By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Overcast, dark conditions with a temperature of 45 (F) 17 (C)

As I started out at Seneca Towers this morning I found Seth in his usual spot on the north window ledge from below in my parking lot. Once out on Seth Green Drive I spotted Billie on the west side railing.

Moving on to downtown I spotted Beauty on the Mercury money bag (MMB) and Dot.ca (DC) on the northeast cube of the Frontier Communications tower (FCT) from the Andrews St. bridge (ASB).

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I drove over to Fitzhugh St. first to check out DC and then off to the Broad St. bridge (BSB) to watch the Beautyful one.

Beauty was in hunt mode but took time out to do some stretching and a little preening.

At 7:38am Beauty took off to the south chasing pigeons over the river to Cornhill then giving up and circling back toward the east side only to disappear behind Legacy Tower.

I took a ride to the east side but didn’t find Beauty and that would be because she went over to FCT and joined DC on the northeast cube as I found them when I stopped on Fitzhugh St.

I thought I’d have a better angle from the City Hall parking lot so I went over there but it wasn’t much better. Soon after I arrived Beauty flew across to the south side of the cube.

Beauty had spotted something that intrigued her so off she went flying south at 8:06am with DC hot on her tail.

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I left for Medley Centre at that time and boy was I in for some action over there. I found a falcon on the glass peak roof and I thought it was Big Frank (BF) at first-turns out, when it flew east abruptly at 8:44am the take off shot showed no leg bands.

And then a few seconds later BF came flying from the west over my head and after the unbanded falcon (UF). They were chasing pigeons over East Ridge Rd. to the northeast of the Medley Centre mall. They gave up on the pigeons and started diving on something repeatedly north of East Ridge Rd. behind Kentucky Fried Chicken. Then they started flying over E. Ridge Rd. (no aggression toward each other observed) before the UF flew east and Frankie doubled back chasing a gull over the north parking lot and diving on it 4-5 times but pulling up at the last second as the gull flew toward the ground.

I felt like I was on safari as I drove around the empty mall parking lot trying to keep up with the action! BF gave up and flew east out of view as well. I took a trip around the mall and ended up in the north parking lot again as I spotted BF on a light pole close to the Sears store at the northeast end of the mall and the UF on the glass peak at 9am. At the time I wasn’t sure who was who so I chose to try to ID the one on the pole as it was close-however, I couldn’t keep track of the bird on the peak from there.

From one angle I could see that there was no band on the right leg but BF doesn’t have one on that leg so I still couldn’t be sure. I drove around to where I could see the left leg but it wasn’t until she stood up to fly off some 45 minutes later that I got a glimpse of the black band. Watcher Dick joined the watch a few minutes before Frankie took off.

I circled the mall one time but didn’t see anyone on the peak as I left for home. When I arrived on E. Ridge Rd. by St. Paul St. I could see Billie and Seth on either side of the northwest corner-he had his back to me on the north railing and she had a full crop on the west railing.

I opted for going over to Seth Green Dr. as it’s a smidgen closer to finish my watch sharing space with Billie and Seth.

I ended my action packed watch at 10:15am smiling big time after having seen 6 Peregrine Falcons! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

A clear and crisp morning today with ample sunshine and a temperature of 33 (F) 1 (C)

Billie and Seth have definitely changed up their morning routine as sightings have been scarce and today was no exception. I didn’t see them at Seneca Towers or Hawkeye.

Once I got downtown on the Andrews St. Bridge I spotted the whiteness of Dot.ca (DC) on the top I-beam north corner of OCSR.

DC left while I was driving to State St. for a closer look and I found him on Widows Walk (WW) with Beauty. He was on the southeast corner and she was on the northeast corner below the railing. Both were eating so I assumed DC grabbed a piece when he arrived.

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DC made short work of his piece of the goods then flew up to the west side railing while Beauty continued eating.

Beauty stopped eating at 7:30am and strolled over to the southeast corner and picked up a leg. As she started returning to the northeast corner with it DC flew around and got there first.

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Beauty gulped down the leg she had found then walked over closer to DC. He finished eating and flew over the Beautyful one up to the east side railing of WW.

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It looked like they bowed to each other and then Beauty went back over to the southeast corner and found yet another bit of food.

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DC turned around and showed his back to me when Beauty finally finished eating. She flew south at 7:47am.

DC remained for a few more minutes and then he too, flew south. I didn’t find them after that and left for the Medley Centre.

