Sunday Falcon Watch – 3/2/14 – Overcast, Cold, Snowy!
By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.
Sunrise at 6:44 am. Sunset at 5:58 pm. Temps in the teens. Overcast. Light snow. OK, I’m ready for Spring please!
Kodak Park first. No Falcons found there, but two adult Red-tailed Hawks were hanging out with each other. (11:30 am)
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I arrived at the BS location close to noon. At first I couldn’t find Pigott. She arrived at 12:20 pm, landing on a window on the east side, two below the tree ledge.
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At 12:54 pm, Pigott took off heading east fast. She did not vocalize. It didn’t take her long to return and she wasn’t alone. At 1:00 pm Pigott returned and Dot.ca was right behind her. They both landed on the east end extension. Pigott on the left and Dot.ca on the right. They looked like bookends up there.
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While I was there, they both went off on tandem hunts to the east. Also, Dot.ca went after a gull that got a little too close. The gull was screaming as it neared the building and screaming when Dot.ca went after it over the east end parking lot. The gull got out of there as fast as it could!
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I had to end my watch at 3:00 pm, so I headed downtown to search for Beauty. From the Andrew St Bridge, I finally found her on the southeast corner of the Federal Building. I went to tweet it out and found that my phone battery was dead.
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While I was watching Beauty, I was parked on the Andrew St Bridge, next to a very large pothole! They are starting to get big enough to swallow a bus!!!
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There were a bunch of Crows in the park next to me and they were very noisy. Beauty finally had enough of them and stooped low over the park and the river. She continued south, scattering pigeons in all directions. I watched her turn back towards me and up into the OCSR elevator shaft.
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It was time for me to end my watch after seeing all three Rochester Falcons safe and sound.
Goodnight everyone!
