By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

10:00 am – 1:30 pm

I started my Watch at the Brighton Site, arriving at 10:00 am.  Pigott was on a west facing window on the southeast extension.

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Dana joined me and after we watched Pigott for awhile, we decided to head downtown to look for Beauty and Dot.ca.  The winds were picking up and clouds were moving in.  Snow was due around noon and it was really cold out.

At first we didn’t find Beauty or Dot.ca.  I went over to the Radisson to look up into the OCSR elevator shaft.  No falcons there.  As I was pulling away from the Radisson, a falcon flew over me heading southwest towards the Times Square Bldg.  From the Broad St Bridge, I could see a falcon up on the southeast wing ledge.

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I drove down to Aqueduct St (aka the hole) for a better angle, but by the time I got down there, the falcon on the Times Square Bldg was gone and Beauty was on the south side of  OCSR on the top IBeam.

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Dana was watching Beauty from the Broad St Bridge, so I decided to go look for Dot.ca.  While I was checking out the Frontier Communication Tower and Kodak Office, Dana reported that Beauty had taken off and headed south over the river scaring up all the pigeons in the area.  She was definitely in hunt mode and Dot.ca joined in.  Just as I joined Dana on the Broad St Bridge, Dot.ca was flying south.  My first thought was that he was heading over to the BS location.  So that’s where I headed.  Dana stayed downtown and reported that Beauty had returned to the top IBeam on OCSR.

At the BS location, I found both Dot.ca and Pigott on the east end of the building, DC on the tree ledge and Pigott on a east facing window on the southeast extension.

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Lisa (for a short time) & Dana joined me and we settled in to watch Dot.ca and Pigott.  After awhile, Dot.ca took off and flew around to the north side of the building.  Pigott remained where she was.  I went to search for him and by the time I circled the building, Dot.ca had returned to the roof of the east side of the building.  He had either caught a small bird (looked like a Starling) or had found one of Pigott’s caches.  Whatever he had, it wasn’t very big.

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Dot.ca finished his meal and took off again, this time landing on a east facing window on the southwest extension.  Pigott then took off and flew over us.  She was floating on the cold wind and turned back towards the building, landing on the tree ledge that Dot.ca had been on earlier.

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Dot.ca flew back to the east end and landed on a east facing window on the south east extension.  This is the same spot that Pigott had vacated.  So now they had switched spots.  lol  But, that didn’t last long.  Pigott flew past Dot.ca and landed on a south facing window on the east extension.  They were at the same level on each side of a corner.

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That’s where they stayed during the rest of my falcon watch.  It started to snow hard, making it almost impossible to see them.

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Dana left and reported that Beauty was still on the top IBeam on OCSR.  It was cold and snowing and a perfect time to end my watch, leaving Pigott and Dot.ca on the east end of the building.

There will be more snow and cold tomorrow (Sunday – 11/24/13).  As I type this, the winds are blowing, it’s lightly snowing and is currently 24 degrees (F).  The weather folks are saying it won’t make it out of the 20’s tomorrow.  A big Brrrrrr!

I’ll leave you with a couple more pics from my watch today.  Remember to click on any pictures you would like to see larger.  Keep warm and safe everyone!  Goodnight!

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