. Unfortunately, they both had their back to me but they showed their profile from time to time so I could see their faces.

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Beauty had been preening and now DC started to as well. It was sweet watching them preen together so close to each other. Their bond gets stronger with each passing year-something I didn’t think was ever going to happen after the first couple years of struggles.

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I left them to it and headed for home-on my way I checked Hawkeye but saw no falcons there as well as Seneca Towers when I got there. I ended a pretty uneventful watch at 9:20am but certainly enough reason to smile! 🙂

Click on the link below to see today’s short snippet video

https://youtu.be/pQnggtC_GEA

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was 22 (F) 1 (C) degrees to start with bright sunshine and blue skies

Seth was on the north window ledge when I checked from below at the back of my parking lot  at Seneca Towers. I drove out to East Ridge Rd. to watch but he was gone when I got there. Look how just the slightest movement of the camera changes the light and color of Seth and the background.

I reported seeing Dot.ca (DC) on the south side of Xerox 6 columns over from the southeast corner as I was parked on Chestnut St.-after examining the pics on my computer I’ve found that it was actually Beauty.

She took off at 7:38am heading southeast and when she didn’t return I left and took a ride around downtown.

I ended up on Woodbury Blvd. 15 minutes later where I spotted DC on the west side 4 columns over from the southwest corner and Beauty back on the 6th column south side of Xerox. He was in the shade and she was in the sun.

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They stayed like that for 20 minutes or so and then the Beautyful one flew southwest at 8:15am. When DC saw her he followed. Larry reported seeing a falcon at the Brighton site right about that time.

Beauty returned, circled Xerox a couple times then landed on the 6th column again before flying southeast and back again coming to rest on the 6th column once more. I drove over to Chestnut St. to watch at that time.

DC came back with Beauty and was flying with her around Legacy Tower then I lost sight of them so I drove to Elm St. where I watched Beauty fly around Xerox many times before leaving my field of vision. That was the last PEFA sighting for me today as I left and could find no falcons at the Medley Centre or Seneca Towers. I was smiling when I ended my watch at 9:30am as I always do after seeing our beloved Rochester Peregrine Falcons! 🙂

Click on the links below to see today’s videos

https://youtu.be/X6UtPYH18v0

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

This morning the sun shone bright with some clouds and a temperature of 36 (F) 2 (C)

As I stepped out of Seneca Towers (ST) this morning for my watch 2 White-tailed Deer greeted me on the outside of the fence that goes around the parking lot. They were eating crab apples that had fallen to the ground as we have several of them lining the residents parking lot. Of course, when they saw me it spooked them and they ran down to the edge of the gorge and disappeared.

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I didn’t find any falcons at ST or Hawkeye (HE) and so continued on to downtown. As I pulled over on the Andrews St. bridge I spotted Beauty on the base of Mercury eating so off I went to the Broad St. Bridge for the best view.

As I was taping a video of her I noticed something white over on the top I-beam of OCSR. It was Dot.ca (DC) and he was feaking  with food in his crop, so I surmised that he had just finished eating.

DC settled in after he was done cleaning himself up and the Beautyful one continued to fill her crop with today’s breakfast item.

At 7:41am Beauty looked back toward OCSR as DC was flying over to land on the heel of Mercury right above her.

He stayed there for about a minute and a half then stooped down into the river gorge in a flash. DC then came back up and came to rest on the money bag (MMB) and proceeded to watch over his kingdom and his mate.

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I was surprised he didn’t join Beauty on the base for a little more food as his crop had more room but I guess he was content to watch over her.

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Meanwhile, Beauty continued to finish up the last of her meal up on the green part of the base and then some cleaning up as she checked her pedicure and pooped.

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When she was done, Beauty flew off to the northwest at 7:58am. I thought for sure DC would follow as he normally does but he decided to wait a bit before leaving.

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At 8:04am DC flew off in the same direction as Beauty and it was time for me to move along as well.

That was the last PEFA sighting of my watch as there was nobody at the Medley Centre or Seneca Towers. Someone had left a pile of bread in the north parking lot of the mall and the pigeons and gulls were feasting on that. I ended my watch at 9am smiling as I always do when there are falcons on the Mercury statue-my favorite spot to see them! 🙂

Click on the links below to view today’s videos

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was 39 (F) 2 (C) degrees as I started with a few clouds in the sky and when the sun came up it was bright and beautiful with a busy breeze

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I checked the north end of Seneca Towers from below in my parking lot to start my watch and found Seth in his usual spot on the window ledge and Billie was on the northwest corner below the railing with her back to me.

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I drove over to East Ridge Rd. but they were gone when I got there so I moved on passing Hawkeye as there were no falcons on it. I arrived downtown around 7:15am finding Dot.ca (DC) on the top I-beam north corner of OCSR from the Andrews St. bridge (ASB).

