Tuesday Late Afternoon Falcon Watch – 5/14/13
By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.
Finally, I got to see Beauty on a late afternoon watch. She’s usually on the eggs in the nest box by the time I get downtown after getting out of work. Today I beat her!
When I arrived on the Broad St Bridge (BSB) at about 3:50 pm, it was partly sunny with clouds moving in, and the temps were in the 50’s (F). It actually felt quite comfortable.
I spotted a falcon on the OCSR, top IBeam at the south corner. This falcon was facing away from me, so I couldn’t see if it was Beauty or Dot.ca.
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Just as I received a tweet from Pat, a fellow falcon watcher, that Dot.ca was in the nest box, Beauty took off and landed on the nest box platform, looking into the nest box. Soon after she landed, Dot.ca got off of the eggs and flew out, landing on the Mercury statue’s moneybag hand. It was a changing of the guard for brooding the eggs. Beauty in, Dot.ca out! This happened at approximately 4:15 pm.
For about 15 minutes, Dot.ca stretched, preened and scratched himself.
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When he finished, Dot.ca took off and flew directly over me, heading south. I watched him pass over the library and circle and then continue south. Hmmm, time to head out to the BS location.
I arrived at the BS location at approximately 5:00 pm. After circling the building a couple times and not seeing or hearing any falcons, I parked where I had a good view of the south and west sides. It wasn’t long before I saw a falcon soaring high above the building. As I watched, the falcon circled higher and higher first heading east and then north and out of sight. I am not sure if this was Dot.ca or Pigott, but I suspect it was Dot.ca checking out the area after leaving downtown.
Going, Going, Going…….
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GONE! If this was Dot.ca, he was literally a Dot in the Sky! lol
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I waited a little while to see if the falcon would return and then headed back downtown, since it was very quiet at BS.
After checking the downtown area and not finding any falcons out and about, I headed home at about 5:40 pm. On my watch I saw Beauty and Dot.ca. I am not sure which falcon it was I saw flying over the BS location, but no positive ID of Pigott. Not to worry though, she was seen this morning.
I’ll leave you with a few pics taken by the RFalconcam Main Camera this afternoon.