Arriving at the mall around 8:15am I found Big Frank (BF,Frankie) on a light in the north side parking lot. She did some posing for me as she watched her surroundings.

I shared space with Frankie for only 5 minutes when she turned around and flew east into the horizon out of view.

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That’s it in a nutshell as I didn’t find anybody home at Seneca Towers and ended my watch at 9am with a smile! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

A sunny but chilly morning with a temperature of 39 (F) 4 (C)

Billie and Seth were both at Seneca Towers (ST) to greet me this morning-she was on the north end roof and he was directly below her in his spot on the window ledge.I watched them for a few minutes from my spot on East Ridge Rd.

I made my way downtown arriving a little after 7am where I found Dot.ca (DC) from the Broad St. bridge near the south corner top I-beam of OCSR. I went down to the hole parking lot for the best look at him. The sun was shining so bright on him that it was hard to get a decent pic as they were all washed out.

The gulls were out in full force down in the river and some starlings were having quite a conversation on a street light. Larry reported seeing a falcon at the Brighton Site around 8am.

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I took a couple trips around downtown to look for Beauty to no avail and ended up back in the hole watching DC as he did some stretching. The sun went behind a cloud momentarily so I was able to get a half way decent pic of him peeking in my direction.

I left downtown after a couple more trips around to find the Beautyful one, but no such luck. There’s not a whole lot of color left on trees so I took a couple to savor. The first one is off Andrews St. across from the Federal building and the other one is from the east end of the Medley Centre mall. I didn’t see Big Frank there today.

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I headed for home and found Seth on the north window of ST with prey underneath him. He was just standing over it-no plucking of feathers or eating for the 10-15 minutes I observed him. I thought perhaps he was waiting for his girl, Billie to share it.

I ended my watch at just about 9am with a smile as I always do after starting my day with Peregrine Falcons! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Back to normal temperatures for this time of year at  48 (F) 9 (C)  degrees and overcast skies and a few raindrops here and there

I didn’t see anyone at Seneca Towers or Hawkeye today so I was downtown earlier than I have been lately. It took a couple trips around before I came across Dot.ca (DC) on the southeast wing ring at the top of the Times Square building from the Court St. bridge. I drove to Broad St. next to the Democrat & Chronicle to watch him from below.

DC was busy looking around every which way and then he spotted something to the northwest and took off in that direction at 7:39am.

I thought to myself at the time I bet Beauty showed up with food and sure enough when got over to Fitzhugh St. below Widows Walk she was on the northeast corner eating and a few feet from her on the north side was her little friend DC.

You could see the wheels turning in his head as he worked on a strategy for getting some food from the Beautyful one. Larry reported seeing a falcon at the Brighton site around this time.

After a few minutes DC made his move and walked over to Beauty at 7:56am going out of my field of vision for half a minute then back over with a small tidbit to eat. It didn’t take him long to eat it and when he was done he snuck over again only this time they had a bit of a tug of war. He went out of view again and then a flurry of wing flapping took place with Beauty flying off with the tiniest piece of food in her beak and then he flew off right after her as they headed northeast.

I didn’t find them again so I headed over to the Medley Centre where I found Big Frank on a light pole near the northwest corner of the mall. She had an empty crop and looked to be in full hunt mode as she looked every which way.

At 8:27am Frankie spotted something to the west and flew over the Target store chasing pigeons and gulls. She circled around past St. Ann’s home then flew back thru above the mall stirring up all the pigeons and then she disappeared to the east.

I left for home and ended my watch at 8:45am after not finding Billie or Seth at Seneca Towers. Once again, DC gave me ample smiles from his food antics! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was dark and overcast with rain on and off and very windy -temperature was warm again at 67 (F) 19 (C) degrees

I started out with no falcons at Seneca Towers or Hawkeye and when I got downtown it took quite a while before I found one. Finally, at 7:53am I spotted Dot.ca (DC) on the middle arm of the Frontier Communications tower (FCT) from the Andrews St. bridge (ASB).

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I drove over to Fitzhugh St. in front of City Hall to watch DC. He was hanging on and flitting his tail feathers to keep from being blown off by the wind.

At 8:07am DC must have spotted Beauty as he spread his wings and flew south.

As I was turning onto Broad St. from Exchange Blvd. I saw Beauty and DC on the Mercury statue-she was on the money bag and he was on the base.

They didn’t stay long for when I was tweeting their whereabouts they left and went over to Widows Walk. I found them there  when I pulled into the hole parking lot to have a look around.