I then went to Bragdon Place but he had his back to me there so I ended up on State St. across from the Holiday Inn which used to be the Rochester Plaza Hotel for the best view of DC.

I left him to go look for Beauty, and I did as I was pulled over on the Broad St. bridge I saw her on the northeast corner of the Crossroads building. I whipped back over to State St. where I could see both of them but the Beautyful one took off as I pulled over. I looked over to DC just as he flew off the corner of OCSR and they both ended up on the green strip ledge of the Ellwanger & Barry (E&B) building. I had to make a u-turn and park in front of the hotel in order to see them and again Beauty flew off as I got there-DC was plucking feathers from prey.

Beauty returned and landed on the northeast corner of E&B and I could just barely see the wing tip of a prey bird hanging off the edge. DC finished eating and flew off followed by Beauty who took her leftovers with her. At the time, I thought there had been a food exchange with DC going to the northeast corner of E&B with the leftovers but it turned out to be Beauty.

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Beauty extracted a pellet and then started eating taking time to look around for DC in between bites.

Beauty finished eating around 8:15am and a few minutes later DC flew in and landed below her on the green strip ledge and she hopped down to be with him.

I couldn’t help but post all these pics as these guys were being so cute together.

Around this time Larry reported seeing a falcon over at the Brighton site.

I left our downtown pair around 8:30am and headed for the Medley Centre. I didn’t see any PEFA’s there but when I got home to Seneca Towers I found Seth on his north window ledge and half a minute later Billie flew in and landed on the northwest corner.

Every once in a while they would gaze at each other-I love it when they do that, and so I ended my watch just before 10am with a smile put on my face by our 2 pair of together Rochester Peregrine Falcons! 🙂

Click on the links below to see videos of our very together Rochester Peregrine couples

https://youtu.be/w8hZTR_wsbo

https://youtu.be/Bdu76sb5Myc

https://youtu.be/TegSxzf4LKY

https://youtu.be/WH-B8XOjWbU

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Well I saw the first snow fall this morning-very tiny flakes with overcast skies and a temperature of 36 (F) 2 (C)

Seneca Towers and Hawkeye were devoid of any falcons this morning but downtown had a couple hanging around. I found Dot.ca (DC) on the top I-beam near the south corner of OCSR just before he flew off and went into a lightning fast stoop to the south near Cornhill at 7:18am.

I went for a look around and as I stopped on the Andrews St. bridge I could see a falcon under the southeast wing of Times Square (TSB) so I went straight away over to the hole to find that it was Beauty with her back to the world. The way she was positioned made it hard to find the best location to view her from-I tried Exchange Blvd., Broad St. and ended up back in the hole on Aqueduct St.

At 7:35am the Beautyful one took off and flew around to the the north side of TSB then headed southwest.

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I took a trip around downtown and as I was driving across the Main St. bridge I spotted Beauty back under the southeast wing of TSB. Beauty stayed about 10-15 minutes this time before flying southwest again off the back of the ledge at 8:04am.

I waited to see if she came back and when I circled around in the hole parking lot I spotted the whiteness of DC on the top I-beam southeast side of OCSR. He had food in his crop so I believe he must have caught something an hour earlier when he stooped off OCSR. He was feaking and picking at his talons as well.

I left DC around 8:15am and after no luck finding Beauty again I headed over to the Medley Centre. No Pefa’s there so I checked St. Ann’s Home-nothing, and it was the same at Kodak Park on Lake Avenue, Hawkeye and Seneca Towers. No matter, Beauty and DC provided the smile today as I ended my watch at 9:30am! 🙂

Click on the links below to see today’s videos

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Windy and cloudy with a temperature of 50 (F) 10 (C)

This morning as I was getting ready to leave for my watch I saw a falcon fly past my 16th floor apartment at Seneca Towers (ST). When I got outside to check the building there was nobody around and nothing over at Hawkeye (HE) as I passed by.

Once downtown on the Andrews St. bridge (ASB) I noticed the door behind the nest box on the Powers building was wide open.

It wasn’t until I got on the Broad St. bridge that I saw a falcon over on the top I-beam southeast side of OCSR. I drove over to the Radisson Hotel at Main St. and could clearly see that it was Beauty.

Soon after at 7:30am Dot.ca (DC) blew in, I mean flew in from the east and landed down by the south corner at which time the Beautyful one flew off and started hovering above OCSR.

DC didn’t stay long before flying off to look for Beauty. He landed on the northeast side top I-beam of OCSR as she circled above.

