By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Another dark and dreary overcast day here in Rochester,NY but warm with a starting temperature of 37 degrees (F) 3 (C)

My first hour was falconless so I left downtown to check on the Brighton Site (BS) arriving there at 8:10am. Pigott was on the west end of the south side vent looking around her territory. 10 minutes later she took off to the east going into a stoop as she approached the treed area.

Miss Pigott came back and landed on the south side of the southwest extension briefly then flew west then headed toward the front of the building .

I then heard chupping coming from the cubby but by the time I went around the building to reach the cubby it was quiet. I continued on to the south (back) side of BS and found Pigott on the northwest corner of the southwest extension and Dot.Ca (DC) on the southwest corner of the southwest extension.

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They didn’t stay put for long when both took flight heading north toward the front of the building with Pigott returning to the southwest extension.

She was looking around I assumed for DC but he never rejoined her while I was there. She flew over to the west end of the south side vent and got settled in.

I left at this time to look for Beauty downtown since I hadn’t seen her on my watch yet. Let me tell ya, she was hiding very well on me today as I spent over 2 hours searching in vain for her. i even went to the Pont de Rennes pedestrian bridge to check the High Falls gorge for her. Unfortunately I got a parking ticket on Bragdon St. while checking the elevator shaft for the Beautyful one-I was gone 1 minute from my car and saw the parking enforcement officer as I turned around but it was too late, he already put my info into his electronic meter. 🙁 I finally had to give up and call it a watch at 11:15am which didn’t set right with me.

So fast forward to the afternoon as I was finishing taking Jeannes’ dogs for a walk I got a tweet from Shaky that there was a falcon on the Frontier Communications Tower. I beat feet to Church St. where I pulled over just in time to ID it as Beauty and then she flew southeast. YAHOO!

So I saw all 3 resident Rochester Peregrine Falcons today and left for home smiling! 🙂

Click on the links below to view a couple videos

http://youtu.be/W9oeF2R1uVw
http://youtu.be/t7dCpyIua50

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