Morning watch 2-3-14
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
The weather this morning was overcast with snow flakes in the air and a temperature of 22 (F) -6 (C)
I was a bit unsettled when I spotted a falcon on the southeast corner of Xerox that I didn’t recognize around 7:20am. The last time I saw a PEFA on that corner was during the epic battle Beauty and an unidentified female had for 2 days back in the fall. I first saw it from Woodbury St.-too far away to have a good look I went over to Chestnut St. by Martin Luther King park.
This falcon did not look like any of our Rochester falcons so I drove over to Broad St. right behind Xerox to get even closer. Judging by the one good shot of the malar stripe area that I got I was positive it was a stray falcon.
Around 7:45am I received a tweet from Shaky that he thought he had Beauty on the southwest corner of the Wilder building. I left to check it out and had quite a time finding a good place to view from as she had her back facing out and she was in off the edge. The best spot ended up being on the Broad St. Bridge by Thomson Reuters.
I left the Beautyful one to check on the mystery falcon but it was gone when I returned to the east side so I went back to Beauty. She finished eating and flew off around 8:25am-I went north looking for her and from the Andrews St. bridge i spotted her under the southeast wing of the Times Square building (TSB).
I found a spot by the Democrat & Chronicle on Broad St. that gave the best view of Beauty as she had her back facing out again.
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I decided to check the Brighton Site (BS) and as I was stopped at the traffic light below TSB I snapped off a shot of Beauty above me before I left.
Arriving at BS at 9:10am I found Pigott on the west end of the south side vent. It was obvious she’d had a good meal for her crop was sticking way out!
I had trouble seeing her head over that full crop at times. lol Miss Pigott did some preening and watched a Blue Jay down below in a tree.
I left to return to downtown wondering if the mystery falcon was still around. I found Beauty to be in the same spot I left her on TSB.
Since the Broad St. Bridge parking was all full from the boat show that’s at the Rochester Convention Center I went over to the Court St. bridge. While there, I noticed a falcon flying up high in the southern sky-it never came toward downtown before disappearing in the dark gray clouds.
I never saw that falcon again as I made a trip around our fair city looking for Dot.Ca who was a no show this morning. I ended my watch at 10:15am smiling for the fact that both of our Rochester female Falcons had eaten and all seemed to be quiet! 🙂
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February 3rd, 2014 at 1:00 PM
Hmmm…the plot thickens. I hope Dot.ca is fine and that he was just keeping a low profile, biding his time. I’ll keep a lookout this afternoon when I can.
February 3rd, 2014 at 5:00 PM
Thanks Pat-I can’t stay out as long as I’d like due to the fact I have to get my house packed up and ready to move within the next few weeks. Hopefully the mystery falcon was passing thru and is out of the territory now. 🙂
February 3rd, 2014 at 6:31 PM
Yeah, let’s hope he was just passing through.
Is there room for another Falcon family? Or would a territory fight be inevitable?
Good luck with your packing! Have you found a new place to live?
February 3rd, 2014 at 7:01 PM
Yes, good luck with your move, MAK!
February 3rd, 2014 at 7:48 PM
Thanks Nora and Pat-I have not found a place yet. Still waiting for confirmation of the buyer getting mortgage approval and a closing date. Not going smoothly and I can’t seriously look for a place until I have those 2 bits of information. Sure wish I knew where I was going! Sheesh!!
Nora, there would definitely be a territory fight. 🙂
February 4th, 2014 at 8:38 AM
Wishing you smooth sailing with getting those 2 bits of info ASAP!
February 4th, 2014 at 10:51 AM
Thanks Nora! Still no word. 🙂