By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

The fog and rain made it very hard to find any falcons during my watch on this first day of winter.  I checked the lake shore first and had no luck finding Billy or any other Peregrines down there.  But, I did see a falcon.  A very wet merlin sitting on a tree branch in the rain.

I headed downtown and, with difficulty, found Beauty on the Kodak Tower.  She was on the south side arch ledge above the old M&K nest site.

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After checking the rest of the downtown area and finding no other falcons, I headed over to the BS location.  The only birds I found there were the local crows.  One of the crows was checking out the building ledges, probably looking for Pigott’s caches.  A sure indication that Pigott and Dot.ca were not home.

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I went back and forth between the two locations during my watch.  Beauty was the only Peregrine I saw today.  Funny that I only saw Pigott and Dot.ca yesterday.  Pigott was seen this morning.  Fellow watcher Joyce was out during the afternoon and she only saw Beauty also.

My watch started at 10:30 am and ended at 2:00 pm.  During that time, it never stopped raining.  One more stop at Kodak Office before I headed home.  It was too foggy to see if Beauty was still up there or not.

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I’ll leave you with some pictures I took during my watch .  Please be sure to click on any pictures you would like to see larger.  Goodnight all!

Such good memories…..

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A gull floating by on a sheet of ice on the river…..

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A huge raft of Long-tailed Ducks out on Lake Ontario…..

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Swans on a frozen Buck Pond…..

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Can anyone guess where this beautiful art deco is from?

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Saw this gorgeous Cardinal today!

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