Wednesday Falcon Watch – 12/19/13 – Juvie Falcon at Russell Station!
By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.
Since Beauty, Dot.ca and Pigott had all been seen today, I decided to head out to Russell Station to visit with the juvie falcon seen there earlier today by Joyce and Brian. Here are a couple of the tweets that Joyce sent.
2:35 pm – RS: Juvie falcon and juvie RTH behind RS off Ling Rd. Both are on tall telephone poles. RTH eating scraps off pole.
2:52 pm – RS: Juvie falcon chased RTH back across Ling Rd. PEFA sitting on pole where RTH was eating scraps. Was it stealing falcon leftovers?
When I arrived on the south side of Russell Station (RS) at 4:00 pm, I found the juvie falcon on a telephone pole on the east side of RS. I stayed there until she took off and flew towards Russell Station and landed on the top catwalk of the west side smokestack at at 4:50 pm. By this time it was getting dark and after searching the stacks, I could not find the falcon.
Of course we can’t know for sure that this was Billy, but I do believe that it was her.
Here are some pictures from my late afternoon watch. Please be sure to click on any pics you would like to see larger. Goodnight everyone!
Juvie falcon on telephone pole, east side of Russell Station.
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A Chinook flew over, heading towards the lake.
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Juvie Falcon took off and flew to the west side smoke stack at Russell Station.
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I’ll leave you with a couple pics of Christmas lights I really liked on a house near the lake.
