By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Well I had to remove another 3 inches of snow from my driveway this morning as the old lake effect snow machine kicked up over nite once more. The temperature dropped back down as well, it was 12 degrees (F) -11(C) when I arrived downtown and checked the bank clock on State St.-light wind and snow was falling

I found Beauty on the north side ledge of the OCSR elevator shaft at 7am from the Radisson Hotel near Main St. I apologize for the poor quality of my pics and videos today as the frigid temps really make it hard for my camera to focus.

I left her to check around for Dot.Ca (DC) and as I came back from the east side I spotted him on the top ibeam southeast side of OCSR. I drove down to the hole to see him from a closer position.

I went back to the Radisson so I could see both Beauty and DC. They weren’t doing much so I left them just before 8am to check for Pigott over at the Brighton site (BS).

<DC

When I arrived at BS around 8:15am Pigott was perched on the northeast corner of the east extension. She had her back facing out and she wasn’t moving her head enough to get a good look at her. I watched from the south side of the large east parking  lot and then from the north end.

Miss Pigott wasn’t doing much other than keeping an eye on her surroundings so I only stayed about 20 minutes. Upon returning downtown I could see the back of a falcon under the southeast wing of the Times Square building (TSB) from Exchange St. I went down Bank Place (the one way street next to the Phillipone building) and parked where it meets Aqueduct St. facing the Mercury statue because there was a falcon on the money bag hand as well. It was DC and he was directly across from Beauty who was on TSB behind me.

<Click it to see DC> 

So I drove around to the other side of the hole to see Beauty but she was gone. I then drove over to the Radisson Hotel because I just caught what I thought was a falcon flying up into the elevator shaft of OCSR. And it turned out to be Beauty who was back on the north ledge. I turned my head to look at DC on Mercury and now he was gone! These 2 were really playing games with me today!! lol Now since I was parked by Main St. I couldn’t see the south ledge of the elevator shaft so I went over to Bragdon St. at the north end of the Radisson and bingo, I could see DC up on the south ledge across from his mate the Beautyful one. I figured they would be up there out of the cold and snow that was falling for a while so I ended my watch at 9:15am. I left our fair city smiling after seeing all 3 resident Rochester Peregrine Falcons! 🙂

Click on the links below for videos of our beloved falcons

http://youtu.be/28v3gQCqvxc
http://youtu.be/8IvBQoPpqyc
http://youtu.be/S2zRYm0ZE2Q
http://youtu.be/jHm4se49218

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