By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

It was a very cold day, temps in the 20’s and it was lightly snowing at the beginning of my watch.  It did stop though, and the sun came out.

I found no falcons at the Brighton Site (BS), so I headed downtown.  From the Broad St Bridge, I could see no falcons.  I headed over to the Andrews St Bridge.  From there, I could see a falcon on the OCSR, top Ibeam, west corner.  A few minutes later, a 2nd falcon flew in and landed on the top IBeam, near the first one.  They both had their backs to me and the lighting wasn’t very good, so I could not tell which was which.  That is until I made my way back over to the Broad St Bridge, after the corner falcon walked to the south side.  Bright white greeted me.  The corner bird was definitely Dot.ca. lol

I got out of my car to check out the river.  It was running high with very little rocks above water.  There were no birds down on the river.  But there were a lot of Ring-billed Gulls and Pigeons flying around the area and landing on the nearby buildings. Here are a few pictures I took while checking out the Genesee River.

All was peaceful and quiet, so I headed over to Maplewood Park to check out Seneca Towers.  Both Billie and Seth were on the building at the southwest corner.  Billie took off and flew over the river gorge, returning to land next to Seth.

I was happy to have found two of our resident pairs at home.  Over the next few days, our weather will be improving.  They are calling for temperatures in the 60’s (F)!  🙂

By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

(12 pm to 2 pm)

Happy first day of March!  29 degrees (F) and sunshine!  A very nice day!

Last night we had high winds and tomorrow we’re under a Winter Storm Watch. Today was the eye of the storm. 🙂

At first I couldn’t find Beauty and Dot.ca.  Finally from the Broad St Bridge, I found them both up on the old B&L Bldg, now called Legacy Tower.  Both were on different southwest corners.  Beauty had food and Dot.ca was keeping watch.  He must have eaten earlier, because he never did attempt to share her food.

After finishing her meal, Beauty flew off, circled and returned to the building.  She did that twice before settling on the west side ledge.  Here are some pictures from my downtown falcon watch.

I was also happy to find both Billie and Seth home at Seneca Towers.  They were both together on the southwest corner of the building.

I found no falcons at Medley Center.

It was a four falcon watch today.  Always happy to see 2 pairs of our resident falcons keeping company with each other.  Spring will be here before we know it!