I’m not sure who was who as I couldn’t get a good angle on them from the hole or from Fitzhugh St. They flew west while I was trying to find a better place to park. The Beautyful one came back and landed on the northeast corner below the railing of Widows Walk at 8:30am and then flew east out of view.

I wasn’t able to locate Beauty or DC again so I left for the Medley Centre where I found Big Frank (BF) on a glass roof near the east side of the mall. She was only there a couple minutes before flying south out of view. I didn’t find her again after that.

When I got to my spot on East Ridge Rd. near St. Paul St. where I can see the north and east sides of Seneca Towers I found Billie on the north window ledge and she had food in her crop.

I left her soon after and ended my watch at 9:45am. I didn’t see my little buddy Seth today but I saw the rest of the Rochester Peregrine Falcons which is more than enough reason to smile! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was a very balmy 62 (F) 17 (C) degrees for a November morning in Rochester with overcast conditions and a rain shower at the beginning of my watch

I could see Billie on the northwest corner of Seneca Towers and Seth in his spot on the north window ledge when I stopped in my spot on East Ridge Rd. She took off before I could get my camera in position and I just got a snippet of him as he was taking off. They didn’t return so I drove up St. Paul St. toward downtown and found Billie and Seth on the ring behind the Hawkeye nest box.

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Seth took off soon after I arrived and returned a few minutes later in the pouring rain that had started falling after he left. He landed real close to Billie and they both seemed to be taking a shower as they spread their wings a bit.

It stopped raining and Billie took off toward the river at 7:31am. Seth left a few minutes later as well.

I left for downtown again and when I arrived on the Andrews St. bridge (ASB) I spotted Beauty and Dot.ca (DC) on the Frontier Communications Tower (FCT).  She was on the east side of the lower red section eating and he was below her at first.

I went to the City Hall parking lot first but couldn’t see them too well from there and ended up on Fitzhugh St. next to the Sister Cities parking garage.

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After the Beautyful one was finished eating she moved up and DC moved over a bit before flying to where I couldn’t see him.

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I went to the ASB to check FCT from a distance to see if I could see DC and it worked-he was in the middle of the structure and Beauty had moved to the northeast cube at first and then he flew up to the northeast corner of the platform railing above his mate.

I left for the Medley Centre (MC) at around 8:30am and was pleasantly surprised to find Big Frank (BF) on a light pole in the north side parking lot of the mall and watcher, Dick was there watching her. I hadn’t seen Frankie in quite some time and was thrilled she was there.

She spent a long time watching all around her and did some stretching and preening.

Then something kind of bizarre happened-Dick left and came back around 9:30am dangling a gull carcass out his window and dropped it in the parking lot below BF then took off. He had reported seeing BF eating a gull yesterday so I don’t know if this was that bird or one that she had caught earlier today as she did have a bit of food in her crop.

I had to get going and as I left I noticed Dick was there watching Frankie. When I got to Seneca Towers I found no falcons to be home. I ended my watch at about 10:30am smiling after seeing 5 Rochester Peregrine Falcons! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Another sun filled watch with bright blue skies and a temperature of  47 (F) 8 (C)

Billie and Seth were on the north end of Seneca Towers (ST) top window ledge as I started my watch at 6:45am from East Ridge Rd. I got a quick glimpse of his right leg with the yellow tape before he turned his back to me and settled in.

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I spent 15 minutes with them before Billie flew off at 7:02am on a hunt to the east. Seth stayed behind until she returned a couple minutes later with prey in her talons. She flew back and forth in front of him with it and then he flew off and followed as they both went around to the west side of ST where I couldn’t see them-they were heading south.

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I checked the rest of the building and Hawkeye on my way downtown but never found them. I suspect they may have gone down on the Veteran’s Memorial Bridge as they like to eat on the south side ledge. I arrived on the Andrews St. bridge around 7:30am and found Beauty on her northeast cube on the Frontier Communications Tower (FCT).

I drove over to Fitzhugh St. by the Sister Cities parking garage for the best view of the Beautyful one after checking the rest of the structure for Dot.ca (DC). He was a no-show today.

There were a couple pretty trees over by the Frontier parking lot so I had to take a pic as we are past peak and the trees are getting bare around here. Beauty was busy looking around and preening.

I shared space with Beauty until she spread her beautyful wings and flew off to the southeast around 8:30am. She didn’t return and I didn’t find her again after that.