Beauty stooped around to the other side of OCSR where I couldn’t see and then DC took off and stooped in the same general area. I went back to the ASB where I spotted DC on the Elwanger and Barry buildings’ green strip eating.

I then went over to the exit driveway of the Holiday Inn (formerly Rochester Plaza Hotel) across from DC for closer viewing.

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DC obviously was eating cached food as there were no feathers being plucked and he finished up in 5 minutes or less. He started looking around (probably for Beauty) then took off at 7:53am flying straight up State St. to the south then he hung a left past the Wilder building heading east.

That would be the last PEFA sighting I had on the day as I never saw Beauty or DC again nor did I see anybody at the Medley Centre or Seneca Towers. I ended my watch at 9:15am happy to have seen a little action downtown which put a smile on this watchers’ face! 🙂

Check out the links below to see today’s videos

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Overcast and a bit breezy with a temperature of 46 (F) 8 (C) Rain and high winds are in the forecast for today and tomorrow

I checked the north end of Seneca Towers from below in my parking lot first this morning and found Seth on the top window ledge. When I looked up again Billie was just coming in for a landing on the roof directly above her mate.

It’s too close to the building to see them very well so I drove out to my spot on East Ridge Rd. near St. Paul St. I didn’t stay long as I was pressed for time this morning having to take a friend to an appointment.

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So I headed for downtown and just as I was panning the view from the Andrews St. bridge I spotted Dot.ca (DC) flying from the east and land on the southeast wing ring on the very top of Times Square at 7:32am.

By the time I got over to Broad St. for a closer look he was gone do then I went looking for him. One trip around with no luck finding a falcon until I got back to the Broad St. bridge where I noticed one flying above Xerox just about 8am. It flew to the opposite out of view so I drove to Woodbury Blvd. on the east side of the river and then it resurfaced. I thought it was probably Beauty since she likes to hover above Rochester’s tallest building with the wind currents up there.

She continued for the next 15-20 minutes to hover above or soar around the area and stooped a couple times to my delight. When PEFA’s kick on the after burners it is a sight to behold at how fast they can go in seconds.

The first stoop was to the south and the second one was toward the river behind me-this time she didn’t return and when I got to the Broad St. bridge I could see her over on the top arm of the jail tower at 8:23am.

I then drove over to Troup St. for a closer look and stayed only a couple minutes there before heading out for the Medley Centre.

It rained hard on the way over and after one trip around the mall the rain stopped and an opening in the clouds was producing a faintly colored rainbow. I didn’t see any falcons but I did see watcher Dick in the north side parking lot.

I ended my watch at 9:10am smiling for having seen two pair of our Rochester Peregrine Falcons! 🙂

Click on the links below to see today’s videos

https://youtu.be/hjjIp3Nkai0

https://youtu.be/6YpROcLQCZQ

https://youtu.be/kswvXPDPN7U

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was a gloomy, overcast morning with fog and misty rain falling, the temperature was 50 (F) 10 (C) degrees

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I started my day with Seth, who was on the west side railing at Seneca Towers. The weather conditions did not make for very good photos today.

I didn’t stay but a few minutes before heading downtown. I arrived on the Andrews St. bridge around 7:15am where I spotted the back of Beauty on the top I-beam northeast side of OCSR.

I drove to Bragdon Place for closer viewing but she still would only show me her back as the misty rain was coming down directly at her from the north.

I started video taping Beauty and had a police officer pull up next to me to question me as someone had called in about someone with a camera. People don’t realize that it’s perfectly legal to take pictures of anything you want. It was no big deal as I informed him I was recording a falcon on the First Federal building, which is OCSR’s actual name.

Just before 8am Beauty perked up when Dot.ca (DC) came flying in from the southeast past her and coming to rest on the north corner of OCSR, 7 windows away from her. He too had his back to me.

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While I was watching DC the Beautyful one took off and then DC took a dive off OCSR. I lost sight of him and then I noticed pigeons flying in panic mode ahead of me over the river. Next thing I knew DC was behind them and flew right past me above Bragdon Place and out of sight. Wow, the thrills I’ve gotten from our Rochester Peregrine Falcons the last couple days is just awesome!

DC landed on the north corner of OCSR again real quick then disappeared.  I left and stopped on the Broad St. bridge where I found DC on the top I-beam south corner of OCSR this time, so I continued on to Aqueduct St. in the hole for closer viewing.

DC stayed only a couple minutes and then he was off to the west leaving my field of vision behind the Wilder building.

That would be the last PEFA I saw this morning as I never found Beauty or DC again before leaving downtown. At the Medley Centre all I saw was falcon watcher Dick and a pair of mockingbirds.

I ended my watch at 9:15am at a falconless Seneca Towers, smiling of course! 🙂

Click on the links below to view today’s videos

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