I found a couple more pretty trees in my travels as I checked the Medley Centre, Hawkeye and Seneca Towers-I saw no Peregrines at any of these sites.

I ended my watch at 9:20am smiling from having a nice falcon watch in such nice weather conditions! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was a bright sunny morning with a temperature of 42 (F) 6 (C)

I was a bit concerned when I didn’t see Billie or Seth at Seneca Towers this morning but then when I got over to Hawkeye 1/2 a mile up St. Paul St. I found them on the ring behind the nest box. I pulled into the parking lot across the street for the best view except they had their backs to me.

Soon after I got there Billie spread her big beautiful wings and flew west toward the river and less than a half minute later Seth followed his girl as they both left my field of vision.

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They didn’t return so I left for downtown. After several trips around I finally spotted Beauty on the northeast corner of the lower section on Widows Walk after I got a tweet from Pat saying a falcon was on the heel of Mercury. I parked on Basin St. in the hole to watch

5 minutes later Beauty took off at 7:59am chasing pigeons over the parking lot then up to the Mercury money bag (MMB). I drove around to the Broad St. bridge (BSB) next to the Blue Cross Arena and when I got there I could see Dot.ca (DC) on Mercury’s heel.

DC flew off at 8:15am after Beauty who had taken off to the north and a minute later she returned with a fresh catch coming to rest on the base of Mercury with it and DC came back and landed on the MMB.

He lasted about 3 minutes before he flew down to the base of Mercury near Beauty who had her back to both of us. He then jumped up on the green part of the base to plan his strategy for the steal. His next move was to the small ledge below Beauty to plan his strategy.

He flew off and made his first attempt to take the food then flew back up to the MMB to watch from above.

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They both had their back to me so I went down to Aqueduct St.in the hole so I could see when DC tried to grab Beauty’s breakfast.

It wasn’t long before DC flew down and tried to snag the food as Beauty had a few things to say to him.

DC then went out of view to the other side of the base where I couldn’t see him only to come back for another try at the goods. Beauty stepped back out of his way as he flew out and back thru passing over her head and out of sight to the south.

Beauty began eating again and there was no more interference from her mate so I thought he left the area. Little did I know he was on the other side of the base out of view.

I drove around to the BSB  by the Blue Cross Arena where I could see the little wanna be thief on the opposite side of the base in the green part staring at Beauty. I tweeted it out and when I looked back up there he was gone-I drove around and saw that Beauty had left as well.

I checked the Medley Centre and Hawkeye to no avail before going home to Seneca Towers where I found Seth in his spot on the north window ledge from my spot on East Ridge Rd. He had eaten a nice breakfast as his crop was quite full.

I ended my watch at 10am smiling after being entertained by DC on this morning watch! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It had just finished raining as I started my watch with overcast, windy conditions and a temperature of  54 (F) 12 (C)

Billie and Seth were on the north window ledge across from each other as I first saw them from the north end of my parking lot and then from East Ridge Rd. They seemed pretty settled so I didn’t stay very long.

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When I arrived downtown on the Andrews St. bridge just after 7am, I spotted Beauty on the northeast side top I-beam of OCSR. I drove around to Bragdon Place for a better angle of her. She flew off just after I got there heading northeast.

A few minutes later I came across both Beauty and Dot.ca (DC) on Widows Walk (WW). He was on the northeast corner and she was on the north side just a few feet away from him. A minute or so later DC flew over to the chimney on Irving Place where Beauty had been eating yesterday and started picking at the leftovers.

A minute later Beauty flew off and took over the spot DC had just been on the corner of WW and she had prey with her that she started plucking feathers from. DC finished the scraps he was eating then flew over by the Beautyful one and proceeded to decide on the best way to grab some food from his mate.

DC made 2 attempts at snagging a piece of Beauty’s breakfast and on the 3rd try he managed to get a little piece.

DC made quick work of it and went in and stole another tiny tidbit before making one last pass by her ending up a few feet away from Beauty as she finished it off.

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Beauty turned around and that’s when I left the parking lot next to Times Square to observe them from Fitzhugh St. north of WW. They both started feaking and cleaning themselves up and looking quite adorable.

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They were being so cute up there together as they kept watching something below them.

I watched them for a while longer and when it seemed they were settled in for a while I left them just around 8am.

I checked out Hawkeye, Medley Center and Seneca Towers but never saw another PEFA, therefore ending my watch at 8:45am. I did so with a smile on my face after seeing 4 of our Rochester Peregrine Falcons safe and sound! 🙂

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